ORMES PHQ'IMCIAL 112?.?.?, mm iai 111 113' DRUGS VISTCr.IA, E. C. DAILY DELIVERY CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER ' ' NORTHERN AND Phone 81 I t s, . I CABS PubJishcd at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" V, T f i. ' . isPvrj!iiiL VOL. XLI, No. 55 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS ft AQJURftll it 1 SIS 5 T SB'1 ' "V-l I 1 r 'i Envoys, Old and New lie Iscale nting B.C. Ban May Be Relaxed Janitors Problems Janitorial problems wers among the matters which occupied the attention of the board of -school trustees at the regular monthly meeting last night. Principal A. M. Hurst reported VICTORIA. Hon. Harry ,rn(l in rroilucliun Big Contract With Alcan Proposed to Bolster Stock Of White Metal Across Line WASHINGTON (CP) The United States government will lay before the aluminum industry today proposals for a major "third round" expansion of United States aluminum production, together with a step-up in stockpiling and long-term purchase contract with Canada. Defence production Adminis- Tf-tin fch !, in tewua.j War Avoidable But Could Be Violent, Sudden - Churchill LONDON (Canadian Press) Prime Minister I Winston Churchill, speaking in Parliament today, j expressed .the opinion that world war could be avoided but, if it did come, it would be sudden and violent, j Much would depend on the home guard for defence ; as regular troops would be abroad. that the women cleaners at new Bowman, provincial minister of agriculture, said today that British Columbia's ban on imports of livestock may be relaxed in a few days. (Rt. Hon. J. O. Gardiner, federal minister of agriculture, is calling a conference of federal-provincial agriculture ministers to take joint action on measures against spread of foot and mouth disease. in prln Rup"t . of me first two ,3 totals 52.C30.909 .parcel wi'h 36'" fpet in the corrcs-,d of last year. !hl4 February was rd feet as against ,'rd feet In the same uks, per species, ... .rp as follows Eoctn Memorial High School were having a hard time keeping up wuh thei' work and some additional help may be required. A hi? vacuum cleaner, was recently provided for the school in tire hope that It would ease up the work. However, "more wases, more help, there seems no send to it," observed one trustee. ! Mr. Earl Becker, chairman of i the Booth Memorial School com-i mittee. was asked to check up. Mr. Churchill expressed dis- . Substitutes Turned Down figures for the given for compart- appointment at the slowness of delivery of United States aid to I Great Britain and said that i Britain would need four instead j Over at the new King Edward j Germ War Ridiculed SIR ALEXANDER CLUTTER-BUCK, British High Commissioner Uo Cartada, has been transferred to Australia in a similar capacity. Sir Alexander has been in Ottawa since 1946. 1.660.129 'of three years to carry out Its Dim view was taken by the ..519.571 trator Manly Fleischmann and wf w other defence officials will meet lnJin-s with aluminum and copper pro- j Iff luOldna ducers. -I Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson; GARY, Indiana CP A loaded will confer with high govern- commuter express, outbound, ment, business and industry , from Chicago, ran on to the leaders on the aluminum pro-' wrong siding in Gary station gram Thursday. Informed Tuesday night and hit an empty sources here said a memoran- car, injuring 54 persons, dum drafted by Fleischmann's '. Only six of the 54 remained in aluminum chief, Samuel W. hospital after treatment and Arfr, uin hp discussed, it their injuries are described as ' School mud tracked In from the I grounds atfer ashes had been ! dumped on them was making a ' mess of the floors and bothering 1 : 8 830 881 board of school trustees at its imZl meeting last night of a request! The Prime Minister spoke par- "52.r)6 227.298 719.0G2 from six substitute teachers for ucu.ar.y --- thal lhe j 237,816 1.823 542 an increase in the scale of pay j "" United Nations are waging germ the janitors. A. J. uominaio. i that school's chairman, said it , was hoped to get the grouncu.1 1 30C.016 5.542 from $8 and $10 to $12 and $14 oy tne ur.iiu owwr- w warfare - rf in ln North Norln Korea Korea were were 182.806 1 . r 1 1 cohered with sand, cinders or gravel and thus Improve the situ- ' rttir, Thorp Viae glun hppn A per day. ' "uu ,,ul' c uct" icvciycu. The substitutes made the re-i A Labor vpte of non-confif-quest ln view of the fact that ; dence on the government's abll-i., r oiii io.i,.i,r. iir.,i hiwn itv to r.arrv out the defence not serious. is said to suggest: 1 ,.221.529 10.059.272 iM fraducU again denied with ridicule In London and Washington yesterday. ir. Washington Secretary of State Dean Acheson said such charts were "nonsense and en- iucts ucts soalr soair for ior this .w.w. ...v. . iisRiR L-iven two increase and they felt program, is coming up tonight. request for a heavy duty cleaner which will be checked up on before any purchase Is made. i j A 150,000-ton annual expan-i sion.of domestic output j j largely by newcomers in the al- j ' uminum field. All Yukon :npared wlln 3(ji),4JJ mey siiuuiu ue wuubih hi nut.. tirelv false He challenged tne Todays Stocks 1 r -tl j Communists to permit an Inde- nnnHunt In vpst lira nnn nv Rlicn an ( iirioj h. i. jiitiiMun Co. uo.) organization as-the International 1 Red Cross executive. 2 Signing of a contract with I the Aluminum Company of j I Canada for substantial pur- j ' I chases over the next seven years. The figure of 250,000 tons a year has been mentioned. 3 Substantial expansion of na- I finnal defence stockpile Of Meatless Commissioner Appealing Against British Columbia Embargo were VANCOUVER i in London the charges .25 American Standard Inspector Discusses Education Bralorne 6.10 ""' ' f - 1 A ' aluminum. Proposed figures are' VICTORIA The far north a the same month It was stated mat suDstitute ; : ;e total for the two teachers were providing one- 434.213 lineal feet tenth of the curriculum each ; ..Ih 479,108 In the year. 3 period last year. The board s reply denying the ; i poles and piling request will point out that Prinre ; ?d as follow this Rupert Is already paying the ! higest substitute scale In the ; :i0 lima! feet. province with, two exceptions : ;33 Terrace and Birch Island. In i us, 9.900. Vancouver substitutes get f rom : ..unt this February $7 to $9 per day and in Nelson i ;eces. Last year in ; they receive $4.50. lies were scaled. j One trustee facetiously sug- j this February am-, gested that, , "if the. substitutes : cords compared ; apologtee for bothering us with cords In the same this request, we may not reduce ear. their pay." i f mil r r . if VntnM tprritnrv fares & Cnnmlete j described as "fantastic and dis-'' graceful." Epidemic conditions ln North Kqrea had become out 'of control and the Communists-'were endeavoring to blame it on. some one else. One Communist Chinese charge was that shells had been fired into North Korea containing not obtainable. 1 LT.-GEN. SIR ARCHIBALD NYE, a native of Dublin, has been appointed Britain's new HmVi rnmmissioner to Canada. Education Week in Prince Ru- j pert was observed last night with j a public meeting ln the Civic j Centre when a fair-sized aud-j tn. knirrt n v-l tr ct fl IP t i V A 9nH j plague germs. Draft Bill Sidetracked i unuu .b.i.w.j - . ' meatless future because of the ; f oQt and mouth disease embargoes. i Fred Fraser.. Commissioner ot ; Yukon, has asked the British Columbia Minister of Agricuturc, 1 Hon. Harry Bowman, to modify ; the British Columbia embargo on ipr.iirie inea .because all of Yji-. j kon's supply has to be shipped j through B.C. He suggested the i coniincr nf vphieles or some other Sir Archibald viiiuoiu was Governor of jui H-c iivai vi nu """" v.-- .interesting address by Inspector! Madras in 1948 when he was 'of Schools G. W. Graham. Robert' cnosen Britain's first High YVimmlssioner to India. - B R X 043i Cariboo Quartz 1.30 i Congress ' , -06 ! Cronln Babine .44 ! Giant Mascot , -97 j i Indian Minus 20 Pioneer . 2.15 Premier Border 32 Vi Privateer 09 Reno - 03 1 2 Sheep Creek 1.65 Sllbak Premier .57 f , Tku River,"-. ;i . .07 Vananda -21 Salmon Gold 03 '2 Spud Valley .15 Silver Standard 2.35 Western Uranium 3 05 Oils-Anglo Canadian 9.00 A P Con 52 Calmont ' 195 C & E 16.90 Central Leduc 2.00 Moore, principal of King Edward! School, was chairman. I wronulation Adds oj 1 CP PHOTOS 1 Universal Service Measure Sent Back to Committee Inf in Last JO Years WAfiHTNOTON Rl- The House j measure to mee the urgent need Enrolment Highest Yet ! Total of 1474 Pupils Attending j Public Schools ; Enrolment at Prince Rupert city schools set a new high mark 1 in February this year at a total of Representatives voted 236 to ' The Booth Memorial School Band played an attractive program, under the direction of Fred Huber. Mr. Graham held that Education Week was certainly something of importance. It would Packers Not Agreeing to My, Military Activity and Mining: Factors ror supplies 111 uic iiimuig w-tricts. Mr. Bowman, however, said he could not consider the request. It must await clarification of the situation on the prairies. AWA (CP) The Yukon, strategically im-j Beef Ceding help in having the public gam a ' better impression of what is being j rid on its way back to a new mining heyday, i 162 Tuesday mgnt to sena ine administration-backed universal military training bill back to1 committee just about wiping out any chance that the hotly controversial measure can be , passed this year. The bill would have made able- bodied youths liable to six months military training as soon as they j reached the age of 18. I Tr. addition, it would have kept ! accomplished today in eauca-; ylCTORIA flCattle growers s fastest-growing area and its got figures! of 1474 as comparea wnn nu ln January of this year and 1361 In February 1951. Two years ago to prove it. I French Ship Is Loading Grain iber Hears' On a percentage basis, the far outstripped any othi.1 in February the enrolment was only 1359. All city schools showed in-rrensed enrolment this February :,ira of Canada In tile grown! them in reserves and subject to Freighter Jean L. D., Capt.'.T of Its population between 1911 and 1951, art 85.10 percent hoist , 'to 9096 from 4914. . ! paa flans recall for seven and a half years Batas win Degin taking on her after training finished. Changes had come. They had ; of British Columbia saia munuuj been gradual. There had been! that they had approached B.C. criticism as well as approval. packing houses to establish vol-Mention was made of where ln i untary price ceilings on beef some homes, as many as three : during the outbreak of foot and generations had been reared. It : mouth disease but the packers would be in a home such as this S declined. where changes in a school sys- (j. P Wilson, president of the tem were more likely to be readily , B c' cattle Growers, said about accepted. 1 50 percent of the packers agreed There was reference to Dr. ;to a ceiling but 50 percent did Hume, noted Canadian educator ; not Therefore, there could not whose recent comment In Mac- j be & generai agreement, lean's magazine concerning the j M, WUson sald the growers, as pupils of today and the results of 1 Association will refuse to sell wheat cargo this afternoon. The TTrpnrh vessel arrived at 7 I with the single exception of Booth Memorial nigh School which, at 516. was one off from I January although still well I ahead of 488 ln February 1951. ! Enrolment -figures per school i title lTr.hinfirv nnfl last. are'. President Truman and most military leaders endorsed the bill. a nnmhpr nf church, farm, edu twl eru.sher Is to in sheer numbers that boost j Tyre to provide a was puny compared with, say,! ;Pile for use on 1m- yntaiios Jump of more than; l the Skeena River 800.000 in the corresponding pe-j o'clock last night for her second visit here this winter. Cargo is cational Udwunai and a.iu other organizations o fnr jqj. Janan japan. The 1116 vessel Vessel took on wil urged a strong campaign against .. t imDerial Gil Co. dock bc- 'go Kraupncr, chair- rlod but the fact still stands: I Feb. it. 1 i'fnre nrneeedine to the elevator ili Yuuon nearly doubled its populut.on in. the last decide. j V.'liy the Jump I t''s land highway committer. il Chamber ol netting on Monday 'y there was suffice ' this morninS ! ITwered by citv fire their studies is arousing mucn . .. . u the pack viivia a T rr th rnp mickers niii Kiria 11 P"n Feb. 1951 488 318 272 231 . u - - 1952 513 374 291 293 Booth High King Edward Conrad (including Seal Cove) Borden Pwd up to attention. He has been charging ! . . biddlng high priCCs for department at 12:30 p.m. today that a great deal is lacking, and;', thcre Rre alwavs certain ' vas a small chimney fire at 143. 4i.i. ho he oiinnnc alleges, pnnlrt could hp be placed nineed' 1 . . , .In ninI,t nlofp tt.p home of A. i..lim umuiiv a o1-"" ... surface made lllP Yukon s 1901 popula een Kwinlisa n-.ul Dental Clinic this, nt. the door of the present sys tion 27.000 and tnen collapsed? Officials cite a number of M & McClay had Mercury 30 Okalta 3.90 Pacific Pete 1100 Roval Canadian -23 Royalite 16.00 TORONTO Athona 13 ' Aumaque 21 Beattlc DuQuesne 47 Bevcourt 102 Buffalo Canadian 24 Consol. Smelters 38.20 Conwest 3 85 Donaldaj I 7 Eldona 31 East Sullivan 8.75 Giant Yellowknlfe 11-50 God's Lake -38 Hardrock 13 Harricana I Heva I3 Jollct Quebec 48 Little Long Lac 69 Lynx .. -K Madscn Red Lake 199 McKenzic Red Lake 43 McLcod Cockshutt 2.78 Moncta 36 Negus 60 Noranda 80-00 Louvicourt 30 Pickle Crow 1-54 ' San Antonio 2.50 Senator Rouyn 18 Sherrit Gordon 4-25 Steep Rock 7.25 Silver Milh'r 100 Upper Canada 1-70 Golden Manitou ...( 6.45 individuals wno win sen - trihe " price." "If that happens, the lid Johnston. There was no dam-may j,. blow off beef prices in B.C." . age. '"-iruf'tions to start r"el a-aln at Gai- Total 1174 1359 Discussed by leasons. The Alaska Highway has gone through In the last decade, putting the Yukon on a direct roau link between Edmonton and Alaska. Ii the last couple of Uhat this vear :lc nakintr of reiiiiii- t bet til I M'fim,, and it had been en tt'nd washing years another Important gravei Skeena River. road has been built northwarii tem. He was. of course, entitled to his opinions which possessed a value. Mr. Graham gave a general review of educational thought and methods in British Columbia today. Students should think independently for the good, of everybody and along lines of reason and common sense. They should learn to accept responsibility, strengthen their own character and develop the moral fibre so that, when the time came to go out into the world, they could face up to the realism that must Rural schools in the area reported enrolments as follows: Port Esslngton, 33; Port Edward, 98 (85 last yean; Digby. 14 (19 last year); Sunnyslde, 35. New Strike on Stewart Canal STEWART. Recent opera- wrvs wrr(. ul)(tT j from Whltehorse into the, boom New. Park at East End Proposed- j School Board . Moot Roosevelt Park Conversion !h?SSsis- .. , 1 should represent the board on Citv 'Parks' Board will ask city council tor a.tne committee of the Prince , , nn,OVplt Park Rpautifica-1 , Rupert Children's Dental Clinic -I i. tv, the Kooseelt farK ceauiiuca plebiscite to convert chary about getting tion Fund for use in building a swimming pool and entangled in any financial corn-creating Plans were discussed at a meet- miIJIn.1senseckeri a new park. wh0 had already ing of park commissioners for a new park site at Seal attended IlllSlrilrtiiin K... n, it. en j' naimk ... . ing mining district oi Muyu, .i d.stance of 250 miles. MILITARY BASE Whltehorse has become an Im u rruu- ,p.hieh It as ... w out- i.r ii.. "n"' Impruvi-mrntx portant military base in joint i Canadian-American plans to d. -' lend the north. The air force' has a base there. It Is the heart ; of the army's engineering sys- be met. ' Tavp j tkms at the Stewart Canal gold I mine, under the direction of ! John Haahtl, are proving a suc II "r- Kraupner ;n the major im-"eram being plln. iy good Indeed of the clinic which is to start operations soon even if It means making a grant. Other members of the board, however, were inclined to take a more conservative attitude. Tho board heard that the pro- Turkey Pledges Her Forces to UN Army tem for maintenance of the Ala-ka Highway. i The air base was developed during the war as part of the' " s year. At last, 11 as coming cess. Crosscuttmg in tne mam tunnel through a felsUe dyke, a body of ore was encountered the exact extent of which is not vet determined. IK i 1 1 . r - 4 site is the grounds of the I pupil showed slight inclination to : Exact study and it was evident his time former RCAF recreat on hall I in school was largely wasted, it which was moved to M,Uer Bay. iwas better, he considered, for Basement is Plannf " jhim to be outside holding a job swimming pool; surrounding area I rather than to be a loafer either for playground facilities and In or out school. A condition of parkland. idleness, above all. must be c6mmissioners fel .that It is cor,Hai timp the eh dren In the east end ipnrr -i 'staging route for taking pianes Agrees to Form Gov't I ANKARA. Turkey today vincial government contributed Dledeed her land, sea and air half of the cost of the clinic K urhioh i-harirpH pneh child USU1H ""'rebel ""'"eaito ltussia. Now it Is a kev oasc f the r,,' 'u.Kl i fmil!ic furiln Vhms to fight off any planes Hum Trr. t.lmi n,i.u i Assays are not yet available i but Mr. Haahtl Is extremely optimistic that this new discovery I will prove of vaiue to the prop forces to the United Nations - - - 11 'he llOI'll ' ""Bim wuiiiv: iium lts services $4. Fees charged by PARIS (CP) Antolne Pinay w n iinti 'uo c t liitiii ill I if, I, nii. avuiueu. 10 was imi - , . of the city have somewhere to go for the school to maintain con- & ... - ai i 1 u ciimmAf nniifiavs. 1 K'JVcr At , army. General Eisenhower, com boomed Doomed from from 754 754 in in 1941 iy4i to to 2U00. ziwu. 60-yar-old Mooeraie wmativu erty. is visiting An- the dentists and the hours 01 work, they would be putting In were discussed. a TOSS... os r t"LS(!lt from Terrace Mdc the river Dawson has dropped from 1000 ttve s endeavoring to form IS t Development on this find tact with boys and gins 01 - iii"rute which has mander-in-chief Speaking briefly of sport and been set aside for utlfication kara. - ih. .Ji k ihp insnpeinr of Roosevelt park U estimated to 773. new ivrencn Ko,""",c"' ., ask the Assembly to vote, i mav Is situated on The property mm in as Premier He advised Sresllcnr Aurtol he had been 'Mount Ralney adjoining the Big . i i n.ntiatinns to' Four and its easy access to stated that sometimes It might to have built up a fund . ot some ! be thought a lad's thoughts were $23,000. It has one more year to i , . , ....... ri 1 r,n hofore the tax is eliminated. Burma Education Commission Here succeasmi o . . i .,,.,1,0 if But, aside from the military, the key to the Yukon's growtn is mining. In 1946, for Instance, the total value of minerals produced in the Yukon was $1,-700,000, nearly all from gold in the Klondike. In 1950 it was $8,000,000. witn Two Perish in Montreal Fire form an administration. concem-raieo mauiiy -'" H"". , .k. h,,rrf board rather than on the course of Meanwhile the park estimates whum are studies. This however, was a mis- prepared ..j.-- . . 1 "hwer than ever before, ac- jan inviting possibility as a po-i tential producer. N June 5 turn out to be a good student and cording to Chairman Pat For- MONTREAL. Two people died VICTORIA A six-man -WEATHER- oi snn-,0 fimo o-tvp nlpntv of I man. . . ' i ..i- missini? after a fire mission from Burma is htre Hi TIDES u..ipp Rimert After snow gold at $3,500,000, silver at $2,.-. 500,000 and lead at $1,900,000. Officials here think the total ...ay may hit a. $12,000,000 M.ouiwM, for ior 1951 ioi and - should do a grea t dea l lor of tour to study ! attention to his games. ! "We destroyed a theatre.build- ; the course a i Having charge of a school j parks this year li we are Pven itn aDartments 0n the up-; the Canadian educational sys- ' wiuf blrlhtlay of ,,n since in keeplnS fa vtt reien of dnrln" the night, cloudy with 1 Thursday, March 6, 1952 meant the practice of kindliness, the money we win - q three loors Many tem, united Kingdom, umtea tolerance, firmness, impartiality, said. rPspivd at were forced into the street,-? in States and Mexico have already --- expected today and High 9:58 16.9 feet 15 keep on going. The heart of this 16.2 feet Thursday win ind, a 25 miles per 23:23 boom is the base-metal mining rhnntrln 1- nw 3:5a ,,5 feet ypsio 11 w&s an- knowledge of a' subject.- as well as txum w r night ... attire 1 m.xt city council meeting lsrtuailvThe Q"'en's uua"y on April 21. area around Mayo, between nour mi " tr . ft 4 feet 1 its worth. Whltehorse and Dawson. .temperature. .. .