1 ; I v CABS rnovi vie T0HI.4, 2. C. 1 j QRMES fee DRUGS DAILY DELIVERY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Phone 81 Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Greet Northwest" K DISPATCHED irrj vt t VI,. in PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS Ml Ol MM WW ! ;": , ,' ! fV' M ",'!( ft .K r i if i : , , f D5PIT CRASH PHOTOS- Twenty-Eight Persons Winnie on ! x- ,5 c L xLiWay Home victims in ciizaoein t NEW YORK CP)-Prime M; Min Water Emergency in City; Reservoir Dry; Serious Fire Danger 4 lk''iU' ,n ister Winston Churchill left for home aboard the liner Queen Mary early today after eighteen days in the United States ani Canadian Newspaperman Among Those losing Life Also Former Secretary of War A state of emergency was declared today by Canada . . ! ELIZABETH, New Jersey (Canadian Press) A i s The British statesman puffed fogbound American Air Lines plane, grop-l cigar and waved .breezily to I , lufcwuim ".' -" passenger r & f i : several persons who came to see J Mayor H. S. Whalen due to a serious water shortage. S , v 7 spent his' Early this morning bottom of the city reservoir was ' ing us way lino me wewaiK airport on insuuiiieiii., jhim otf. I noscMlived into a residential area Tuesday and!. Mr churchui had Hast in the day United states "h-irelv covered" with water and Mayor Whalen 1 . i , n iitili a i . J , . . i brought naming Cieaui W us occupants aim live nursing nnrc nir a a r(n com anfl ana urfnt. went Kt.r.llirht suuigin - , ;n homes for i . . Itn bed after hoardine his shiu. h itmed Constant rUlininiT , , 01 Vv dter lani. taps lU UOIIltS lOl i olmit nersoiis. - . ... , I the shortage. i - . , i ' ) un account oi nis com ne wan I CA flnnn in R00''1 p- Patterson, aged 6Q.iunabie to be honored in a ticker rlYw lCVIVJ ; former former United United State Statcii Secretary Secretary ; ,alx, arade in New York ye.i- of War under President Truman, I terday. Elderly Woman Truck Victim' i was one of the- victims. IMiami Crash rj Plea of the city now is for householders and merchants to ; conserve water until supply In the reservoir has been restored. ; Residents, Mayor Whalen be-; lieved, had been running -water ; taps open to keep pipes f rom freezing. . i Greatest hazard caused by the j VANCOUVER Mrs. Elizabeth ' A Canadian newspaperman. Kenneth K. Wilson, 48, Ottawa editor of the Financial Post, was also killed in the crash. j Another victim was John F. Chester, 45, former business editor of the Associated Press and Serious Fire Averted on MIAMI, Florida t A privaU-ly ! owned Lockheed Lodestar plane, j attempting a take-off at Miami1 International airport, swerved off r.ip runwav to avoid other TresC-, struck last night by a truck reported to have had no light, fried of the injuries. She was 92 years of age. ' shortage is In case of fire, said j ! Fire Chief Earl Becker. Without , planes and burst into flames late r I..., 1,MII 11 fM, n,.r.. . i-OUC.'f"'l":"'. . Waterfront sufficient water reserve, lire j fighting would be seriously ham-: percd. ' 'And we can carry only two- r T h ; The plane was Inbound from! aD'aQ-. , , ... r...l., Buffalo. It hurtled Into a three-,r2J? SnflrST.: frame apartment building; r f-JT-I- f "trarby; Die was aboard Food Gift To Britain , company, . . and-a-half minutes' supply of A serious fire was averted Justiwater on the wagons. If we were before noon today when a burn-1 caieci to a large fire suddenly, ing seiner docked at an oil com- j we.d be helpless," said the chief, pany wharf. Fire extinguishers ,May0r Whalen said "at least" controlled a flash blaze which a 0l water conservation started in crew's quarters. j ouid be necessary to restore Th' Yankee Bov landed at the ! normal reserve supply in the A. B. Curry, airport director. : aid the pilot, apparently, lost ! altitude when his right engine ; lailed and he attempted to land. ! He faw other "aircraft on the dwellings. : A mother and her two children were killed as their home! collapsed about them in the I hurricane-like blast. : A third child was trapped in ' busy runway and swerved off to avoid them. The plane caught I ' " u. ianoiner Duiwing ana an mi- RS SAVED SEVEN of 43 passengers and cr w of DC4 airliner which crashed off the edKe milnpit mnway early Sunday morning Robert Glass ilcfti and Jack Fraser dug out the plywood boat from Its winter mooring to loach the crash scene. In j Standard wharf billowing smoke : reservoir i Identified person also died but crew was not aware oi tne, fire as it struck the ground and was, quickly enveloped in flames. Acrodex Inc. said it was a local t.-st flight. Proposal Meets With Mixed Reception at Agriculture Session MONTREAL (CP)-- Suggestion was made before the annual convention of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture Tuesday that Canada send Great Britain $103,000,000 worth of food as a 1f TJP j the flames. ' i Screaming residents ran for 'safety and eleven person were injured, including nine otcu-1 p.mts of nearby homes, i . Tlie plane carried eighteen fire although attempts werej made by a witness to warn them. Failing to make the skipper understand him. John Clifton turned in the fire alarm. CCF to Drive For Housing 1 r.. ,.m pussenfeers, crew oi inree anu r iremen saiu, appaieuvij, auuic two company personnel.' garments had fallen on an oil The crash area is less than a stove and fire spread to a mat-mile from, the spot where a J trcsr nearby. Gas station atten-Miami air line plane crashed into : danu Jumped aboard with fire Object to Immigrant TORONTO Ros Thatcher,; m c H Federathm CCF member of parliament for i nt RUsgested that the Mocse Jaw, announced last night , ceral gcvornment mav be well that hts party would start a advisr(1 l0 lav aside $ico.OC0.O0O fir fiie Ellabcth River thirty-eight. ! extinguishers as soon as tne usn d.iys ago, killing 56 persons, inR ves.sel landed. drive ior low remai uua "' ! for .SU(.h a purpose. It not o:ily Jack Powell is skipper of. the throughout the country at Ute woud aid au.sterity-stricken B 1-YaukccBoy. -:'- , . . ,. forthsomlng session.. . ; tain but wouhl help iiv disposal. ' Fire Chief Earl Becker sai(t "it! Tliatcher'charged "the govern-; of huge aupplies of feed grains was very fortunate" it wasn't a jmenl with inertia, indifference f building up in Canada, large (ire, especially at this time i and complete ineptitude on the owever, H. H. Hannam. Can-of water shortage. whole matter of housing. I adian Federation of Agriculture Labbf Here 'Toronto's Car And V Bus Strike ends VANCOUVER CP) - BritLsh Co-j V. -J! Kt V'i-' m Alexander-Massey Talk I 'vr fl , "S f i'Y i U.; J it, I -J i.i.' f hhf 'hi ON' I ; 3 , v S 1 1 V .l It ;-J' i f t . . . president, said such a scheme might upset international markets and cut down chances of other oountries of selling food to Britain at reasonable prices. "Hw would we feel," said Mi. Ilannam. "if Denmark, Holland and the United States were to implement such a proposal ar. send free gifts to Britain cutting down our, chances of selling In that market.'" lunibia Federation of Labor! . ( (CCLi will ask for an immecli-i 1CRCNTO The nineteen-day ite provincial investigation into; strike of 4700 members of the problems created by immigrant 1 street Railwaymen's Union hav-1 labor on t he labor market. , ing ended last night, Toronto's j George Home, .secretary, said 1 street cars and buses are back in ! Tuesday that a letter lias been ' operation today and people who; sent to Premier Bvron Johnson had hitch-hiked or walked since j -tron?ly requesting an immcdi-jthc transit tie-upstarted are cn-te public invsetigation." Joying their no.'mal modes of Home ,aicl the issue will be a ! irwwporUitlon wain, . End of the s ttrike came wUi big one at th- coming BiUisl. Political Commentators Intrigued Mayor Whitton Not Impressed Blizzard Hits Fraser Valley 1 LONDON h The Alexander ' for defence minister and Massey ! lor governor-general boom in- VANCOUVER Near-blizzard j trigued' British political com- , . . . - . 1 : ; 1 Ul IJ1IIAJ 1 1 UlliWUI UUblMII WVIII prcvailed in the, meitators today i (Jon mDia reaeraiion conveiniuii , ,. ,,, I . -i, n,,,iiii.nc I , . k,.,..,, o mission and the Union agreeing conditions to leave settlement of their dis-1 Frasci Valley this morning ana I British Cnlnmhia Federation It, was reported that Field ! Mupslml Viscount. Aleximder is' to a one-man arbitration i as mucli as ten incnes oi new lis ffiit.herino fnct.s on the sltua- Pute board for final decision. I tion including reports of work to board another Northwest Air Lines DC4 homeward bound WO (if th. seven survivors ! snow fell in some parts ; uvketpd t0 lakc 0V(.r the, British I Schools have been closed by cfcncc minliStry and Vincent! ; drifting weather and the cold, j M ,g s,Hted to replace Alex. ers from other countries coming Tom 'top i and Harry.' assisted on the here after being told there a f r m Sandsplt were youthful Field bi others, KC'AF. U.S. Army and airlines men. Municipalities mere was lour incnes oi new an.,. oovemor-General of: plenty ol Jubs in Canada. mow in Vancouver this morning. ! With 750 men and 70 trucks engaged, the snow battle is cost- ; ing the city $10,000 a day. i 'Talk Tax Melon Canada. Massey, is now in London?. Ho icluscd to comment. v Governors-General, by estab- King's Trip to Start March 10 LONDON Date of the departure of the King and Queen and Frncess Margaiot for their trip to South Africa lias been set for March 10. They will sail on this battleship HMCS Vanguard and are due at Capetown March 26. It will be primarily a health trip for His Majesty but will also have the aspect of a goodwill tour. (aesong ! jished custom, are received by mm T I L C S i Hie Kin and Queen before tak- , , ,. 0, ', ing of their appointments, j VANCOUVER-A special meeting of the Union of British Co- : lumbia Municipalities will be held next month to consider the Incident division of the municipalities' I High 10:57 j share of tho three percent tax and other government appor-'Low 4:49 itionments. 1 17:55 21 i lect """"i, , -..t,.. fccl Commissioner In London from 9.5 feet 1935 10 194G- declined to com- 29 feet mrnt- Reports from Canada said the PANMUNJON if The United Nations command said today its if l f w Llf - J LJvv IS Weather appointment of a Canadian was criticized in some quarters. In Ottawa Charlotte Whitton, TODAY'S STOCKS K'ourlf-M H. II. JollllMun t'u. I. til l. planes had bomber part of thCj Kaesong neutral zone last Thursday and also probably stated a , Communist truce convoy. The United Nations command blamed the Kaesong Incident on accidental release of a bomb Instead of a wing tip gasoline tank. It said the pilot was trying U lighten his plane. j The Command said that the outspoken mayor, said the appointment of a Canadian governor-genera! would lead to disappearance of that office. Spouking as a private citizen; Mavor Whitton said it would bring 'politics into Rideau Hall GALE AMI SNOW There will be a heavy snowtitll along the coast, today. At least six Inches of fresh snow is expected on the lower mainland. An extensive storm Is approaching tlie coast and gale warnings have been issued for all coastal waters. Tlie snow will spread 1' THOMPSON, De- TORONTO Atliona Aumaque Beat lie Hevcourt . Buffalo Canadian . Consul. Smelters Conwest Donalda .. Eldona F.ast, Sullivan ind the fine detached dignity of the crown" would disappear. .. .09 . .21 19'4 .. '.74 .18 .197.00 .. 3.65 .. .46 .. 9.15 fii nf Trunsuort radio , bomb a 1000-pounder htn t no i one and caused no property dam-: I age. i DR. GEORGE E. SINGER, of Queen Charlotte City, worked long hours on shocked survivors, then became coroner of The crown, she said, ibovc party politics ROBERT GLASS, radio officer in charge, took the alarm and organized the rescu,1 party. Four other radio operators took part In the rescue as well as other airport personnel. - photos by Larry Stanwood VANCOUVER American Standard 20 Bralome 5.90 B R X 03 Cariboo Quartz 1.15 Congress 05 Cronin Babine 55 Giant Mascot 97 Indian Mines 22 2t Pend Oreille 8.50 Pioneer 184 Premier Border 33'a Privateer 08 Reeves MacDonald 6.25 Reno 04 Sheep Creek 1 63 was just: throughout the Interior during ! the day. ' There Is warmer uir arroni- was on duly w hen th "I'' In for Its fatal He heard cries from ' T a few minutes later 1 In the alarm. i n n u e s t s as as bodies ' were from the wreck. brought panylng this storm and tempera-i tures are expected to moderate ' ! slowly. The snow will likely French Freighter Air Traffic Held Today ange to rain along Uie west r l I f p. ichii Children UEldVCU DV JlOffJI ! coast of Vancouver Island later e CNR Derailment Near Edmonton ---. t.,lfi today and there will be showers Fourteen Million New Census Count .63 Silbuk Premier All air flights to and from rt'liK'c Rupert were washed out at 1:30 p.m. today, Canadian Pa- !sh Fire m V .00 .19 M . o 2.45 Taku River Vananda Salmon Gold Spud Valley Silver Standard JWE, Quebec it' Three EDMONTON A freight train , cillc Airlines announced. A heavy v.a derated on the Canadian s,orm ls reported . moving in on .. , ., , .. Eandsp'.t, while Vancouver is line two National Railways main cnuBh,n Ul(1 mUM of a bUmird miles west, of Edmonton today With OIU..cighth of a mile vlsi- and. sixteen cars went off the billty. ! 1..A . (il'ioii OTTAWA Filial census figures, expected to be released In about, six weeks, should show a population of slightly Giant Yellowknife 12.20 God's Lake 35 Hiirdroek 12 Harrlcana 14V4 Heva 10',, .Toilet Quebec 48 Lynx .13V'2 Madsen Red Lake ..: 195 M Kenzle Red Lake 41 McLeod Cockshutt 2.80 Moneta 36 Negus 66 Noranda 81.25 Louvicourt 26 Pickle Crow 1.56 San Antonio 2.56 Senator Rouyn 19 Siherrlt 'Gordon 4.50 Steep Rock 7.10 Silver Miller 1.60 Upper Canada 1.72 Golden Manitou 7.00 Western Uranium 3.20 li''d and a fourth was injured Tuesday when il a two-storey frame Uiis small town about Oils- of mixed rain and snow elsewhere along the coast tomorrow. Forecast North coast region Gale warning issued, snow south portion and Charlottes today. Clear on northern mainland, becoming overcast with snow beginning this afternoon. Cloudy with snow flurries tomorrow. Milder. Winds easterly (35 increasing to 50 over open water during the morning Wind southeast (30) tomorrow. Lows tonight and highs tomorrow at Port Hardy, 25 and 38; Sandsplt, 28 and 37; Prince , Rupert, 20 and 34. A French freighter due here sometime tonight or tomorrow from Japan ls expected to load grain for Italy, agents W. G. Nickcrson & Co. said today. She is the Jean L.D., and will require a few hundred tons of fuel for onward transportaUon to San Pedro. Although little word has been received on the type of ship, she is dlesel operated. Bad weather has delayed the freighter enroute the Great Northern Circle, It was reported today Approximately 300.000 bushels will be loaded at government elevators. Mii'lv "lies north of Three! IVei-s uebec. over 14.000.0UU for Canada. The preliminary estimate showed 13.893.000 but there have been additions of missing names since then. VAST COLLECTION track H was expected the line Air traffic was held up this' w;ulci be cleared this afternoon. 1 '"orning due to bad Vancouver I weather, Canadian Pacitic Air- ! ' " I lines office said here. Tlie first ; CRITICAL PERIOD flight was delayed and passen-j asked to check back g" early; Slalisllcs in the United States . .. m the afternoon Wednesday Anglo Canadian 9.50 A P Con 58 x Calmont 2.40 C & E 18.00 Central Leduc 3.15 Home Oil 17.20 Mercury 24 'i Okalta 4.35 Pacific Pete 1145 Royal Canadian 24 !'l, and Helen 2, children Mr. ap.d Mrs Aarit.n Cote, snaw inia mosi oivoICes occur , flighl ()f Landsealre was caned-i in the middle of the fourth year led. , Vancouver airport was! of umniase. I "closed in" by zero ceiling. ' More than 55 miles of shelving i are required to house the volumes In the British Museum. M'"1 ?re is reported to have an overheated fur- ! - .... . a. - 4 J