PROVINCI!- 1. LK U CABS PROVINCIAL LI3A?.?, ram a 113 VICTORIA, 2, C. 1- entries close NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER fit Published ot Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Greot Northwest" MARCH 15th VOL. XLI, No. 63 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS n l , " rJMfc ' "- t If "V- f ir Li uu (i iru mm. f: - J ' " i I n o Co Playboy Spy's : - f J R '-! . f " f - : V; !' A ' Afraid of Reprisals, lit Warns Against Province Being Sucked Into Deals Section Along Skeena Should Be Disentangled From Railway Line lost 1 I Suez Canal Blocked by Five Stranded Vessels ISMAILIA (P Five ehips ran aground Irt the Suez Canal this morning and shipping was completely paralyzed by a 50-mile-an-hour "Khamseen," hot desert wind, which blew ships off their courses and reduced .visibility to a few yards. Two tankers wore blown aground north of Ismailia and blocked the channel. The Canal Company sent tugs to pull off both vessels from sand bars. Three other vessels are reported aground near Port Said. v v if t : Vancouver Garage Attendant Threatened It He t, "Squealed" to Police j VANCOUVER (CP) A servic station attendant, William Trot ter, "squealed" to police after three gunmen robbed him of; $80. VICTORIA (Canadian Press) British shouldn't allow itself to be "sucked in" to any quietly surrendered, Royal Canadian Mounted Po-i lice on Thursday bared for the former Minister of Public the Legislature last night. One of the men telephoned i Ilrsl tlme most, but not an, me the service station an hour after , details. They add up to one of the robbery and'asked: "How did I tne most bizzare Canadian stor-j 0?.. : ies of the war story of a play- . "l'to!d the man I squealed." j y W wh n Canadian, ap-said Trotter. "The man said 'Oil. ; patently, seriously questioned or Ambulance ...1 ';J Firemen Quit Taft Against Statehood Move i Bizarre Tal Astonishing Revelation By KCMP OTTAWA 0 A free-speaking German spy landed In Canada by submarine in 1942 and lived here two-and-a-half years before his $7000 in cash ran out and he suspected. The man made friends in Ottawa who probably to this day j 'was. He frequented night clubs. bars ancr restaurants, liked a ;g00d ... tlme and gpent money freoly. Once he got caught in a police raid on a Montreal brothel but slipped away after paying a $50 deposit. He went under the assumed name of Alfred Haskins and gave ' a Toronto address. The RCMP declined to disclose his German name. Most bizzare touch about this spy was that he forgot about Bpying". He just lived on his money and had-a good time. The RCMP are satisfied that he didn't send back a single piece of in- formation but he poured a wealth of information about Germany into their files after he gave himself up. spot and digging out a radio set which he had brought with him. Benefits Of Alcan R. C. Steele, M.L.A., Tells House How It Will Benefit Farmers Oh,' and hung up. I know they're irt.lnn lr rrnt rr T f thntr'ra In ' n have one c,ge 6 ' He had been warned, Trotter s said, not to report the robbery . . i I r . . i . , - ' , w uic ponue u yuu khuw wiiai, i ( good for you.'' Restrictions On Road Eased j Only restrictions on driving on the Transprovincial Highway 16 now Is the movement of trucks on the portion between Pacific and Lakelse Road junction, L. E. Smith, divisional engineer, an- bounced today. Trucks, whether loaded or un- loaded are prohibited to traverse ei?. R(e"eation Associat on who SAN ANTONIO (API-Alaska i will discontinue the service after isn't ready to be a state but! Hawaii is, Senator Robert A. Taft I Ap ' , ... , " Notlce ot thi intention was iid here I" ' ' , ,, . . ,. ..received yesterday at the City The republican presidential I Ha1 said Alaska hasn't the! aspirant Fo'r sever(U g- thc ambu population to enter vhe union, ,ance has been operated by flre. is It economically able to be nor j men on ghm whlle 0ff-shift men a state. ; over t,ne driver s duties. Am- He said the northern territory ! bulance fees were retained by was "practically federally" con-1 tr,e firemen while operating trotlcd and because of this the cost,s were borne by the city. two senators and one congress- j xhis is another move on the man they could be entitled to part of the firemen to show their now would be controlled by the opposition to city council In its administration in power any ; wagc and working negotiations acini ".ntstiatlon either republl- attitude, a fire hall spokesman can or democrat. 1 said. Tfift ".ilrl Al'ivlr-i Ktalehnndi ... To Discontinue Service After April 30 i Problem of operating the city sed into the laps of city fathers ! by the Prince Rupert Flrefight- ! Sharp Quake Down Coast VICTORIA O; A sharp earthquake jolted southern Vancouver Island approximately at 7 a.m. today. The tremor was stronger than the scries of shocks which shook the area three wecRS ago. There is no immediate report of damage. The quake was felt at Nanalmo where an RCMP constable said the quake felt "like a heavy 7' , similar report from the RCMP detachment at Duncan, 40 miles up island from Victoria. West and North Vancouver also felt It. 1 that highway stretch ewept be- He was lanaea irom a suomar-tween midnight and 10 a.m. and ine on the New Brunswick coast, then only if road Is "fairly well later leading the police to the ft Coalitionists i $,nliius ! .irr ! I HarnUI Winch's j of rights was tie- ,h reading in me ..slaturc Thursday. ' ed for a oan on ; .:tous discrimina- vnipnt. education, i isliip and u- I j have o s in any public nTSOll. i.J.'pendei.t groups Mst their ngn. ioi , r the combined Liberal and Coall- nt members and ,. official Conser- f icral Gordon Wis-i.dod the fight : He said tsriusn luve ine wuiim British common ! by attempting to ! liLs. the province I great clang of I tiiiE liberty. i : :Market i ; i 1 pted ' : I hi Million 1 I'ut Out fur Sale : ; New disrupt ion ' .ineulturc loomed uiiccmcnt. yester-'00.000 pounds of own on the Can-partly as a result ak of foot-and-in Saskatchewan. A Dairy Council if 'ii h milk wuuid I rinise of United ,if 's on imports of ;airy products. is ban as put on I.igainst the the spread I Hith disease sease. fcairy products are 4'"' United States 'ion regulations. said that dairy if would normally be I Mted States would t itia and be milked. ;n Saskatchewan ifhrrds known tu be if. loii-and-niouth en slaiiRhtered. Butler remier s f Reuter's political speculate,! today , th,i Exchequer following the f'"i he made with .s week, ni.i i,.m VICTORIA P R. C. Steele, I istcr,1 Harry Bowman said Thurs-I.ihernl Omineea. unoke in the dav 'must wait, until the Territory is1 more fully developed. ! "But Hawaii," he declared,.: "has 500.000 population and is self-sustaining." Taft also advocated state- ownership of the tidclands. "They i are no different than the land we stand on," he said. : ! Russia Bucks-Austria Peace iKioi ti f rV f XT T f tft Tho United States. Great Britain and trance niuisuuy jjiwu.wu Russia a short eight-article treaty to restore Austria's independence. Thc proposal was submitted to Moscow by ambassadors of thc three western governments. Russia, in long negotiations over the Austrian peace settlement, has agreed already to .seven of eight articles. Thc only article to which Russia objects is one that would require Russia and the western powers to give up all property in Austria claimed by them as Nazi assets and war booty. This single article alone makes it unlikely that Moscow will ac cept the three-power offer. $200,000 Fireat Grande Prairie more poor highway deals, Works E. C. Carson said in the 1 jnii mil ill 1i ll niiimiiii iiiimn imiiw the ,, ' on to E. C. CARSON . . Calls Skeena Road Bad Deal of Lifting of Meat Ban Now Pends 1 Imports May Be Permitted ; Bx.Jonight or Saturday I VICTORIA (CP) The British Columbia ban on meat Imports , ' may be eased tonight or Satur-idav mornine. Agriculture Min- imr. n 1,, n.ntflriCT fnr wnrrl . . n c ai c jum .....B from federal Agriculture Minis- Gardiner ". Mr. Bowman said. "He will be letting us know helruPKUon servlceshe is selling up in caiBaiJt luiiiuu- ton and Vancouver. When that Is done, the ban will probably be cased. The ban was imposed two weeks ago when foot and mouth disease broke out in Saskatchewan. -WEATHER- Synopsis The low pressure area which brought stormy conditions to ine coast yesterday has moved south into the western states. Cloudi ness is decreasing gradually along the coast in the wake of the storm and this afternoon will be sunny in most sections. In the Interior there will be variable cloudiness with frequent sunny intervals. Skies will be clear overnight, however, as colder temperatures are expected at most points. "Another disturbance is approaching the Gulf of Alaska and more showers are forecast for the coastal areas tomorrow. Little change is expected elsewhere. Forecast North coast region North portion sunny today with a few cloudv periods over the Char lottes this afternoon. Cloudy with showers tomorrow. Little chance in temperature. Winds- northerly 30i, decreasing to light overnight. Southerly winds (25) tomorrow. Lows tonight and hinhs tomorrow at Sandspit, a and 42; Prince Rupert, 28 and 45. Remainder of region cloudy this morning, clearing by noon. Sunny tomorrow morning. Cloudy with showers tomorrow afternoon and evening. Little change in temperature. Winds southeast (15). becoming light by af- temOOn. W1UU SUUUKb,h morrow uiiemwi, uuno vw-t,w - and - ... highs tomorrow ,,.., at Vnr Hardy, 32 and 45. TIDES Saturday, March 15, 1952 High 3:09 21.2 feet 15:42 18.6 feet Low 9-35 0 Ieet 21:32 6.1 feet Mr. Carson was speaking about Northern Transprovincial Highway and particularly about section between Terrace and Prince Rupert. This section was built by the Department of National Defence and, after the war. was turned over to the provincial government to administer. The Canadian National Railways line parallels the highway i much of this stretch. The two are so close together that in the winter railway snowplows push tons of snow on the railway line into the highway. The public works department has sent its own plows through push the snow off the road and back on to the railroad. "There are things we should not let ourselves be sucked into," Mr. Carson said. "... These things fritter away our money and break the morale of crews the public works department which have to battle against a situation that Is just Impos sible." ! CRITICIZES PGE POLICY Mr. Carson said the railway and the highway must be "disentangled." The former minister of public I works told the House that the province's road program was slipping back. Last year the province fell $10,000,000 short of meeting its objective on construction of the British Colum bia portion of the TransCanada . 1rf it XI VBI ?VSa IMMM TT w w - jump on Premier Johnson's Pacific Great Eastern bandwagon even if it meets defeat at the polls. Carson stuck stubbornly to the nrnnnsitinn - that the province i ineeds extension of the railway from the present southern ter minus of Squamish into North Vancouver. The Premier has announced plans to start building the highway and shelve the railway extension. Mr. Carson said that, if it is a choice between a rail link and a road, he wants a railway line. Low Rentals : For St. John's 1 j , ,, Newfoundland , i ! ST JOHN'S, - Negotiations have been conclud- ed whereby 150 low rental homes will be built in the area of this city under the federal-provin- clal financing scheme. Rents will be not less than $35 a month, according to ability to pay. The rentals will be restrict- ea 10 persons eaiiiiiiS km $3,600 a year. The federal gov - eminent pays 75 per cent of the cost and the provincial, twenty-five , per cent. Today's Stocks (Courlesjr B- 1. Juluistim tu. Ltd.) VANCOUVER American Standard 26 Bralorne 6.00 B R X 03 Cariboo Quartz 1 25 Cronin Babine 44'2 Giant Mascot 94 Indian Mines - -20 Pioneer 2.15 Premier Border 31 Privateer 09 Reno 03 Vi Sheep Creek 162 Silbak Premier .47 Taku River 07 Vananda 20 Salmon Gold 03 '2 Spud Valley 12 Silver Standard 2.35 Western Uranium 3.75 Oils A P Con 56 Calmont 195 Central Leduc 3 55 Home Oil 18 00 Mercury -34 Okalta - 3.90 Pacific Pete 1050 Royal Canadian .24 Extensive Program of Telephone Improvement For Central Interior Would .Make Prince Rupert Nerve Centre-New Switchboards for Terrace DESPERADO'S WiFE Mrs. Ann Roberts Jackson of Toronto, is the wife of Leonard Jackson, bank robber wounded three times in a furious gun battle with police in Montreal'. Jackson is alleged to have been with Steve Suchan when two Toronto detectives were shot and wounded. Suchan was captured last week in Montreal also after a gun battle. A third member of the gang. Edwin Alonzo Boyd, still is at large. H e t blood-spattered skirt and legs came from her attempts to aid the bleedinfr Jackson. (CP PHOTO i Expert Says Limit Here WASHINGTON AP) The chairman of the President's council of economic advisers, Leon Keyserling, is conceding that this country is nearing th saturation point on taxes. The house appropriations committee has published some of its hearings in which Keyserling had testified. He was asked by republican Representative Phillips of California if he thought there was a saturation point on taxes. "Very definitely," Keyserling replied. Phillips then asked: "Do you believe we are approaching that Keyserllng's answer: JJ certainly approaching whm one has tQ ul about the , of , taxes ., i Tq this tne California repre. sentative retorted: "You would, think so lf you had been back ; talkmg t0 your constituent in the last tnree months." 1 International Air Traffic Facilitated OTTAWA. An important new agreement has been made be tween Canada and the United States on air traffic between the two countries. Henceforth airline companies will not need permits for each individual flight but will have licences tot three year periods. ; Flying Priest " Loses Licence ; EDMONTON. Pilot's licence of Father William Leising, OMi. "The Flying Priest," who had tu make a forced landing near Fori McMurray this week, has had his pilot's licence cancelled. Au-i thorities found that he lmu overloaded his plane he had three other missionaries on board and failed to file a flight Merger of thc scattered frozen." In all otheif areas, the highway Is reported In fair condition with no seveie break-ups. Frost is coming out of the ground gradually, due to the cool nights, and under such conditions, no serious problems are expected, said Mr. Smith. . . .. ...... - ' ... British Bacon Ration Boosted innnNTh Rritih haron I ration is being increased by one : ounce to five ounces a week. The new ration goes into effect! March 23. I . : network of telephone and tele Upwards of $250,000 will be ! Telegraphs and C.N.T. but ad- muteu niu there were many lines of both services which duplicated. In the meantime the British Columbia Telephone Co. has agreed to put a commercial radio service between Dawson Creek and Central British Columbia. It is understood that the Company is prepared later to instal a land line. At all events, Mr. Murray said that he proposed to secure tying in of the (.Continued on page 7) ' nt successor to ' GRANDE PRAIRIE The nui as Prime Min- j son's Bay store here was ! rjletelv destroyed destroyed by by fire last AC 1.. 11.. . . i ' tdUV hn ot troneest. i nleht. together with $200,000 graph lines formerly known as Dominion uovernmeni ieie- graph, established in British Columbia under the British North America Act at the time of union in 1871, .with Canadian National Telegraphs Is under discussion at Ottawa. Conclusion of such a merger would make Prince Rupert a nerve centre in telecommunications on the Pacific Coast.v Canadian National Telegraphs operate the great communications system on Alaska Highway. This is a feeder to transcontinental telegraph lines which are integrated with Canadian National Railways. Merger of the two lines would effect great savings by wiping out duplicating services in Central B.C.. the Peace River country and along the coasts of Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. . Special to Thc Dully News OTTAWA. George M. Murray, MP Cariboo, in a statement at Ottawa, said that an extensive program of improvement of the telephone system throughout Central B.C. and Peace River country nespumjent said, worth of stock. I t ,i.n L,egBiaiure yejsiciuay ui uic benefits which the Alcan alum- inum development is bringing to i hls ' r,din(r. sald tha, Alnan construction camps and predic- ted developments of Kitimat Into a city of 50,000 will give the farmers of his district new nearby markets for their products. The Omineca member gave each member an aluminum paper-weight made in the shape I of the 30-pound infeots such as! Alcan will begin producing at Kitimat in two years. Boyd Asked To Surrender MONTREAL. Appeal was broadcast over radio and through newspapers yesterday to Edward Alonzo Boyd, last and most desperate of the Toronto trio who have been sought since a $24,000 bank robbery in To ronto last weejt, to surrender peacefully and avoid bloodshed. Police are searching for Boyd with instructions to shoot to kill. Steve Suchan and Leonard Jackson have been captured here in recent days after gun battles with police. Rotary Tennis Court Resumes Rotary Club will be able to proceed with its tennis court after all,. Rotarian Bob McKay reported at the club' luncheon meeting yesterday. "Some of the opposing city aldermen saw the light," he said. The concrete will be poured to- hinrrnm " , , t. ny council nao oraerea wont! on ine lennis court at second Avenue junction to stop, pending Investigation by the board of works on a sidewalk allowance encroachment. The club is building the court as one of its projects for use of all and to promote better living in Prince Rupert, Mr. McKay said. has been decided upon. ' if7 j y - 1 " " S - -v . 1 - 1 spent on the first section of the work. This will provide facilities for adding approximately 5000 new phones to the present network. This number wbuld not include wIa from Dawson Creek to the new exchanges at Dawson prln George to be installed by STbiS roeJonh,a S.Canadian National Telegraphs, spread rehabilitation plan em-j The cost of this would be in the bracing the entire government neighborhood of $350,000. Engin-telephone system from Ashcroft cers have already reported upon to Dawson Creek and Fort St." the plan. Mr. Murray said he had John tying In the Peace River no official knowledge of a pro-rnuntrv with southern British 1 posed merger between Dominion roiiimbia. instead of Alberta. Most nf this monev Will oe spent upon installing additional panels at the: various telephone .vvr-hnniTPs. Growth and settle ment of the entire central and northern area makes It necessary to change what was a pioneer communications system which was used largely for emergency purposes to a fully modern and efficient telephone network. Mr. Murray has presented at Ottawa a request for a copper - J-i I II j mt !! BiifB,."--- iff !,(, ut'"E Gen. Aldo Urbjml, Italian cniel ot a to,11" VPi at OUawa for a brief visit with defence : sl ali"riUf RCAP trainlng stations. He is greeted by Al Ci,,.r M' Sm'th on behalf of Air Marshall W. A. ' ' ul Ule Air Slaif. iCP from National Defence)