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"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
1
VOL.
XLII,
No.
134
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
JUNE
10,
1953
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
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Premier
Bennett
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Returned
in
Kelovna
ThreiB-Week
Delay
Necessary
Before
Ballot
Distribution
Starts
The
Social
Credit
government
of
Premier
W.
A.
C.
Bennett
may
be
returned
to
power
in
British
Columbia
with
a
firm
majority,
but
it
could
still
be
"
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f
iviuiuujDa
Manitoba
washes
wasnes
acrass
across
wheat
lield.
"Bias.
fiplrli
tiled
fiirmliBs
from
their
hnmea
Thi
fioM
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....
Second
count
under
the
al
,
,.
,
.
.
,,
iiai
oiiciiiuun
is
typical
or
tile
uaniacc
re.sultini?
ternative
voting
sVstem
will
be
Bennett
necessary
in
the
majority
of
ridings,
but
the
lead
piled
up
by
Social
Credit
appeared
to
Sure'
assure
re-election
with
increased,
power.
.
'
.
St
forge
Hills
Tops
Poll
In
Record
Preliminary
tabulation
bv
The
Of
Victory
Canadian
Press
of
the
popular
vote
showed
the
Social
Credit
with
36
per
cent
of
the
total
otmg
In
Prince
Rupert
Riding
vole,
compared
to
27
per
cent
n
last
Junes
election.
The
CCF
with
32
ner
cent
and
Edwin
Hills,
CCF
can
.Social
Credit
candidate
I
were
an;
inn
results
to
press
the
Liberals
with
24
each
were
Mime
with
two
regular
polls
and
hi
the
Prince
Rupt.Tt
ricl-riay
swung
out
in
front
36
voles
over
his
-closest
LilKTai
candidate
Arthur
Brnwn.
as
counting
of
iinice
votes
In
47
out
of
i
was
completed,
mi?
i.s
William
Murray,
The
three-way
contest
which
ppencd
with
voters
going
to
the
polls
from
8
a.m.
to
8
p.m.
yesterday
was
the
closest
in
the
!
history
of
this
riding
with
only
j
240
votes
separating
the
top
and
I
bottom
candidates
In
near-rcc-'ord
balloting.
nine
special
(absentee'
polls
unreported
:
George
Hills,
CCF,
1790.
Arthur
Bruce
Brown,
Liberal,
1.654.
William
II.'
Murray,
SC,
1,533.
up
one
per
cent
in
incomplete
figures.
The
Progressive-Conservatives
dropped
to
five
percent
from
17.
,
Definite
results
in
about
40
of
the
48
constituencies
will
not
be
available
until
the
necessary
second
counts
are
made
June
30.
Second
counts
and
possibly
third
and
fourth
will
be
held
in
a
majority
of
seats,
but
under
the
B.C.
Elections
Act,
a
three-week
delay
is
necessary
before
ballot
distribution
starts.
Regular
polls
not
yet
reported
are
Osland
and
Oona
River
with
By
'Hie
Canadian
Press
KELOWNA.
Premier
W.
A.
C.
Bennett
said
today
the
Social
Credit
party
will
form
a
majority,
government
when
second
choice
ballots
are
counted.
t
"Many
people
say
that
there
must
be
a
strong
opposition
but
it
is
my
opinion
that
there
must
be
a
strong
one-party
administration
so
that
party
cap
be
re-rponsibje
for
legislation.
"B.C.
is
on
the
verge
of
great
expansion
and
many
large
industries
have
been
waiting
for
rhe
outcome
of
this
election.
The
Social
Credit
party
will
be
Operation
Dudworm
a
possible
19
and
38
votes,
re
spcctively.
jow
Rupert
Riding
Voted
A
total
of
5.128
ballots
were
,
EIGHTY-THREE
AIRCRAFT,
including
six
observation
planes,
are
engaged
in
an
spruce
budworm
In
New
Brunswick.
Two
Stearman
planes
are
shown
spraying
budworm-infested
balsalm
firs.
More
than
1,000,000
acres
is
to
be
sprayed,
the
of
its
kind
undertaken
in
Canada.
assault
on
the
insecticide
on
biggest
project
counted
and
another
600
are
expected
from
absentee
voters
for
total
of
5,128
ballots
Were
cast
in
the
Prince
Rupert
riding
ee
candidates
in
the
provincial
election
yesterday.
Of
the
134
ballots
were
rejected.
Here
Is
how
the
riding
voted
by
a
67
per
cent
vote
from
8,303
eligible
electors
in
the
riding.
Murray
Last
year's
percentage
was
68,
Brown
9
16
City
Voting
Believed
Closest
highest
in
history.
CLOSE
RACK
Here
is
The
Canadian
Press
standing
up
to
press
time
in
the
British
Columbia
election
results:
Elected
Hills
11
;
10
22
3
3
Aero
Camp
,
Bufdale
Hunts
Inlet
...L!..,.'..:.,
Diby
Island
Humpback
Bay
HayAport
...
5
10
2':
16
1
I
,
In
city
voting,
the
race
w:is
Recorded
in
EX.
Ejection
lair
to
industry."
so
close
that
It
was
any
candl
date's
lead
until
the
last
count
The
second
provincial
election
in
two
years
yesterday
proved
that
in
Prince
Rupert
the
vot
"If
I
can
told
second
place,
I'll
take
this
election."
Art
Murray,
Social
Credit
campaign
manager,
could
not
agree,
and
said
that
Hills
''with-
At
Vancouver,
CCF
leader
Arnold
Webster
said
he
has
not
conceded
defeat
in
the
election.
"We
do
not
concede
that
we
have
failed
to
achieve
the
greatest
number
of
seats,"
he
told
a
CCF
rally.
"We
do
not
concede
that
Premier
Bennett
has
anv
Iustifica-
ing
public
is
divided
into
three
even
camps
or
strongholds.
was
in.
With
only
27
Votes
between
the
highest
and
the
lowest
candidate,
veteran
political
observers
were
still
astounded
today
at
the
neck-and-neck
clamor
rnr
position
and
the
almost-ven
three-way
choice
of
the
Perhaps
nowhere
in
the
prov
ince
at
any
time
was
such
a
close
three-way
vote
recorded
as
Social
Credit
4
CCF
2
Leading
Social
Credit
26
CCF
14
Labor
1
Liberal
1
Total
48
1052
Fleeted
Social
Credit
19
CCF
18
Labor
l
Liberal
;
6
Prog.
-Con
4
Total
48
at
the
polls
here.
Candidates
tion
in
taking
for
granted
all
electors.
4
12
4
4
7
13
36
33
13
11
10
17
60
0
25
10
67
28
21
2
4
20
8
1224
and
veteran
political
observers
is
well,
and
that
the
Social
Credit
nartv
can
form
a
irnvem-
alike
stood
aghast
as
they
out
a
doubt
will
walk
away
on
the
second
count."
So
jubilations
continued
in
both
'CCF
and
Liberal
camps,
where
direct
wires
operated
throughout
the
evening
from
Vancouver
headquarters.
When
the
last
of
the
party
members
cleared
their
respective
campaign
headquarters
which
appeared
so
virile
and
energetic
just
a
few
hours
before,
an
atmosphere
of
oblivion
settled
over
the
emptiness,
the
torn
and
crumpled
bits
of
paper
and
askew
election
posters.
But
this
election
isn't
over
yet
not
until
after
June
30
and
then,
who
knows,
the
province
may
be
looking
forward
to
the
next
one.
Hills
i.s
leading,
but
only
by
nine
votes
over
second-place
Inverness
,
1
1
Jii'kalla
9
Kilkatla
21
Miusset
.r
32
Majiset
Reserve
10
Metlakatla
14
Port
Clements
22
Port
Simpson
13
P"rt
Edward
28
P:l,
,,fi
5
Queen
Charlotte
City
4S
SkicleRatc
13
Skidenato
Mission
II
Sandspit
3
j
SiinnysiUc
No.
1
8
Suntiy.sifle
No.
2
..
..
2
Tll"
10
Miller
Bay
15
Klemtu
25
Prim
e
Rupert
1200
watched
the
city
totals
add
up
ment
in
July.
Brown,
Liberal,
representing
the
under
each
o
fthe
three
names.
30
14
82
47
5
11
16
72
3
-21
7
15
33
33
5
4
32
'58
1233
1790
losest
provincial
election
vot
We
believe
that
second
choices
will
be
a
great
factor
in
this
election."
When
it
all
ended,
there
it
ing
here
in
history
and
possibly
was
only
27
votes
between
the
most
popular
and
the
least,
and
only
nine
more
for
the
leading
candidate
than
for
his
closest
rival.
The
Ion
delav
is
necessarv
to
Like
Bill
Murray,
Social
Credit
return
absentee
ballots
cast
by
voters
not
in
their
own
rldinirs
on
election
day
to
home
con
Mrs.
Fulton
Dies
Here
In
Hospital
A
pioneer
woman
resident
of
the
city
and
wife
of
a
well-known
judge
died
yesterday
in
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
after
a
lengthy
Illness.
She
was
Mrs.
Anna
Bertha
Fulton,
67,
wife
of
Judge
W.
O.
Fulton
of
201
Fifth
Avenue
East.
Born
in
Wisconsin,
Mrs.
Fulton
moved
to
Vernon,
B.C.,
as
a
girl
of
seven,
where
she
was
married.
The
couple
came
to
Prince
Rupert
42
years
ago,
where
Mr.
Fulton
entered
law
practice.
'
Mrs.
Fulton
Is
survived
by
her
husband,
a
daughter,
Mrs.
Alexander
(Thekla)
Graham
of
the
city;
two
sons,
Oscar
of
Saskatoon
and
Rupert
of
this
city.
Funeral
services
will
be
held
at
2:30
p.m.
Friday,
from
First
Presbyterian
Church.
stituencies.
'
It
appeared
the
CCF
might
T"!;d
47
nut
of
58
1550
1054
apain
be
the
official
opposition,
a
post
the
party
has
held
In
the
48-seat
Legislature
for
20
Cartoon
Contest
Deadline
Nears
Deadline
for
entries
in
the
10-week
cartoon
contest
sponsored
by
T.
Norton
Youngs,
veal
es
tate
and
Insurance,
has
been
set
at
June
13
this
Saturday.
Object,
of
the
contest,
which
opened
March
28,
is
to
number
the
weekly
cartoons
in
order
of
merit.
Prizes
will
be
awarded
to
persons
whose
entries
conform
closest
to
the
order
the
cartoons
already
have
been
placed
by
the
judges.
First
prize
is
$10;
second,
$5,
and
there
are
five
prizes
of
$2
each.
(See
cartoons
in
page
6.)
Election
Table
years.
,
candidate,
said
last
night:
"How
close
can
this
get?
How
can
any
one
of
us
really
win
this
way?"
But
Murray
was
still
confident
rf
the
fate
of
his
allies
in
other
ridings
and
said:
"It's
in
the
bag
for
the
Social
Credit
In
B.C."
He
went
home
early,
long
before
Liberal
candidate
Bruce
Brown
went
to
call
on
CCF
candidate
George
Hills
to
congratulate
him
on
his
lead.
.
But
Brown
was
not
In
the
least
discouraged:
the
closest
In
the
whole
province.
Here
are
the
results
in
city
voting,
3,770
ballots
counted
from
a
possible
5.595
voters:
Hills,
1.233;
Brown,
1,224:
Murray,
1.2f6.
Only
candidate
not
too
confident
of
victory
last
night
wns
Murray,
who
wiped
his
forehead
'ind
asked:
"How
close
can
thintis
get?"
VOTES
l)IS(
AUDI
l
If
Iir
keepx
trailini?
after
the
balance
of
the
polls
have
returned
their
count,
his
votes
will
be
discarded
and
second
choices
distributed
between
Hills
nnd
Brown.
Both
the
latter
are
confident
of
victory.
Brown,
who
drew
some
500
more
votes
this
year
than
Liberal
candidate
Jack
McRae
in
last
June
12
election,
predicts
that
Social
Credit
second-choice
votes
will
leave
him
heading
the
A
similar
situation
prevailed
,il,,wiiiR
is
The
Canadian
IVss
list
of
members
elected
or
last
year
with
the
final
result
Salmon
Price
Demands
Cut
VANCOUVER
CP)
The
Unit,
ed
Fishermen
and
Allied
Workers
Union
reduced
sockeye
and
eohoe
salmon
price
demands
at
a
meeting
here
with
the
British
Columbia
Fisheries
Association.
They
dropped
sockeye
price
from
25
to
24
cents
a
pound
and
eohoe
from
13
V,
to
13
cents.
'
I"
British
Columbia.
(X
coming
29
days
after
the
June
member
of
the
last
leslslature.)
12
election.
llected
,;iiy-X:
E.
E.
Winch
Premier
Bennett
took
office
with
19
members
against
18
for
the
CCF.
The
Liberals
had
six
and
the
Progressive
Conservatives,
four.
New
Westminster
X
:
Rae
Eddie
(CCF).
North
Okanagan
X:
Lome
II.
Simula
ISC).
North
Vancouver
O
c
o
r
g
e
Tomlinson
(SO.
Oak
Bay
X:
Elner
auiidcison
(SO.
Ominocu
X:
Cyril
M.
Shel-
Iford
(SO.
I
Peace
River
X:
'Charles
W.
.polls.
-X;
W.
R.
T.
Chet-
'SC'i.
!iwackX:
W.
K.
Kieinan
'""Ik
-
X:
p.
a.
OiiRlardi
1,1
Okann
.;an
X:
W.
A.
C.
!t
'S(.:i.
;'"l,v"r
Ka;;i
-Ha.'iot
li
-'
Weli.s,.r
IC(!('I.
'calling
r'''-X.:
Stanley
J.
Squire
1
T.
Smith
ID.
'""""
-It.
O.
Newton
(SCi.
"
-X:
w.
C.
M(X)ie
(CCF)
han-Ncwcnstie
X:
Rob-h,rai-lian
I
CCF
I.
"b:ook
X:
Leo
Nimsick
The
Social
Credit
government
was
in
power
only
seven
months.
It
was
defeated
on
its
education
costs
program
on
the
floor
of
the
House
last
March
24.
CCF
leader
Arnold
Webster,
54.
was
elected
In
Vancouver
East,
but
Progressive
Conserva-Mve
leader
Deane
Finlayson,
making
his
first
bid
for
office,
Is
behind
in
his
constituency.
Finance
Minister
Gunderson
topped
the
Progressive
Conservative
leader,
taking
an
early
lead.
Premier
Bennett
and
three
of
his
cabinet
ministers
were
reelected,
but
Liberal
leader
Arthur
Lalng
is
slightly
behind
Education
Minister
Mrs.
Tilly
Rolston.
Trailing
In
all
constituencies
entered
were
candidates
of
the
Christian
Democratic
party
and
the
Labor-Procressive
(Commm-
fiincy-x:
Lylo
Wicks
(SCI
Parker
(SCI.
Princn
Rupert
X:
Cleorge
E.
Hills
(CCF
i.
Revclstoke
X:
Vincent
Segur
i
CCF).
Rossland-Trall
-X:
It.
E.
Som-crs
(SO.
SaanichJ.
IJ.
Tisdale
(SO.
Salmon
Arm
X:
J.
Allen
Held
ISC).
Similkamecn
H.
S.
Kenyon
(SO.
Skeena
Filmk
Howard
(CCF).
Vaneouver-Biirrurd
(
two
members)
X:
Eric
Martin
(SO,
X:
Bert
Price
(SO.
Vancouver
Centre
(two
members)
Alex
Matthew
(SO
and
George
Moxham
(SO.
Vancouver
East
X:
Arthur
J.
Turner
(CCF).
Vancouver-Point
Grey
(three
members)
Tom
Bate
(SO
X:
R.
W.
Bonner
(SO
X:
Mrs.
Tilly
Rolston
(SO.
Victoria
(three
members)
Mrs.
Lydia
Arsens
(SO
N.
Chant
(SO.
Percy
Wright
(SO.
Hills
says
that
U
lie
gels
ZOU
more
first
choice
votes
than
Urown
"I'll
take
the
seat.
The
Social
Credit
vote
here
Is
split,
ilniost
50
50,
I'd
say."
AH
possible
returns
In
the
Rupert
riding
were
received
and
tabulated
early,
final
count
with
exception
of
two
unreported
regular
polls
and
nine
special
noils
being
compiled
at
the
office
of
returning
officer
Scott
McLaren
before
11
p.m.
Polls
unreported
are
Oona
River
nd
Osland.
These
places
me
not
exoected
to.
be
heard
from
until
this
week-end.
They
are
in
Isolated
coastal
places
without
telephone
or
other
means
of
communication.
Ballots
will
be
returned
by
registered
mail.
An
estimated
600
fishermen
in
this
riding
are
expected
to
have
voted
as
absentees
at
special
polls
located
at
various
fishing
camps
on
halibut
and
salmon
grounds.
Not
until
absentee
ballots
are
totalled,
can
second
choice
votes
be
distributed.
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J.
Bruch
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(Lab).
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williston
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(CCF).
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Gordon
Dowding
kenzie-X:
A.
J.
Oargrave
Storm-centre
of
the
election,
John
Perdue,
president
of
the
B.C.
Social
Credit
League,
trailed
in
the
constituency
of
Mackenzie.
He
was
accused
of
having
a
criminal
record
by
Dr.
W.
N.
Kemp,
Independent
candidate
in
Vancouver-Point
Grey,
who
also
trailed
far
behind.
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Davld
stuplch
ONE
HALIBUT
SEASON
ended
yesterday
that
of
Area
2A
and
more
than
25
of
the
largest
schooners
are
on
their
way
to
Area
3A
In
the
northern
waters
off
Alaska
after
discharging
their
last
catches
in
Prince
Rupert
and
taking
on
provisions.
But
the
northern
Pacific
is
no
place
for
the
smaller
fishing
vessels.
They
will
now
prepare
for
their
regular
business,
the
salmon
fisheries.
Above,
several
large
schooners
are
seen
just
before
heading
out
from
Squadara,
base
of
operations
It'l
Area
2A,
where
the
quota
of
25,500,000
pounds
of
halibut
has
now
been
taken.
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Wesley
D.
Yale
X:
Irvin
F.
Corbett
(SO.
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