J U CRAFTY 38 v.cu. , . DRl)GS is W. DAILY DELIVERY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER CABS Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port ; "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Greot Northwest" Phone 81 n -t , VOL. XLI, No. 68 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1952 ' PRICE FIVE CENTS l V mil Ci i an Ships,, leepsea ami I, iSmi JkmA kmh IS. I Nationalist ; China Ship Loads Here First vessel of her registry ever To Jnstal Defensive Equipment Vessels To Be Fitted at Government Expense OTTAWA ( Canadian Press) All Canadian Plebiscite on Daylight Saving Time Announced ICTORIA P Plebiscite .gn dayiitsht saving time will be held at 'he coming provincial tlectlon, Premier Byron John.wn announced in the Lcsislatuie Wednesday night. - The pLbisclte i requested in a report by the agricultural committee of the Legislature. Premier Johnson said the flection would be an "opportune time" to find out wha"; the public wants to do about fast time. Daylight saving will operate as usual this year, pending the plebiscite, from April 27 to September 28. Nf- n Hi. F . J 1 I' . -; 4 '-" - ; to visit the port of Prince Rupert, the Chinese Nationalist freighter f w lodayVLdVfi deepsea and coastal ships will be equipped to comb,t go of some 8500 tons of 330,000 underwater mines and to carry defensive guns, it bushels of wheat for japan. ! u.A 1'dlnea ner Wednesday nieht Allen:'1 vveunesiidy nigru. With Captains Gosse and as nilots. the Hal Yu arrived a. Approximately 150 vessels in 1 1. ri i I , iNf J 7 o'clock this morning from Van- these trades will be rigged with couvier via the Inside Passage wartime "degaussing" gear and berthed immediately at the against magnetic mines and elevator. j strengthened to carry gun plat- ; While in Vancouver, where she i forms at the expense of the fed- Record Estimates for Peacetime, Five Billion Dollars, Given to House eral treasury. Squamish Highway Deferred S TRACTION DAM The reccntly-co.npleU'd Santa Cecilia dam backs up the waters -alb-i river In Brazil. From here the water travels 15 miles and is raised up 150 feet to -)irs which supply water to plants will 'h generate electric power for Rio de Janeiro, ct to date has cost $51,000,000, and. including a new p'.ant, will ultimately cost $91,000,-7h""nmnrrtv f BrazilUin Traction, Ll;ht and Power Co., Ltd., a Canadian company arrived recently from Osaka, Japan, the vessel had dry docking on the North Shore and was also lined. From here she will sail next , Disclosure of the new policy ' , first such move since the end j of the Second World War came in Finance- Minister Abbott's I estimates for the 1952-53 year iThev listed $500,000 for "de- i CP PHOTO i Ippiics Hi per cent oi maun orvure The Minister of Mondav or Tuesday for Moji, : OTTAWA (Canadian Press) japan. ill AA Li BALL I'inance. Hon. Douglas Abbott, announced Wednes- Master of the Hal Yu. which eaussing and strengthening" VICTORIA 9 Premier Byron nas a crew of sixtv- ls CaP"- Ern seagoing merchant ships during Johnson indicated Wednesday rl-iv th-ir thp fpderal lrovfrnmpnt's exnenditurps fo" Cld mat me ieaeiai gOeinmeni S exjjenuuuies IOv . has chang shL the current year. that the government defiled 1952-53 are now estimated at a record peacetime total The vessel was built in 1943: Seventy-nine ships in Can- to postpone building of the out Prince Rupert .Qom of $4,335,796,809. He indicated that they may top $5,000,000,000 before the year ends March 31, 1953. Mr. Abbott tabled in the Housss - i tS.L Uianipionsmp in caiuornia as a uoerty snip, .aaa s aeepsea iraae wm oe oquaiman-yaucuu.ri nibinva.. . Her port of registry is Keelun, equipped along with 72 of more The Premier Indicated this Taiwan Formosa t. than 1000 tons In the coastal following a meeting of the rail- The Japanese "K" Une ship business. way committee of the Legislature Kiyokawa Maru. which left here i which vot ed against the govern - a lew days ago with a grain ment's announced policy ol cargo for Japan, ls expected back Him-im f"n-mr m buildln the highway. here toward the latter part of UlSGaiG UCJ 111 The committee asked for Ui- Reconsidering Position About Nomination Truman Says It's I'p to Him of Commons annual estimates of expenditures for various depart-,; C-mimrd From Ii.- itche to The 'Ni-wn Thos. Reid ments and said that $2,106,000,4 (CP) i a repeat penormance oi mesuay nigm,; T'.Z non f ,.h. .nd tntai u i ADril to take on her third grain .. . . . ther study ot surveys oi mc pos - , i Fresiaeni iruman saiu wjuay " ; IT Lllers cloblKfred Prince Kupert Co-op ;tnat Gen(.rai Eisenhower is at marked ... for unprecedented out-4 of building both high careo of the season at the Dort Uitoe snn Intttrttl0 ftbiltty x fl I s riff if f f f .11. i fLi. 2-0 i liberty to return to the United ay on acience. way and Pacific Great' Eastern Challenged , this season. . bfi-ll to take the best-of -three series . Railway line from . Squamish government ,yhe M A States at any time ne oeems u safe and proper. - lor peacetime, were 23 per cent, LONDON C Columbia Senior "A" men's In the British ill championship. H?-i..- ni li'fmr iiCVtitflf tiia': ' i 4 it, . - i r 0V: . it ' ii- 'i ' . " in if 1 - h v; n K 4' it i !' 1 as "fantastic and disgraceful" a thp government's policy was vo oispaicn ' "ic iuii.v fulfil riane missing In Washington the pledge to build the The Preidoa -prew jl.728,000,000 for the ; ' 'with Statement Reg.rdiMg""' conference that the ge ncral is i current pafific Fjsheries Pa,.t doing an able Job and is the best 1952-53 estimates contain judge of when it Is safe for him nmtJ?? VICTORIA (CP)- Clarification that Communist organ, saying He had no objection .0 load. ' credit to the Rupert players, saying "they just never quit trying" "Poor shooting of Rupert and rebounding of Eilers were the flies and insect which had never ,, tho Pnmm.tw, rennrr con ft first Prince Rupert-I game was 75-44. pimped to a huge first ;id and did not let up avirp g;imc. They were A r.. d. ..,.... to give up nis posv. ' n.ovinces concludine new tax " aerator m i rkatti.E A small Diane, on a bee ;en seen before in the country iHraHnn hp ,irt or Eisenhower is beintz promoted a,ny, th Mnai on the the Pacific Facinc fisheries risneries treaty treaty f van.nnr m Wuiia nri 'which carried Infection biggest factors In our defeat, al as candidate for the Republican government. If all provinces sign!'.1" sougnt .by.,..tll1e1,.U"lted.i Walla, has been missing since it cholera and other malignant dis-prcsidential nomination. .Fishermen s and AUieci voiKer0 i had been introduced in agreements another $425,000,000 ' left nere .vesterday. Aooar(j is cases vastness of the hall I although actual floor though the Today's Stocks (t'ourtrM S. I. 4ihiitii l' Mil. The President's statement will be added. Union. n ,, . . ' . ,., Stanley Page who had been on a North Korea by unuea siaiei first period indicat-: contrlbutea. id be a closer game. But MOKE FACILITIES aircran. came after Eisenhower had said ' Further details of the estl- ',vf. "u,u, uc '". ; business visit to Vancouver. It'T score was 25-4 al- The loss also proved the point 'iial to the previous of many Prince Rupert fans that ' we need full gym facilities and he might change his mind about mates and how the money is to e' not returning to the United be raised will be tevealed when 1 Id ' Sman MlJt ht t, States to campaign for the Re-! Mr. Abbott presents his budget 1 r -Sed nomina-;to Parliament April 8. publican presidential i Tuesday to have aid thatCat- tion. He said that it might be L e a d e r of the Opposit ion Lhermeil'for the necessary for him U) re-exam ne George Drew predicted hat the j t(m i)vaU his position in the light of the t ncreased estimates would mean k d . British Columbia Lifts Embargo on Livestock I 'is didn't score a ti'il seven minutes of at least one player with height." Basil Sands, a Vancouver basketball commissioner and referee in chief, was encouraging in an Interview after the came, but also maintained Ru- VICTORIA (Canadian Press) Lifting of the; strong support he received in that $600,000,000 more would tedln7 soth he straits of Minnesota primaries Monday n! when forward Don i ped in a long one. t'T defenceman Nor-, who made 21? points t t same, didn't play. Ji Bardsley said Watt ankle. Bardsley took t"ir for the first time Juan deFuca along United states ; British Columbia livestock embargo was announced! coast proper. provincial legisiature Wednesday by Minister; nrrt needed more height and and the fact that Senator Taft has withdrawn from the New Jersey primaries. of Agriculture Harry Bowman. j Sonia Henie yoffs and scored four better gym facilities to stay within the Senior A league. , Challengers are unable to return before Saturday due to travelling accommodations. Eilers meet Edmonton'Meteors in a best-of-three series March 25. 26 and 27 In the B.C.-Alberta Applewhaite On Committees Worst Fire Hits Belleville City BELLEVILLE, Ont. Forty persons were rendered homeless yesterday when fire destroyed a block of business houses and '' taller team, snag-'"f tile relinunfl nnfl Being Sued RedsTrying Mr. Bowman said mat tne action had been decided upon at a special meeting of the cabinet. He indicated that removal of the ban imposed February 25 last because of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Saskatchewanwill become effective to I'pcrts long ones, for I Prt, were way off. OTTAWA (Special to Dally f snooting been on. it playoff Winners head east this News-Edward T. Applewhaite, .!, vonr skeena, ' has again been appoint- BALTIMORE u Sonja Henie ! VANCOUVER American Standard 26 Bralorne - 600 B R X 03 1 2 Cariboo Quartz 121 Congress 05 Cronin Babine 44 Giant Mascot .90 Indian Mines 20 , Pioneer . 215 ' Premier Border -28 , ' ' Privateer -09 Reeves MacDonald 5.25 Reno 03i 2 Sheep Creek 158 Silbak Premier 56 Taku River 07 Vananda 18'i Salmon Gold 03 U Spud Valley 12 Silver Standard - 2 30 Western Uranium i 3.90.. Oils-Anglo Canadian 9.10 A P Con 55 Calmont 1.95 Central Leduc 3.60 Home Oil .. 15.50 Mercury 32 Okalta 3.85 Royal Canadian -27 TORONTO ' ' Athona -10 Aumaque -20 Beattie DuQuesne 45 w 1 11 a n ripri'tir .. . ;,inna it wie thn u-nrsr Tire i.w ,, . . utandlntz Darnamcniary imumm. v wus stivuu u a muuuiuus ut ,lna,erS , had 10 de- Thc B C' tampions reached ef&Ze MA Fish- in the history of this eastern nlght requiring her to appear for ; 'is .shots, for the key the finals by beating Vancouver l: and Ontario city. Damage is estimat- positions in connection with hor brazil Arms Dump t 1 n:is .-ft r.e r t o f o Hfr,-.iir.cr TVim n- 4 ,v- "u ' . nnn , . . . day or Friday as soon as instruc- j tions are sent to the railways: and packing plants. j Cattle imported to British Co- j lumbia will first have to be 1 certified as disease-free by fed- j ed at $350,000. claims of $5,500,000 In damage 'i the three tall Eilers ion champs,' and Port Albernl Telegraph Lines. suits. More than 200 persons, injured v se crierkinu snnilnH Athlptlrs Prince Runert defeat- . 1. a .. . 1. i.i 1 , 1. .. n.A tt? T i ri- TC A fO Rra7il f for layup scorinrr. ed Pcntlcton to reach the finals ir. T for . .. with Ellrrs I lco revue collapsed, filed for ian coastal provinces, stretching Permits frnr from Kili'p u.i. the provincial $600,000 Automatic Phone Scheme Approved by City Department of Agriculture will damages against the revue and for more than 1400 miles along others connected with it. the Atlantic, were reported under , fstate of military alert today after : Ko frturtV,4- nff on nttpmnt ' Score by quarters: Rupert 4. : 11, 7, 19; Eilers 25, 18. 22, 21. Pen-;altles: Rupert 9 of IS; Eilers. I 12 of 25. i nro with IS. Guard '"'II fiillowed closely I "ifih man fr Chal-Ps Jim Haten with also be necessary. Mr. Bowman said that every precaution will be taken to see that cattle Imported to British Columbia come from areas as City coGncil, in special session last evening, gave; its unanimous stamp of approval to a proposal of the! j-j j to blow up the Natal ammunition Synopsis j dispatch from Natal said Relatively clear skies and cool j that ' armed communists had j LINEl'P Angus! Eilers Moses 8, Llzte 11. For-lot ofjsyth 8. Mitchell 18, Munro 18, w'rs manager, still gives a Automatic - Electric Co. of Canada, with which it nas: weatner ncraia ine nisi uay o. macje twt night attacKs on regi- been negotiating tor some ume, lO uistai a iiiuucni spl.lng ln almost ali rc!;xns of;mental barracks in an effort to i-i.-i.-i .. rof f !R9 8Sfi I British Columbia. Overniuht tern-! t. the ammunition dump. Wotherspoon 2, Lawn 9, Bardsley 4. , Challengers Davis 7, Flaten 11, Olson 1, Schcrk 5, Spring 6, Holkestad 8, Carlson 1, Matthews 2, Morgan, Webster. new automatic tfiqmuiie P'- w I peratures dropped below zero , roop beat them off with "pan Claims as Abused The aeai win oe i.uojui.1, iu , carly tnls m0rning in the c?n- llachine guns. far removed as possible from . the infected region near Regina. j All cattle imported will be fori immediate slaughter. Alex Hope, Progressive Con-! servative member for Delta, charged that the back-tracking! announcement of the Minister i of Agriculture indicated that heavy pressure must have been : brought to bear on the cabinet, i Fresh beef and pork may be on the way to British Columbia Princess Pats' New Commander Take Step fo Truce I ..' 7A l.iinadian sca-1." 7 llp w'is chained to 11000 damages 111 ham.ship Co. lna.n- William M. Olyn-r J-'ry he was chained I " h'P Clyde I, scavcv approval of the ratepayers who pcarlng on the scene at this late trai areas of tile province. Frost j will be called to vote on a money date after it had been well j touched the vareas along 'the ; bylaw covering the financing of known that negotiations had coast Some cloud lingeis over the project. been on for a long time between , tne lower mainiand but ., inny Council approved the deal the city and Automatic Electric i -jjig- will be generai during ihe . with Automatic Electric Co. of co. ' day. Canada in the face of a state- Resolution approving the deal,! Another Pacific storm moving ment of J. A. Inglis, represent- subject to satisfactory financing ; jnt0 the Oulf of Alaska this ing thc Northern Electric Co., and ratepayers' ratification, was; morning Is expected to bring in- : who was present at the meeting adopted after City Clerk R. W. creased cloudiness and strong and stated that; his company Long had laid a proposed sched-: southerly winds to the northern was interested in installing a ule for financing before thoCOastal areas tomorrow. There: system here but had never re- council and George Knowles, ; wiu be little change over most enived a reouest from the city British Columbia manager of 0f the rest of the province al TOKYO Princess Patricias i by tomorrow, it was said today, Canadian Light Infantry In Kor- but it will be Saturday before ; command- any of it appears in the stores. . ea are to have a new The ban lifting applies to live ing officer Lt Col. Noiman Wil- j son-Smith, the present com- animals and dressed meat. j 1 lid . . One Kiiatl ltlocli, That, of Open Purls. Removed Today . .''Mile hfn-., i., a manding officer, is being trans J''va. j,,iv 17 nun .. MUNSAN. China (f Neitolla- Bevcourt 95 Buffalo Canadian .23 Consol. Smelters 35.90 Con west 3.65 Donalda 40 Eldona 23 2 East Sullivan 8.20 Giant Yellowknife 11.25 God's Lake 37 Hardroek 15 Harrlcana .13 Heva .' 11 Jollet Quebec .42 Little'Long Lac t .69 Lynx .15 Madsen Rvd Lake 191 McKenzie Red Lake 42 McLeod Cockshu'.t 2.71 Moneta 36 Negus 58 Noranda 79.00 Louvieourt 30 Pickle Crow 1 55 San Antonio 2.50 Senator Rouyn 18' Sherrit Gordon 4.25 Steep Rock 7.00 Silver Miller 1.55 Upper Canada ..." 1.70 Oolden Manitou 6.05 ferred to general staff here. Lt. IVllVlfUMi.. 1 1 ,1 r - - 1 T. .... UIV IOh! i.v ' ftrijfc nulla lor an unmancc in rmv. to quote. Automatic Electric Co. oi can-; though some cloudiness will col. John Ralph Cameton. nan- (This statement was later re- ada, had elaborated in detail on; spread to the south coast regions fax barrister, now in command Labor Better Than Teaching futed by George Knowles oi the proposed deal Detween com-1 by evening. of the reinforcement group m Automatic Electric, who declar- pany and city. j Forecast Japan, will take over the Prin- ed that Northern Electric was The new system, completely ; North coast region Mostly cess Patricias. the I public cleared away a road block today 'A'! -ir'-iv 1 touched at. by agreeing to ports of entry I ' ' i at Houston,; through which troops and sup-- i- nklin - I Pllcs my move during the truce. ""It c,,,,;; Cuulir1 for the'. Three major issues remain to i42v V' MW 'y nvk be settled : ,hf he stn '1 a"d mutln-! Communists' nomination .of 4 canti a.11cl lhreat-! Soviet Russia to a neutral insp'ec- modern and automatic, win clear today, cloudin? over to-. fullv aware of -negotiations. OTTAWA. An opposition Member of Parliament said in the House of Commons yesterdays that it was disgraceful con- -TIDES night. Rain Friday. Little change in temperature. Winds light today.. Increasing to southerly it and ;Z V remalned j tlon commission provide the city with 4300 telephones 700 main line and 3600 party. The present obsolete manually operated city telephone system consists of 3600 instruments. Tending the Installation of the ' tContinued on Page 2) threatening" Allied demand for a ban on Although Alderman Michael Krucger emphasized the Importance of council being sure that no better deal could be made, council felt, as expressed by Mayor Whalen and Aid. Casey, that it was "strange" that another company should be ap- ampd 1932 ditions were such in Canada that 18.5 feet school teachers would quit their 17.6 feet jobs because they could earn 9.8 feet more money as common labor-4.6 feet ers: i military air field construction. U5 by midnight and southeast1 . Friday, March 21. 30 by daybreak Friday. Lows to-; High 9;25 night and highs Friday At Port 22:50 Hardy, Sandspit and Prince Ru- Low 3:20 pert, 35 and 45. 16:17 '"'IS fvit.,; 4 ot ': '" Sidney E. United Nations reouest for . '"-hi:. expected vnhintnrv repatriation of war " by aepi " , "sitlun. I prisoners.