1 PROVINCIAL 113?., 11 J C. ORMES BE DRUGS DAILY DEL. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER . ' DISPATCHED Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone 81 iPl VOL. XLI, No. 113 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.. TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS n 3H mm Fiiifii' r I ii W uj ta Little Effect H Socreds Nominate Murray To Wage local' Campaign . Ten Social Credit-minded citizens met in the Civic Centre last night, formed a working committee, then nominated Art Murray as their candidate in the June 12 provincial election. , Say Local Bankers Ail special bank credit restrictions, with the. exception of loans on stocks, have been eliminated- The Bank of Canada an- J01 ' ' . -- ' ts " ' " j vV Si nounced at Ottawa Monday that it is informing all chartered ' Former successful operator of banks that special policies on credit restraint, Imposed for 15 months, now are suspended. While Prince Rupert banks have not yet received any ln-i structions concerning this latest move, a spokesman at one, bank said this moraine the 11ft- Civil Service Employees to Vote on Deal'; VICTORIA B A spokesman, for more than 10,000 provincial civil servants said Monday the i mmm;. .. .. -Minum -u "Win m -iiiur.ln inj lng of such restrictions "will! not greatly affect this city." Youth's Body Recovered by Ski Patrol SPIRIT LAKE, Wash. r Body of a 20-year-old-University of Washington sophomore has been recovered from a crevice near Summit Mountain. Ski patrolmen Monday brought out the broken body of Arthur Jessett, 20, who fell through an ice "bridge" at the 8,000-foot level Policies on loans from char- rk in KNS -The 100-year-old Toronto Wholesale Fruit Market was destroyed recently p- wising damage estimated between $5)0,000 and $1,000,000. At the downtown inter-1 t Y" T," and Front Streets, the two-storey wooden structure once was Toronto's I t.i'iMii it had been used by wholesalers to market fruit and vegetables from a wide j Ontai -m. Hie building wa3 levelled In a half hour but 300 workers and customers. tthtif. mishap. (CP PHOTO) tered banks have always been ; government has offered them a stringent but the , new order $2,200,000 "package deal." HON. GORDON S. WISMER, British Columbia's attorney-general. Is scheduled to arrive In Prince Rupert at 6:50 p.m. to address a meeting In the Civic Centre tonight. i taxi business here a parks commissioner and prominent member of the Elks In Prince Rupert, Mr. Murray thanked the group for their support. The meeting, which progressed : more along the lines of a discussion group, also named F. M. Munson, chairman, and Edward Mussellam, secretary. These two men also will act as campaign managers for Mr. Murray. Of the remaining seven, only five are on the voters' list, bo they were appointed an executive committee. The five are: Mrs. Emma Munson, Ernest Carlson, Joseph F. Skapsky, Bert Reeves and his father, Charles Reeves. Mr. Murray, In a brief talk to the group said: "We won't select a committee room until a A delegation of the executive of B.C. Government Employees' Association met with Attorjiey-General Gordon Wlsmer and k members of the cabinet Monday. ve to Investigate Defence last Sunday. lifting all restriction Imposed by the Bank of Canada; to pre vent lnfiatlon doe not neces-, sarlly mean it will be easier for a person to obtain a "loan, j v "It does mean though," Said j a bank spokesman, '.'that re-j strictlons on the time loans must be paid back can, at the j bank's discretion, be extended ' past the 12-month period which has been in effect. , The Bank of Canada an ionization Ousted by House All-Girl Theft Gang Broken Up By City Police VANCOUVER if) Police be. lleve they have broken up an all The spokesman said various local branches will vote ov-tha offer. ' , . ' Offer includes a five percent wag-e increase, incorporation ol the cost of living bonus into tha wage structure and elimtatlor of salary anomalies. Elimination of salary anomalies, of civil service Jobs paying A physician In the party said the boy died sometime Sunday night while rescuers were trying to reach him. His father, Episcopal clergyman, met the sad, silent party of eight patrolmen as they neared Applewhoitc Jumps Socrcd nouncement said restrictions en week or so before the election.-This will be more of a local campaign because we haven't time -. to familiarize the people ) Don't 1 base search headquarters at this girl gang of Juvenile shoplifters loans with corporation stock as western Cascade Mountain lake. who "stole to order" and sold ! collateral remain unchanged. It Reverently, tenderly, he read here with the Social Credit less than the same Jobs elsewhere, will cost the government an estimated $300,000, tha ft 4 Tft-a 4tk their loot to school classmates. 1 gave no explanation ol. this movement." last rites of the church over his son. At. least, a dozen eiris ranoinff move. A person may borrow only "It's very difficult to find our in age from 13 to 15, are'expected u? 50t Per cent th v&llle said. - - spokesman . Not incorporated in the offer is the Association's demand for a friends," said the well-known Leader OTTAWA. (CP) The House of Commons Monday night defeated by a vote of 92 to 42 opposition a motion requesting a judicial inquiry into the defence organization of the defence department with particular reference to thefts, frauds and fires at to be summonsed before Juvenile , ul IU BUA-".- court But special curbs on all other Rocky sports promoter and businessman as he criticized "Vancou week. Demand ver officials" for "telling us to k-i rnvti.an Press five-day, 40-hour In the last two months, the11 gang, led by a-15-year-old girl, iemvea" . i has stolen hundreds of dollars' These tauude J v bans on largel worth of blouses, skirts, coats, capital loans running for a year j 11 i T Jewelry and cosmetics. Most of or ffi!lre an n purchase by f jf Q lllliilOfl hurry and get a candidate." He scored organizers -In Van oouver also for failure eto send defence establishments. ifcial l.)f'-jMches) T(ip former com-f ("ana-la's Korean Mori'y mght that In h" fi'inniimlsts liave ir ;t ! lire l qualified representative here the goods were sold at half price oalJK oi corporaw securities, which have one year or more to to classmates. to explain the program of the B.C. Social Credit League. ' "Just because Prince George has 2500 members, they expect us to Jump right in and get a I' ,Mni iKwkyi RiM'k- ATHABASKAN SEES ACTION SEOUL W The Canadian des Found Dead William MacKenzle, 76-year-old pioneer Prince Rupert resident, was found dead at ths city asphalt plant early today. He is believed to have i;,; of natural causes. The body was1 found bv ..Wil top organization up In a h" nr lived back In ! Thnr ;lay, gave his g a iiiicf interview on in Ottawa al'-o 'Int. he believes 'inl.it tiirrcs in Korea troyer Athabaskan was reported; "We're Isolated here and it just means everyone will be run before they come due. The lid has also been taken off on the volume of loans with instalment finance paper as collateral. Margins have been increased and volume pinned to the ceiling. Instalment finance paper includes promissory notes and notes signed when you buy things on the instalment plan. A storekeeper or a finance corporation now can take these notes to banks and get loans on them In order to continue operations. in action Monday on the west coast of Korea as UN surface craft shelled Red targets. F greatly .'.tretigthened liam Moorhouse. cll'y mechanic, w o r k 1 n c among themselves," said the candidate, fourth In the running now for the Prince The Athabaskan covered the ! v 'v . -a ? ' wW sea approach to Haeju with four- Rupert seat, held in the last legislature by J. D. (Jack) Mc- inch 40-milllmetre lire on troop billets and warehouses. Fish Price Up One Cent Halibut landings at Prince Rupert neared the 2,000,000-pound mark today as fishermen brought In another 640,500 pounds. Price of heavies was up one cent over Monday, averaging 19 5 per pound. Mediums sold steady at 16 cents and chicken at 13. Of the total landed, 77,000 pounds were sold on the halibut exchange by American boats, 150.500 pounds by Canadian and 198,000 pounds were brought In from the camps. The Co-op ' bought the balance. Here are Tuesday exchange sales: American JB, 30,000, 19.8, 16, 13, B.C. Packers; Augusta, 26,000, 19.5, 16, 13, B.C. Packers; Onah, 21,000, 19 5, 16, 13. Canadian Florence II, 33,000, 19.5. 18, 13, Booth Fisheries; Waterfall, 47,-000, 19.4. 16, 13, Bacon; B.C. Producer, 52,000, 19.5, 16, 13, Royal; Deep Sea, 18,500, 19.5, 16, 13, Pacific. Sold to the Fishermen's Co-op: Aura 1. 15,000; Primrose 1, 17,000; Janet IV, 12,000; Miss Margot, 21,000; Shlrlu, 23,000; Oony, 25,000; Diamond B, 29,000; Five Princes, 18,000;" Tunny Mltty, 36,000; Four-Forty, 19,000. The motion was moved by George Drew, Progressive Conservative leader. CCF and Social Credit parties joined with the official opposition In supporting the motion. J. L. Olbson (Ind.,' Comox-Al-bernli Joined the government in opposing t"he motion. . The opposition leader, saying a Judicial inquiry was necessary because of continuing reports' of thefts and frauds, suggested a complete breakdown of administrative supervision within the defence department. The formal motion was In effect a motion of want of confidence in the government. Investigating body, Mr. Drew sard, should have all the powers of a Royal Commission under the Inquiries Act and should make findings and recommendations to parliament. The motion was immediately rejected by the Hon. Brooke Claxton. minister of defence, on behalf of the government. Solon Low, leader of the Social Rae, Liberal, who is seeking Target on the east coast was see truce talks eoniK mi i'1"-!- i- expected to ''im Ideas about "'I f.-iDada's troops at 'ifnrtj, ,. He will re-"taa fur a cuple of rfhiinniR to Van-W-riavs' leave prior to "itr hi.-, eW job as 1irrt, general of ilniiiE shelled by other UN ships. Other candidates are Thomas H. Christie, Progressive Conservative, and George Hills, CCF nominee. Official nominations close on when he reported for work. Mr. MacKenzie had been night watchtman at the plant sines May 6. Coroner Don Forward, called, to the scene, said Mr. MacKenzle was visited at the plant . as$ night by his son, Murdock, who left sbmetime after 10 p.m. y Mr. MacKenzle's lunch was not touched. He usually ate at l a.m. A blacksmith' here for many years until his retirement 15 years ago, Mr. MacKenzle was born at Drumbeg, Scotland, and come to Prince Rupert in 1909. Besides his son, he leaves his wife at 1237 Eleventh Avenue East. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. Thursday. No War Seen by Claxton But Defence Necessary Liberal party organizers today f'M by newsmen at will welcome B.C.'s Attorney-General Gordon S. Wlsmer, who will address a meeting In the Civic Centre tonight. tiil,. Pi,mte home, f "shaiii saw one lesson f 'I'Hini: his 13 months J'-1'; tin- need for "very '"mirations" between witliManrt the mas-V1 Communist, attacks, f ,""i-r that fountain W(IMH) CAMFRAMAN John Carson Foster, 24. of Ottawa, a National Film Board cameraman serving in Korea, was shot and wounded by a Canadian soldier in what the Army described as an accidental shooting. The wound, In the left thigh, was not considered serious. Foster had been working on a film about Canada's 2!th Brigade. (CP from National Film Board) MONTREAL. Defence Minister Claxton said today "No one I know of in position of responsibility believes there will be war." But, he told Canadian Legion's 'Kht, fighting Wit nf ( ed in their objects in Korea nada's army Credit group, saying he would support the motion' denied statements by Edward Apple-whalte (L. Skeena) that If there was any "lack of confidence" In the public mind, it had been Dlanted there by the opposition national convention, Canada and her allies intend by 1954 "eiani Communist aggression failed to shatter United Nations Instead 's suing to fight In to be In a position to guarantee' peace. After that, he said '1. . I Sunny Skies Prevail In North Region Sunny skies prevailed over the Pacific Northwest today and the Riots Anew Among cautiously, the defence bill charges that were not backed Newsprint Costs lipped By Some TORONTO (CP) Ten-dollar-a-ton increase in the price of newsprint to United States users, effective June 15, will be put Into effect by at least some Canadian producers. Increase does not apply to Canada. -TIDES- Wednesday, May 21, 1952 ,,. """" have training """intain climbing. t!fron, muscles golng t 'n I" Hiat tough ter- should go down. Communist attack has made United Nations stronger." Truman's speech prepared for 150th anniversary convocation U.S. Military Academy. by facts'. Army had nearly quadrupled Red Prisoners Mr. Low said it was the duty of members of Parliament to ask questions when irregularities same kind of weather is expect WEATHER - Forecast Variable cloudiness today with a few showers on windward slopes. Cloudy tomorrow with a few showers In the afternoon. its hitting power since Korea, and the air force had boosted its fighter strength by more than 50 per cent. In effect, the minister reject K came to light. ere Nuns By iy City Hotel British Business Pulls Stakes From Red China High. 11:56 18.4 feet Little change In temperature. Wind west 20 today and light tonight and Wednesday. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Port Hardy and Sandsplt, 42 and 52; Prince Ruoert, 42 and 58. ed Legion's anticipated bid for conscription by predicting that Canada will meet targets of her three-year defence program on schedule, and Gay there will be enough to protect Canada and to lay the groundwork for cwift Reds r 23:51 21.1 feet Low 5:40 31 feet 17:40 6 8 feet wo more Can- ""'Mwilc nuns have to prison .in wartime mobilization. Veterans' unemployment sparked a sharp debate at the fi-ni causing LONDON -0 A London newspaper said Monday that weary British business has decided to abandon its 300,000,000 worth of investments in Communist China and get out for good. These reports said Foreign athoilc auth- ,-""" PUSAN Communist war-prisoner rioting spread to the Pusan camp today and started in two new, but minor, revolts at violence-ridden Koje Island camp No. 1. , One Red prisoner was killed and 85 were Injured at Pusan. Minor Injuries were suffered by one U.8. guard in a 2',2-h.our battle with clubs and fists. No shots were fired by United Nations guards although they were armed ai Koje. The revolts were mild and settled without incident by the new camp commander, Brig.-Oen. Hay don Boatner. One of the new Koje flare-ups Involved 400 women prisoners and civilian internees held on the Island 30 miles southwest of Pusan. The other was a sit-down strike by prisoner Inmates of .the UN command hospital and their prisoner doctors,, General Boatner settled both with persuasion and firmness. General James Van Fleet, commander of the U.S. Eighth Army, ed to continue. There's no rain in sight 'fop this part of the province, says the weatherman, adding that moderately heavy rains fell in southern B.C. Monday. The Dominion government weather office reported about half an inch of rain fell In the lower Fraser Valley, Pentlqton was drenched with almost an inch and several points in the East Kootenays reported half an inch. Forecast is for clearing skies in the south tonight, but a new Pacific storm, which is now 500 miles west of the weather ship, is expected to reach the .'toast tomorrow afternoon. :'' It is not expected to '$eci. this region. h . ... The mild, but not too jirtrrm weather, which has prevailed In the northern sections for the oast fortnight, is helping pra-i vent any rapid runoff 16 the Skeena River. NO FLOODING ..',. Both officials of the Provincial public works department and the CNR report high water conditions are developing in the Skeena and its tributaries, but so far there is ro particular i Quebec, and Sister V,- ;(,v nme Jean . '.'Mh-nok, Quebec. -. "d was sentenced Secretary Anthony Eden would tell Parliament today that British business men saw no further reason for pretending there was any use in staying among Com Workers Take Strike Vote VANCOUVER if Hotel Vancouver's 500 employees will take a strike vote today to back up a conciliation board's pay recommendations. The workers, members of Canadian Brotherhood Railway Employees, voted to accept the report at a recent meeting. Recommendations are for a 40-hour and five-day week, the right to bargain over outstanding inequalities In the wage schedule, and a 551 per cent wage boost. , Strike action, If necessary, will be co-ordinated with that of Victoria's Empress Hotel employees and workers will revert to their original demands for a 40-hour week and 20-cent hourly wage boost, local' CBRS chairman Norman LaiiUs said. " 0 tutr. t, t... DICTATOR'S WIFE TREATED IN CANADA BY NEW, RARE METHOD TORONTO W The Telegram says today that Eva Peron, first lady of Argentine, was treated with a cobalt bomb three weeks ago at Victoria hospital in London, Ont. It says the wife of dictator Juan Peron was flown to Ontario under "tightest o! security cloaks." The paper's front page story, a dispatch from London, said there was no' indication or even a hint- of the nature of Senora Peron's ailment. However, radiation from the cobalt bomb, is usually treatment for cancer. ' . Fewer than a dozen persons In Canada knew of the Incident, the paper said. "Shown wan and pale in recent new photographs, Eva Peron most powerful woman politically in the western hemis phere is one of few persons in the world to receive treatment from the Canarilan-devvloped cobalt bomb." , , opening session Monday. It was charged the CNR had shown veterans little consideration and resolutions Introduced declared Immigrants and displayed persons were being brought to Canada to take Jobs veterans should have Later, reference to the CNR was deleted from adopted resolution. WAR DOl'BTFl'L WEST POINT, N Y President Truman said today Kremlin's desire to dominate world is obviously unchanged. "But I believe we are well on way to preserving our freedom without- munists. But commercial s v a c u ation would not affect Britain's one ? t Kewlchow, Vn.a 10-dav Public 4;.np? rvdcncc" from 3;ln,l " 'I !' to Show sided diplomatic recognition of the Red Chinese government, the paper added. Britain has recognized the re a Mfn r,t , . gime in peiping and maintains a u,,"1 -'""-asnip !";ition nn "me nuns vnrt lonely Charge d Affaires there. 1 nl ease. Communists, however, have lg- nnrpH bis nrpspnPA nn rih&vfl sprit. ,1 , includert half-rfo paying frightful i-osl, war.' said the Pusan outbreak resulted from an "attempii by fanatical Communist prisoners of war to resist proper medical treatment." 'Plain fact, is." Truman said, no dlnlomatin renresenta.tlve to j, ;a"d broken dishes ' b'H'u to the Infants. vuuiiiiumsis nave uueny i an-1 London.