I PROVINCIAL LfBRAtvy ; PROVINCIAL LI2?.A?.Y, PR VICTORIA, 2. C. 113 OKMES life DRUGS DAILY DELIVERY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER ...I'niTmffri Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phono 81 VOL. XLI, No. 141 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.. MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1952 TEN CENTS (Including comic section; ate Fish Draw Highest Prices no Jl IPfluBi) Oil j;ii.i,p ;! price of the year was paid on the Halibut exchange inorniw? to the Joan W II which landed 47,000 fish from 3 A1i,lt;,ilirr only three ship reported In and the average w,,liiiiii' was more than SIS cents a pound. Tlie Joan W II receive! 25.1 cents a pound for 30.000 . 2i re its for heavies and 14 cents for chicken. The r llt was purchased by Pacific Fisheries Limited. (lli)y 0tiiP- Canadian boat in was the Aletuian Queen with m , iiiuls. She received 25 1, 20, 14 from B.C. Packers. An American boat, the Seabird, wild 40.000 pounds to Royal. ,s erc 25.1, 20 and 16 cents for the 3.000 pounds of chicken. 0e boat docked Saturday, the Margaret I, with 30.000. received 22, 18, 15 from Royal. mm i kl) m xV: W ! . . it l i t T 4 J o o DO 1000 Lumber Workers Seven-Aftan Crew Rescued At Sea le; Evacuate Camps VANCOUVER. A strike by 82,000 members of International Woodworkers of America at mid-: Saturday has paralyzed British Columbia's J forests and sawmills. Fraser Flood Danger Over CHILLIWACK W Flood danger In British Columbia's Fraser Valley is over for another year. By The Canadian Press - STOCKHOLM. An unarmed Swedish military . S 'rrt, - " Xl I ill' riHIHl"y ITTI II BMliillW ' H M 1 , rs from dozens of camps I lit the province already Water resources officials here the British Timber placed by said Saturday the muddy Fraser Control. plane was shot down today by two Russian MIG-15 fighters but its seven-man crew was rescued later at sea by a German merchant ship, the Swedish Air Force command announced. THE YOUNG HEAD of what was formerly known as the British Empire, now a Commonwealth covering a quarter of the earth with 550-mlllion people, has already taken up the round of duties that will in the future make up her life. Pictured is Queen Elizabeth (left) exchanging smiles with a stall-holder at the recent British Industries Fair in London. The fair, held annually Is the world's largest shop window. This year Americans and Canadians were prominent among buyers from more than 100 countries. The American numbered over 1,000. . Orders had been placed at a definite price and far enough ahead so the operator could has begun its gradual decline to a normal iun-off. This year's spring run-off .they said, was ideal." Two of the crew were reported wounded. The men said they had been attacked seven times by the Russians. The plane, a slow-flying Cata-lina rescue craft, had been searching a Swedish Air Force transport missing since Friday Rupert Fishermen Vote Down Union Proposal; Ask Last Year's Prices reaming into Vancouver, i strike first since the ,!fture-is expected to have jpgt Immediate effect on -wince's entire economy, viry. BC.'s major Indus-,.-ned t525.000.0OO last year. and indirectly. It ac-i' for nearly 55 cents of War rained in the provision called the strike on jif at midnight Saturday ,ry dale of the 1951 conquer it and the operators iu reach agreement at an Mir conference called in aver by the provincial Inflations Board. r Allen, secretary of the negotiating committee, he 1WA had tried strenu-!.r m days to reach agree- Winch Elected; Turner, Five SCAIso Win VANCOUVER (CP) CCF Leader Harold Winch was declared elected In Vancouver East today as results contin- Conditions appeared right for a flood in early May but cloudy, cool weather over the Fraser's upper reaches retarded snow melting and kept the level steady. The river field above 16 feet for three weeks, but only once surged close to the 18-foot official flood point, May 24. when the level read 17 93 feet. The 1952 freshet ha paralleled last year's wit ha slow climb through May to a 17-foot peak, and a slow decline in June. enter into a wage contract knowing that his product would be sold. These orders are not now on the books and sale of lumber products Is now on a competitive basis. On the basis of the wages paid before the work stoppage, the requested increase would have raised the hourly rate for common labor to $1.784. Basts rate of wages for common labor, as set by the' 1951 agreement, was $1.29' 2 an hour, plus 14 cents an hour cost of living bonus. with eignt men aboard. It is feared this plane, too, has been downed by Russians, reported to The majority of Prince Rupert if the fishermen voted for our fisherman do not want to strike I proposal. If they voted against, but neither do they want to then they could 'vote on the be holding vast air-sea manoeu vres oil tne Soviet Baltic coast. accept the latest offer by the company offer . . . which they did, in effect." ned to dribble in from last Thursday's general election. CCC Loggers Strike Head For Big City WEIGHING SEINE-CAUGHT fishing companies of this year's fish prices. Of 325 fisherman, 184 Saturday afternoon here voted against the United Fishermen and Allied Works Union proposal to either Fishermen are also asking that Arthur Turner, Winch's run all seine caught salmon be ning-mate in the riding, also Sweden made a strong protest to Russia over shooting down the plane in the Baltic about 60 miles off the Estonian coast. It was received in the Swedish foreign office by Soviet Ambassador Constantin Rodionov. was elected. Both had clear ma weighed on the packers. Instead b it the operators had re- of being given an average weight jorities on the first count under the alternative voting system. Hundreds of loggers in Canuck Troops Election of five Social Credit for the area, as is now the practice. "We know that a lot of fish northern British Colum candidates and one CCF candi get the asking fith price or go on strike June 22. But all unanimously endorsed a motion they would accept last year's prices on all species. Union's latest demand is for; Angry Swedes gathered the Soviet embassy jeered so' bargain In good faith." M H.l.rGAI, W Hillings, manager of ; Industrial Relations, bar-4 agent for 184 coast op- Mid management could artain while threatened ermen are losing out on their weights when they bring in sev at Rodionov and spit into the bia's camps are receiving pay cheques today and headintr for Vancouver as date was Indicated earlier. ( Winch was the first party leader assured a seat In the new Legislature. Liberal Premier Byron Johnson had only a embassy compound. eral thousand pounds of fish which average several pounds sockeye 26 cents; cohoe 18, pinks May Quit Koje By Mid-Julyr i;oj"! Oi Canadian troops may News that the airmen had 10 and summer chums 7'i as .against the. company offer, of sockeye 25. cohoe 13, pinks 7V4 three -vote" lead over the CCF ""id spread, joy through ifi twft 'nmiw- MrntpKbeen th tWfJ Cdmps leraie"'stockholrni A previous report Father, Six Children Die . In Home Fire NORTH BAY (CP) A father and six of his children died today when trapped upstairs by flames which roared through their frame house in suburban Widdlfield township. Dead are: Fred Thibeault, 40; Gerald, 16; Rene, 10; Lynn, 7; John, 5; Patrick 4, and Betty, 3 In hospital are the mother, reported in critical condition, and Lee, 7, twin brother of Lynn, 'and Lorna, 8. Jj stnke and termed the 1 .toiMiir.e 'Illegal. candidate In New Westminster said empty liferafts were found about 95 miles off the coast, in the area where the Catalina operators at first pro-j wane cut of 10 per cent v.t classifications but ac- be withdrawn from Koje by niid-July, It was learned today. by Columbia Cellulose Company one at Terrace, the other at Khutzemateen, 60 miles north of Prince Rupert closed at midnight Saturday. was attacked. This caused the " u iii,ii,.i H u I it w Vuiurrl! over the average weight assigned by th companies,' -sakl Mr. Parkin. The union is expected to meet operators in Vancouver today, said Mr. Parkin. i . .. Claxton's Son Drowns In Lake SEPT ILLES. Que. '(! David air force to say it believed the ana minus ovt- IjisI year's prices were a cent clown on sockeye and half a cent down, on pinks from the present union demand. T. E. Parkin, I'FAWU local secretary, said today he believer! that the fisherman would "unanimously" al-mg the coast There are no pickets around iseVen men aboard were lost, the camps. - at completion of the first count while Progressive Conservative leader Herbert Anscomb was trailing Liberal Archie Gibbs In Oak Bay by more than 1000 votes. Forty of the 48 seats will not be decided until the count of second-choice ballots July 3. Results from the first count In these 40 seats show no candi A. E. L. Cohen, Pembroke, Out., commander of "Baker" Company. Royal Canadian Regiment, on guard duty at the big United Nations prisoner of war camp, said British Defence Minister jwiHialion for no wage union rciecled the board Stewart Alslniry, district nt of the 1WA. said last day the majority report rfieeted unanimously" by Puliiy comiulltee. i;ree to last years prices. M;Un reason, said Mr. Parkin, Hunt's Inlet Ballot Return Not In Yet date could win on the first Lord Alexander mentioned the target date for Canadians' withdrawal to officers of the R.C.R. yesterday during an inspection trtp through their camp. An estimated 200 men were employed at the Terrace camp and 100 at Khutzemateen. A company official left during the week-end for Terrace to pay the rrfen there and loggers from the other camp are streaming into Prince Rupert by boat to get their cheques. A Canadian Pacific Airlines count. why fisherman outvoted tne union proposal here is because most of the fishermen voting were natives. Party standing In British Co Claxton, 22-year-old son of Defence Minister Claxton, drowned Saturday In Guys River near the Ungava Iron ore shipping centre at Knob Lake. A report reaching here said he apparently slipped while wading also said the Labor Rela- lumbia (final until July 3): TIDES- Tuesday, June 17, 1951 (Pacific Standard Time) High 9:38 16.2 feet 21:44 19.5 feet Low 3:37 5.5 feet 15:20 7.9 feet Board had been asked to Elected SC. 5; CCF. 3. . One polling station Is still to be heard from In Prince Rupert "These people depend for their livelihood on the spring run of sockeye on the Skeena and Naas rivers. Deadline for the strike Leading CCF, 18;' SC 9; Lib., 9; PC, 3; Lab., 1. Totall8. official said all flights to Van in the fwift river and was car- electoral district. Returning Of ried into deep water by the couver are heavily booked and ficer A. Bruce Brown said this morning. current. His body was not re Meanwhile, the United States Eighth Army plans an extensive work-and-play program for the Communist prisoners of war once the prisoners recognize Allied authority completely. Brlg.-Oen. Boatner, Koje commander, hopes to start the program soon after he has finished snllttlne the uresent large, un an extra plane has been requested to transport the log The ballot box from Hunt's Inlet, tiny villapp of about three dozen people on Porcher Island, gers south. While officials at Columbia Cellulose would make no com J"t an imlustry-wage gov-! wnt supervised strike vote May. 'to for taking the vote weie ''4 but time did not per- to be taken on that date. Wmems were being made the vote next week.' ipt. with the strike now "'t, It is not known what the Labor Relations Board lake, or whether, under the :rml Conciliation Act, the ' ill he declared Illegal. tKlTS OCT has not arrived here. There Is ment on the effect of the strike, no telephone connection and ruly compounds Into small Mr. Brown believes the box will units. it was learned operations can continue for several weeks be-for a log -shortage would be come by mail. s Rain, Cold Doesn't Stop Swimmers Four hardy little souls went swimming In the pool at McClymont Park on Sunday. The rain didn't bother the children as they romped about in the pool, operated each year by the Civic Centre fo,r the Parks Board. A Parks Board member was on the scene early Sunday when the water began filling the tank and later in the evening he supervised the draining. , If the weather keeps warm the Parks Board hopes to have the pool open dally. A swimming Instructor is on duty at all times. Count from 28 of 27 polls re nisnersal operations probably covered immediately. I Doukhobors May Have Set Mill Fire BRILLIANT, B.C. (CP) RCMP here are investigating the possibility that Sons of Freedom Doukhabor terrorists started a fire which caused $50,000 damage Sunday when it destroyed a planing mill and stacked vote falls on the same day as opening of these rivers for fishing. If they don't fish at the opening of the season, they lose a lot. "But, they are only 10 percent of the total fishermen in the union." Mr. Parkin indicated that the total vote count along the coast would be In majority in favor of the union proposal. Mi . Parkin said the union also "srongly criticized" the companies' recent statement that fisherman were not given the chance to vole on the latest price offer. "As everyone can see, we voted on Mat offer Saturday. We did not have to call a special vote- will be completed within a week. jj.rH Alexander Inspected the noted. The Terrace camp, establish row stockades today. He toured n reason emolovers did ported sent George Hills, CCF candidate, into a 238-point lead over Jack McRae, Liberal seeking re-election. Art Murray, Social Credit, was third, and Tom Christie, Progressive Conserva d about 18 months ago, was producing between seven and i'h u increase wages this! the island in a jeep driven by eight million board feet a day. Boatner. as because of lack of The logs are sent by train from tive, last. Terrace to the huge Cellulose Alexander was aceopanled by Gen. Van Fleet, U.S. Eighth Army commander, and a party of leading military and diplo ;w markets. 8' speaking for operators, 'xport trade during the ,p years had been built o'-ly through huge orders plant on Watson Island. It Is reported that about 40 carloads of logs were completed matic flguies Friday at Terrace ready for shipment to Prince Rupert. VL -. M.I I I "r 1 Loggers from Khutzemateen iwa HtnaoasKan camp are being orougnt to Prince Rupert on a company Korean Stoicism Touches Canuck Tars boat. A number reported to the Unemployment Insurance office here shortly after arrival this morning. out hurts around by ourselves for a long time. It was quite a while before Doc had any busi Canadian Pacific Airlines officials said special plangs have been flying to Hardy Bay and cine," West says, "and we always give them as much as we can because I figure it is the best way f cementing friendships." "These people are so grateful for anything we can do for ness from us." he mused as, from the Junk, a woman was helped to climb the ladder let down over the Atha-baskan's side. BAFFLING SYMPTOMS Taken into the ship's sick bay. - i " ' t "'is:" ' ffifr-tm I - s . r- ' K-... . Since then Korean junss regu tor's Note: Bill Boss, isdlan Pl.pss 8taff wrller Mhe frr.es in Korea, re-spent lo days In the 'Ufilan destroyer Athabas-'n Korean waters.! Bv nit i. nrwq Sandspit, on the Queen Char larly come out from the islands lotte Islands, all week-end to or the mainland ooast to inter them." take loggers to Vancouver. h.r avmntoms baffled the "Doc.' i cept Athabaskan's path and ask She could nave naa any w number of troubles. He spotted. for medical help, west always goes if the captain says the timetable permits. Such meetings are the Cana glandular tuberculosis, but that West's Is one attitude toward the Koreans. The ship's complement caught something of It last winter when Athabaskan evacuated 48 North Korean wounded off the Island of Taewhado. A TOUGH JOB The Koreans were suffering from wounds more than two days wasn t causing tne severe minal pains of which she was complaining. dians' only associations with c,iifiii p, Bt,H(f writer 1 REA. ABOARD HMCS BA8KAN A small junk alnes!de, the second to do , n'n two hours. as a sick call a patient 7 (o the doctor on the big idln warship. 1 answer o,. Queen Charlotte Airlines has had no request for additional planes. Their flight leaves here for Vancouver tomorrow. Because of the dtuatlon a number of loggers have expressed the intention of going by train and car to Vancouver. One logger who arrived here Sunday from Terrace said he was taking five other men with him in his car trip south. Koreans, apart from the crews of the four R.O.K. navy vessels regularly working with them. They tie up alongside Atha baskan almost daily, and the crews exchange visits. , . ;. medical officer. Surg.- old. shrapnel and burns. Seven were so dangerously 111 that West began operating Immediately. He was still working on the last In Athabaskaners have had only ' a. West of Mlmico, Ont., ne ashore witih a medical ,'""r Packed with supplies. the captain's cabin, hours later;. Columbia Cellulose officials would make no comment on the work stoppage, other than say they will pay the men. when the shin reached incnon. Then through painful questioning he discovered that her husband had kicked her In the stomach the night before when he returned home drunk, and that blood probably was flooding the abdominal cavity. It would have to heal iUelf. West treats more sick Koreans than he does Canadians. His major concern with his Canadians Is to keep them well. The Koreans know that they can ask help from any of the Canadian destroyers whose doctors are unstinting or their time. "They always ask for medi Ther the wounded were sent "a spent more than an ; itore looking into aches ,Pains In a clinic Improvised JT beach, leaving the sup- ashore to a civilian hospital. The stoicism of those Koreans one shore visit to Korea in all the while they've bee;i here three hours each at Inchon. Their Ignorance of Korea Is monumental. They have never seen the Canadian armed services handbook on Korea, and the two or three copies that are are aboard have remained In officers' cabins. RECENT PATHOL carried out by the Canadian dtilroyer IIMCS Nootka off the vest coast of Korea, protection was provided for a number of small islands lying off enemy -held territory. ' By night the destroyer dispersed Communist troop concentrations ashore and, in the daylight hours the Nootka took medical and food supplies to local defenders. Shown above strolling thorugh a main street of a Korean village on a friendly island are four crew members of the Nootka. Left to right, they are PO Rene Rollins, Verdun, 'p.Q. and Halifax; Surg.-Lieut. Robert E. Stewart, Toronto, the ship's medical officer; PO Fred Randall, Halifax and PO Howard Bailey, Saint John, N.B. and Halifax. (National Defence Photo) STURDY IMMIGRANTS "wund when he returned and of the others West had Inverness County on Cape Bre uid keep the Island ton Island was named after the treated, was not lost on the crew 5 untu the next, visit. Scottish County ' from which Said one: "After seeing all ""y 'hey didn't bring this many of its settlers came. those people we were carrying v me when I was there,'