Prince Rupert Duily News Thursday, January 3, 1952 Best Pictures of J 951 Oil Activity DISTRICT NEWS Apology From Bench in New Evil "Firewater tt.lip fifth cimsrrutivp time that making all he rould to satisfy the surge, of demand. Then, wnn spring, came credit restrictions which increased down payments and moninly installments lor goods bought on credit. The buying spree became a morning-auer Headache. i;iiim; slower The restrictions came at . time when the average family, Wayne, Neacle and Guinness Best Box-Officc Draws Hits Record ! Miss Neagle, 42-year-old star of ! the Florence Nightingale pic From Hollywood, New York ture .Lady with the Lamp,"! EDMONTON (h HFRINA (CP)II. isn't nfl.-n that and London, polls, both official ha(id .,. tlm division 1 , n ...... . n-ccircl 0 Business !n Canada Good in 1951 Indians Abuse a judge apologizes in sentencing and unofficial, named 1951 Mi.ss Neagle and Guinnesse, k,s ,n west,-rn Ca mid i-'"W'' a prisoner. But that's what outstanding actors, actresses and 37year-old character actor, I was reported Wedn-i ! c Chief Justice J. T. Brown of the the best plays. 'were picked by a poll of 4524 were oil strike ii r Saskatchewan Court of Kings la Hollywood, straight-shoot- BrJtish fHm exhibitors. , inT I. ga! partly because of the high cosi oi living anu partly because oi t Beer Parlors heavy expenditures in the las ri i. , , Itirr MrH.r rfliw In in Wavnp IS r " ' - 'i.o. uvv.cn uiu ic-euuy m muciicmi . 5 Guine.sses starred m in the the. More than 200 oil comnani. an Indian for manslaughter l reported to have again plugged his way to the top of the movie lew years, lelt it dil not have the immediate money to meet' FORT ST. JAMES. Chief An-higher payments. And, once toine of the Fort St. James comedy "Lavender poured more than $200.0(H),(kj By FORBES RI1UDE whimsical The Indian, Robert Georg Canadian Press Business Editor slowed down, people look a Indians has admonished his o, mi . j I- r i.,H,,.ir'. mnnra.itiiki.r Hill Mob.' played P'aycu ruKiu in mm western oil and gas exiling ST fr fpanS" ! t Straight year , ver Twist" and played eight tion, development and laR nk a u""'""b pii- "'u uic e . ""v roles in the coniedv "Kind Hearts . cure ild. TORONTO Business was longer look at their pocketbooks people to behave themselves the action siar was naineu iu - . ' . " . . . ... . r r v i tii . 1 1 i.Ef wills i. iiiii. r in u; m if mfii good m 1B51, or it was bad dc- beloe opening tnem up for any wnen entering Deer panors.- ii m,, nprW n.,11 ttiiu vui i ' l ending upon what merchant thing. they did this, they would save In the list of international '. Best director Ella Ka?an t, ildU SUjpill-U II Jill Willi UIllIK.- v..c i.iv-w.. - i The episode touched off a dis-.of theatre men as the star who fi,-,. 1 brought brought the the most most money money through through favorites. Miss Neagle and Guin- "Streetcar." had on their counters or in their i.ie chief consolation offered themselves a lot of trouble, warehouses. the businesses that were hardest There h'as been complaint of na- As far as the greater part of hit was that the buying spree tives abusing the privilege which business and the vast majority couldn't have lasted anyway, they have received of being al- of Canadians were concerned, n, anu ..nil puhaps it was better lowed to enter the beer parlors was good, with the country driv- to have it stopped before it at Vanderhoof. Several of them ing ahead on a vast program of brought about worse trouble. landed in jail. . expansion In any event the result was water evil" just when British the box offices in 1951. ncs s am not iare so wen. it. Best actor-Arthur Kmnea Columbia and Prince Edward The comedy team of Dean was headed by Bob Hope, James as the blind veteran in "BrH Island acted to admit Indians to Martin and Jerry Lewis placed Stewart, John Wayne, and Ab- Victory." beer parlors, and Manitoba had second, replacing the No. 2 star bott and Costello. Then came! Be.st actress Vivien Leigh i the question under considca- last year. Bob Hope, who helped Guinness and Miss Neagle. "Streetcar." lion. start them on their big-time in New YorK, "A Streetcar Best foreign film the Italia,, Two Saskatchewan cabinet., . "amen, "sire was cnoscn oyi "- .- ""'. But lor the man selling auto- that, though dollar volume of ministers -Wovmen welfare rau. nupe anu o""g luauy, lne New yorK nim Critics as i "c "" are made ai. mobiles, household electrical ap- sales may be up far the year be Vanderhoof Has workers and a number of Uie " v1 M"m "u wu ; ine best picture oi tvai. """J "y -"- "piesenui 950 and jockeyed for the topi Runner-up and verv clo.se in ' nlne Ncw York daily nt pliances, some textiles and cloth- cause 01 higher prices, people ing lines .and for many men and have probably been buying less women employed in making in the last nine months of the these things, business Jiad plentv year than they did in the same spot in previous years, dipped ahe final balloting of eight to.Papi'r'- , 1039 Poulalion lew posuiuna. vtouy was lutu seven was The Kover. i Indians themeslves voicd varying views. Some saw the Indian situation, simply as part of the greater p.-oblem of liquor as a whole. Others said it's time to and Hope sixth in this year's list The critics also chose: If you want to sell it, advtrjlsi of troubles. period of 1950. And the fall-otr The troubles, however , did wao felt the worse because it hit 1 VANDERHOOF While the of not arise from any lack of basic particularly at certain industries ficial figures of the 1951 decen- quit treating Indians as children. The Hip-swinging, Hot-singing Jambore HANDBAGS To Compliment Your New Outfit! Colors, styles arid prices that invite the most exciting customers. WALLACE'S Deportment Stor; soundness In the economy but and at centres where these in- hial census shows the village of, The question of admitting Ind- from the fact that Canadians dustries are located. Vanderhoof as having a popu- ians to drinking establishmei'15 went on a buying sp.'ee which the With inventories up at the year ration of only 638, a count taken arose from a provision of the government felt it had to choke end many business men are fac- by a committee of the Vander- new Federal Indian Act. It gives off to prevent prices going ing money troubles. hoof Board of Trade shows the the provinces a free hand in the .hrough t'.ie rool. ! This seems to mean that there actual population of Vanderhoof matter. Previously only Indians In the eaiiy year, every one snou't) De 110 rea' worry about at the present time to be 1039, who had foresworn their prlvil- was buying; the householder was Shortages of goods in the com- an increase of approximately 300 eges as wards of the government ureat While way No. 3 among the money-makers is Betty Grable. Two other veterans, Abbott and Costello, placed fourth. Rounding out the top 10 are Randolph S'ott, Gary Cooper, Doris Day aad Spencer Tracy, In that order. , Across the water Anna Ncaele and Alex Guinness were Britain's tup movie bux-office draws the past year, the London bureau of the American Motion Picture Herald announced. The paper added that It was ablazing!!! 1 raiding the shelves and the lng ypar- 11 prooawy will mean, per cent irom me census, nad been able to enter beer par- 0 T. 3' . storekeeper was Stocking them . f io 311 extra-neavy up; -.vhile the manufacturer was : January sales. I 'lnis should have i rasn oi lors. , f- ' Alberta and Saskatchewan E' XCOVQtlOfl rOr lhave announced they will not v-f .J i . m v . In holding back the "rise in , il 1 follow the example of B.C. and prices which marked 1951. Never- PieW Tl Q TCnOUSC j P.E.I, in taking advantage of the im.n, TONY MARTIN. JANfT LEIGH heless, potent forces continue lu rr,,,r,T? -c or- ur,.i. option. ' U a - j w . mo S GLORIA DtHAVEN-EDDIE BRACKEN 0 ANN MILLER old puces up. , . fommen-ed nn excavation Manitoba s special committee For one thing there is a limits "M . 6f on limior enforcement and ad- at least get alcohol intended for drinking." Miss iviarjory Bernard, director of the Regina Welfare Bur 3tti Sirtin liitnt 101 CHOSlY'Iht CHun'Vtlt pos?d new warehouse and office ministration has voted in favor to tlie price indU'Cements which merchants can offer, for they i have paid high prices them of allowing Indians In drinking .jilding to be erected Mere on 1st avenue for McLennan. Mo- esiaoisiimenia out. we piovmciai i Feely & Prior Ltd. This phase of government has yet to make a eau, said she thought me evils; of drinking among Indians were i similar to those among whiles I they varied with the individual! fnal decision Evenings 7 - 9:05 p.m. "J" (3 T E AA Matinee Saturday 2 p.m. a'fa.movs playkks thkaiiii Lie project is being undertaken selves and their operating costs .ire heavy. As both business-sustaining; ?"i a p.'ice-su.staining lorcc, FOR HIGH CLASS PRINTING IN 1952 by Dczell Construction Company. 1 Mr. Justice Brown, in sentenc-ing Strongquill, said the white j Indian just as wllh any other; here is the unprecedented ex Esther CvT! SBHB8S8EJ50B race. Attorney-General J. W. Gorman of Saskatchewan said: "Some people speak of the Bill of Rishts when pointing out thai Vancouver Has Civic Deficit (man is "the tool and the Instrument that the Ulquon traffic j tifcs to menace the sanity and I sobriety of the Indian, to roo him and his home of his means WILLIAMS rn it pansion taking place across the country which keeps employment at a high level, despite pockets ol unemployment here i.r.d thsre, and wnich kieps pouring :ie,w money into the economy. Coupled with this is v, f ti . rr - k-r. VANCOUVER Aid George of livelihood and bring his down- . In,,.an . arp SKELTON V,N K I I LiJ L Miller, chairman of the, civic fi nance committee, yesterday told rtouanf a"' anv relaxation of restrictions." "And as a member of that' welfare Minister J. H. Sturdy racs," he said, "I apologize to attached some blame to the pol-you. an Indian, and to yrnir race lcy of se)4regatiiig flidlans on fn this trnian horse kind of eift ,-A -..r.. n,,r- mil a prcbably-record farm income. cjty council that there, would be Now t;i" s will be coming a deficit of $600,000 on last year's ; Ho the market, and people who operations. He forecast further As Always .fe?A are not buying today will be re- difficulties during the coming wnicn we have J0 generously and tnnitiM tn Wnme mtrited turning to the counters and year Cartoon News PLACE ORDERS NOW a so neartiessiy oestoweu upjn wiln the 11e 0f Canada. 'ou " ) "Wherever ther are reserves RECALL INDIAN'S WORDS ! there Is an attendant metis showrooms when some of their After the meeting Aid. Miller present obligations have been suggested to newspapermen that paid off. there was only one way of meet- ;lywrvcr, there should be ing the situation by increasing ;.ome influences this coming taxes. t tv, ,m,.nt thot fiinU C.ri ' '1'alf breed i problem one can- Evening Shows 7 9:00 Satu-Jay Mats. 2 - 4:25 Dibb Printing Co. be solved from the not ssparalely words sroken by Chief Gambler the minister said. of the Crees in signing a treaty cher. Iril rfvflrtittmcM if not puMtiticd At dnpUvfd OUTFIT ELECTRICALLY with Queen Victorias representatives 75 years ago were recalled: "Wc don't want ycur firewater. It's bad. It makes us crazy.'' ; But one Saskatchewan treaty Prince George NOTES vear to restrain the run-away i K-c pattern of thi last year. For instance, rearmament was perhaps the major factor in et-nr; oi the early-year buying of l!):o. fcy creating the idea that " were going back to something like wartime shortages. This, under anything foreseeable, was an erroneous idea. Re for 1952 with Indian, A. H. Brass, whose wife is a direct descendant of one of the Cree chiefs who signed the G.E. PRODUCTS A new 1600 ho.' Fairbanks- armament, under its 1874 treaty, said he did not ag ee prese.H Mtsc djesel engine has been ln- plan?, is not likely to create any stairct at the Pnnce George ' completely with the widespread such shortages. It will take a power nouse and ix is believed belief that an Indian goes "crazy growing slice out of our ritltional lhcre wju nQ recurrcnce 0f drunk" when he drinks. IN BETTER USED CARS product on out it is noining ntte u nt r rrisis whpn the, He argued that if liquor re- ( full-seal? nl!-w'i lo uni and cinrl there (hprn is ic the .nr r. ........ .. war, G.E. Washers and Pumps G.E. Refrigerators G.E. Toasters G.E. G.E. G.E. Radios Kettles Steam Irons WILFORD ELECTRICAL WORKS Motors and Generators Rewound and Repaired , MOTORS BOr'illT And SOLD New aH ICrliuilt (.( nrraliirs 6 - 12 - S2 villi ltox !M7 Ph. Ulsie 391 city wa- without light for a while . strictions on me reserves were and had to be placed on a dim-: removed at least the qualltv of out. ; the aicohol consumed would im- . , . i.rove. The ;or diem hospital rate forj "Where liquor Is Illegal, pcopl'-the Prince George Hospital has "will drink hair tonic, shoe poiisl., been increased from $10.45 to $M nr anything lse they can get and the co-insurance rate from ho!d of." he .w'd. "If drinking S3 to $4.50 per day. were allowed, the Indian could -SEE fact that our ability to produca has been growing and will r.on-.lnue to grow. Altogether, as we enter 1852. it seems a time for people to retrain as calm as they can tn a .r..ub!rd world; and for business o apply what cures it can w .present ills, with every p'ospect that, given no major international upsets, the times will continue "boom" times by comparison with almost any other tim we have had." VANf OLVIOlt VICTOItlA Chileolin " p.m. January 6 a.nd 20 Chilcotin michiight Januaiy i.i and 27 Ciri!.-.si!n Tuesday, 1:! Noon ALICE AltM, S'l'UVAKT AND PORT SIMrSON Sunday, Camosun. 11 p.m. FOR NORTH Ql'I'KN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS January 4 and 18 ' s5. Chilcotin midnight FOR SOl'TII QI KKN CHARLOTTE D LANDS ss. Chilcotin January 11 and 25 FRANK J. SKINNER . Prince Rupoi t Agent iliird Avenue Phone 5fi8 Northern B. C Power Co. Ltd Prince Rupt-ii - Phone 210 Stewart. B.C. Thcoe cars ore older models but they are in good condition . . . ond most important of all they are priced so that you can afford to buy. THEY PAY OFF IT'S PROFITABLE IT'S EASY To Use a . LONDON (CP) txhaust st-am from a power station will be. used to heat about 3.200 apartments here, saving an estimated il.000 tons of coal yearly. 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