DRROW'S P837I3SXM. tI2. IDES C. '. I October 27, 1053 Standard Time) 4:47 182 feet 16:25 19 8 feet , 10:23 9 2 feet 23:17 5.0 feet VDeIivry NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XLII, No. 249 ' PRINCE RUPERT. B.C.. MONDAY. OCTOBER 28. 1953 prtcf ftvr rrma ' l r - -I V ' ; k . 4" , " 81 V Phone t- 1 ag.- Cofif (Bvmm 7Jjm' I !' " T lr- -I t f - " . , v; , ' '- . r j i i - vt i i , . i ' : u ; J. 1 Terminal Costs Hit Coast Trade Strong Merchant Fleet Needed Repatriation Talks Come to Standstill By GEORGE McARTHlR Amoclated Presa Staff Writer PANMUNJOM. The Communists today raised an immediate threat to the success of preliminary Korean peace talks at their opening session by demanding the admission of neutral nations to the big talks a proposal opposed by the United States. Despite the ominous first day 1 V J f A of the preliminary talks, Arthur! I w I r - i r 'Mountain Climbing' i i. , -.1. ir- J , : . . I' -" " Is ,,.... .. ...... v.,H i. cuiicsajsc in iiurtnern eweaen, out its only a I 12 minutes if you make the, trip by helicopter. That' what Bjoerh Forsslund, who's inglinR from the 'copter's runners, an;l pilot Arne Gunderson did. Although it may lough Bjoerh 's high In the clouds, actually he' only a rew feet from the ground : mer Prisoner Stayed Behind L I ::"? J) By The Canadian Preaa SAN FRANCISCO. A Seattle waterfront executive has charged that high terminal costs are killing off coastal and inter-coastal shipping. Clarence Carlander, vice-president of the Seattle Port Commission, made the charge In testifying before the three-man U.S. Senate subcommittee headed by Son. Potter (R Mich.i. It is exploring troubles of tin; shipping industry. "There is an alarming decline in coastwise trade and climbing jjean, u.a- ambassador representing the United Nations, expressed hope that an agreement could be hammered out and "a political conference will be held." Dean and the Communists collided head on over an agenda for the preliminary talks. The Reds insisted on discussing composition of the political conference first. Dean has no authority to negotiate the make-up of the political conference. He can discuss only administrative matters, time and place. Meanwhile, the strife- torn Communist efforts to persuade 5 4 Lninese Keds Revive. Dread Wu Fan' Drive HONG KONG (AP) The Chinese Communists are reviving the dread "Wu Fan" economic terror campaign of last year. Arrests already have been made and so-called "people's" trials started. In 1952 there was a nationa'. movement to eliminate the Wu Fan (five evils) from private owners such as tax evasion, bribery and fudging on contracts. In practice it turned out to be a Get Evidence on Captors . v. ' 1 ' i ' & r't- 3 .. V -i ; ' 1 . frm Pyoktong, North Korea, considered him a "progressive," who co-operated with the Chinese Reds. He said he wanted to learn all terminal costs are a determin- ex-Red soldiers to go he could about the Communists ing factor, Carlander declared. home appeared near an end. rr.VN CARTrR -captives were repatriated at the jiAPi A young Am-I end of the Korean fighting, lcr today said he re-1 Last Wednesday he left the iriation from a Cum- i compound north of Panmunjon, Ion camp so he could '. where the others are still await-(pnee to prove to the ; ing explanations about why they Jiome that the Com- should come home, and told the ! rotten to the core." I Indian guards he had changed lard S. Dickenson. :?3, : his mind that he wanted to be tBig Stone Gup, Va., j repatriated, hind with 22 other ! M;VER RELIEVED REDS (when most Allied war i .... . , stymied by an open split in the He said these costs chiefly were in labor and were about lour times higher than a few years ago. He also said intercoastal shipping was being hit further terror campaign to collect extra money for Peiping through fines. It was called a "tiger hunt" and became so violent in the spring of 1952 that the Reds had prisoner repatriation commission over whether to force the PoWs to listen to the Red persuasion. Lt.-Gen- Thimayya, Indian rhiiirimon nf pnmmltclnn WEARING LEG BRACES, an aftermath of his bout with polio, 11 -year-old Dale Walters of Cleveland Is on his way to school on a bicycle built for two! His cheerful mother, Marcella, provides tile extra power for the courageous boy, who's aiming for the da when he can ride his old two-wheeler again. Hundreds Attend Memorial Service' for Alan Hurst so he could "get revenge for what they did to me and my buddies." "I Just thought I would play along with them and get even with them. I didn't intend to go to China." WROTE LETTERS While he was in prison camp he wrote propaganda letters and a . . L'lvuniauu ,111 u picas cuuier- to call it off because it was stop- said the commission's chances ?ln! Paction In private in. through comiwUtion by Canadian vessels. , . "They have very nice ships," he said, "with "rates auout nit- jcimp t.Vlny t.l.rft.intj nniiph dustry still about half of all ence today at Tokyo Army Hospital said he never believed In communism, though the other mrtirans in prison camp 5 at I of success in its mission are I China's Industry. I "very small.' made propaganda broadcasts for Recently ""en'y stories stones in in Peiping reipmg "Ine situation now is .jLt verv 1 t propaganda have hinted that a it if the CommutUsU because he was that passeni., trade ordinarily -More 'than 600 persons at- tion of the-Civic Centre' gym- erlo"s'" Thimayya told jreport required to do it." Me said till would utilize American vessels." tiger hunt iLl e"7 dlreCt,y ln tnnl thu tmmi backsliding private- ' the Civid Centre Sunday for Ration J Closed lure than three inches i blustery winds whirh und Prince Rupert ip to gusts of 50 miles JUtle damage was re-fie wake of the gale. I". Senator Magnuyoa it). Wash i. ! another committee member, said stage Strike looms In Vancouver Reds told him if he didn't make th broadcast he would never see his family again. Dickenson said other Ameri dri ' rival Communist and non- ow . ' , eonae" cnarge A lan M- Hurst, 56-year-old Booth Meniorial High School1 Communist vjewa, :: . -. .J WM ?. " , y "American lines are confronted with Canadian Pacific Steam The Booth choir of 28 voices, directed by L. D. Leighlon, organized this season by Mr. Hurst j covering Manchurian produc Observers have speculated th'dtl principal who died suddenly last cans In his camp "called me tion, the- Reels, added charges of ship vessels operating under the Communists may be seeking VANCOUVER CP)-John Ray- excess profits. . . . In one of, the first trials.' a a: way out of the exDlanations. J and the iastvclass with, Which he spent' time before- his death, sang two hymns All Through ' mond, Windsor, Ont., vice- . nmuirij.nt nf thft Tntjarnntinnn ttures grew milder on progressive because I went to the from very heavy subsldy tne Communist study groups." . I Canadian . government." Dickenson said the: Comniun-i t ue remarked that a strong Ists promised him and the other j merchant - fleet : was indispons-22 Americans that if they, stayed ' able to the Puiret. Round area. since two da'ys of tarks! with 931 Chinese . won: only it prisoners the .Night, and The Crusader's; back .to theRed ,fold:,;, : r.,;; ' j j private factoi-y manager in. Mukden, was, charged with, haying; bought raW. materials too low and ' sold . the ' finished prbtiuci ; too ' high: He "was 'given eight years' imprisonment. ithe rtornniissfon 4 split bVef V 1 - i k't . i r ? .... f. "f i .' l" v ' t - 1 A behind they wouW have 'plenty j along with a strong sea trade wiih Alaska. whether 'to? foree 'the prisoners to listen to the Red interviews. Thimayya effectively has sid iiymiwauring tne service.! ; ,j A hushed silence spread through the huge hall as Dr. Wright entered shortly after 2:30 p.m. and- the heavy downpour of rain could be heard on the roof as the minister read r. oiiuiaays neavy i Brothel hood of Electrical Work-t the weatherman. re-iers,,AFL)( was scneduied to f between mlttnlpht mwt with B.C Electric officials nd midnight Sunday tof)ay Jn an attempt to avert I of rain soaked the a st,ike by some 1,000 members I of his union. lUon school was clos- j Tne IBEW ls ging a i0-jormng a nearly two!cpnt increase and fringe benc-Pier seeped Into the : (its. Basic wage ranges over 12 land surrounded the j catrKories from a low of $1.53 I to $2.31 an hour ed against the Reds, ruling that force can not be used unless the commission agrees to it unani exerpts from several psalms. mously. -n. u The preliminary peace talk's lasted one hour and 15 minutes A long grey coffin, bearing the body of the man who left the community so suddenly, was placed directly in front of the Thursday night. Conducted by Dr. E..A- Wright, p a s t p r, of First Presbyterian Church members of the- Canadian Legion, every service 'club, and civic officials joined in the' solemn ceremony ln the main gymnasium of the Centre which Mr. Hurst was instrumental in obtaining and helping equip. A reminder of the civic-minded principal, who had taught school in B.C. for 23 years and for the past six years in this city and who during the last war was director of YMCA services for the Pacific coast, wis the inscription on the back of the chairs. ! On each, in black letters, were the initials "YMCA." Among the throng were dozens of high school students and former students who went to pay last respects to the man who died while playing cards with three friends aboard a cruiser at the yacht club last Thursday night. Pc works department' The un0n's Local 213 in the! of women, a gooti nome ana could go to school to take up any studies." The Reds also promised the men they could go to China or Russia or any Communist country, Dickenson said. RETURN AS MASTERS In about five years, he said, the Ci mmunists told them, there would be a revolution in' the Un'tcd States. Then the men who remained behind now would return to the U.8. and "be the masters of our own country." , He said perhaps 10 of the 22 Americans now in Indian custody would decide to be repatriated "if The negotiators meet again tomorrow at 11 a.m. (9 p.m. Monday EST). stage. Thousands Flock To Art Show LONDON ( Reuters ) One of London's foremost art galleries had to "turn them away" Sunday night as the British capital approached the end of one of the most booming years its art circles can recall. A line-up reaching at times 1,000 persons formed outside the Tate Gallery on the closing day of an exhibition by the French impressionist artist, Pierre Renoir. 4 Lose lives Over Week-end By The Canadian Presa Four persons died violently on Canada's west coast during the weekend and the body of a fifth was discovered where police said they believed it had lain for sev-' eral years. Dead are Mrs. Eileen Krebs, 47, of Salt Spring Island, B.C.; Stew f. - a iew basements Vancouver area and 230 on Van-M due to surface run-;couver island, will meet later n basins ad culverts U)dav. MivRaymond will address v f the bulk of the rain ; the Vancouver meeting. f4rfUipL,CaknP,SSeS. Iwrr mainland and Vaneou- its I ? . i 'downof industrial power should rir'i-'LIUhe talks fail. Domestic and B.C. Packers Boat Aground VANCOUVER W Salvage crews were expected to refloat early to- art Moore, 45, and Many disappointed art-lovers they have proper explanations." Henry Mlelke, S 'CkeLWh thof Vancour.'aaman; He declined to say what he were still waiting outside when um ugIWU41U WU11URJ JH VUG Michael Daskalakls. Found dead southwest corner of Vancouver Idrrt tn and o.,j . Vi emergency - power wouia De sup-to no trouble j pUed ln event of a ,trlke if the oaio r, . . , 1 the union announced. ' Ke L eptae c? The Unln VOted ThUrSday (Northern in t, i favor of a strike following re- hZrtZ CnrWC1!jection of a conciliation board 1 M"0, n P S Hr ' report that called for no in- Lre t rrd ! erease in pay. No strike date has thoueht American officers should the doors finally closed on the tell the men to get them to come show, witnessed during the last home. - month by 65,524 persons. was Wilfred Savage, Courtenay, B.C. Island, near Jordan River. ' In a brief tribute, Dr. Wright said, "I can truly say there is only one heart here today, and that, a heart of sorrow. "His (Mr Hurst's) presence in our community meant much to the true development of this city." Following the service, the coffin was borne slowly out of the Civic Cenire to a waiting hearse and later taken to the Canadian Pacific Steamships clocks where it was placed aboard the Princess Norah- Funeral services will tie held from Simmons & McBride funeral home in Vancouver on Thursday, The body will be cremated. His wife, the former Ellen Dunlop whom he married in Vancouver on December 23, 1921, The crowd made their way to 1 'l . :'. f-- ' . i .i - v . the Civic Centre in a driving rain. Among the throng were almost every member of the Gyro Club. yet been set. "ppartment of public .CP nf 11, .1..:..! , Mr. Hurst was vice-president of the Gyro Club and had plan -WEATHER- t tne uiiving rain I full crew of Kinsmen ned, with other members, to I aay gathering fire-pie three bonfires to be forecast North coast region Cloudy join in distributing boxes ol apples throughout the city on Sunday. inanowe'en with intermittent rain today and The tug Salvage Queen was reported standing by awaiting higher tide before attempting to refloat the Newcastle IV, owned by B.C. Packers Ltd. The Newcastle's seven-man crew reached shore safely and reported the vessel in danger of breaking up. Flies Down Under In Tiny Plane PERTH, Australia (Reuters) Hubert Showell, business man from Clippesby, England, landed here Sunday night ln his single-seat plane, 26 days after leaving England. He is the first man to fly a 130-horsepower A u s t e r 1 Aiglet from England to Australia. change in tern- Mrs. Krebs was killed and five others injured ln a head-on collision Saturday night on the Patricia Bay highway near Sidney on Vancouver Island. Moore and Mielke both were drowned ln the Fraser River where they had gone with a third man to hunt ducks at season opening Saturday. Daskalaskis was reported killed in a fall aboard the SS Atlantic Pilot, which docked Sunday at Port Alberni from the-Orient. Savage was found dead in a bush near Courtenay. RCMP would divulge no details as to how he died except to say they believed the body had lain undiscovered from three to five years. tfion of Pacific si onus Tuesday. Little cl e northern part ofipcrature. Winds si 1SI11E Uh.UKllloH ,, .. 11. ..I ll kl... and Mrs. Clifford Ham also left south 20, occa Dozens of floral tributes from organizations and many indi t . 7"""'Miru weain viduals covered the front por- aboard the vessel for Vancouver. Pallbearers were: Orme Stuart, Dr. R. G. Large, W. F. Stone, sionally reaching 30 Tuesday morning. Low tonight and high Tuesday at Port Hardy, Sandspi and Prince Rupert, 48 and 54. we province. An-f In this scries is ex-jmove over the north I tomorrow. Joe Scott, Dr. A. W- Large and Charge Laid Clifford Ham. Honorary pallbearers were: R H. Davidson, W. F. Graham, Dr. senger Traffic Down L. W. Kergin, Charles E. Starr, Weldon McAfee, R. G. Moore- 1 V j '. ', fP sai'X 1-1 . III! ""I Per Cent in Halifax Against Driver TERRACE A charge of manslaughter has been laid against George L. Robertson in connection with the death of Glen Jackson following a highway accident near Shames on Labor Day. Police allege that Robertson Wet, Weary Gyros Wind Way Home After Delivering 1,000 Boxes of Apples nearly April. senger traffic dropped 20.000 from January to . in .. . - - t ! TRADE BOOSTS FREIGHT hnIteKplte a ml-J"'1 rom the recent taker.- strike, pos- in I thl0UBh this po-'t 1 tr cent from last ta. died and the total nvement have in- was the driver of the panel delivery truck which crashed into They stopped to change rain- I pealed to those still owing to soaked clothes and attend the make their payments as soon as the end of the Flood bridge re possible. sulting in injuries which proved The fact that vfrieght traffic has continued to Increase can be set down to brisk international trade In general and world demand for Canadian wheat in particular. During the six months ended April 30, a peacetime record of 14,000,000 bushels of grain moved from the port. ' Cargo loaded and unloaded In 1952 amounted to 4,546.000 tons, ratal to Jackson and seriously injuring his brother William T. Jackson and Mrs. T. W. Jackson. na6er John Mitchc v 4Rnnn . Some 34 Gyros wended their weary way home last night, cold, wet and tired, warmed only by the knowledge that more than 1.000 boxes of apples had been delivered throughout the city, swelling the Gyro club's playground fund by something like $1,200. The Gyros braved a downpour of rain and wild wlnda at 8 a.m. Sunday, starting out on their annual project Wltti tour trucks, assigned tn four secttnnx of the city. rouirh uuKn Ha fH '"lshengers .u memorial service for Alan Hurst, vice-president of the club, who, had he lived, would have been a leader in the apple campaign. The deliveries wound up the Gyro club's annual apple day campaign, launched October 17 with street sales down town from booths. Most citizens paid for the apples on delivery although there are sail some COD payments to ;)oine in and tlit eluD has. up- Total proceeds from the campaign are, earmarked for improvements to children's playgrounds throughout the city. Joe McKay and Orme Stuart directed operations of two of the delivery truck crews while Joe Scott and George Murray y,orc in charge ot the other tv o. Trucks were loaned to the club by Lindsay Cartage ana W talen s Cartage LJuateO. Robertson received minor injuries ln the crash. . Olen Jackson idled ln Terrace General hospital September 10 and Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are ? wt year. Is attributed to Its oU,dl8lon to bring a four-year increase of nearly 1.000.000 tons. The total this THIS EXCELLENT STUDY of Sir Winston Churchill, caught in a pensive mood, was taken while the grand old man of the British government was attending the annual Conservative Party conference at Margate, England. reported making steady progress in prince Rupert Oeneml tins pttal. year ls expected to show a fur. ther jump.