PROVINCIAL PSOVWCIAL LIBRA?.!, """" ' "S I "Jk. i x -iv I 113 ormbs; m 1 - v VICTORIA, S. C. DRUGS DAILY DELIVERY A n J" NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Li TAR niSPATCHED V Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone CI VOL. XLI, No. 140 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1952 TEN CENTS (Including comic section) Hi '-ii i . i: C Wants, Mttiadloir lection Confusion Could esult in "Big Four" Talks Added Figures Hike Lead of CCF Candidate George Hills Beats McRae by 238 s Addition of figures from one more polling sta VL, Rupert r ZJr jberal Government Defeated tion in Prince 'Rupert and adjustment of figures in another today sent George Hills, CCF candidate in Rupert Voters Want Liquor; Not Daylight VANCOUVER (CP) At least throe weeks of confusion is in prospect for B.C. after voting; apparently defeated the Liberal government! the June 12 election, into a 238-pomt- lead over Jack I McRae. iilV not have given any party a majority in the Representatives of the four parties that contested the election were on hand at 10 a.m. today to witness the opening of two boxes by Returning Officer A. Bruce Brown to obtain the figures. Jaycees Clean Up Street Sign Project Voters in Prince Rupert electoral district want liquor by the glass but they don't like dayllgnt .saving time. Two plebiscites seeking opinion on the two subjects were put to the electorate on Thursday and total from 26 of 27 polling divisions showed: Liquor by the giass: for 3048; against 2167. Mr; Hills represented his own Quebec Village Destroyed by Raging Fire party; Walter Smith represented Mr. McRae; Ed Mussallem for Art Murray, Social Credit, and Dr. R. G. Large for Tom Christie, returns trickling in Ttiiir',(iny's balloting ; On , alternative vote sys-i(l nnihiiiK to clarify the tijch will not be known jitil second choices are 4 July 3. rouirt. results are com-a only 12 of 48 constitute! seven of these were ie. id Winch, whose CCF jpiH-iired to have the jjiKP of forming a gov-r.t, spurned any idea of Mayor Harold Whalen has been presented with a map all wrapped up in pretty paper. It is a map of Prince Rupert City. It bears markings which in Progressive Conservative. ST. URBA1N, Quebec (CP) A dicate each corner at which Daylight saving time: for 1654; against 3621.' But, electors In the big cities of southern B.C. favored It by a wide margin. Fast time is instituted each year for the sum street signs have been planted by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. , There are 90 such posts, naming 180 streets. "Maybe we took a little time fire, fanned by a stiff northeast wind, roared through this St. Lawrence River north shore hamlet, for .six hours yc 'xrday, destroying 52 homes and commercial buildings and leaving approximately 350 persons homeless. A gallon of paint left healing on a stove in a private home was blamed for starting the fire. There is no official estimate of Election of Mr. Hills or Mr. McRae now depends on the distribution of second choice votes given Mr. Murray and Mr. Christie. One polling division Hunt's Inlet is the only one of 27 that has not reported. Figues from 26 of 27 polling divisions in the Prince Rupert electoral district follow: McRae, 1801; Christie, 627; Hills, 2039; Murray, 1026. ' Under the alternative voting system, used for the first time on Thursday in a B.C. election, Mr. Christie, the last-place can doing the job, but we saw it thjough," said Jerry Lemires Jaycee street ' sign committee mer months on a province-wtdo basis. Incomplete count for the 42 ridings, for daylight lime showed, for 98,865; against 61380. The liquor plebiscite aUo received a large vote with 113,628 favoring sale of liquor by the glass and only 69,892 voting against. (,rr socialist party; we :g tn work only for a fco-4 program," he said. r,i w returns Friday Llb-oid SfH-iitl Credlters trad-(,rnw leads In two con-zifs with xjIIs still to ,AM M.CK i h nf 44 polls reporting, chairman, as he handed the map to Mayor Whalen. FROM TERRACE TO KITIMAT a new line of the Canadian National Railways will run, expected to be In operation by the end of 1954. The line which will connect to the Prince Rupert-Jasper rail line, the new Aluminum Company of Canada development at Kitimat will traverse some of the most rugged mountain country In B.C. and h estimated that. 2,300,000 cubic yards of material (enough to make a pile almost twice as big as New York's Empire State building) will have to be moved to provide the right-of-way. "We hope this will speed .up mall delivery in the city," he damage, but It Is expected to pa-s added. The mayor commended Ja ycees Credit s Uw King went didate, wiU automatically be eliminated first and his second-choices will be distributed totes ahead of Agrlcul-f,ii.,i' r Harry Bowman in ii ue for their work. "We know that we can depend on you. If you undertake & pro Government Aid Urged by Fishermen among the other three. the $500,000 mark. Headquarters of an Eastern Quebec military area dispatched 30 men of the Royal 22nd Regiment from Valcartier Army Camp with eight trucks loaded with blankets, mattresses, tents, kitchen equipment and boxes of utensils. Two army cook were among the group. CCF Member Criticized By Parly Leader ject, it will be seen through . . . come h - - - or high water. Thank you men," he said. OTTAWA More government assistance of Canada's fishermen BULLETINS -V. . : was urged Friday night in Com mons. 6QJfo Vote OTTAWA (CP) For the second Appeals came from E. T. Apple time in -reci-nt month, Ross whaite ts k e e r. aT-anrt W. ' a: Since the result is between Mr. McRae and Mr. Hills, even if all Mr. Christie's second choices went to one candidate, the total would NOT give him an absolute majority. Prthis reason,-Jhe final re? ; 1 suit actually depends on second choice votes given Art Murray. While no one would predict the outcome, some veteran politicians here say Mr. McRae, who Is seeking re-election as Liberal memhsr in the Legislature for Rupert, will receive the majority Brownlee (PC-St. Johns West) About 60 percent of those eligible to vote In Prince as members discussed Fisheries Thatcher, CCF Member of Parliament for Moose Jaw, finds himself at odds with his party. Minor Fracas At New Koje (Miiiiieia. Liberal Cecil' diced two votes In front li SheJord. Social Credit. l-.ii. remained unreport-: itii.il n -n is so tangled -ilmulng officers, particu- m Vmwiuwr ridings, i .si; rt ciiunting all over !im i n K Offierr Robert inn of Vaneouver-Bur-pui it this way: "I don't uli.itrvrr happened. . 'one is confused so am ml ,i rualition found sup-it! the siiKKrstlon of At- Rupert Electoral District exer Department estimates during a debate. clsed their franchise in Thurs In Commons yesterday, the Fisheries Minister May hew day's provincial election. 35-year-old hardware merchant POW Compounds I told Gordon Graydon (PC-Peel I ilticlzed the government for Figues from 26 of the 27 divisions show 5493 ballots he has no Intention of asking spending $!58,000 a year to Commons to ratify the Canadian- of votes. United States-Japanese fishing Others say, however, that they treaty at this session. KOJE (CP i US military pol- maintain the annuities branch, ice drove 900 defiant North Km- The government, he said, should ean prisoners of war out of their SPn annuities approximately nt compound with tear gas today, rost an(i eliminate the need for hauled away 15 leaders and lib- B11 amulai "subsidy." will be divided. ALEXANDER ON FRONT PUSAN (CP) Earl Alexander,' who led the Canadian troops in Italy during the Second World War, visited them in action again today on the Korean front. He scanned Communist lines from forward observation post of Canada's famous Royal 22nd Regiment. RED AIRFIELD WRECKED SEOUL (CP) More than 150 Allied fighter bombers today wrecked a Communist airfield which the wing commander called "hottest target in North Korea." LONDON ACCEPTS GROMYKO LONDON (CP) Rritain has agreed to appointment of Andrei Gromyko as Soviet ambassador in liOndan, it is learned authoritatively today. Applewhalte suggested remov The decision is locked in the al of sales tax from a fisherman ," ballot boxes. "tools of trade" and re-estab Ueneral Gordon Wlsmer it there is a stalemate, a The candidate with the larg lishment of a tuna patrol which were cast. There were 9088 on the voters list. In Prince Rupert division, out of 6077 on the voters list, 4O20 cast ballots. A review of the voting power shows Mr. Hills, CCF candidate, received better than 40 percent of the voting strength in Prince Rupert division and Jack McRae, Liberal, got just over 33 Va per cent of the votes cast. lerated 273 prisoners who sain M j coldwell, CCF leader, they were anti-communl.sts. promptly informed Commons It was the third time during that Thatcher was speaking for wty ciin Terence should be est number of votes after oth helped fishermen find tuna in (lii-ide "what is in the schools on Pacific Coast. er choices are distributed will be declared elected. He also urged measures to clear the day, guards had thrown tear- himself. The CCF as a group gas grenades into the new, smal- old and would continue to sup- This same procedure will be rests of B.C." should be no talk of !'6 into another election !r party advantage," he followed ln all the 41 ridings in the Bablne River of a rocksiide which Is blocking the Skeena sockeye salmon run from reach ler compounds to quell Red defiance. Brie. -Gen. Haydon L. Boat- the province to determine which party if any has a majority. The party that elects the In tihe 1949 election, when only two parties were contesting the seat. 5267 persons out of 7077 ing spawning grounds. If Uils work could not be done at once measur es should be taken to help salmon get Upstream. n rule, the province will iner's headquarters dismissed the under the "caretaker"! Incidents as minor. No ca-sual-i government. tics were reported. port subsidization of government annuities. A few months ago, Thatcher was criticized by Mr. Coldwell and his, party colleagues for advocating that the government discontinue paying family allowances and old age pensions to those with incomes of more than $5000 or $6000 a year. greatest number of candidates would then be called upon to cast their ballots. form a government. In the meantime. Premier Jack McRae, running at that time as a Coalition member, re ceived 2971 votes compared to Johnson's government will con tinue in office. 2296 for William Brett, CCF can didate who did not contest this Applewhaite also said Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-operative had asked conservation measures be taken for flatfish on the north Pacific Coast. They believed Skidegate Inlet should be closed as soon as there was evidence flatfish there were about to spawn and the government Hogan Shoots For Fourth Championship election. Contractors Lock Out Carpenters Gromyko Moves Atomic Engine For Submarine GROTON, Conn. (CP) President Truman disclosed today that a "full-size, working" atomic engine for submarines is almost should look into the matter. Canada To Send Pilots To Korea To Britain LONDON Andrei Gramyko, VANCOUVER (CP)-Major construction came Soviet deputy foreign minister Who became known in the west as a United Nations delegate, DALLAS. Tex. (CP Orlm Ben Hoan never let up in his pressure golf Friday to take a midway lead in the United States Open tournament with a record-tying .score of 138. Fashioning his second straight one-mder-par 69 over the North, woods sun-scorched fairways, the tight - lipped defending champion shooting for his fourth open title in four tries, matched the best 36-hole start ever made Ottawa Nods Approval of Gas Pipeline ottawa (CP) Although to a halt in Greater Van- Canada has decided against' whpil vnntPi-dav wntn COUVer yefeieiCiay sending fighter squadrons to Korea, both Canadian pilots and contractors made their completed for test runs. The President gave out tho news in an address prepared for delivery at ceremonies here, in connection with laying of the keel for United States first atomic -powered submersible, the Nautilus. has been appointed ambassador to Britain, Moscow radio said last night. He will succeed Georgl Zarubin, re-assigned as ambassador in jet planes are Deing seni mere to help fight Communists. The pace of stocking RCAF Washington. lockout effective against 1800 carpenters. Carpenters, seeking a new wage contract, lhad ordered a strike for Friday on all major OTTAWA ( The Board of Transport Commissioners indl- squadrons with new jets has been .slowed moderately so roughly 60 in this 5-year-old classic How Rupert District Voted Two strokes away at 140 waslcated Saturday It will allow the F-86 Sabres bum in Montreal George Fazio, 38-year-old pan- West Coast Transmission Com- could be sent to United States construction Jobs. Contractors tlme pro, who won theCanadian pany Ltd. of Calgary to build a Following table shows how citizens in the Prince Rupert electoral district voted on Thursday. countered wlrli a lockout. Open in Montreal ln 1946. forces in Korea who have been reported unofficially to be los-ine Sabres about aa fast as they An estimated 5000 other trades Foiling Division McKae Christie Hills Murray A ; ) Aero Camp 10 2 13 1 arc being produced in the U.S. men were tnrown oui oi worn bv the contractors' decision. Production Minister Howe re Earlier In the week, 600 carpen -WEATHER- Synopsis Southern B.C. lies just beyond cently disclosed that 60 planes had been sent. He saia m com mons "tnase pianes now are in $111,240,000 natural gas pipeline to Pacific coast providing gas reserves are found sufficient for the line. Mr. Justice John D. Kearney, chief commissioner, said he would hold up final decision on the company's application until the board has made an independent Investigation of gas reserves in the Peace River area of British Columbia and Alberta where the company proposes to draw its supplies. "If and when the board decides gas reserves are sufficient," Korea, planes we thought were to equip the Canadian Air Force." In addition, the defence de partment has reached an agree ment with the USAF to send a ters in Vancouver Island cities left their jobs. Meanwhile, a "peace talk" was called ln an effort to avert the strike tomorrow midnight of 32.000 woodworkers. B.C. Labor Relations Board called union and management representatives Into a conference late Friday. (Prince Rupert carpenters are not affected by the Vancouver development, said James- Black, union secretary here). the fringe of two disturbances this morning, one to the north and the other to the south. It seems probable that the south coast will escape the effects of either one for the next two days, however, cool showery weather is in store for most of the rest of the province. Thunderstorms are forecast for the East Koot-enays tomorrow afternoon. fighter pilot a month up to a maximum of five to Korea, to help the RCAF build a pool o! Butedale 27 8 12 3 Digby Island 15 4 14 7 Glllatt Arm 8 2 9 .... Humpback Bay 3 0 5 1 Haysport 2 0 8 1 Inverness 10 2 8 8 Justkatla 16 1 14 3 Kitkatla 43 9 1 3 Klemtu 14 7 63 8 Masset 55 11 64 10 Masset Reserve 33 6 55 1 Metlakatla 15 , 3 1 17 Oore. River - 10 .... 8 1 Osland 6 .... 7 .... Port ClemenU 10 7 21 7 Port Simpson ' 74 4 11 S Port Edward 75 6 101 30 Pacofl 4 .... 3 5 Queen Charlotte City 45 7 49 10 Skidegate 23 18 1 Skidegate Mission . 86 15 Sandspit 41 12 41 15 Sunnyslde Cannery 19 3 42 . 9 Tlell 7 5 6 Prince Rupert 1150 527 1467 876 Totals .1801 627 2039 1026 he said, "an order will be issued pilots skilled ln Jet wariare. Historic Park granting the applicant leave to Forecast construct the pipeline. He said the board is satisfied SACKVILLE, N.B. (CP) The Fort Beausejour Museum and with the company's financial responsibility and with all other ' ACK Mm Tmr..h Bnnirilnff of Fenwlck. Out., one of TIDES Sunday, June 15, 1952 National Historic Park hopes for a bin Influx of visitors this sum phases of the project. ' Westcoast plans a 960-mlle Mostly overcast today and Sunday. Showers in the northern part today and over the whole region tomorrow. Little change in temperature. Wind light. Increasing to south 15 this afternoon. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Port Hardy, Sandspit and Prince Rupert, 45 and 55. line from the northern B.C.- t(,w Canadian women holding a commercial pilot's licence, mprtc ln tne Women.g international Air Race next month. nM-mile event will start at St. Augustine, Fla., July 4, and th next day at Welland, Ont.. airport. Mrs. Rungellng Vied seventh last year. The winner was Mrs. Margaret Carson Ja;i. (CP PHOTO) Alberta border near Fort St. John (Pacific Standard Time) High 7:08 17.0 feet 19:53 19.0 feet Low 1:09 6 9 feet 13:17 6.0 feet mer. Last, year 26,000 vlsltoi'3 signed the 'guest book the spacious museum while an equal number visited the grounds but neglected to sign the book. to Vancouver. An extension would go south through Seattle. -