iPROViNCLj PROVINCIAL LI2.1A3T, MORROW'S 113 TIDES mm VIM3?.IA, B. C. av, January 10. 1954 Ljftc standard Timet 4:59 20.7 feet 17:07 18.7 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER ... 23:20 11:11 5.3 6 5 feet feet Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port -"Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XLIII, No. 7 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1954 PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 ,SL y Daih VDelirer Phone 81 - X h " ...i,"t a pen Talks PoWs Must Be Held 2 t jr t.' Red Premier Say r . M 9 e By The Associated Press PANMUNJOM Communist Chinas premier Chou En-Lai today called for speedy recenvening of the Korean peace conference and insisted that non- n rorH "ATOMETTES" have discarded their space ships for water skis and cut the water tress Gardens, Fla., In a "Look, Ma, no ha ids" pose. The aqua-lovelies are (left to right) mcy. ainriey oiure, itiioua ricneu ana any uarlyn. repatriated prisoners cannot be released at midnight ! Jan 22, as demanded by the -UN command. J He said PoWs must be hM , i until' a peace conference de- Communist command Is cntit- cides their fate. ! ld to 80 days more of explana- In an official statement over , Hons to woo war prisoners home iPeiping radio Chou declared: ! berau.se Red persuasion teams I "the cessation of discussions j taikid with, the- anti-Commun- will not solve any problem." i i.st captives only 10 days of the ! Meanwhile South Korea's for-; expired 00-day period. eign minister rebuffed a blunt j And he insisted that non-i warning by the UN command I repatriated prisoners cannot be :ket Richard Raps NHL President Penalizing Team-Mate For Fiqht ana refused to retract threats released at midnight Jan. 22, that his government might use as i demanded by the UN command, but must be held until v : 1 against Indian W. It. WIIEATI.Ey a peace conference decides their , League clubs, for In the column 1 have an Idea that several other ' troops guarding a Kiehard said Campbell is a "die- ! Conadlens players who share my I prisoners In niut nti-communist nil zone com tf tor, was unjust in his punish-: opinion will do the same pounds. IKKAL- Maurice (Rock- incut of Bernie Geoffiion lan ( OViiKS uim umv And, in answer General Max- i.ru, nu iu vii "u i -luht-irame suspension lor a V,i.. lie. p r.nB " -.S ill IIIO IHU.1,llUUi1 hrawl hlv,t Tiff VO in o n'j ma nf Twirling Girl Teacher Strike Ends In Alberta Campbell lost little time Fri-; well D. Taylor, commander of day in hustling to the Montreal ; the 8th army, said his forces Korum where he went into a ere fully prepared to handle conference with Frank Selke, 22,000 Korean and Chinese pris-Canadlens managing director J oners who are expected to lepve demanding to know what the i their compounds alter 12:01 club management "is going to do ' Jan- 23- fc.reer.gw. into tonights Nrw Vork) nd ,g ubUct - tour lu chapeau at Opoffrlon.s I up into a bK,merang. Geoffrton Is a French- fifMH'h equivalent of a Canadian. ; pertormanre Is the in taking the part of team- POSING WITH THE 74 TROPHIES and 106 me Jals sre has won is Ann Nita Ekstrom, 14, of New Carlisle, Indiana. Anita has won the prizis in championship twirling contests over the past five years. Bie Richard-byllnca col- mate Oeoffrion and blasting j about jt THREE PROPOSALS I , Zn.u , r . yampwi Mouireai uanaaiens" Aflor the conference Campbell Kiiid thai If nhiiKo nf -t.h ttmtnr, "emicr cnou onereu llirrc T - - ii' i j i isnii-w ii i jjt i saiu EDMONTON tCP) Alberta's first teacher strike in 13 years is over with the 77 strikers winnin their demands for wage Increase fiinent Issue brought I "if Mr. Campbell wants to head of the league" has approval pro'u,sals tu '!t lne liK-de-l- rcussioiis from presi- throw me out of the league fori of the management, "it is an ' layed ta,k tarted: rence Campbell and dailne to critii-ize him let him Intniprghin citmMn" onH -if Resumotion of the runtnred e New Canadians Not To Blame For 'Grim B.C. Labor Picture the National Hockey do ao ... I will leave hockev and ! the club tnkp. no aclinn it ran preliminary negotiations aimed i Th sz-hnnl hnnrrt in mhnrhun i huvc no objection to any action r settii.g up the conference, ! Jasper Place, a town of 12.000 on ' DIRECTORS TO MEET !i iiugiii. laKe. . i "-""s i.,,,. ai-vj i toiTionLon s western oounaary, i A-s to Richard s privilege toi mant',s that. Russia attend the j agreed Friday night to meet the L-riUeke him lu the -column.: Lu.' :Kcale ta ks s. a "eu,ral-! teachers' request for a $200 an. Campbell said: "If a player Dlaver Is Is , ' 7." ;,. 7 ProrKii ws turnca dawn nUill Miary boost retroactive to EXTENTION PROPOSAL States envoy V1J V IUW.U Sept. 1 last. said the ruling would probably , bcr, the national employment, be lifted in March or April, de-( service sad that the "current pending on the-labor ami - iM prd was marked with a in ciustrial picture. ' (creasing , labor surplus 'at -all Fewer than 3,000 new Cana-1 points wiihin the region, dians have migrated to B.C. in I "No general Improvement can the last six months he said. be expected until . . . mid- In a report covering Decern- I February." The school board gave in im- Arthur Dean before he broke off the negotiations lust month. TOHIA (CP) Board of dirwtors of the Pacific Great I mediately after a nuhlir mpetinir I nuiliig liU MiurtLitui; IIIA lun ula for a few hundred dollars he is j at least short-sighted." I Selke had no immediate com-1 ment. Jack Adams, general manager Railway will be called Into session within the next two !) consider plans for building the $12,000,000 Squamish- That the United Nation:; of between 250 and 300 ratepay-General Assembly consider the ; r aproVp( a resolution urging problem and thU China aiH i tnat tne teacners. quests be North Korea, both non-UN ! met ,, , , iver link. Premier Bennett announced Friday. VANCOUVER CP) Rising unemployment during the winter doldrums has British t;o!urribia worried but immigration officers say new Canadians haven't contributed to the labor surplus. With 52.000 persons out of work at the year-end, 15 per cent more than in December 1952, unions have asked that no more immigrants be allowed into B.C. until fuiicr employment returns. But D N. McDonell, district Immigration superintendent for the Dominion government, said Friday every Immigrant entering B.C. since November has been required to have a spon- prrmler, who is president of the government-owned . members, be "entitled" to send Fewer than 20 voted against iterated earlier statements that he has not recommend - : the motion. delegates. That the forthcoming particular route. He said that was a jnatter for the Eig j Two "observers" from the Al ITS. Four conference in Berlin "lead berta Tparhprs' Assrvlntinn eoiH tr a nnfprpnfp f Inn flvo of Detroit Red Wings, said: "It seems to me I always have felt that Richard was getting too big for hockey. Regardless of his ability, he is the poorest sportsman in the game. I only hope the president will take full, and appropriate action In this present case." Conn Smythe, managing director of Toronto Maple Leafs: 10-YEAR-OLD ABSOLVED IN DEATH OF LITTLE GIRL VANCOUVER (CP) A 10-year-old girl was absolved Friday of any blame in the death of three-year-old Anne Mawdsley, whose body was found in a pool of water in a vacant lot Nov. 26. The charge of "delinquency Involving homicide" was dismissed in juvenile court by Magistrate Gordon Scott when he found insufficient evidence to support the charge. The charge was laid after a coroner's jury classified the little girl's death as homicide. rids Largest Pipeline the teachers will be in their classrooms Monday. The teachers, from five schools and having an aggregate of 2.300 pupils, did not report for great powers ... to promote the settlement of pressing international problems." The fifth power would be China. The broadcast did not toii.'h cn North Korea's denial a few y Take Alberta Gas East work last Monday after the sor. Christmas vacation. Ncffntiatinns ovpr wairps hp- i,.)i ii,;, ii.,i, i i hours earlier of an official U.K. tWA CP) T.ie wond'.s carrv thp TrarLs-Canaria namf . V Kirrr r'r;'.",: announcement that it is ncgot- j an jM. Mav Af.pr a enneiiia. "That means he or she is going to have what we call a satisfactory settlement and will not be a burden on the community or the labor market," Mr. McDonell said. Inalc pipeline may bo The line, described by experts i Alberta natural gas to! as the biggest u)gle financed individual E "Skton" lttZZS IZT 1116 1 Lr falled' " Alberta govern- 1 Stalled pielllllinary talks. Iment ment "arhlt.ratinn" "arbitration" hnarH board hparrl heard ind Qurbec by 1955 Chou declared: Frank Boucher, manager of "We deem that what Is called ot the two compaii-! j representations. The board, whose rccommen itfiiii" or the ga-carrv-i Last week a Vancouver local New York Rangers: "it is an ? for today Is not definitelv to hisc was annnunned Biggest Blast Yet Mooted "As U.S. Plans Veapon Test amazing statement for a player terminate the explanations and ; r. " v," bindmg, urged , of the International Woodwork-n to m.,i,a make. i I wouldn n,Mr,' t ..ni want to .u d,.i' u... . 'he teachers k be given given a a $200 $200 , Prs ers n of America AmoHeo (CIO-CCL) inn.m.i nmi wrote f y Trade Minister Howe. operation in Canada and th? world's biggest pipeline deal, Is expected to drop the price of gaa considerably as against manufactured gas. Ol.l) tOlNTKY FOOTBALL annual salary increase retroac release the PoWs but to con-make another comment at this,vrnc speedily the political limp T UtlimP fhP nrpslflpnf I nuuinl onnfni'iinnn the Alberta govern- lin nrilVkifin a rttinll-, tive to Sept. 1 last. The teachers and the tiri'lc.i.se ill its unx fur xale will have to deal with it." ! and seek a settlement of the I areu'e awar ,of ,5vific types to be tested. 1 but a reference to "all cate By FRED S. HOFFMAN WASHINGTON ifl The United In the NHL tonight, Cana-. tiuestion of the disposition of gories" of weapons touched ojf diens meet Chicago and Boston . the PoWs.' states may oe aoout to roeK me th. H.homb .nprnl.it.lnn that the plays at Toronto. I Chou contended peaceful mid-Pacific with the most thunderous man-mado ex- WAR EQUIVALENT plosion in world history. It has been estimated that An Atomic Energy Commis- U.S. air forces in the Second school board rejected it. The award brought the teachers' annual minimum salary to $2,000 from $1,800. Friday. R. F. Allbright, school board chairman, announced the provincial education depart-ment had revised its 1954 grant to the town. Increasing It by $15,000 to about $147,000. Mr. Allbright said the larger grant 1st. al. largest such merger i'an history, virtually a start of constructs a 240-mile line from Prln-i.. this year. 'utild be around $200,- hcre were that- g;us laid down In Winnipeg r and in Ontario and ; by 1956. The line llkelv would more than cover the cost of Increased teachers' salaries. federal Citizenship Minister Walter Harris asking that his department "discontinue sending immigrants to B.C. until such time as the people of this province are gainfully employed." The local also asked every effort to direct new Canadians to other areas in Canada "in the event of a serious unemployment situation in the next few months." IMMIGRANTS PREFERRED The local also said that logging employers are hiring immigrants In preference to older employees. Latest Immigration department figures, for Jan. -Aug., 1953. show 9.153 Immigrants entered B.C., the Yukon and Northwest. Territories, compared to 11,169 for the same month in 1952. Mr. McDonell said Immigration fell off sharply after August until November, when the "sponsor" -ruling was made. He f xtended to Quebec City. LONDON Results of soccer games played in United Kingdom today: FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION liiiun inn m Arm-mil 5. Anion Villa 1. liurniw a. hwiinwH T 2. l.Uu K)(il 1, Lulon T. 1. Hiiiton W. 1. UvitijuuI 0. Bradford , Manchrstor C. 5. HlpntforU 0. Hull C. 0. BilKlol C. 1, RoUirrham' V. 3. Blltilol R. O, Blackburn R 1. Burnley IS. Munchentrr U. 3. Ciinllir C. 3. l'eiei borough U. 1. Chesterfli-ld a. Bury O Uerby C O. I'nvWli N. E. 3. Kvcr1.vn 2, Noltf C. 1. (irlnisby T. .1. Norwich C. 3. Ipswich T. . Oldham A. 3. l,eptls U. 3, lutu nhain 3. Lincoln C I. Walsall 1. . utdlenboroiinh 0. Leicester C. 0. Newcastle U. 2, WUjan A. 3. Plymouth A. 3, Notts P. 0. Portsmouth 3, Charlton A. 3. tjiieena P. R. 0, Port V. 1. sion announced Friday mget roused speculation that government scientists may be planning to detonate a hydrogen bunib with a blast power mightier than the combined force of all the conventional bombs dropped by U.S. planes in tne Second World War. The AEC saiu men and equipment will begin moving this month to its Pacific proving grounds in the Marshall islands for "a further phase of a continuing series' of weapons tests.'' The t h r e e - p a ragraph announcement made no mention World War.' unloaded the bomb equivalent of slightly more than 2.000.000 tons of TNT. A super-atomic bomb dropped over the Nevada desert last June was a popgun by comparison. It was believed to contain a power equivalent of 50,000 tons of TNT, and its flash could be seen 500 miles away. This bomb, in turn, was about 21, times as powerful as . the cue that all but wiped out the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The AEC announcement also said there would be no observers other than U.S. officials. Bail Jumper Takes Escape Tools to Jail " ime is expected to 's amatganiatlon pro-lioved by the federal ('me to, fruition after e-brought together for ' talks this week offi-bo'h companies Ml Al, INTEREST ''"ger gives Western Plnp f 'd Trans-Canada Pine HI. a 50-5(1 Inlproul In company, which will fVEATHER 1 ft fur a (ru umm ri..,.i,... i . . , 'hern and eaistern sec-'he province t he weath- uiHliiy will he most I v BURNABY, B.C. (CP) George Mallock, bail-jumper and formerly high on Canada's "most wanted" list, was found with a kit of escape tools Inside Oak-alla prison farm, warden Hugh Christie said Friday. Warden Christie said four jeweller's cutting saws and two $10 bills were found hidden between the sole of one of Mal-loek's expensive, hand-s e w n shoes. Mullock, who Jumped $20,000 bail here early in 1951 on the eve of his assize court trial for conspiracy to sell narcotics, was arrested In New York City last month by RCMP and U.S. bureau of narcotics officers. He was wearing the shoes at Manitoba Hit By Snowstorm WINNIPEG (CP) Three-inch deep snow, whipped by 30-mile-an-hour winds has plugged Manitoba highways and caused the death of one man in the last 48 hours. Meanwhile Winnipeg shivered In 11-below weather and the mercury dipped to 39 below at Port Churchill in the north. MANS0NS, RAINMAKERS TIED IN CAGE TOURNEY Having hit the jackpot five times out of five with his crystal ball in predicting the results of last night's Parker Round-Robin basketball tournament, sports editor Dick Ayres is encouarged to stick his neck out still further. At the moment Manson's Omegas and Booth Memorial High School Rainmakers are tied 7ith two wins apiece and therefore four points. Anyway here's tonight's selections: Gordon and Anderson to win over CCC 300 in the first game. Rainmakers to down Watts and Nickerson in the second tilt. Manson's will take CCC in the third fixture and Gordon and Anderson will take Watts and Nickerson in the fourth. Manson's will edge Rainmakers in the final game to take the series. Fans are invited to the Civic Centre to make a better selection on the spot. '""B with a few periods inc.- I'ori-iasl 'ii:;l Region: Rain In il'l' put tills morning variable cloudiness 'to a few showers. Sunday with showers A lll.llri r.lrl..i- Sheffield W. 1. Sheffield U. 1. HUxkport C. 0. Hcadiugton V. 0. tilDke C. . HiirtlrpoolK U. 2. HllliclerlHlld 0, Dolieaster R. 2. 'i'riuiinere U. 3, Leyton P. 2. W. Bromwlch 1, Chelsea 0. Went Ham U. 4, Huilderslield T. 0 Wolverhampton 1. Birnilneb.am 3. Wrexham 3. Scunthorpe U. 3. MOIIIMI II M.ll. Ilhlnlllll A AlitlrU'oulans I, Fultll R. 2. Olilo 1, ttilklrk 0. Duudee ;t, Hainlltun A. 2. t.HKt Fife 3, Clyde I. Hibernian 1, Cjucen of S. 0. Partlek T. 6. Aberdeen 3. Ml. Mirren 0, KauKers 1. Stirling A. 0. Hearts 3. Illusion H Abroath 4. Dundee U. 3. ' Cowdeiibeat 2, Korfar A. . Dumbarton 1. Queens P. 1. Kilmarnock 3, Morton 0. luotlieiweli 3, Duiueniilme u. St. Johnstone 3, Albion R. 3. Stenhousemulr 2. Air U. 3. Third Lanard 3, Alloa 3. rv'iids southerly 20 in areas this morning and ""ening otherwise winds PARIS (Reuters) Snowstorms tne time of his arrest, due to a POSTMASTER HENRY G. RIKCKS of Mercer Island, Wash., wearied of his patrons' complaints about the taste of glue on postage stamps so he did something about it. The Inventive Riecks devised this merry sign with a sponge-rubber tongue where customers could wet their stamps with water and save wear and tear on their tongues. prisoners raged today over central France regulation allowing "JJiRht and high Sun-Port Hardy. Sandspit " Bupprt 32 and 42. awaiting trial to wear their own where scores of roads were clothing, had not been issued I blocked by drifts in some places with prison garb. ! IS feet high.