PROVINCIAL LISHA?.?, 1 113 VICTMIA, S. C. PROVINCIAL If 3 LIBRARY ORMES DRUGS DAILY DELIVERY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER CABS V Published of Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest' Phone 81 I f.n!Sl'ATCHKD vvu w- 97 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS HHHflBSrHaHHMMHMMNaW i Co mm ?LM iCanada Needs Rent Housing L&iyJlJlLIJllljv i Publie Scheme Advocated 'MATUM i In View of High Premier Johnson Offers Manifesto Building Costs I WINNIPEG Central Mortgage land Housing President D. B. i Mahsur told the rational House uBToorQ Tells Hov n FT? n n n n r. I, S"7 I VANCOUVER (CP)-Premier Byron Johnson jStSfSeS UaT on .Wcdf.csday proposed a Liberal platform sliced ; ,ln1t" np'f' ,or P"Dli-- rental at encouraging the flow of capital investment intolhousing ln Canada-British Columbia. He told nearly -800. dele .rates ,lXdZ feJ iaiio . isacrceco uio (,ri i M " ." ' il hi hi . attending the annual convention of the British Co-!rlsing much faster than incomes- ilnJuk;,. t i a . . . iand- 11 that trend continues, a lumDia Libeial Association "this is the most import-sharp downward trend in effec- Parley tlve demand can be expected. ;ant clause in the platform." ! The' manifesto is being de-' to Withdrew From Iran After Being Threatened With Troops and Ships WASHINGTON, D.C. (Canadian Press) Presi-I dent Truman said today that he had sent an1 ultimatum to Premier Stalin and forced Russia to withdraw her troops from Iran in 19-16. He said he was ready to back up the ultimatum with American House sale prices are up about 70 per cent since 1946 while the per capita disposable income has risen less than 45 per cent, said Mr. Mansur. Mr. Mansur told of one formula whereby house buyers might be able to acquire new homes for up to $1000 less than curiam pen ! bated today. It deals with such Issues as labor legislation and hospital Insurance but makes no : ! mention of the separate school ' issue. Another resolution urges a 1 Liberal government to give care-;ful consideration to the study of reports submitted on .the (Operation of the Industrial Con- filiation and Arbitration Act. t. Limu .? : ' Mrs. Gates Liberals' President ings troops and ships. tf. i. i ? i down payment. The big "if" j seems to be whether provincial ! and municipal authorities can j co-operate up to the hilt with ' Ottawa In a plan now established nlitalions Give Truman lifted the veil of secrecy to give his versions of this and other international incl-, dents in a press conference discussion in which he empha- Hospital insurance Act and' inee of Great Need Workmen's Compensation Act 1 VANCOUVER crw None Better Than Canada James Sinclair Replies to Hudjet Critics : with a view of adopting at the Gates of Victoria was on Wed-1 W(ler tne National Housing At with more than 80 aoDlications of Prince I sized: next, legislative session such nesriav PiprtoH nairint f Duymg ana servicing land. Uple who are desperate ; "Gravity of the world emerg-: PETITION FOR LIQUOR LAWS' CHANGE The bundles shown; measures as will best benefit the British Columbia Liberal Asso-'tnen re-seWng to builders at the lency of recent years and neces-1 liere contain-neUtions s'gned by 796.626 persons ln the province I People ln relation to all other elation. (original land purchase price. sny ior me umtea iaies to( -ot Quet.c. asking for stricter enforcement of liquor laws. The ,PWc services. ; she has been acting president- services for water and have strong armed forces city will attempt new negotiations with nd provincial govem-Mi authorities for a ntal scheme here. pcuuoiw were placed in a corridor of the Legislative huilriirur me Premier proposed re ef sinro th r0ir,Qtif.r sV. i'u au iuur per - ot ' ... - v,u.K,..u.vli,la x auu from co-insurance for low In- , ary of Harry Perry of Victoria .OTTAWA (CP) James Sinclair, In addition to the Iranian parliamentary assistant to the matter, the President said there n'jai ooncuor-ueneral R:varc s of rice by Boy Scouts. When a cie'epation f om the National Committei of Roman Catholic cent to the municipality in the first place, then levied ln turn on the house buyer over a long period. Previously the builder had to spend the $500 or $1000 Action met Premelr Duplessls, the bundles were placed near his mrang0UP! .considered as , Mrs. Gatesthe association's marg nal cases' if they were first woman presment;th7r: not eligible for social security. : ed 400 of voteselt The Prince George-Quesnel rharioK rx.finii nt v,.. office. (CP PHOTO l i housing project was minister of finance, Hon. Doug- ' was a time when Yugoslavia de- i iliciced by the senior! las Abbott, on Wednesday asked cided to take Trieste but that: nt on the basis of ' no j critics of the federal govern- , he had ordered the Mediterran-' need' of th houses, imcnt's budget to name any ean fleet into that area and hen, through a am- country with a sounder econ- there was no march on Trieste. area ,,nm would th nr be served !,,., with power Sam m McCrea '"""a 01 of North worm vn,,' vancou-. that h., sum as 7 an , immediate J, . capi- raheiesSair W" f 'lr under another section of the ; larger down payment,. ! manifesto. I Five Million Loss In Vancouver Fire Flames Deal Heavy Blow to drain Row Two Big Warehouses Worst Hit ..dueled by the Cham-,01"10 position. I A Porter asked Mr. Truman; immerce, 60-odd more : Speaking as the debate on the how he intended to enforce the ns have been received budget moved through the sec-' ultimatum to Stalin about Iran are still coming ln to ond- day, Mr. Sinclair, Liberal if Stalin did not comply with it.: ivernment officials of m e m b e r for Coast-Capilano, i The President said that Unit-housing need here. Concluded his speech with this ed States had a fleet ln the Per-' a! housing official. Question: sian Gulf and a lot of soldiers' Halibut Opening May 13 Young German Reds on March Brown, arrives by plane "Where ln the world today is m mai area. , Mid-season Dates Also Set further the discuss the there any country whatsoever uia oiann repiy w you in : ih .i ,.n,,niiv t,n,,c. with a csinnripr imnnmir mutt. ' any written wav? the reoorter UlK'pnin.'pn tnxy tu c:. ... ... Whalen Not :. Jt" inn . ..v ..PreW - ... .'"?ww.,lJ" vv,; xue w.uu-ieu lire ;OU. BERLIN O' Young Commun e h ber development or higher'- Mr. Truman said that he.. Wednesday that swept .Vancouver's waterfront :i.itl'"timated at "Pwa uds of w Halibut iishing season 'inlhe Pi-i nee Rupert area 1 10.000 strong, nin&vd Un for Vancouver to meet vei oi employment man ims . ""-Stl-UCk Grain Kow a heavy Wow With est mates of h. et-wesV b7,TdVr of Running Iorteae mH Hnnwlnir country oi Laiiaua unaer ine ""'"" Ka ,...b...v .... town Berlin for what appeared opens midnight, May J3, - .. ... - ... uuu no jhii vinoial rcDresentatlvcs present ijoerai aaminisiraiion.' o ,uw,uw. "v""" - 1 Th firp u-nrsf. In Vgnrnnvsr'i . .T it was officially announc fcd off the trip when ad- Donald Fleming IPC Toronto tn ct thr H k , - ' " marcn on tne west oi Benin. Ln , , ... . ... .. ' UVLII k V 1 f UUttllfc btlh' ; V Rrnn-n n-fic en Vtle wn v v iA..i nUA.A (K ihn v B.C. House airuoii msvory, aestroyea Dominated by blue-shirted Pfi todav hv rhp Denart. touay oy me uepail the wrt,ira $500,000 warehouse of the ,.Vr crm.n v,lfh " " " " ""J : u"u"" Jw? to maintain supply lines to Rus-: charge that the 1952-53 budget sia frnn, hpr w.stprn , t i United Grain Growers Ltd. and 1 planned a twilight ment of Fisheries follow wn arrived in the city was a budcet with a false face. ,,.. i . ,.. apparently caused damage to the adjoining ' march i today and will meet It should have been presented' ,. ,rr.i into British, American i jnn. ..-r,,. ,.o0,.ri f,.nm Local Flying Saucer Similar To Ontario's waieaouse oi oucKerneia s iim- onrt PVpnrh sertnrs Manv rar council at a special on Hallowe'en. When the mask ,. .Qurt no-t . thn the International Halibut I totvpht. Mayor Announces He'll Not Be in Field After All Mayor Harold Whalen will not enter the forthcoming provincial election as a candidate by the Legislature. He had an ot the budget was ripped awaywhite House j I people found they would be sub-, It was then explained that the jjectcd to heavier taxation than , Presldent, was uslng the term! ilea wnicn nousea reea grain rjed banners and leaflets, de-and highly explosive fertilizers manding a "peace treaty" and valued at more than $500,000. i German unity. ' The main United Grain Grow- j ' In 1951. 1 ultimatum ln a "non-technical No one ii more interested in invmnn sense " i the flylns saucer reoorts from ers elevators were saved but nounced earlier he was "con (fee Off . M Debate huge stocks of wheat ' V, rr-..i. .. i... . 1 -Tlntorin -fKon UnKnrt Wq rrl ,f ' SOUie Today's Stocks caught fire. i noser i uuuy, uscibkaiib pic.M. ..u.v -j. dentlal press secretary, told re- Oiaham Avenue, West view. -WEATHER- The walls of concrete halted1 ( court ? s. i. juiiiitun t. Ltd.) innrtprs that Truman did not pioneer marine Insurance ad who saw such 'an i the spread of flames. j jsend the note to Stalin that led Juster here Synopsis N '-An all-night ses-.iriiamcnt ended at 8:12 S'hen the Prime Min- commission. The date effects areas 1A, IB 2A and 3A. Other dates for special areas ire as follows: , Midnight, July 25, areas 2B and 2C; Midnight, August 1, areas 3B and 4. Areas designated are the same as last year with one exception. Area 3B is a small section ln the northwest blocked off as a special section to be fished In conjunttion with Area 4, the Bering Straits. Loading docks and a 1200-foot inn. nt rnni mnist. air from to the Russian evacuation and object speeding over Prince Ru ' v u . . i . . , . V. .- w . , - u... . rt .,nn ....... 1 ...i . V. 1 j ,1 ; pnservativTs pushed the Pacific brought variable : mat tne rresiaem naa Deen pi uuui auuui a jem afiu. jmj ow6 s'' iuauiii; lomnnntji nf rloudlness to the ! speaWng in layman's language.! "it been confirmed." he equipment valued at $400,000; sidering strongly" running as an independent. "Considering the candidates, who have been nominated I have decided not to run," he told the Dally News today. "I would like to thank my many friends and well-wishers for their kind offers of help, financial and otherwise, but I do not think my running as a candidate would be in the; best interests of our city or the district." Candidates so far nominated are J. D. McRae, ex-MLA. Lib a time lin t .hii ' British Columbia coast this Apparently, the Department commented to a Daily News re riv. ,,u "V:. ,lnT : mornine. Rclativclv clear skies of State had been disturbed by porter today. No one was injured but scores; chanties " are general over much of the the Presidents remarKS. . The Ontario saucers, sausage or workmen neeing ahead or I n it i ihsfrvices " 8 1 interior but a' few cloudy periods To diplomats the term "ultl- shaped and blunt nosed and j the fast spreading flames, had f jtion whirh will ff ' will develop during tne uay as niatuiu is me last uiu. m uaveuing ut nign raue ui speeu. j uariuw escapes, oorae iiau to Nan 'the moist air drifts Inland.' No 'means leinng someone your po- appear to oe ldenncat in aes- escape oy rowooat neaaing out anei h t . ,ry aeDale on r 'hi nPM.inininn is ex-: sition ln an "or else we go to criotion to the object which Mr. ! into Burrard Inlet. VANCOUVER ' American Standard 21 Bralorne :. 6.00 B R X .03V2 Cariboo Quaitz 1.45 Congress 06 Cronin Babine .45 Giant Mascot 99 Indian Mines , .18 Pioneer 2.35 Premier Border .27 Privateer 08 V2 Sheep Creek 1.68 Silbak Premier 54 Vananda 15 'i Salmon Gold' .04 Spud Valley 09 Silver' Standard 2.35 Western Uranium 4.00 '"! alter two more p -- i .., ' .w,h Ward here. h-r- . ... .. . saw Cause of the fire is not defi Army Loses ; fw.u uy a VOT OI j -abor party has been ; ward over the more northern re- eral; George Hills, CCF, and T. M. Christie, Progressive Conservative. ; (r weeks to prolong 8'ons of the Pacific is likely to j nitely known. Some reports said it was caused by grain dust. Others said a short-circuit ln the compressor unit might be responsible. Starting at 11:45 a.m. with more than 500 going on duty the outbreak was reuorted un " me jicalth Bill in aneci tne norm coast uieas w-hc Conservatives pro- morrow. Some shower activity harse for Dicserintinns will extend to the Queen Char- Michigan State Bows tc Prisoner Demands; Beef Steaks to Appease Convicts dental services. These lottcs and northern mainland. To Question Dr. Endicott der control at 2:45. The men:oi,s -are given free under Forecast' . -- . I North coast region Cloudy , today and Friday. Showers, Fri-I Tl D E N day. little change in tempera- flames and j were busy amid i blackened ruins. JACKSON, Michigan (CP) Tired, trigger e southern !!UUW,U" cn,,that. nrienn prison nrmvint convicts '-.0 agreed orrvco .wu rnrlo,, today f to en on1 . .. Iture. Winds light, increasing to ' BARGE WAREHOUSE '"' npru 25, 1952 ! southerly (20) Friday forenoon. DAMAGED Flood Fight Air Force Field Inundated Last Nifht KANSAS CITY 0 The Army lost a heart-breaking battle against .the swirling Missouri River at the Sherman Air Force Field at Leavenworth last night. i For ten days, troops aided at times by civilians,, fought the river, raising dikes ahead of the ! surging water. ! Then, the river levelled Qff at its record crest. It looked like ! the worst was over, i But last night the Missouri pounded a hole In the 'dike at the southeast corner of the field. It widened rapidly and in 48 minutes a lO'i-foot wall of water 1:38 22.3 feet Lows tonight and highs Friday the flaming five days of noting that cost one life 19.9 feet at Port Hardy, 37 and 48: Sand- 14:21 8:06 20:07 48; pTiiVe Rupert. land 2,000,000 in damage. j The decision guaranteed the 1.4 feet spit, 35 and 6.1 feet 40 and 47. Stewardess OTTAWA. Dr. J. G. Endicott will be questioned on his return to Canada as to statements he Is purported to have been making in Communist China as to the United Nations waging germ warfare in the Korean war with suggestions that Canada has been co-operating. If Dr. Endicott admits the statements that have been attributed to him, there might be recourse to legal action, said j The warehouse of the Van-I couver Barge Transportation i Co., in which was housed tons of fertilizer, hay and general cargo, suffered water damage. Two Norwegian freighters i Sardanger and Vinnl loading : grain, were hauled to safety by tugs. Superstructures of both final safety of nine guards still held as hostages by the knlfe-wlcldlng convict rioters. With these hostages In mind, the State of Michigan bowed to nee Potterton Retires Back on Run rv, . ' 11 ""Us on Just plain congenial terms,' or j prson reform demands by the In more severe cases of law-1 mutineers and even threw In breakers, all speak highly of Sat. steak dinners ln the bargain. Potterton a police officer who: Even tnerv tne lagt 169 des. wanted to help, to prevent te holdouts ln the prison's $3,500.000 ; Hon. L. B. Pearson, minister of had swept over the field. th,e best-loved and : external affairs who said that Pnn" i - i . nrnci(lirp r - 1 i itral Only about 75 men were on the ! freedom of speech implied not dikes at the time. All got out only rights but responsibilities., safely. Planes and other equip- j , . DrUsh Columbia "w v ,a""vl .isolation ecu diocr 10 ucmyeu den trouble-makers Anglo Canadian 8.25 A P C6n 61 Calmont 1.80 Central Leduc 3.50 Home Oil 14.00 Mercury 32 Okalta 4.50 Royal Canadian 24 TORONTO Athona 10 Aumaque 20 Beattle DuQuesne 52, Bevcourt 1.07 Buffalo Canadian ,v 21 Consol. Smelters 34.50 Con west .. .. 4.00 Donalda 40 Eldona .32 tj East Sullivan 8.15 Giant Yellowknife .: 10.25 God's Lake .43 Hardrock 12 ' j Harrlcana :'. 11 Heva .11 Joliet Quebec 50 Little Long Lac 71 Lynx 14 Madsen Red Lake , 1.99 McKenzle Red Lake 48 McLeod Cockshutt ... 2.84 Moneta ,.: ., 4G Negus 62 Noranda 74.00 Louvlcourt 31 Pickle Crow 1.75 San Antonio 2.50 Senator Rouyn 18 Sherrit Gordon 4.35 Steep Rock . 7.30 Silver Miller 1.52 final surrender. They demand :. u 0(,COme lust, nlnln ment were removed days ago. After June , l, Mr. and Mrs. Potterton will go to Kelowna. "We will call that 'a starting imore than 30 e J,' f0llr differ- Stewardess service Is being re-j heat and the flylng brldge oI stored to 1 the Prince Rupert-1 one was on fire for a time. Sandspit run of Canadian Pa- As fire sirens sounded, an j ciflc Air Lines. ', atomic-like blast of heavy black I Recently the stewardess was:smoke soared skyward obscur-, : district little more than l"8" taken off this -run after which . . . a mile east of downtown Van- representations urged she be re-, couver. turned. 'A great cloud of smoke, ris-i Miss Rose the former Lesiow. ing 30on teH or more mto tne' stewardess here was back on air httmpered work of flre.; the run with arrival of today s flghters ; and many were forced plane from Sandspit. j to use masks But tnese oftered! . : ; little protection, great heat itviw. r...i r-..,.i ! forcln firefitrhters to new no-1 ed, confirmation . In today's newspapers of the state's surrender. Thus, actual surrender in the five-tiered cell block was not expected , before Friday morning. Steel Ceiling Being Raised point from which we will look Lance ho at PoU for a place to settle down," and More Foot and Mouth Disease I WASHINGTON. DC. The Economic Stabilisation Board Paro!s u tf makes the sergeant spoke "fondly of a Qi carrle, hi cliffl" smal1 faJ'm- a cottage, "a serene, ; '"o-ineh h i stalwart easy way of life." :r,g f youth wlth He made his announcement to- "' Brown" t anR up dtiy artei" receiving final word or 8ood June his pension had been approved. Two Percent Have Diabetes , ELVEDEN, Eng. A prize herd announced yesterday that the of 163 Guernsey pedigreed cattle ' ceiling steel price would be rals- . owned by Loid Iveagh. 78. a ' ed by $3 a toil In order to meet brewery chief, was destroyed , wage increases. Next week a here during the week-end. It had ! ceiling on wages may be set. been discovered a buU had foot I UniiW , STARTED IN ENGLAND ; Garth Pengelly, arrived in port ;sittons-. i j at 4 o'clock yesterday' afternoon I , United Grain Growers Ltd. i i from the south, her last call hav- j announced they would proceed the veteran's office!-in !, no-com- As a policeman, ot n me northern ninu. on.s ho.-ic in a Httlp F.nir- Pflsti... H'uv'nce to wear liui-, viiiniro of nsiirtle rountv TORONlTO An Ontarlo-wldb ling been at Watson Island, where ! soon with rebuilding of the: Mtirvpv to discover hidden cases : she unloaded cargo earlier in dock. i five 1 ,lcft sleeve Burrough,. where he served as kn saV, h smlce). an officer for two years. and mouth disease. ' Value of the herd totalled 18.000 ($50,000). Birds are said ; to have transmitted the scourge, which has been epidemic in . CPR steamer Princess Norah Capt. Graham Hughes, northbound from Vancouver to. Alaska. Is due in port at 8:30 tomorrow morning and will sail of diabetes has shown that two of every five Canadtans living in 'a ...." UUa "a "Who ? o.-qu fonirht. t hPVP 1 UO Ien ..: .7 " 'tr uuicer." npvpr fnront thot T as ii ser the day, and sailed two hours Department of Trade and i later, direct for Skagway. Alter; Commerce officials expressed; discharging cargo at the Alas- j hope that the grain movement kan port,' the Casslar will load a j through the port would not be full cargo of concentrates ."romi unduly slowed up as a result of the Yukon for Vancouver. the fire. - H feen i . els People vant of the public, not a master." Ontario are afflicted with the dl?eaw but do not know it. This Is announced by the National Sanitarium Association. ' eastern England. . Thirty -three t 10 a.m. for Ketchikan, Ju-outbreaks have been, reported neau, Petersburg. Wrangell and i t.hif' Veur ti-. rial.p : fiL-airaiav Upper Canada 1.80 Golden Manltou 5.75 iccr. wheti . 1 wlth i 111 1920' Potterton entered the lcr it,s been (Continued on jage 21 . - H