-ORMES 3vi:j:ial li2?.ary. DRUGS 2. C. DAILY DELIVERY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Phone 31 CABS Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" S: t V VOL. XLI, No. 81 . PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS ' I' ir rease of 1.7 " :f y. Utlt O'i rnts in Month -Til Defeatist Attitude Deplored by Mayor Unwraps Piece of Crumbling City Hall Before Kotarians Unwrapping a piece of the City Hall before I mi. -"..vw.fli.jn nt nf livino- influx i - .rirest decrease in ten years. Dominion . . . I...,'.,., onnnnncprl tVlP inflpY ffil' i. , astonished Rotarians at luncheon yesterday, Mayor 18.1.1 points, a Crop 01 JU punas in reu- ion ,..;nK. .hip to decline in meat prices,. rfe NO DEFEATIST . . . Mayor Harold Whalen "When the City Hall starts falling down, it's time the citizens took a serious interest in civic af-! r 7errafe Catholic Alberta Gas Insufficient Makes fairs." ! i He explained that the three- ; foot piece of heavy molding had fallen from the top of City Hall to the sidewalk. He was intro-; ; ' duclng it "merely to attract at- j tendon." i i "I want to give you my side of ; Russ Break With Cuba Church Extended j Loses TERRACE For the past few weeks a crew of five men have been feusy in remodelling and extendi IE " tlw existing little So Spokane Gas Line Corporation Hill Bring It From Texas the case in opposing city coun- ; HAVANA, Cuba (CP) Russia, clys purchase of the o!d quor , , in Cuba's refusal to 1 anger over gtore for our uture teiephone HT in niur iiiilis ami Catholic Church built at Ter-ract In 1915 by the late Bishop r.nadia.i N.itioiuil Buno:;. ,n opcratms su' - The unoenaKing nas Decome W last vcar but necessary on account of the kv two ooviet uipiomauc cuur- North- exchange building." SPOKANE (CPWPacific iiers bring secret documenu into on Line Corporation ls i', olutionary reit. government "? ii of wZ Ful- chase of the bui'dmg and called a $130,000,000 pipe line to brin? j ((. 1a d(?featist attitude;. natural gas rom Texas to th I gencio Batista. "Not only are we taking pos- pacific Northwest, Chairman I gtateTaid session of what in the future wiU Ray Fish announced nere on Secretary secretary oi of fatate saia he ne had naa f h t valuable busi. Tnursday " received a cable from the So- T ti , rri r.,,. l. $15,031,000 alter growing population and the lur- aoi-ount interest ger attendance in cnurcn. i deficit for ' An extension is being built to .-.come I ar had been $3.- the rear of the building 40 feet! 'i EVENTING LOG JAM Spring, is the time f i log dr.ves and on many of Canada's northern rivers scenas such as this soon will be c mmonplace. Competent river drivers prevent iofc jams by skillfully "using pike-poles to keep logs moving smoothly down the waterways. White Chute on Nipigon River, about 150 mil e nrth of Port Arthur, is one of the places where jams aie l'kely to iccur, mainly because 01 the fast-flowing water. Emory Matchett, left, and Charles Ailison are the drivers wor ; ng to free the logs. ' (CP PHOTOi ' viet foreign ministry il Moscow ' announcing the break. ue in "ui" Fish, by telepnone irom nous- and striking it off the tax role said that 300.000.000,000 eu-forever but we are allowing our- Wi f out it and cxpondi- In width and 30 feet in length new records last 'and, when completed, the parti-, ;o the company's tion will be removed, opening which as pre- the now addition into the main jmcnt body of the church. Ixl . straight in- The interior will be complete-,io which it. big ly redecorated and new pews had forced the 'iH replace the old ones, iiicd system. Flans are to repaint tlw .uild- as tabd In the ing outside and a rarking place nons by Transport or the s'de lots Is being cleared i rhpvrivr c 1 Vi .1 1 riuriniT thp ervires ears British Gold and Dollar Reserves at Crisis Level I Today's Stocks 1 oiirtrsr S. It. J.ilin-tmi l'. I lrt General Batista, who seized selves no j-oom for expansion. t" from Northern Alberta the government in Havana last ..We have given this project no Alberta CoruSrvallori month, pledged then that his thought, I claim. The building is d ,s t h t0 make tho regime would have nothing to being offered to us at a good there". .economically do with communism but woud price but for the same price we Ib, .. He said tnat ne has watch communist activities. :CCuW build a new building-on ..verba, commltmenr Irom N. That pronbuncement was fol- property that belongs to us and He GeUert president of the lowed by the Soviet courier in- where there would be room for lhat the lTO1 - - all elvie buildings In the . . cldcnt here March 21. o-,.r wouW buy T.x Ke saH Unable to clear their suit- future- he would try .to get a similar h0i,j lh. the Whalen emphasued cases into Cuba without cus- Mayor commUment rom the Pol.Uanrt need of a new city hall in .h. toms examination, the Soviet Q Cq and thfi re- Britain disclosed today that LONDON (CP) ion. president or of members of the congregeation p-Qld and dollar reserves whicn pay lor ner liie-givingi main National Railways, may be parlced off the trade have sunk below the crisis level with & loss 01; that Parliament hiuhwav. couriers returned to Mexico City "Vn. cently-bought Spokane Gas Co nan nf thp hall had been strip .apicmcnt recom- Father Leray and Father Ra- $035,000,000 in the first three months of this year. tin Royal commls- cette, who have charge of the - einpf the war Britain con on another air liner. i inauon oy w nicn : parisn. are w en pieasea wr,n me i- a new set-up in ; work and with the generosity of Four Die m . charges auainst their frrrnds in and out of ped down for repairs, "and what The Pacific Northwest Pi'; holds the hall up even now I Line Corporation will ask th don't know unless it's the des- Federal Powe' Commission for perate faith of our old-timers." a permit to build a 26-Lich line He deplored the condition of from northern Texas to the the present City Jail, calling it northwest states. It would be .i- "disgrace to the community." 1,460 miles long and have a "I'm sure if the John Howard capacity of 200.000.000 cubic Society investigated our jail, we feet of gas per dayj ; VAN-COLTER American. Standard 222 Bralorne 6.25 B R X 032 Cariboo Quartz 150 Congress 06 Cronin Babine 43 , Giant Mascot 9 Indian Mines 19 Pioneer 2.35 Premier Border .30 , Privateer 03 Reeves MacDonald 5.25 Reno - 33 Sheep .Creek 1.53'u Silbak Premier ' .58 Taku River 07 . Vananda 17!z Salmon Gold 04 Spud Valley 11 Silver Standard 2.25 Western Uranium 4.25 United States AG. Also' Out sidered $2,000,000,000 reserve) rock bottom for financial safety.! Today, Chancellor of the Ex-! chequer R. "A. Butler told "the House of Commons that reserves;, were down to only $1,700,000,000. This Is the lowe.st level since i rkes Sees Pacific Train Wreck sinishin, Tuo.Act Political would all be very much asham- HAVRE. Montana (P-A pair . st Vulnerability of Great Northern mail trains - """ - ... cent devaluation of the pound,! smashed together today on a Blind Child Sees Again Mt I'ndc or ik'lly 1-rom standpoint Drama in Washington ed " The mayor also pointed out , the need for housing for police. WASHINGTON, D.C. (T At'.or- "Any action we take now ney General J. Howard McGrath Should be with an eye to the and Newbold Morris, the Tru- future, and obtaining the liquor manadministration's corruption stpre for our telephone exchange administrator, both got the axe certainly Isn't looking very far Thursday in an astonishing two- ahead." act political drama. He called on Rotarians as city main line single track east of SeptemDer its, i here early today and at least Rapid decline has cut reserves three persons died when the en- by more than half since they : gines exploded together. stood at $3,800,000,000 nine: )i Defence, He Asserts Three of the crew members montns ago. VANCOUVER (CP When two-year-old Cora Dezwarts took her nP.npK.nnn nan fx fptv HnVK a?n WA (Canadian Press) Maior General G. were killed. Two others and a Mr. Butler found some ground supervisory employee wvrc in- for hope that the crisis was be- VC (Progressive Conservative, Nan official Opposition's military expert,'"" , Tt X udeT Ma?ch Oils-Anglo Canadian 9.05 A P Con 57 Calmont 1.90 C Si E ... 17.00 Central Leduc 4.00 Home Oil 16.50 Mercury 38 Okalta 4.15 Pacific Pete 14.00 in the House yesterday that the British 'bound train No. 25 drifted off and said: "Toward the end of v 1 .. . Ua mnnih Aiip t-oanrvpc npt.11n.MV. imuiiusuiii.i..M....- uu3iiicKii.cn uU 6.-v e hlind aDDarentlv for ris who had tried to delve into his words consideration. f two when hen she e awakened w" finances of McGrath and other. -Let us in the city council ?" !Z aeAn hours he cou high officials. know how you feel about civic a, told inurs ora Less than four hours later problems. Voice your thoughts d by her KuarQlan- Sld Hard President' Truman annoi need Through tha newspaper, on the McGrath's departure from the street corners, with whomever-otLnil iwac cabinet. you chance to speak. train-car rlTX Fehr. ftb'uary arv Truman named Federal Dis- "i don't think Prince Rupert " " 23 which killed her Duh lm trict Judge James P. McGranery citizens say what they think the "soft under belly" of Canada ; ; non ,1 roleA slumV of goW aVd dollar finances world ' ir, miiP p.fc nf hoT? and struck reserveswnicn race standpoint. entire sterling . with a severe General Pcarkes said this head on wes ouuno i.w i , . . ... r-nr- ti-o n m ni hIoiis on a area, coinciaca Royal Canadian 27 ',2 SJl, bTXi "teriWhl- stretch of track. tap in British export.;; Wted TORONTO Athona ' as the new attorney-general nearly often enough." ""S""'1 h""'" 0934 McGranery is former assistant Mayor Whalen also had some- ers- . ,tfn,n.,. oPnp,al and former thin,, tn sav ahmit nronosed Mrs. naray sam wneu k. cvw. . . . . r vw j - J Claxton at the opening of the first big defence debate In the present session of Parliament. I Mr. Claxton told the House the child to bed after her lunch Democratic member of the parking meters In the city h !ih hp enntri not. see how last Friday she showed no signs rial ! House of Representatives. that strength of Canadian forces Labor Scores Heavy Gains Over Tories In County Contests , , i had been doubled in the 20 local fisherman, n,onths since the outbreak of I K iU In po-1 the Korean war forces now to- '''. lOllOWUlE aitnl on inn mra.onri nrortlcteH WEATHER- meters' would solve the city's of recognizing, anything, parking problem. ' She woke up two hours later said Mrs. Hardy, sat up, looked "Parking signs are not now being enforced. Who will enforce around and said, "Hardy. ' the parking meters? Our police Dr. Frank Turnbull of the have nothing to do with meters, three specialists who treated her u .in motor- pnuiri hpcnmp confirmed the child had re- rS h,ea.rin.!r "'I iat Canada's military construe- j ' Synopsis I Clouds were thin in southern imi'iiuonai tion and equipment program should hit its full stride about: S. Vera Beynon, I British Columbia this morning a S0Urce of revenue for the city, gained her sight. LONDON (Canadian Press) Conservatives cwi!e. ;tnc end or the year. ,, , i, 0Winn that, saw arrested by RCMP ! Pcarkes reiterated his critic-, SUUt'ITU NIVWC sctuacna ivi-a. uv wwr Mrs. Mrs Brvnnn Beynon and there will be sunny periods but, would not solve the parking i in most districts this afternoon, problem, and asked citizens to i In the northern sections and voice their opinions on this ques- on the west coast clouds and ti0n ajs0 I showers will persist today. Beattle Duquesne 44 Bovcourt 1.07 C M & S 36.00 Conwest 3.90 Donalda 42 Eldona 26 East Sullivan 8.20 Giant Yellowknife 11.75 Hardrock 16 Harricana 13 Heva 12 Joliet Quebec 46 Little Long Lac 70 Lynx 14 Madsen Red Lake 1.99 McKenzie Red Lake 43 McLeod Cockshutt 2.90 Moneta 39 Negus 60 Noranda 79.75 Louvicourt 34 Pickle Crow 1.75 San Antonio '..a 2.55 Sherritt Gordon 4.50 Steep Rock 7.15 Silver Miller 1.60 Upper Canada 1.85 : tsm n pnm,Hfl'ii mip in dor-: f ..k,. Hn m-. lKciVlfirl virtnvips f hospital with a , --- IJCXUVJI UU Saskatchewan Loses 3 Seats In important elections for the f back many and said that the 2tn HrirroHo uroc III onnlrrpH t.n nhlV London County Council, wlilcn I A disturbance is developing: , about 800 miles west of Califor-! Party C ttvi,eHedUCOd!lhe FOle ass'Sncd t0 lt' He su"-! Cnlrl War Rut Nn i governs the city, the Labor Pa i.)lil..'Ctlm was'; Bested that the Army may be; .OlU Wat DUl .If I ialncd pained thirty-seven thirty-seven - 36 36 fr Big Fire in from ! nia and there will be some rain ; 'Bvrno criiicoi organized along out-dated lines ...OTTAWA Prime Minister L. S. St. Laurent indicated today that Saskatchewan will lose lot j on the south coast tomorrow ! afternoon. Temperatures will be Peterborough ICICI UUIlUJII ,'he , Province except1 II Of rn.,ti- . ,' noticeably higher in the south-; five but three seats iiv the forth-ern part of the province today mr.-u m m,. i romine redistribution based on ii u I" the Conservatives ana one irom Hot War Foreseen the Lrais ' I The Conservatives took 92 of SYRACUSE, N.Y. Sir Glad- j m scaU wyn Jcbb. Britain's delegate to j Labor won eleven seats in Buc-the United Nations, in an ad-, kinehamshire and sained ten Not Enough and tomorrow. , raitnouwiju v r Z Fn,., the heart of this city's down- the 1951 census census ".i. . .xuiine nsrtins , l'D. Vance found j III to make the! f-Crown prose- '; t " Brown. QC; de-T M Mrs win , I l dress here said he does not ex- olhe,s in Middlesex. Both coun- Or Too Much Region town business district Thursday North Coast -Cloudy and Northwest Terri- with rain showers today and 'night caused an estimated i$250 k- lua,nwonle (Saturday. Little change in tern- 000 damage and left some 2o per- J-nmeeA a. I perature. Light winds. Lows to- sons homeless 00intment of a 27-member com- pect an all-out military cmu tles are near London, between Moscow and the west. Cumberland, far to the Ckk?.p.'; cold war, he predicted, win . The, norh Labor gained' four. l US " WIC WOO '" III UIC - r" T, 'innnt in to n,1cir'.. consider i night ana nigns tomorrow-m . mittee of Parliament w neia nere WASHINGTON, D C. ff A ; continue lor a iu"ts $4,240,638,500 cut in the defence i : Gas Export Opposition Port Hardy, 40 and 48; at Sand- Bunaing. iv u.or.c Uu - ledistributi0n under r ledustripution. spit, 38 and 48; Prince Rupert, p.m. and was brought 38 and 46. control 44 hours later. j In Northamptonshire.' centre 'of the shoe-making industry, I Labor gained fourteer seats. ! In the last County elections j three years ago the Labor Party, whih had controlled the Lon- department's $50,921,022,770 bud- , get for the fiscal year starting July 1 was recommended by the j House of Representatives appro- ; priatlons committee Thursday.. , The $46,680,384,270 which the, EDMONTON (P An Alberta Tillsonburg in Finals 4 Killed 1 don County Council for eighteen government member has express- years, finished in a 64-64 tie ed opposition to the export of ' with the Conservatives, Liberals natural gas from Peace River, committee approved will not be ; 7 ,v . liPI'vr, ...... . ' . . . . , holding tne umy wWle brokera8e houses and stock I, . lcd ad 100 will be far too much if peace TILLSONBURG (CP) Tillson Tins year -.aoor won ie u- exchanres from Vancouver and Nd in "ega,s,cn-!cor"es suddely. Representative bu Livingstone's on Thursday i e l scat and gnawed deep into Six Children Burn to Death CAMPBELLTON, N.B. (CP) Six children were burned early today when a converted barn erupted in flames here. Mother and small son fled just before I the building crumbled in flaming ruins. The fire started about : 8 a.m. while the family mem- , bers were sleeping. j The dead, children of Mr. and Mrs. Odina Lavoie. are Georgette j 18, Eveline 15. Odina jr. 11, Pat- ricia 9, Rosaline 7, and Giselle 3. f"sum in t.;; . 'e i, 11 ,L,.c.'"our" llAaa'' niirht won Eastern Canada's conservative holdings Inadvertent Error in Engine Overhaul Sandspit Crash Cause SEATTLE One of the engines on a plane which crashed into the Pacific near Sandspit January 19 last had been kept In fsrv'ce 225 hours beyond normal overhaul time, a Northwest Air Lines official testified at the Civil Aeronautics Board hearing here ThuiMlay. Th'rty-six of 43 persons aboard the plane lost their lives in the accident. Paul H. Saunders, assistant system inspector for the Air Line, totd the board that the engine which failed should have been everhni.hcl after 1500 hours of service but through "an inadvertent erior" was kept in operation. iu. "v n. nr :iiiLi ninn ni r.np trrnnn :.nn nrp- - D n. hncirpthnll p.hamnionshit) Vancouver prepared for another day of bullish trading. ' W. F. Gilliland, Social Credit (Peace Riven in the AllH -ta ' Legislature, said he opposed trie pared the budget, told reporters, overpowering the YMHA sen-; Demands for stiffer cuts are . , ni. 57.48 in the final game C re 7 "sci 11st. -TIDES Saturday, April 5, 1952 ; Phoned bvVh bychlor-Hou.se w ?rxpccted- t0 be made ln the of the three game series. when the bill Is debated llmtlhll now meete win- exporting of gas from the Peace 'exnin.i. inextweek. " . .. .... r,o. Hi.ih 10:21 16.7 feet River block until all towns, vil rln.. . ..nun was "SS not. ... I xt.,., Unfhn.. ... . . . n nee varsiiy oiwa f. H-.0 ,,f. wrm npri . 1 ."""'""B " tut ... 1 ti(io M t .V'u inp n ! Ki,1,.r.. e , nnn Ann nnn frw Ulliiti UUUKCU VI ai.lUU.UUU.WU 23:10 17.2 feetiiager and namlets adjacent to 4:26 9.6 feet' ail pipelines in the area are as-16:45 6 3 feet stired of supply. ii Dleah Finals are scheduled for TilL- Low cellule 'uu -MU I.V. v 01 Dunpr A. -.ril 7-8-9. proauce latest type weapons. unuuB,