1 mmmmmammammmmmmm Don, Phone 81 X PROVINCIAL FEOVISCIAl LI2.LUT, lORROW'S 1 1 J vic;-j::;a, i:. c. TIDES November 15, 1953 t Standard Time) 8:12 18.6 feet 20:24 17.4 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER ' 1:38 6.4 feet 14:31 8.3 feet Published ot Conoda's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XLII, No. 265 PRINCE RUPERT. B.C.. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 1933 PRICE FIVE CENTS r Canada 1 Ivd ways i rates Friendly Relations i ' 1 V I . f) A V ". V: ' ( i Praised by President By DAVE MrlNTOSH Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA. President Eisenhower' said today that Canada and the United States "can and will" devise ways to protect North America from any surnrise attack hv air. ; Vacation on a Dog Bite "And we shall achieve th do-fence of our continent without whittling our pledges to Western Europe or forgetting our friends in the Pacific," he saio. in a speech before a joint session of Canada's Parliament. - The president also spoke out for freer world trade but cau PAA Praises Harmony Of Nations t By The Canadian Press .T. -COMMANDER ARTIH'K l. SCIIOENT'E little pomeranian, Bull, took a bite of Mrs. foot. The Navy man snapped a picture of the "action" and entered the photo in a i-ontest. Result: it won first prize, an all -expense trip to Florida. "No comment," says oenl. , - i i. ,. .miftLffi - -Partisan Association To Take ve Interest in Civic Election OTTAWA. Prime Minister St. Laurent said today that the United States and Canada prove to the world that a great power and a lesser power tioned that the problem could not be solved hastily; said tht navigation part of the St. Lawrence seaway should be authorized by U.S. Congress at its coming session; and reaifirmeu Canada-US faith in friendly o-operation. PACKED GALLERY The speech came during the second day of the president's two-day state visit here. Mrs. Eisenhower sat in a packed gallery- , The president was greeted at the main entrance by a 100-man ;uard of honor and a 21-gun salute. He was escorted into the on of strong public in- i their meeting following numer-1 "It is not a good situation," he the coming municipal j ous Informal d I sc u ss 1 o n ' added. "We must try to get a as seen last night j throughout the city during the ' ,', ,, , .... v,,. THE "CAERNARVON," which British War Miniister Antony Head describes as "probably the tnost powerful tank in the world," rolls by with two crewmen observing from tire turret. The new heavy tank, about which official details ara scarce, is slated to face exhaustive tests with the British Army at home and abroad. It is claimed to have better armor and a more powerful engine than the Centurion, which won high prai e from the Allies in Korea. Assesment Equalization Act Condemned by Rupert AALA can work in harmony nf of pit citizens ! pst nvt spvprsil several utppIck weeks in In urhifh which it. it J J Is getting . to be a big town and it calls for a more intense scrutiny of our public affairs." irge group :' Civic Centre to plan i was agreed that more civic ac-i of a non-partisnn as- j tion by the public was needed to which will concern , promote a strong city council. vely with the candi- Speaking as one of the group, I issues to be voted on. j Cliff Oilker remarked that "we !..ung no groups or or- citizens have been letting things i.s, the electors held ', take their course." It was emphasized that (lie without the smaller being submerged by its bigger neighbor. "We Canadians know that in the Interests of our mutual defence we can wisely and safely Criticism of the Social Credit into approving the new liquor , plying the 10 per cent tax on efforts of such an association would never succeed unless the organization had the support of every section of the city and represented the voice of the chamber by Prime Minister St. !.,au;ent. JOLSTLR DEFENCES Mr. Eisenhower, speaking in government for its legislation laws by promising them the 10 1 each drink sold from that bot-"by exhaustion and surprise," i ijer rent on liquor sates, which tie. pool many of our military sources with yours in a security and especially for its "vicious' would largely nullity the good j Mr. Brown also touched on the the same spot as the late P;esi- i vstrm which is genuinely coliec- Assessment equalization acl, none Dy ira uquor oui. cnanges in me B Hospital in uent IranKiin D. Roosevelt 10 1 tiv h said In lntroducine keynoted a report by A. Bruce. Bennett had claimed that the populace as a whole. Referring to the program of the previous Non-Partisan Association which was discontinued years ago, urged Dotn Canada presidrnt Eisenhower to a Joint J REACH VANCOUVER . )M KOREA BATTLEFRONT -C0UVER More than. l.OOO.soldlers, the entire Third i of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. na tne u.a. uj act swiuiy to , ..ssion of the Commons and surance Act, m wnicn employees had their, premiums' dodicted arbitrarily while others icould; pay or not as they chose, and criticized the government for wiping out some $2,000,000 worth DIUWU, Ijiueiait iVlljt -iUI J-JIJILC yp-.wn-i mucin. rliu utaiXC JJ'J Rupert, at a meeting in , the forofit on the llquor'tax, snyinst Civic Centre last night. that club operators no longer Noting that almost all the must pay the three per cent in 1948, Bill Sheardown said the boistr continental defences. Senate important points were impar-i He said: "The characteristically manner in which the Unit sales tax on bottles of liquor, ft Vancouver shortly after 1:30 this afternoon, from major legislation or tne list sitting of the House had been accomplished in about eight days, Mr. Brown said the four man Liberal team, had been unable to keep up, witfi its. work.t pnd that five per cent of the tax income would go to municipalities, leaving the government only two per cent which would barely cover' administration; '; i- ' ' Mr Brown, saying ' the pre-' mler's- arithmetic, was j'-wcird ed States has fulfilled the responsibilities it has voluntarily assumed has been interpreted by a few detractors as au indication that your country is seeking to impose its . policies on or nominate the life of .other free nations. ' : ; '' , ' ' o the cheers of thousands. t of leading citizens, including Lieutenant-Governor f Wallace and Vancouver's mayor Hume, welcomed rans. y travelled here aboard a U.S. transport. The Pats A as a unit and paraded through Vancouver's down- reets. The most important of, the of unpaid premiums, in spite of the fact that they had claimed BCHIS had its back to the wall financially. He said the government had foisted off three by-elections on the public because it didn't have faith enough in Its eleeted members to give them cabinet posts, and that the public must pay for those unnecessary elections. Walter J. Smith was chairman for the meeting. several bills passed,, he said wap I the Assessment Equalization Act: tlallty of objectives and absence of prejudice in selecting the candidates to be supported. TO SELECT SLATE It was agreed to leave naming nf the organisation until anothrr public meeting was held nc-:t week. Also at that time, election of officers will be held, and a decision will be made on the slate of election candidates to be nrpd. With Hugh MacKenrie as tem--orary "halrman and Bert Jeffries temporary secretary, two iritupps were named to prepare nominations and proposals and wonderful," pointed out ECONOMIC STRENGTH We Canadians are in the best I hit although club operators more than that amount by ap-wopld not pay the sales tpx on a bottle, they would collect far position to know how false are 5, judge Joins Truman designed to raise : funds f or school grant purposes. , The new act would give taxpayers a heavy load to carry as it ordered assessment on improvements on property up to 75 per cent, and greatly broadened the definition of improvements, so that furniture and business machines in stores and business offices and heavy mi- "The basic threat of Communist purpose s.ill exists- Indeed ihe latest Soviet communication to the Western world is truculent, not to say arrogant, in tone. Our security plans must now take into account Soviet abHity to employ atomic attack on North America, as well as on countries, friendly to us, lying closer to the USSR. Their atomic stockpile will, of course, increase In size, and means of delivery will improve as time goes on. "Each of our two nations seeks a secure home for realization of Its destiny. Defence of ur soil presents a challenge to iioth our peoples- It is a common task. Defensively,' as well as geographically, we are joined beyond any possibility of separation ... . ., AGREED MEASURES "Canada ana vne United Slates are equal partners and neither dares to waste timo. fusing To Heed Subpoena such suspicions. Aithougn your population, and your economic and military strength, is many times greater than ours, we have no fear that this strength will be used to threaten or overawe us. N'GTON till for the next meeting, une, neaa- (CP) (CPlRnnrpnif. Supreme main main in in ccllnse eclipse from from now now - Uce Tom Clark fol-' next Tuesday when Attorney-1 ed by Bob McKay, will consider We are the more secure because f ry Truman's example i General Herbert Brownell is h slate of candidates, other you are a good as well as a strong chlnery and many other items a declined to heed a scheduled to appear oeiore me memDers oi tnis are mu vmuc, calling on him to tes- ! Senate internal security sub- Bob Shearer, Stan Holgate, Phil neighbor. . in industrial concerns would be At. another point, the prime I assessable. minister said: M a congressional com- I committee- 'Lyons, Mrs. Stan savuie ana h the Harrv npvtorl Jiislicp deoartmcnt officials George Alderson. Fishermen Escapes Boat Blast A 34-foot troller burned and sank at podge Cove this morning. The boat, owned by Ben Ben-dickson, well-known local fisherman, Is thought to be a complete loss. ''"' The "B and T" caught lire when the gas tank exploded Just . after Mr. Bendickson had started the engine, about 7:45 a.m. Mr. Bendickson managed to jump TO STUDY ROLLS The act would set up an assessment commissioner who would study all assessment rolls sent In by cities in the province. is expected to rc- wild Brownell plans to give me ine secona rauimum, " sub-committcc a "comprehen- Mr. Gllker as chairman, will pre-slve statement" about the case, pare nominations for the asso-BrowncU lit the fuse for U lotion's executive. Other mem- iui... I 1 heni ff JV1! QTP linn RltPllie. il D Washington s Diggest, P""M with Dusty Rhodes, Rndes Bob Boo Armstrong Armstrong, There is a time to be alert and explosion in many a day i a time to rest. These days de Bill McAra. George Alderson .V ptions "We would also like you to know that we are grateful for the leadership your nation is providing in the common effort of free men and women to make our world a safer and better place for future generations." The president, in an address said that joint Canada-U.S. development of the waterway tied )n with a $450,000,000 power undertaking by the two countries on the river Is "inevitable, is sure and certain." Mr. Eisenhower said that, with Canadians, he considers the seaway "a vital addition to our economic and natural security." mand ceaseless vigilance. We must be ready and prepared The threat is present Now is the time for action on all agreed measures." John Magor and Mr. Sheardown. Each committee has power to add three. Details of the next meeting will be announced shortly. and could at will order a new assessment, cost of which would be born 80 per cent by the city and 20 per cent by the government The new assessment roll was scheduled for school tax purposes only but, Mr. Brown said, most cities probably would be unwilling to go to the trouble and expense of making up two ?nged charges a week ago that lormer President Truman promoted White from assistant treasury secretary to U S. director of the International Monetary Fund in 1H46 although FBI reports to the White House had shown White to be a Communist spy. ww mail collection c been installprl in t.hp i,he past few riivi onH 1,1 several old boxes has Brownell said copies of the FBI reports also went to Clark, separate assessment rolls, and so propertyowners would be tax clear, escaping with a few minor burns. The boat was badly gutted by the blaze and finally sank in the ccve, where only her masthead showed above water. She was still at anchor In the cove or. Digby Island when the explosion occurred. Reason for the explosion was unkown. who was Trumans attorney- r locations were npolri Vancouver postal in- ed on the new basis for all purposes. Residences were not included In the new assessment scheme. This legislation, said Mr. Brown, had been pushed general at the time, to the state department where James F. Byrnes was secretary, and to half a dozen other key officials. GEORGE HILLS i . . . seeks mayoralty Ex-Alderman Seeks Mayor's Post Here George Hills, former CCF member of the provincial legislature OLD COUNTRY FOOTBALL through by a government which. In the House of Representatives Un - American Activities J' the situation and a alters mailed in the wxes. collection boxes are 11 the intersections of ,e""c and Second Aven- during its election campaign. Committee, which vainly issued had promised to cut taxes. NEW TAXES tixtn Avenue East and 11 and Rivth ,. First Overlook. ' Xi 4 fast subpoenas for Truman, Byrnes and Clark, plans for hearings are in a state of indefinite suspension. Weather Plays Leading Part "'xes were mnvpil no fr.i for this city and a former alderman, officially confirmed rumors late -today that he will seek election as mayor in' the December 10 vote here. Mr. "Hills, secretary-manager of the Kalen Consumers Co-operative Association since 1944, Two Girls Jailed For Street Scrap Two young girls were Jailet here this morning when they pleaded guilty In city police court to charges of creating a disturbance. Flora Lewis and Violet Dennis were fined $20 and costs each, or in default 10 days in jail, by Magistrate W. D. Vance, for fighting on Second Avenue late last night. They failed to pay the '""n First. Ph Street to First Aven-Fl and ro.,ii- They had cut the sales tax on meals up to a dollar, for" which they were to be commended, but they had imposed a 10 per cent tax on logging profits over $25,-000, boosted a tax on mining from four per cent on profits over $10,000 to 10 per cent on profits over $25,000, both of which probably would' scare off risk capital in the province, and had imposed a 10 per cent tax on liquor by the glass. Eleventh Avenue East dlrwtly across tne was defeated last June In his bid for re-election to the legislature "Conrad toTpntv, a ENGLISH I.KACIE IHvlKlun I Arsenal 4, Bolton W. S. Aston Villa 5. Middlesbrough 3. Blackpool 1, Tottenham 0. Cardlfl C. 1, Manchester V. S. , Chelsea a. Burnley 1. Huttdersfield T. a, Sheffield W. a. Manchester C. 0. Newcastle U.-O. Portsmouth 1, Preston HE 3. Sheffield U. 1, Charlton A. 1. Sunderland 3, Liverpool a. Wolverhampton 1, W. Bromwlch 0. Illusion II l Blackburn R. 3. Nottingham F. 0. Brentrord 1, Plymouth A. 0. Bristol R. 0. Swansea T. 1. Bury 4. Leeds 4. -. Derby C. 1. Luton T. 3. Doncaster R. 3, Birmingham 1. Everton 3 Pllham 3. f Hull C. I. Stoke C. 3. Lincoln 4. Rotherham tr. 3. Notts C. 1, Leicester 1.- ' Oldham A. 3. West Ham V. 1. SCOTTISH LKAUIK Division .4 Aberdeen 3. Queen of S. 0. Alrdrieonians 3. Dundee 3. Clyde 4, Falkirk 1. East Fife 4. Celtic 1. Hearts 5, Ralth R. 1. Rangers 8, Hamilton A. 1 St. Mirren 3. Hibernians a Stirling A 1, Pamck T 3 by A. Bruce Brown, Liberal. - Now 48 years old, Mr. Hills was first elected alderman in 1943, when the first council was chos "" Alfred; from Sixth Avjr and Donald to fines. In WIFU Final EDMONTON O) The combination which could easily settle tonight's game between Edmonton Eskimos and Winnipeg Blue Bombers fqr the Western Inter-provincial Football championship may be supplied by the weatherman as well as the Commending the Social Credit lorn Tut l,muuei j LlJThJrd Avenue West :th "eet to a point ?h It Lr i'oxes were rpmnvoH ., finite Wot : WEATHER Forecast 1 North Coast Region: Gait warning continued. Cloudy with scattered shower; today. Rain tonight. Cloudy witi showers Sunday. Little changi In temperature. Low tonight and high Sunday, Port Hardy, 45 and 50; Sandspii and Prince Rupert, 40 and 50. en after the commissionship ended. He served for four successive years and was successful candidate again In 1951,' remaining on the council until his election as MLA. He is the second person to enter the mayoralty campaign. The prt-sent chief magistrate, Harold Whalen, announced yes-teiday he would seek re-election. knnn o.una Avenue West government on the new liquor act, Mr. Brown said' that, although it was not perfect. It was probably as good as could have been drawn up by any party. However, he charged, Premier Bennett had "bribed" the general membership of the Social Credit party, mainly prohibitionists He had talked them i . ovreet. THE RCAF's 2nd Fighter Wing is located at. fcwelbruerken first German base in RCAF history. Built almost without cost to Canada, it suggests a well planned town more than a service base, with cream concrete buildings, paved streets and community facilities. Walking down the main street are Leading Airwoman B. M. Casey-Jones of Niagara Falls, Ont., and Cpl. R, W. Motiland, Arnprlor. Ont. uoyimes from the box-be no v, coaches Weather has played a prominent part in the best-of -three series. Edmonton won the first game 25-7 here a week ago on a field Icy In spots. Winnipeg tied up the series Wednesday at home in a 30-mlle-an-hour wind. L "cw mes win on the boxes.