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Northwest"
VOL.
XL11,
No.
137
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JUNE
13,
1953
TEN
CENTS
(Including
comic
section)
Phone
o
U
St.
Laurent
Confident
Of
Personal
Victory
'A
Py
The
Cuii'Utiuu
Prew
OTTAWA.
The
fedcpl
general
flection
has
been
called
for
Monday,
Aiig.
10,
first
August
date
O
.
;
j
UAi
-
since
Confederation.
At
the,
same
time.
Prime
Min-1.'
ter
St.
Laurent
made
a
change
in
his
cabinet,
filled
several
Liberal
vacancies
In
the
Senate
and
announced
he
will
kick
off
Nomination
Set
July
13
Salmon
Talks
Locked
'No
Contract-No
Fishing'
VANCOUVER.
Negotiations
on
1953
salmon
prices
became
deadlocked
last
night
and
a
union
spokesman
said
5,000
British
Columbia
fishermen
are
being-
instructed
to
keep
their
vessels
in
port
when
the
season
opens
at
Sunday
Jungle
Mud
Has
No
Loyalty
the
election
campaign
on.
June
22
at
Windsor,
Ont.
The
71-year-old
Prime
Min-i
Ister
also
said
he
expects
to
win
Kl.l.j:
Mi
l)
HAS
Nil
LOYALTY
-The
same
rains,
brought
by
the
monsoon,
which
stunned
n
Skeena
Nomination
day
in
the
federal
Fed
drive
on
Laos
have
brought
this
Fren
h
jeep
to
a
halt
In
the
almost-Impenetrable
un
juiiKle.
Following
Uie
withdrawal
of
the
last
of
four
Red
divisions
from
the
environs
io
capital
of
Laos,
.French
equipment
was
rushed
to
the
Red
River
delta
where
a
new
munist
drive
Is
concentrating
on
the
rich
r.ce
bowl
region
around
Hanoi.
American
planes,
to
bypass
the
Jungle
passes,
have
been
creJited
with
helping
to
stem
the
Red
tide.
qjection
in
the
Skeena
constituency
has
been
set
at
July
13,
Vic
Whiting,
returning
officer,
arinounced
today.
the
election
and
expects
to
stay
as
head
of
the
government
for
quite
some
time.
Mr.
St.
Laurent
also
rejected
suggestions
of
possible
tax
cuts
before
voting,
saying
his
idea
is
that
tax
(hanges
announced
in
the
last
federal
budget
will
stand.
CABINET
CHANCES
Cabinet
changes
saw
retire
1st
Parliament
Made
History
i
Notice
of
a
writ
ordering
the
election
on
August
10
was
received
today
by
Mr.
Whiting,
who
will
publish
and
distribute
ment
of
Works
Minister
Al-
s
Canada
Gained
Nationhood
of
Hull,
!
If"'
necessary
proclamation.
Uhonse
Fournier,
60
:The
Skeena
constituency,
larg
est
in
area
in
Canada,
is
expected
to
have
some
25,000
elig
Que.,
who
has
been
In
Commons
since
1930
.
and
who
become,
i
justice
of
the
Exchequer
Court
of
Canada,
and
State
Secretary
F.
Gordon
Bradley,
65.
one
of
the
prime
movers
of
Newfound
ible
voter
in
the
Aug.
10
elec
Trade,
ratification
of
a
new
international
wheat
agreement
this
year
and
ratification
of
Taciflc
fisheries
treatirs
with
the
U.S.
and
Japan
and
with
the
U.S.
separately.
disclosures
that
he
had
been
trading
cheques
with
a
contractor
doing
government
work.
Austin
E.
Dewar,
back-bencher
from
the
Saskatchewan
riding
of
Qu'Appelle,
said
he
had
not
made
Operators
Friday
made
what
they
said
was
their
final
effer
Br
JOHN
1,1
HI.
A
NC
.i.adl.tll
Pr'-hB
8tfilT
WrUr
AW
A
P
Canada's
21st
nciit
made
history
In
many
luriiiR
almost
exactly
four
i!
Mr.
Iirust
Cuiiudu
along
the
.sU'ps
to
full
nation-
and
it
was
rejected
by
the
fishermen's
joint
negotiating
com
land's
1949
entry
Into
Confederation,
who
goes
to
the
Senate.
any
profit
from
his
transactions
"HOW
I0
YOU
SPELL
'PAREE'?"
asks
Mary
Louise
Watremez
of
Wrentham,
Mass.,
who
puts
all
her
concentration
into
scribbling
out
a
telegram
to
friends
telling
them
she
is
leaving
aboard
the
He
de
France
for
Paris
for
a
visit
with
her
parents.
The
two-year-old
charmer
finally
got
something
down,
that
could
te
translated
only
by
another
her
age.
The
government
ranks
took
a
John
W.
(Jack)
Pickers-gill,
47.
mittee.
The
committee
is
composed
of
representatives
from
United
Fishermen
.and
Allied
tion.
This
would
be
an
Increase
riT
some
10,000
over
the
number
of
voters
In
the
last
federal
poll-lne
in
1949.
,
Mr.
Whiting
expects
there
will
br
135
polling
stations
in
the
constituency.
Some
of
the
ballot
boxes,
for
remote
areas,
may
Hnve
to
be
dropped
by
parachute
from
a
plane.
i
Enumeration
of
voters
must
setback
in
the
closing
days
of
nnd
nad
committed
no
conscious
clerk
of
the
Privy
Council,
was
It
enlarged
the
country'
j
the
last
session
seventh
of
the
I
wrong-doing-
He
announced
he
ics
and
Influence
in
in-
Parllamcnt
when
a
Liberal
member
resigned
his
seat
after
1
Workers
Union
(TCL),
Native
Brotherhood
of
B.C.,
and
B.C.
Fishing
Vessel
Owners
Associa
SEE
2
1st
Page
Two
ionul
alfuirs.
And
on
the
Ur
front
It
broke
new
live
ground
In
a
variety
Lworn
In
as
Mr.
Bradley
successor
and
will
contest
his
predecessor's
Newfoundland
riding
of
Bonavista
Twillingate.
No
successor
was
named
for
Mr.
Fournier,
and
Mr.
St.
Laurent
said
he
did
not
expect
there
would
be
one
until
after
the
Hnmmence
June
22
and
be
com-
Lileted
by
June
27.
.
Red
Legions
Storm
.UN
Posts
While
Koreans
Lash
Armistice
The
Skeena
constituency
lias
Bennett
To
Take
leading
Role'
in
Federal
Election
By
The
Canadian
Prew
VICTORIA.
Premier
W.
A.
C.
Bennett,
confi
seen
two
minor
changes
in
boundaries
since
the
last
federal
election.
It
now
is
marked
in
the
south
by
the
52nd
parallel
fjust
north
In
Seoul,
14
different
groups
totalling
more
than
10,000,
of
Namu),
Instead
of
from
the
snake-danced
through
the
dent
of
victory
in
the
British
Columbia
general
election,
served
notice
Friday
that
he
plans
to
take
.Mst
parallel;
north
by
the
Yukon
boundary,
then
cast
'
to
Rancher
Creek.
15
miles
south
s.
mi
thfforum
of
the
Corn-It
pitted
Louis
St.
Laurent
"iro
Drew
against
each
lor
their
first
full
par-t
as
leaders
of
the
two
t
parties.
.stitutionully.
the
longest
p
perhaps
was
In
the
des-
'tn
of
the
Supreme
Court
Mia
as
this
country's
final
of
apiM'al.
Removal
of
this
from
the
judicial
commlt-the
British
Privy
Council
niifla
completely
on
her
XK'pf
for
the
Intangible
tic
monarch.
"iinlmcut
of
the
first
Can-Covernor-general
was
an-hisjork'
milestone.
Rt.
Vincent
Massey
succeeded
streets,
chanting
slogans
and
distributing
leaflets.
In
the
southeastern
port
city
of
Pusan,
an
estimated
10,000
Koreans,
many
of
them
students,
mobbed
the
main
thoroughfares.
a
leading
role
in
the
Aug.
10
federal
election
tion.
Last
year,
between
3.000
and
4,000
salmon
fishermen
tied
up
their
"boats
for
41
days-ia
dispute
over
prices.
When
the
deadlock
In
negotiations
was
reached,
it
was
indicated
that
both
sides
probably
will
hold
further
discussions
early
next
week.
Contract
talks
opened
May
11
cetween
the
fishermen's
representatives
and
the
Fisheries
Association
of
B.C.,
which
represents
14
companies.
At
that
time
the
fishermen
established
Sunday
midnight
as
a
"no
contract
no
fishing"
deadline.
Fishermen's
demands
and
operators'
offers
are
as
follows:
sockeye
salmon,
23
cents
a
pound
and
20'2
cents;
cohoe,
12
Vi
cents
and
10
cents;
pinks,
eight
cents
and
seven
cents;
summer
chums,
5'2
cents
and
5
'4
-cents,
and
fall
chums,
H1
cents
and
7Vi
cents.
of
Watson
Lake
and
diagonally
SEOUL
More
than
50,000
Chinese
Reds
attacked
at
a
dozen
points
along
the
50-mlle
front
in
central
Korea
today,
driving
Allied
troops
from
main-line
positions
In
one
sector.
United
States
and
South
Korean
Infantry
battled
hand-to-hand
with
Reds
who
stormed
Into
United
Nations
trenches
and
hurled
back
most
of
the
attackers.
Meanwhile,
violent
a'ntl-armls-t
ice
demonstrations
surged
"Now
that
the
Liberal
party
election.
He
would
be
from
the
Quebec
province.
Meanwhile,
Immigration
Minister
Harris
will
hold
down
the
works
portfolio.
.
m
SPEAKER
LEAVING
Another
key
commons
member
passed
out
of
the
lower
House
in
the
shift
of
Speaker
Ross
Macdonald,
61.
of
Brant-j
ford,
Ont.,
to
the
Senate.
He
will
be
succeeded.
It
was
expected,
by
Rene
Beaudoln,
41,
deputy
speaker,
in
the
event
the
Liberals
come
back.
Other
senatorial
appointments
consisted
of
four
members
of
the
current
commons
and
an
Ottawa
lawyer
who
has
not
been
a
member.
They
are:
Joseph
Bradette
of
has
collapsed,
that
party
won't
south
east
to
where
the
Finlay
River
intersects
the
125
meridian,
giving
the
Lower
Post
area
to
the
Cariboo
constituency.
So
far
named
as
likely
can
be
a'factor
in
the
federal
vote!
Bombing
Raid
Scheduled
At
Seal
Cove
,
i
Dr.
Kemp
Got
Ulcers
From
B.C.
Election
didates
in
Skeena
are
Edward
T.
Applewhalte.
Liberal
MP,
and
Harry
Archibald,
CCF
and
former
MP.
In
this
province,"
he
said.
"With
a
better
deal
for
(B.C.
from
Ottawa
as
its
slogan,
Social
Credit
will
sweep
B.C.'s
22
seats
in
the
federal
election."
Meanwhile,'
the
premier
stated
that
the
aggravating
three
week
waiting
period
between
A
bombing
contest
will
be
through
devastated
South
Korea
and
a
senior
government
official
lfld
the
Allies
they
could
pull
out
ol
the
Korean
war
If
they
wish.
South
Korean
opposition
hit
a
furious
pitch
In
these
rapid-fire
developments:
1.
The
Republic
of
Korea
de-
staged
at
Seal
Cove
tomorrow
afternoon
by
members
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Aero
Club
in
the
Alexander
as
the
viceroy
iwjnr
move
on
the
constl-al
side,
too,
was
Parlia-s
a
vaimption
of
the
power
mend
the
British
North
a
Act
In
matters
of
exclu-
Interest
of
public
election
day
and
final
counting
of
votes
will
be
considerably
Ifdfial
jurisdiction.
Pre-
sloshed
in
future
B.C.
elections.
iy.
this
needed
the
sanction'
'
ministry
cancelled
an
i
h,hk
i.
o..ii
.,f
lenves
"in
view
of
the
grave
Kemp
gut
something
out
of
the,
Cochrane,
Ont.,
former
deputy
B.C.
election
campaign
an
speaker;
Leonard
Tremblay
of
ulcer.
Dorchester,
Que.,
deputy
Llb-
An
Independent
candidate
In
eral
whip;
Sarto
Fournier.
mem-Van
c
o
u
v
c
r
-Point
Grey,
Dr.
ber
for
Montreal
Maisonneuve
Kemp
was
the
storm-centre
of
since
1935;
Aurele
Leper,
mem-llie
campaign
after
he
charged
,
ber
for
Kent,
N.B.,
since
1940,
John
Perdue,
president
of
the'
and
John
J.
Connolly,
Ottawa
Sx;ial
Credit
League,
with
hav-
lawyer
and
former
executive
as
Premier
Bennett
said
his
gov
ernment
plans
to
bring
In
several
amendments
to
the
Elec
sistant
to
uejeuce
monsters
in
tions
Act,
and
this
is
one
of
the
matters
which
will
be
rectified.
The
three-week
period
should
be
greatly
shortened,
,
the
premier
said.
indiiiR
out
Canada's
growth
nation
was
the
first
appear-in
Parliament
.of
represn-i's
from
Newfoundland,
'Rlit
into
Confederation
ly
before
the'
1949
general
'Oil.
'
another
"first"
was
the
use
inn
a
criminal
record.
Bums
Replace
Milwaukee
to
Lead
League
"
NEW
YORK
fl
Brooklyn
Dodgers
replaced
Milwaukee
Braves
as
National
League
leaders
Friday
night
but
the
New
York
Yankees
kept
right
on
rolling
in
the
American,
defeating
Cleveland
Indians
4-2
for
their
15th
straight
victory
and
a
lead
of
7'4
games.
Change
in
the
National
League
lead
came
about
when
Dodgers
whipped
cellar-dwelling
Chicago
Cubs
7-4
behind
a
12-hit
attack
Some
15
entries
in
the
contest
are
expected,
said
Lome
Stevens,
chairman.
Aircraft
one
or
both
of
the
club's
Taylorcraft
will
fly
over
an
anchored
target
In
the
harbor
near
Seal
Cove
and
will
bomb
It
with
2-pound
bags
of
flour.
The
low-level
bombing
contest
is
open
to
all
pilots
other
than
those
with
"professional"
bombing
experience,
said
Mr.
Stevens.
The
show
begins
at
2
p.m.
at
the
Seal
Cove
airport.
emergency"
and
restricted
all
service
personnel
to
their
bases.
7.
President
Syngman
Rhee
reasserted
his
bitter
opposition
to
the
armistice
which
may
come
within
a
few
days
"to
uphold
the
principle
of
self-determination."
At
the
same
time,
however,
he
called
for
"utmost
ef-inrt
to
prevent
Injustices
from
being
inflicted
on
our
allies."
the
Second
World
War.
BIGGEST
MAJORITY
Mail
Service
Inaugurated
On
Monday
Aii
Inaugural
ceremony
introducing
letter
carrier
service
ii
Prince
Rupert
will
be
held
at
thi
Post
Office
at
10
a.m.
Monday
Postmaster
Jack
Burgess
ha;
announced.
The
following
have
been
Invited
to
take
part
In
the
brie:
service
E.
T.
Applewhalte,
MP-Graham
Alexander,
Legion
pre
sident;
Bert
Jefferies,
president
of
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce;
Orme
Stuart,
president
of
the
senior
Chamber
of
Com
In
the
last
commons,
the
gov
ernment
had
biggest
majority
of
all
time
for
this
country.
It
came
out
of
1949
election
with
'filamentary
powers
in
the
w
of
1950
to
order
railway
"Vi'is
back
to
work
during
Bomb
Scare
Calls
Police
NEW
YORK
(0i)
A
telephoned
190
of
262
seats.
At
dissolution
3.
Furious
demonstrations
"
strike
crinoline
the
na-1
The
doctor-politician
today
had
an
advertisement,
in
Vancouver
newspapers;
saying:
"I
have
had
a
relapse
of
my
gastric
ulcer
in
this
contentious
period.
My
medical
adviser
recommends
that
I
take
a
rest
from
medical
practise."
He
has
been
charged
with
both
civil
and
criminal
libel
by
Mr.
Perdue.
In
a
counter-suit,
he
charges
Mr.
Perdue
with
slander.
And,
Dr.
Kemp
lost
in
the
it
had
181.
swept.
South
Korea
for
a
nun
straight
day.
Standing
of
the
other
groups
threat
to
police
early
today
sent
a
bomb
squad
racing
to
the
economy.
Some
125.000
ts
obeyed
legislation
passed
n
emergency
session
of
the
-cs.
In
the
international
scene,
Park
Avenue
apartment
build
nt
dissolution:
Progressive
Conservative,
48;
CCF,
13;
Social
Credit,
10;
Independent
Liberal,
one;
Independent,
four.
There
were
five
vacancies.
Man
Plunges
15
Storeys
ing
tenanted
by
Federal
Judge
Irving
R.
Kaufman,
who
sentenced
atom
spies
Julius
and
lament
approved
the
selid-
Calder
Leads
In
Atlin
by
24
Ballots
election.
He
got
but
a
few
votes
and
fine
relief
pitching
by
Jim
Hughes
while
Milwaukee
Braves
split
a
doubleheader
with
Pittsburgh
Pirates.
BASEBALL
SCORES
National
Ethel
Rosenberg
to
the
electric
merce;
His
Worship
Mayor
Harold
Whalen;
J.
R.
Morison,
ex-postmaster
of
Prince
Rupert;
F.
VANCOUVER
(CP)
An
elderly
man
plunged
15
storeys
to
his
death
Frldav
from
the
Standard
:
chair.
No
bomb
was-
found,
but
The
specific
choice
of
Aug.
10
was
made,
Mr.
St.
Laurent
said,
because
It
would
enable
enumeration
of
voters
to
be
done
during
June.
Bank
Building
in
the
heart
of
I
J.
Colpman,
regional
director
of
special
guard
detail
remained
at
Milwaukee
2-U,
Pittsburgh
downtown
Vancouver.
Police;
postal
services;
W.
H.
Wilson,
the
18-storey
building.
Police
First
returns
by
polls,
13
out
4-2;
Chicago
4,
Brooklyn
7;
Cin
his
identified
the
man
as
Samuel
district
post
office
inspector;
I
Kostman.
'
and
all
letter
carriers.
of
1(1
reporting
from
the
Atlin
cinnati
4,
Philadelphia
l;
St.
said
Judge
Kaufman
and
family
were
out
of
town.
M
forces
to
take
part
In
Korean
police
action
of
the
'M
Nations,
the
first
such
V(
In
Canada's
non-war
I
nry,
'c
country
also
sent
army
RL'AK
contingents
to
Europe
rt
of
it
North
Atlantic
Jy
Organization
commit-
For
the
navy,
a
$200,-M)
program
of
new
constructs
launched.
in
Vancouver-Point
Grey,
ballot
A.
Fisheries
Pact
Signed
In
Tokyo
OTTAWA
if
Canadian,
Unit
Louis
3,
New
York
1.
American
New
York
4,
Cleveland
2;
Washington
1,
Detroit
2;
Philadelphia
5,
St.
Louis
3;
Boston
4,
Rupert
Couple
Takes
Holiday
To
Ketchikan
in
15
-Foot
Boat
Av
AimihniTV
ed
States
and
Japanese
govern
'"'fs
in
connection
wilh
the
riding
places
FranK
taiciei,
CCF
candidate,
24
votes
in
the
lead
over
W.
D.
(Bill)
Smith,
Liberal
candidate.
Calder
so
far
has
264
votes;
Smith
has
240,
and
third
candidate
in
the
provincial
election.
Frank
Assu,
Social
Credit,
polled
a
trailing
88
votes.
.
Total
number
of
votes
counted
590
compares
with
the
total
last
year
of
730,
but
it
is
considered
there
may
be
more-absentee
ballots
cast
for
the
Atlin
this
year
than
the
1952
(,,tnl
nf
365.
W'rcncc
seaway
had
inter--
ment
Friday
ratified
In
Tokyo
the
International
convention
for
10111
Imnllcntlrms.
Parlla-
high
seas
fisheries
Of
the
norm
Chicago
3.
PCL
Hollywood
2,
San
Francisco
1;
San
Diego
4,
Sacramento
5;
Oakland
5,
Los
Angeles
4;
Portland
at
Seattle
postponed.
WIL
Spokane
9,
Yakima
6;
Lewis-ton
4,
Wenatchee
8;
Tri-City
at
Calgary,
Victoria
at
Vancouver,
postponed.
Salem
4,
Edmonton
5.
New
Tasks
For
French
Children
Dog-holding
is
the
latest
occupation
for
youngsters
in
Paris.
They
charge
five
cents
to
hold
a
dog
while
his
master
or
mistress
does
the
marketing.
Dogs
are
banned
from
food
shops
there.
Prince
Rupertltes
wanting
to
sell
dogs,
or
eager
to
recover
lost
dogs,
use
The
Dally
News
Classified
ads.
And
no
one
can
stop
a
Want
Ad
when
it
comes
to
bringing
results!
You,
too,
can
solve
your
problem
through.
Classified1
Just
phone
748
for
an
Pacific
Ocean,
the
External
ai-falrs
Department
announced.
Under
the
convention,
signed
jt
set
up
a
"seaway
authority"
"MM
and
operate
Canada's
1
"t
the
sar.o.ooo,ooo
navlga-1
Phase
of
the
project.
It
also
led
a
federal-Ontario
agree-5
Riving
Ontario
the
right
develop
Canada's
share
of
on
the
beach.
One
of
the
prospectors
was
77,
the
other
61.
"To
show
us
the
real
Alaska
spirit,
they
cooked
us
up
a
huge
breakfast."
Altogether,
the
Dells
had
loads
of
fun.
Anyone
can
do
it
If
thev
wish
adventure.
"The
main
thing
to
remember
is
to
know
where
you
are
taking
your
boat
and
to
picK
your
weather.
"The
only
rough
water
the
Dells
experienced
was
near
Cape
Fox,
where
they
roda
out
a
16-foot
swell.
boot.
"I
wouldn't
want
to
make
the
same
trip
any
day
of
the
year,
but
we
had-good
weather
on
the
whole."
On
the
trip
they
spotted
whales,
schools
of
small
fish,
while
bear
were
feeding
on
the
beaches.
They
were
escorted
Into
Ketchikan
harbor
by
a
school
of
porpoises.
Another
Interesting
highlight
of
the
trip
occurred
when
the
Dell
family
met
two
bearded
prospectors
or
real
Alaska
"sourdoughs"
while
camping
Calling
on
some
hereditary
pioneering
spirit,
a
love
for
adventure
and
some
resourcefulness,
a
Prince
Rupert
couple
and
young
daughter
were
able
to
complete
an
unusual
holiday.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Vic
Dell
and
daughter
Iris
have
just
returned
from
a
two
week
trip
to
Ketchikan
and
return
in
a
15'2-foot
boat
powered
by
a
10-horsepower
outboard
motor.
Vic
built
the
boat
himself
and
"I
wanted
to
give
her
a
tryout
and
thought
it
would
be
nice
to
have
holiday
to
x-
smith,
who
resides
in
i
rpr
mt
the
river
In
co-opera-
w'tn
a
United
States
agency.
at
Takyo
May
9,
1952,
each
of
the
three
countries
agreed
to
abstain
from
engaging
in
fisheries
wWch
are
being
conserved
by
one
or
both
of
the
other
two.
The
convention
provides
also
for
the
setting
up
of
a
commission
to
investigate
North
Pacific
fi6herles
in
which
any
two
or
all
of
the
countries
are
engaged.
About
five
per
cent
of
all
registered
farm
animals
are
exhibited
at
fairs,
but
95
per
cent
of
animals
at
home
arc
Improved
Prince
Rupert,
said
he
believed
"there
is
no
doubt
that
Calder
wlll.be
elected
by
an
absolute
majority.
"Nearly
all
the
absentee
votes,
which
are
cast
by
native
fishermen
along
the
Naas,
will
go
to
Calder."
'"Tal
international
agree-''"ts
were
siirnetl
Thev
In--
"rtr
the
rp.noirnlisiltnn
of
through
blood
lines
of
prize
win
tariff-lowcrlni'
General
ners
at
fairs.
"Yemeni
on
Tariffs
and
S..V