VICTORIA, n.c koRROWS ili ORMES -TIDES- mm DRUGS by, Kt U' Uiiry 8, 1953 S'amiard Time .fu- DAILY DELIVERY , )1 18 8 tret V l 15 3 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA '8 NEWSPAPER 12 18 7.7 feet Published of Canada's Most Strategic Pocifie Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone 01 21 52 8 4 feet VOL. XLU, No. PRINCE RUPERT. B.C.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1953 PRICE FIVE CENTS to INDEX SHOWS LIVING Lrrr nniAM A CDATTinu loCo ilTAWA ' - l iving costs continued to decline in December 17 fi bis m InlQSlH ltll. n.i.iUiiiiT price mar supping one-tenth of a t 115 7 f:m 115 8, the Bureau of Statistics reported l. old -o -t-f -living Index, which noon la to be abandoned (.iric showed a small upward trend, Increasing one-fifth n,t i 1' 11 u,e ,lrsl Increase In this Index after a iW,u iw- month decline. lean to Stockpile ; J - v t Imsm, iMa,. ...... ! , - ., V... NEW ROCK SLIDE Of.' BABIHE CAUSES ONLY MINOR DAMAGE A new slide on the Babine River where mountains of rock ; tumbled and cut off passage of thousands of spawning salmon two years ago U reported to have caused only minor damage and will not seriously delay work. A crew of 40 men working to clear the big slide escaped unhurt but a bulldozer, working on top of the rock slide, was damaged, department of fisheries inspector O. S. Reade said today. Patients Notified To Leave by Feb. 27 By The Canadian PresK YANCOUVER. British Columbia's seventh-largest hospital, strapped financially in the midst of higher pay demands by unions which it says it can't meet, threatens to close at the end of the month. The boird of directors of -: auxue ai iviiimai Saqucnay Terminals to Begin fiipments From Jamaica in Fall North Vancouver General Hos- r 1 11 1 ANCOl'VKK (CI') Sapuenay Terminals will lniiHiir,;.' alumina from Jamaica to Kitimat pital announced yesterday the t!,i- fa!!, it wan reported here today. hospital will remain open only if the unions withdraw demands for pay Increases or If the pro " j Although the smelter at the vincial Hospital Insurance Com Dutch Coast Battered By New Raging Storm 1,500 Persons Marooned On Islands Crumbling Dike . By The Cstindiui Pris Aluminum Company of Canada protect at Kltlmat will not be completed until 1954. the company will start stockpiling earlier. Ships of Ramienay TermlnaU, a subsidiary of Airan. will take 1 t. 4. J j . I coal, alumina and other mate-: 1 mission comes through with additional aid. Otherwise, directors said, the hospital will close its doors to new patients next Tuesday and the 140 patients at present under treatment must leave bj Feb. 27. Termination notices wrill appl) to mast employees on Feb. 28. OWNED BY CITY The hospital U owned by the City of North Vancouver. Directors said wage demands of the 50 hospital employees j Queen For a Year ' AMSTERDAM. Three new breaks in the dike system of Schouwen-Duiveland Island, in southwest Holland's disaster area, posed a new peril today for 'V -I thousands of homeless stranded there. rials to Kitimat soon a docks ore completed there. They will pick up cargo In Vancouver for the return trip to the rrlbbean Sea The shipping company started cargo runs between the east ind west coasts of Canada lat My. On Feb. ?1 a Jamaican plant which will become a main source of supply for Alcan !s f'ue to be formally opened. Pro-iurtion actually started In December It will help to transform Jamaica, renowned for year at a As fleets of boats and small r ORBEUT D. HAL GEN. 38-year- pianes rushed to the rescue Elizabeth Completes First Year as Queen LONDON (CI') With .sorrow for a dead King and pride in a reaming Queen, Britain this week passes a milestone in her long island titory. A tomorrow. - - year ago Kins, Dulles Leaves 1 through rough waters and sleet . ft four operating engineers and the registered nurses staff-would amount to an increased wage bill of $72,000 this year. This cannot be met under the hospital Insurance rate-freezing and snow, a new storm bore down on the flood-battered Dutch coast. Another major rescue effort sIm) is under way on stricken Goeree-Overlakkee Island where For Meeting With Adenauer order of last Dec. 1, said direc tors. V Ul'dl III, M -year-old 0 ir.aii jf:i- lurer wanted 7 :.,!.: Ui.k robber- 1 for -arnr.g custody, ra Nu 10 on MP s :,! id Canada'! anted cnm.tiaU. ueorge j aiea in nu neep ana cU1(mj, uctfullv thoueht of what . cw - ." " old oil company executive was slain in a downtown Edmonton parkins tot as he left his automobile on his way to work. Five shots were fired at him, two as he lay in the snow. A 25-year-old university student, Loran Sorum, found by police in a semi-conscious condition in a barricaded garage, has been cha;ed with the murder. He will undergo mental tests before appearing in court this -Saturday. PWlce ar attempting to find a motive for the : shooting. Health Minister Erie Martin - PHUJtP 1 .JW UI'ISUIU NIC IllttlUUU on a crumbling dike "pleasure uland" and a pro-; ducrr of rum, sugar and ban-! anas. Into a strategic area of j the crown passed to his eld.-r ; Z M sponUnMUS questions j daughter. tliKth. . lo hundreds of people she often . f announced at that time that Schouwen - Duiveland already LONDON V John roster BCHIS payments to hospitals now. a ine Mun survrys w.e hld nsvl.f before Ahead hs four-fifths under water and Dulles left London by plane to- world-wide Importance and a jblg dollar earner for the tT- I Ijr" i?0?!, r,,hI ' U"" U ord"al, " tne -U'Mm 5.0W of the island's 23.000 day for West Germany next would be held to 1952 levels. But most hospitals in the province showed "a siib'stantiaT increase 1 I r I "r.g ares -hl. , .,' uun - f residents are not accounted for. .stop on bis Hgctnir.g tour to hrn lllfrnrHf i .may oe umperea r a quit At her sl(Je .hroughout Uie High win(Ss bearing down convince Western Europe that Bid UlSCalUS I Pltohl .-... -,r.. TION IP . ironvictlon that she ha. met and , ,,.ar ,)(,r husband, the Duke f"m8nth' water-logged east i quick armed union against pos- The reawin is the Increase In i Passed the te.U of office. The ; fit Frltnhurvh adHtnff a new cli- coast of England threatened tojsible Communist aggression is prndurtinn cf buuxite. the raw new Elizabethan age, observers j m(.nslon to the concept of material from which aluminum ! atf"". off lo a flvmg start j royalty. n to Use in costs, attributed to higher salaries and wages agTeed to before the end of November. j An act governing stdmlnistra-j tion of hospitals requires that! wage agreements must be final- j ized by Nov. 30. j APPROVED RAISES J At an emergency meeting in j Vancouver a month ago, B.C. I Is made ! ' ne rtoyai ranuys presiiKr And Manrtevitie nirrt rn. has never been higher. ; BRITISH Klt OVKRY rbage as Fill tre at an altitude of about 2.000 pride AM) REJOICING And M to Rh there leet. which has often been llk-j wh tht. Kina dlrd Kel I 'M methJng more than fancy ened to an EnglUh vtllage. U1,.1.? " ' lt I 'h 1 1 lhe Ulk of. .nPW EUza: it v p,'ir brd has dls- , netnan ereamess. ine counirv Milk Price Controls To be Lifted VICTORIA The Social hurl towering waves against the j the price of continued big-scale breached sea defences: 1 American aid. The sea's rising challenge J The U.8. Secretary of State told threatened new havoc to ray-; newspapermen at the airport aged Holland, Britain and Bel- that his brief visit to the British glum. j capital revealed basic accord in A revised three-country death t Anglo-American policies, toll, as compiled from official I In the West German capital, and reliable unofficial sources, 1 Dulles and V. Mutual Security has mounted to 1.832. Holland jAdmlnlslrator Haroid stassen. counted 1,272; England, 548, and.vlu teU chancellor Konrad Ad-Belgium. 14. jenauer and other leaders that In eastern England, gale- the us- Goverriment expects whipped seas gave Dutchmen a positjVe action on a proposed preview of the new peril when one.umform European army In I to for " k " world. The p;an u e garbage ,nt round the vHiu.i; A.g.,ma Park Its "Puliation of the bauxite.) . . nrolound emotional marie some progress. The year tOr.1 KH .tM,,,H In mnlan. Hospital Association members ! voted to sign 1953 wage boost : ' ul'"r lecteation project. , In a comparatively short time reaction gradually gave way to ; rh lv ROll1t rri.ls and orooh. agreements despite the provin m'mtxrs cre told at Jamaica Is expected to become pride and rejoicing irt the frail- , nf ri,.,.m Rrltln wa. neAT cial government freeze order. j ffUi-.e Imt night that one of the most Important sup-' ,,,,.niln!! vet resolute younu The association also recom-! , f ; ! - .,11, - k....U. I . ' .. . .. ...... ..,.. . wuiuuim. . nuisi r wfii i-ti. i n imuAiHT iii me: w.m iu. t,ii?jioein, nrst wriiiMi queen in The year 195S started with the ami !h,.t Mifh drainage im source or the minerals Is more than half a century. I mended that hospitals Increase 1 rates for private and semi-1 'Ve uff udors if exptKted. 'he red earth found In large! a, the second year unfolds. scrap milk price controls to the I country in better financial j shape than In any year since nnvntp ficrnmmrvinr.lnnft as a A i. .i.. fiunnt.it le Not Until IM2 VXI It ik., ,.,mc that th. rarll-inl. Agriculture Minister " 1 . , consumer. high titles Drone mrougn naai-75 days reduction In .. . . ImmH thai (h rH .orlh i-nn- ... imiuuku u.ro.io ui iiiwch.r .c.tu. Ifirr.or c.M in h ily-patched dikes. On this timetable, the deadline w locaw a iy nappy '"" I impnrU accounted for the im If-id. drains into Hays u,nra bauxite her tasks ns Victoria did before ( Some hospitals have done this, ,-, legislature Wedneiav v eanesaay. it nncnii. generally th the increases in-..o. from trnm j but huh fiims through Mc- Deposits of economic Import-i her, Is leading Britain along ajK . 4 1 "t 11 .1.- 1. 'w.K,i,.ir tmtxrt in whirh the On C hristmas this source are negligible. Day, Queen i II r nuiiiiiirT . i iui uirivt.iiu uku ttmiiwun v... . ... ..... This means price of milk In Vancouver will be permitted to go above, or below, the present controlled price of 22 cents a 1 .mo a .shimn in a movie le for 1953 are over the 1952 oper- would be April 20. As in Paris and Rome talks, Dulles is reported to have made it clear to the British government that unless progress Is made on the six-country army project within 75 days, the U.S. Congress may refuse to pour any force of j Eliwbeth broadcast a call to her US and Canadian capital, after great economic royalty ' carrying out exhaustive tests. can perhaps play more than a people, urging them riateve' ti acquired large properties In the wishful part. I 'our religion. U pray tor mc to the imard was used d Police Probe Thefts From HMCSNaden 't";"T: Quart for home delivery or 21 p.i.K tl-.tmigh garbage v 110 v uibi vv auuiwiuuni on Coronation day.. j cents in stores. Price controls in oilute the neck Island. i The Queen has spent the bus- costs. milk were Introduced during the "u.on t ei.tertain such an ; When expansion plans are, lest year of her life She opened Health Minister Martin said more foreign aid into this part ... . ... ... war. She spoke from the study at Sundringham House, using the chair and desk that served her, father and her grandfather, ! .u world i j Buveiumeuv .u Ble iius-, ,uialinn ia I,. w ojcinKMnner Charles cnmcileted. Alumina Jamaica Parliament, presided over state "That creek Is being Limited, one of three com-! functions In Buckingham Pal-'hiMi. ' ii to wade In all names Interested In developing ace. gave garden parlies and re- VICTORIA ? RCMP are in- ; of the pitals "every possible support" , t ft government s in- except financially. : tention, Mr. Kiernan told report- ln Prince Rupert, costs at Th ,ri ccptlons, made hundreds of de- George V. the bauxite industry, will have vestigating alleged theft of pro- j visions from HMCS Naden, cs-1 , trash Mils rour naval Ublishment at Esquimalt 4'iniT.s however were the General Hospital this 1 year be issued through the Mlllt Board f!i f(1 !tll !th tin- tin- Mm film sh .h,.. barracks. It was disclosed here! WINNIPEG Four airmen are greater by more than $60, but it probably would not be- n man- Wednesday. tt,pr. tilled earlv today when a 000, mainly due to wage in Jf y H'in,e. district I finr.iiiE Tin. tor Co. f t' rt.fi hmis of by sanitary fills. ot tnreuic unwt i. ..l,lfl. noval nnree . -C. i naj Ltd., Kinsmen Polio Fund Drive Exceeds Objective Here garl Rarbage -u"'""---":" ;twln-engtnea air iorce piaue Mr. Kiernan was making his said lone man had been 1 crashed and burned near Gun- has beer, approved by the board ; maWen h m gecondl 8Edu. ed by police and that In all pro- . Man. 'of directors.) it,M Iw-r nil, m', babilitv other naval personnel 1 ; ............ , w J wi.i. - . -motinn that thp T o-t.-ilntnri nn- f mr.h.Kis ran ,or Bl cUy J '"(J.!! dumped in low- Invested a total of $40,000,000 in the project. Alumina Jamaica Ltd. has facilities whereby the bauxite Is crushed, treated and processed until It becomes a fine, white powder kDown as alumina from which the metal Itself is extracted. This processing reduces shipping costs by more than half. Lack of power facilities in Jamaica prevents the alumina Itself being processed Into aluminum. The Canadian company's plant Is the first in the Caribbean to produce alumina. The operations of Alumina Ltd. at Mandevllle are supervised by a Welshmen, Dr. Bryan Davtes, who came here years ago. The Kinsmen Polio Fund here very successful, bringing In do-! were Involved, has exceeded the objective by nations of $945.78. The benefit: "There f T dubt iJlf Bill Bond, chairman of the been a racket the navy spokes- $300. committee, announced , '10f k k gam "cl tud $,M -9'H' Bor ; man said. "Just how extensive we campaign ; , street Scno1 children in-lne con-haii know when the present last night 4t the monthly meet-!t",n of the club tributed $55 to the fund. Other i vestlgation has been completed.' Already $1298 80 has been col-1 contributions amounted to ,50. Jg buliiii.ziT and later cov-!n a tiKft inyp,. of lh n.cthod could still " be f(insi(i(.r,.d by city ' ' as an u ... . a 10 our gar- prove the government policy as outlined in the throne speech. Mrs. Rolston said the government will take on more education costs from the municipalities. She said her department has worked out a new formula for school finance but that it would not be announced until the budget debate later in the session. Mr. Kiernan also said the government hopes to start construction this year of a new piasor in the interior to relieve the- Inadequate conditions in Jails at Prince George, Prince Rnperl and Nelson. lerted. he ;:.ld. and wltn eontrl- e couecuun una uisvn- Qf barraclcs. Incldent under bullous still coming in and col-buted throughout the business 1 immediate investigation Is the '". am VxUIIl- 'r Art Murray prd also decided on Its alleged theft of 150 pounds of lection uns in me su.ir yet "'district will be collected some the total . .hould be picked up Ume thlg beef. " ' next year but flg-' ,1,"t released until 0 ") city council next pass ine now muiik. vnjini Mr. Bond said receipts for the oblective was $1000. appeal was The direct-mall mail contributions are being, mailed as quickly as possible, and although he Is slightly behind, all contributors should have their receipts within the next few days. Stolen Car Recovered One car was recovered In sound condition 50 miles from the city and another found wrecked near Miller Bay yesterday following RCMP Investigation of two stol Donations still can be sent to the fund, at Box 1612 or Box 801, Prince Rupert. jre Found on Lasqueti Island me as Those Used on Dakotas '"ii'hV'Rt.! " An ftirP,nne series of air tragedies last week, from the fuselage of a plane were i'llkeiv - F KP(,''esman was on a flight with seven men discovered by searchers. trn m an ttlr force 'mm Vancouver to the Interior I Meanwhile, no further word In Hsp')rt wh'ch dlsap- of the province but was known has been received of the Mitchell I """sh Colunihia a in K.W. toUon an errntlc course bomber which disappeared when 4) en automobiles. Joseph Radek, 25, Is being held by police and charged with joyriding In connection with taking a car belonging to Bill Scuby, city furrier. Mr. Scuby 's car, a station -WEATHER- Forecast North Coast Region: Variable cloudiness with occasional uuna lute Wed- to avoid storms. I" was only ?a nines out 01 van- North Country Weather Mild Sgt. Stewart of RCMP divi sional headquarters here, ha returned from a 10-day iiispec tion trip which took him as la: north as the Yukon Territory, Covering the patrol by airplane, Sgt. Stewart visited Watson Lake. Telegraph Ccettk Dawson Creek, Fort St. Johc and other outlying detachments The sergeant was formerly station at Dawson Creek. He reports a mild winter In the nor" with lowest temperature at 3t below, in a territory where thermometers often drop to 60. 45 ,,, re of Lasqueti! The discovery was described by 1 couver.. "lues m,.ii, . ..1 . .. ; A.u.inilvinrsrnH ' " , . 1 1 a s 1 hi .on mi A K- itviiuman u v u vt-i v v ' 1 1 uyjat v, . . .., Nis r.,. strong" clue to the fate 01 tne inciuamg nv.i .... -....., I . ""lv waji miHA U... - ... ... . ,j . , .ni t,.l1A.u.ar.ni1 hPfltttfr fir Mim UC- i Dus rinv c u piane. tie saio me uio win uc -."' urtver nt tj... . ;: ..... ... ..ntnu di,,o Putvrr. r..,. " uiiul I. VP I hpninrnr In unHpn ivpr HJ1 RIH1I1 YVIVI, VI ii'ii v-i wagon, was found at East Kwin-ltsa, on Highway 16. It apparently had run out of gas. Radek was located 6y police six hi after the vehicle was discovered. A 99 Taxi cab was found late yesterday near Miller Bay. Police showers today and Friday. Little change in temperature. Winds southerly 15, occasionally reaching 24 during the afternoon. Low tonight and high Friday at Port Hardy and Sand- m G,",!'a "lnnd; possible. I Ian, who Joined the air force iw aiui .S"ld 11 was the I The RCAF announced Just be-1 about a year ago, was enroute -nigVnHye of tlre "sed i fore press time that more wreck-1 home from Saskatoon to spend ICE FORM 9 INTO A HALO about the head of one of the 100 firemen IwiuU.g the $1,000,000 fjre which levelled a big business block at CoUingwood, Ont. The fire destroyed at least 10 stores. Firemen from every district within a 30-mile radius battled the blaze. " ri. ... "asoias. !.r,a v,h h..n fnri nn ijmnuetl the wecK-enn wmi ins i"niu, ""U!a rm. . " " " . , m. i r,.irlll nii,, ' wo RCAF i Island. Part of a landing gear cpi. ana airs. . i..v , spit, 38 and 38: Prince Rupert, 36 and 45. said It is a toffil wreck. ax,, after aland a portion of torn aluminum North Vancouver