Din LIBRARY PROVINCIAL LIBRARY, RlA 1 O&MES B 1 a. a a 113 VICTORIA, B. C. 'DRUGS (J? n DAILY' DELIVERY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 1,. DISPATCHED y 1 CABS Published or Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone 81 J VOL. XLI. No. 90 - PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS t i i 7 r n rn r lira T r - - ! Purchase of 'ac'c cae Renominated i r. Candidate for Liberals Enters 17-Year Defence Pact With Former Enemies LONDON (CP) Britain agreed Wednesday to enter into, a 17-year mutual defence accord with West Germany and Italy. Through the mechanism of the European Defence Community, Britain promised to rush aid to those former enemies if they are ' Liquor More Reaffirmed -.-- J y,? 4-- ' Receives Unanimous Call for Re-election Outlines Accomplishments for This Area Liberal coalitionist member of last Legislature, John D. (Jack) MeRae Tuesday night received the unanimous nomination as Liberal candidate for a. 1 - t L OZJ City council last night reaffirmed its decision to purchase the former liquor store building at the corner of Third Avenue and Second Street for use as a new telephone exchange. Mayor Whalen and Aid. Michael Krueger again dissented from the majority council dc- J Prince Rupert in the forthcoming provincial election, j His name was the only one placed before the party (convention at Civic Centre. ! (Aid. George Hills, CCF, Is the only other candidate definitely ! eisinn ' ,. , ' , in the field although the Pro-i j Mayor Whalen. reiterating his !grcg8lve conservatives are cx- opposition, again urged that pected to nornlnate tomorrow j figures be obtained for a build- ! nlght Mayor Harold whalcn has! ng on a less important down-j ', j salc nc may a candldate.) West Germany and Italy agreed in return to fight If Britain is attacked. Britain reached agreement on the subject with six European Defence Community partners France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany. Italy. While Britain will remain outside of EDC, she bound herself to participate in automatic mutual defence arrangements. Western diplomats hope Brit- No Salmon To Britain British Columbia Losing Important Markets VANCOUVER (P Great Britain will buy no canned salmon from British Columbia this year. It was confirmed Tuesday by a Installing Lights at f sKp fl could be used to better advant-L Mr McRacs name was put ., cfre " invention by T.. age and should be kept on the tax roll. He favored a long range irton Youngs who eulogized ., ihim and his accomplishments of STEM FLOODS Volunteers place sandbags along sir t, in Tra.l. to hold back flood waters when a four-jj viaduct leading to the Columbia river was plugged, iiit is under the street. CP PHOTO i Q.Charlotte RENOMINATED Expressing appreciation of the service he had glvan the riding and the effective manner in which he had conducted himself after hi- fitst Legls'ature service, Pr'.nce Rupert provincial Liberals last night unanimously renominated J. D. McRae as their candidate in the forth-oming provincial election. No other name was suggested. Member of a we'll known pioneer business family, Mr. McRaa has lived all his life in Prince Rupert. He was educated in city schools' and at, the neries the rldln the pastf Aid. Daggett, Aid. Casey and Jurlne others questioned if a new build- i thr" year5- Walter 8mlln i onded. ondea. i n (r m.M u.,iH f nnirtkinn i dlll a ttutiuu will auccu lliiai vj: , . f , ... , , , . spokesman lor the can ganlzation of EDC under which . here. "I ; B.C. Power Commission enel:i- Mr. McRac expressed appreci-! eers arrived at Queen Charlotte .sponsors hope to build one uniform European army, including 100,000 West German troops. near the figure for which the hV;atlon of the confidence that had! city this week to make orenara- liquor store was available u a j i ai n(p n rnnncpn in mm ann nmm. - : . I tu'u.. nnu wiiere was nitre m, i-. , UOns tor the installation of an . A v. AfrnH.B it 1 . -a jms of Return to Power fiina Buoy Nationalists in; 's Note: Bill Boss. Canadian Press staff writer with mdian forces in Korea, recently spent a week in For- i x suitable site? Aid. George Hills again advo- In 1951 Britain bought 6.700.7 000 worth of B.C. salmon but, because of sterling difficulties, the contract will not be renewed. Australia. New Zealand and South Africa discontinued the salmon orders some time ago and other foreign . buyers decreased purchases. "We may be able to sell more to the United States," a spokes-mo., flairl 'hnfr 4 la trm ftrlu tfi Ecstall Mine Opening Again , cated the development of the j old Court House property on Sec-; ond Avenue as a centre for all city, establishments Including ;City Hall, Fire Hall, telephone : exchange, jail, etc. Discussion v.axetl lengthy nfrrvirwlng Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and other ? Nationalist leaders. This story, one of a series, tells . iOnalust hopes for return to the Communist-bossed ', ed, to promote, as he had done fIerlc W ndr PQ'er 5VS'em' in the Inlet in the past, the best interests of I Skldegate area, the riding. j Power will be generated by a LIBERALS I1F.LF NORTH Uicscl plant at Queen Charlotte Earlier in the meeting and ;and distributed over a sev. -before his nomination, Mr. Mc- mlIe transmission line throu?h Rae gave a brief account of his I Skldegate village to Skidegate stewardship. He discussed a re-!Mlssion- j cent charge that the Liberals! Construction crew will ai-rive had neglected the north. He re- j April 23 at Queen Charlotte, pudiated such a charge, mrh I By BILL BOSS i j Caundinn Jre Stair Writer J 'fl'I'H KnrmnsH ( C.P TVi!c iJatirl ff tV University of British Columbia after which he actively joined the firm of McRae Bros., which he now heads. During the war he served six years as an officer In the Navy in var igus parts of the world and is now officer commanding HMCS Chatham, reserve division here, with the rank of lieutenant-commander. He is an active member of the Chamber of Commerce, Masonic Order, Rotary Club and Presbyterian Church. Activities Under a new name Sulgasisay u ls a matter of tariffs.-Properties the former Northern j Representatives of canners now Pyrites sulphur property on the are dlscussing the situation with Ecstall River 32 miles above Port United states aulh0rities. Esslngton and 58 mile from Tne Fisheries Association of i Prince Rupert, ls being opened . B c plans continue its cam- up again this year. Extensive paign Ior 00mes ic consumption, j work, including diamond drilling, i Last y-ai. it spent $30o.ooo on a I o n f previously developed lines as the aldermen debated in the third storey council room as the decrepit old City Hall swayed and creaked in the gale which was rating Today's Stocks he found difficult to understand, and pointed to accomplishments that had been achieved by Liberal members of ejpast is buoyed by one hope: "The Chinese dist government is going back to the main- j oon." j ).itiona!i.sts long for cial premier) K. C. Wr's cabinet j u . i are Inlanders 1 t .Hl outside, JwlMitun C. t is 10 oe uisuvui.ea, aypaiciii-ij j an arivertisinff ramnaien. The mayor did not mls3 the I the coalition for this part of the with a view to early production. opportunity to draw the atten- i province. A Liberal. Hon. E. T. Eight men were leaving today for the property to get the camp ion of his aldcrmanic colleagues Kenney, had been given credit VANCOUVER American Standard .22 ' Bralorne 6.00 "But a $6,000,000 contract could scarcely be compensated for by domestic consumption," the spokesman said. as MLA from 1949 to '.he recent dissolution Included membership of the special Inquiry board on the industrial Conciliation Act' revision. fj uu uic ruiuiuaaiia. - " i t to run their own ' Formosa is a police state under : the burden of , m a r 1 1 a 1 law. but enforce- i (shed single-handed the ment is no more annoying to lor uoiumma cellulose coming to the practical demonstration of the state the old building to this area with its pulp mill' B RX. j in readiness and next week a scowload of' equipment will hi t moved in. The men are Jn charge as. well as being largely Instru-,. ariboo Quai tz the civilian than it was in Brit- i was in. - - aln during the Second World! Aftr It all, no minds were m army. .- . Jlri ahc.nf 1 AAA AHA Congress uiciibiti in tile auvtriib ui tin great Alcan project. .0334 1.48 .05 'i .47 .99 .19 Herbert Welch of Jack Hanna who arrived in the city by air Monday. A Boyie Bros, diamond drilling crew will be arriving soon. It and about 1.00.000 ! War' including the Nation- ; Communism has been ruth C onin Babin G'ant Mascot Tnri;n Mires , changed. Aid. Daggett, Aid. Casey and others saw no reason i to change their minds and a liquor South Africa Misunderstood CAPE TOWN. Most persons who criticize South Africa's racial policy do not know what they are talking about, said Dr. motion to reaffirm the store deal was passed. Goes Liberal E. E. Mason, superintendent in j charge, will arrive early in May. rMiigas a was Noither i Py-,' Pend Oreille 6.80 Pioneer 2.50 Fremier Border 30',2 Privateer 08' Reeves MacDonald 5.25 trs and the families 1 with them when ' aland was evacuated ; ' two years ago. i I ti'-ulty is that word: if Formosans think of : lessly suppressed. Three hundred spies were executed during the last year. Foreign observers say Formosa has fewer Communists than any area in Asia. Liberal opinion feels free to Mr. McRac also mentioned the $155,000 power development of the B.C. Power Commission on the Queen Charlotte Islands. He also claimed some credit for having himself convinced Premier Johnson of the urgent necessity of housing here as a result of which Mr. Johnson was jiven full support to steps to j (Continued on Page 3 VICTORIA Herbert J.; rites is a subsidiary of the Welch, one of three straight i Texas Gulf Sulphur Corpora- .04 Reno coalitionists in the recently-dis-1 tion. nrnnert., k saw tn h the Ernest Jansen, the governor- Sheep Creek 1.75 solved provincial legislature, an '-ng ' within a year.' ,iiist government, al City Rides Out Storm ! express itself in the 54-scat leg- rounced Tuesday night that he! richest in the province for pure fX"PTehrat.in. the suipnur content ana couia, it . , ----- ', 1 Z,V 1 has Ion? been sutreesteri be on-: arrival of the first white set- will stand for re-election under the Liberal banner. A7o.i. KA1 A for flimnv ilbak Premier 59 Taku River .07 Vananda 18 Salmon Gold 04 Spud Valley : .11 Silver Standard 2.35 erated in connection with sujj- j tlers He contended that what is since 1945.-said he had been j Pvi"e coast pulp mills with sul 9w tending to be more ! Islature where most members l"os nothing to dis- j belong to the Chinese National-lie idea, i ist Kuomintang. However, news-!' of meetings wlthlPaPcrs exercise little freedom of Military and economic ' movement. Most are subsidized I from Generalissimo! y government or party. Editors t;ii-shek down con- ' nd publishers are "responsible" the Nationalist gov- j " thf,y criticize the government. Respite its frequent I trVpn the most Dreiudiced ob- annroaehed hv both liberals and : Pnul Torrential Rain and Ffity-IMile-An-llour Gale Waterf ront Shaken Garbage Dump Under Verbal Fire Again being said today is generally uncalled for, prejudiced and cometimes malicious. Many fail utterly to realize that an important strategic asset this country is to the western world. "I have no doubt," Jansen declared, "that a great deal of Fowerful gales and rain ; continued throughout Tuesday British Woman In Double Luck frwuncenic nts has no 1 server after a careful study of last night and persisted into this f ns- the present Chiang regime, must morning. It was one of the most I1' remains that- the ! concede that in Formosa it is sever. storms felt here in many The only permanent solution of the city's gar- Progressive Conservatives after the break-up of coalition in January, but had decided in favor of the Liberals. His name will come before a Liberal nominating meeting on Monday. The Comox i-. ogress, ve Can-servative group will choose its candidate Tuesday at a meeting in Courtenay. The only contender so far for the Tory nomi nation is Major Charles Coull of Denman Island. , 'in win conic. United i doing a reasonably good job. '. months. i, tnr no immim im trv this hacrr" rilxnosal nrnhlem lies in the propaganda overseas ls intended to prevent the continued existence of this land as a nation, thereby dealing a blow against the influence of the west." Crit 9- military advisers 'ti it TU.. . . . . . . i 1.) 111 I IX . .1 1 . . i ,J v...w - 1 f Its leaders say the withdraw , n , forcnoon no seri0us accidents installation of an Incinerator, LONDON (CP) Mrs. Lillian ,Gucst. 50, housewife who won 5.75.000 last week in a soccer pool, hit the jaqkpot again in ii s week's contest. .. J ' "'"""'"itn Ta uiiin hue hpfn n pnon rn ne. . . , , w , ti.ij uru.iAn uu ot ... e. p nave nopn renonea ana sniuuuiK mayor naiuiu vvimicn jiliu i have made . .,,. mnnnri harm nf lnr. nlrhv mpet.ino' of the citv MHllr! 1,,, . in iwu yutiia 1,1117 I , , " t. ' V. V. , , . " . V. ..,.,, v. " C3 57 - uhuimc less vaiu- . .u-t ..,11V, H, ,iht ,IJ,, "HI"-"'- (L .1 ics could leave it up to South council as complaints were neaia - HI' only strone Com- -' 7 ".?": ! consequence. Digby Island meteorological as to the state ol the dump on The amount in Tuesday's prize Africans both those of English Is not announced but Mrs. Gueot a n d Netherlands descent to thinks it will be close to 75.000. ! f)nd solutions to the country's Mr. Guest attributes her sue- many problems, cc.ss to "nine-tenths system and , ; i station reported 2.8 inches of tne nignway at me cuy limits. I rain having fullen between 10 The mayor said that the dump a.m. Tuesday and 4 a.m. today, was at present. in a bef.cr state I o a 1 e conditions, persisting than It had been for some time, almost continuously from yestcr- Nevertheless, It was "deporablc," I day afternoon to this morning, Aid. George Hills said that he iiimunism in the East. Willi CHIANG rf always had in view to the mainland," J"1 m an exclusive in- Western Uranium 4 15 , TORONTO Athona '. .08 Aumaque .20 Bcattie DuQuesne .44H Bcvcourt ! 1.25 Buffalo Canadian 22 Consol. Smelters 35.25 Conwest 4.40 Donalda 42 Eldona 25 East Sullivan 8.25, Giant Ycllowknifc 10.75 . God's Lake 47 Hardrock ..13f'i Harricana .13 Heva 11 Joliet Quebec 45 Little Long Lac 71 Lynx 14 Madsen Red Lake 2.02 McKcnzie Red Lake .... .45 McLeod Cockshutt ., 2.85 Moneta 1 40 Negus .63 Noranda 75.00 l.ouvlcourt .36 . Pickle Crow 1.80 San Antonio 2.55 Senator Rouyn .18'j Sherrit Gordon 4.50 Steep Rock 6.90 Silver Miller '.. 1.60 Upper Canada 1.89 Golden Manitou 6 20 generation on the mainland. Traffic Bylaw, Being Prepared one-tenth to Mrs. Guest's Loggers Start Wage Dealing Big Building 'llh The Tnnnrilnn 1 reached maximum velocity ot so ana Ata. rrusxy naa visuea tuc ' miles ner hour from the south- dump and had found that gar- Ceremony to Mark In Vancouver VANCOUVER (CP) Negotia nninp; has had in I A new city traffic bylaw, gov- east. - bage was still being deposited administrative nmh. i'ernlnk all phases of driving and Around the city tome trees and indiscriminately there. Thcie - tions oDened here Tuesday be-' tween the International Wood-! VANCOUVER Construction xlievo u,r, 'r.oriri.pf.iniint.inns. which Is now! boardlncs were blown loose, was also we. garbage aumpca h. Peace D With IAUL I (CfCw I Willi JOUQll Japan to the hminKnrt! in oroccss of being prepared by ! Some roofs suffered damage that could not be burned. A,. ......u - .... . t 1. ltrtA nmnni. vomn uroe Glirrtreurnl "1(,nt you have seen ! committee, will be brought be WnCn lOOSc SUUlglcs wlc lllicu. 1" Au.'.p " " u&svuv.u. 1 A few windows were broken. 1 The problem was thrown into Although all telegraph lines the lap of the Board .of Works. 1 a'e training a corps fore the city council for discus-trators for the tat-i, sion nnrl aDDioval before being workers of America and Forest! will start shortly of an 18-stoiey Industrial Relations for a 35c an : building at the corner of Bur- hour wage increase for coast! WASHINGTON ff' President irard and Georgia Street. The lumber workers. . i Truman yesterday signed the 1 property ls owned by Vancouver The Increase mould bring basic I United States ratification of the : business men. A New York syn-laborers' rates to $1.78V2 an hour.! peace treaty with Japan. The dicate will erect the building The Union also wants union shop state department announced which will be second only in emolover-paid health plan, nine peace with Japan will be made height to the Marine Building. had been down since last evening ' (he believes th J finalized Mavor Harold Whalen bf snatched from the ' assured the council at last night's ; until this morning due to trees In three v,.. -imennmr I over the line 15 and 22 miles Collecting k I , " "-l u ; Aid. George Hills Inquired If irom ine cuy. u.uBe. . paid statutory holidays and otner euecuve Apru so, in a iUx Ka 1 r inff t limine nff Mr concessions. Bride Street into Third Avenue j telephone system did not appear ,.,. ... v.i i,ni.H in. v, bo extensive. A cable in the House ceremony, Trumap also wrote the name of three related Pacific security pacts. j Poll Taxes p "ivasion movement F Formosa fJ as if the Natlonal-I w"l wait a long time ipignment. If l,hc Chiang admin-traininc its fnm,,. .,L if m Borden Street and Summit Stevenson Is Not Running Letting of Contract for Rental Housing Here Expected This Week "8 the art of govern- Rains Close Terrace Road CHICAGO Governor Acllai Stevenson of Illinois announced " us implications and social reform. "ere sneak 1.. . he wished to tak exception on ! Avenue area was in trouble with ; fhe grounds thafit had an 1 fifteen or twenty lines out on City of Prince Rupert will go the board at central. ' ahead with the collecting of poll verse feet uoon business pro-: e SrttSVS iro"T5wi At the fishermen's floats at tax this year but will probably Avenue Fur r he did not Falrvlew Bay some damage was refrain from doing so next year think that t?af flc warranted done to dolphins and floats with City Clerk R. W. Long reported anchor piles leaning over this to council last night that the neh rea,n-,tion . 1 sucn a regulation. murning However, it appeared provincial government would not Aid. Michael Krueger inquired lhjU vessels moored there had interefeie with poll tax collec-if anything was to be done about .. riamaee. tion by the city. Previously there Hon. R. H. Winters, minister of reconstruction "e Nationalists maH.. and supply, hopes that contracts will be let this week in the SO-unit rental housing: project here under I wc on the maln- Lrt Formosa as fnd chance"; u affirm Torrential rains of more than definitely today that he would four Inches In the past 36 hours, not be a candidate for the Dema-lashed by gales up to 65 miles cratic nomination as president per hour, have created flooding of the United States. Earlier it. conditions and small washouts ' was said that President Truman on the Skeerta River Highway, had favored him as his successor. The road was closed to the pub- lie at noon today by Public! New Jersey Favors Ike Avenueaandnwas; During tne, nlgf1,t b,oat, Tfh" d te"dencfyf l duplica- federal-provincial-municipal auspices. ' Construction block block on on Third iniro Avenue ana s various floats along the tion of collection n effort. j K rushed t o . .... 1 . .. , . . ..... . . QL...i,n v... lnx,n Wholen that. 1 ...Ml 4-U ,ni.-ta hAnOC o.,u.u ujr . - niaterfroni to ste tnai ineir ves- i m view or me tact max some . 111 stiii l buuii. liic iuii" llfnrl f-t Hie offnnr mac ronoitr. this was "very definitely being ges were f lrnlly seoured and re- $500 has already been collected - ' ' ' 1 1 VYIS1U WMO tHt,t.V T MO ' ... . i . ... ed last niuht from D. B. Mansur. : "OrKs tngineer i. t. oiuuii, ; jersey CITY General taken up.. through payroll deduction, the ; niained that way. Guests at the weeiciy luncneon presldent of the Centrai Mort-; Prudhomme Lake is on the Dwight Elsenhower was given a of Uie PiUice Rupert Gyro Club gage and Housing Corporation 1 verge of flooding, said the engi-I jsollci lead over Senator Robert, neer, but if the downpour ae-iTaft In the New Jersey RepubU- ! council, on motion of Aid. Daggett and Aid. Casey, decided to continue this year with collec-! tion which had been suspended : pending word from Victoria. at Ottawa today were A. R. Byrnell of Van I u" w govern well. tehu?" cause alibre. They say they uSt re-esUblish in ha Ve eyes not on'y t,Te but ot the falttl J they largely tia' "fairs are run by t SevenfCted Ptnclal G,JVi-'mor I iprovin- Constable R. B. Howell, RCMP, after having been here wlth'the! I D E 5 Royal Canadian Mounted Police; for the past couple of years, is Thursday, April 17, 1952 A message to similar effect has couver and D. R. Barclay of Vice-President been.Jrlcte're,d.by 1 I!?; Prince Rupert. creases water level should re- can presidential primaries yes-cede Immediately. ! terday. Harold Stassen was far Meanwhile, small washouts behind in third place, are "prevalent along various sec- Senator Estes Keifhauvev had tions of the highway, mainly at, a big lead of several write-ins on Kwinitsa. the Democratic ticket. 18.1 feet! Aid. Hills suggested that, u 16.3 feetith'o collection was to be made, it A. W. Large was in the chair in being transferred to North Van-'High 6:19 ennver onrt left, fnr his new DOSt 1 ' 20:06 Liberal A.-ciatlcn, from tne hv ir tnrtav Mr Howell and i Low 0:19 10 0 feet i should be as thorough as pos the absence of President Marc office of the minister of recon-Gofmely. 1 struction and supply in Ottawa. 5.5 feet sible. 13:18 family will be leaving later. i