o PEOVIflCIAL tI83AT : )MORROW'S TICT03IA, B. C. -TIDES- JIAT 3154 ' I 1953 Time) iiutl;iy. June 28, citic Slarciard 1:39 21.5 feet 14:45 19.1 feet 8:22 . 1.1 feet ' 20:24 7.0 feet VDeliyry Phone 81 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER ' Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" ' VOL. VLII, No. 149 - PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1953 PRICE FIVE CENTS ii w ID mm ; "" ; ; 1 JS Mo tHEBEU Bl HUSUIN&ONWe MUSTtN&S - - pi BUT, A GOO0 CAMPAIGNER 14 BOUND' TO CATCH UP WITH SOMEONE 1 Korean President Insists on Pact By ROBERT EUNSON (Associated Pren Writer) TOKYO. The possibility that a formula is being reached which will settle difference between President Syngman Rhee and the United States over a Korean armistice was seen today. 5 Bermuda Conference Postponed Churchill Ordered To Take Month's Rest LONDON (CP) The Bermuda Big Three conference has been postponed because Prime Minister Churchill is suffering from overwork, it was announced here today. , i i rwir ,! mutu fti" " " 11111 i h 0 ri.hr i v. '? ir4:' r' ... V Rhee may drop his opposition r 4; COMPITITION TOO. ;l MMI K IXIXTinN WILL BE TOLGII ON THE VOTE-CHASERS TOO By Merle Tinglcy to a truce if the U.S. concludes an agreement to rush to his aid if South Korea is attacked again. A highly-placed South Korean source indicated today that Dr. Rhee may drop two of his demands now blocking an armistice if the U.S. agrees to the third a firm military defence pact. 'That is the one point the president will never back down on," the source said. "He may give in on the other two points (immediate withdrawal of Allied and Chinese forces and a ly that Rhee and the special presidential envoy, Walter S. Robertson, could easily hammer out a suitable security pact in their current secret talks In Seoul. This could mean the withdrawal of Rhee opposition and the signing of an armistice to end the war, now in its fourth year. . The source, an extremely reliable one, said "it doesn't matter whether they decide to write the pact before or after the armistice is signed. Rhee may it he London Free Press. I . . , , : The talks were scheduled to start July 8. A medical statement said Sir Winston's doctors had ordered him to rest for at least a month. The report from Lord Moran, Churchill's personal physician, and Sir Russell Brian said: ' , "The prime minister has had no respite for a long time from her very arduous duties and Is plon Low Promises Tax Cuts; ree, Individual Enterprise three-month time limit, on a iONTO (Ci-Tlie Soda! Cre- ;the equitable distribution of sur- regimentation," and advocated ogram for the federal elec- plus goods and services so as to ."free competitive individual en- political conference) but he will never give in on the defence pact." If Rhee were to drop his other agree to wait until after an armistice. But he is demanding, and will continue to demand, that there be a firm military alliance with the United States, guaranteeing South Korea against further Communist ainpaign, featured by pro- make possible a full employment , for tax reduction and and full distribution in peace-, terprise," and "the highest standard of Christian morality in politics and government." Other program items Included: .Pensions for all aged and dis- icial reform, was put before time, "the only possible insur two demands, iwhich are almost certainly beyond the power of iiectoratc Friday night. ance against depressions." The program opposed conference of the Social "state the UN to grant, it seemed like- it Association of Canada and abled citizens commensurate with socialism, totalitarianism in need of complete rest. "We have therefore advised him to abandon his journey to Bermuda and to lighten his duties for at least a month." An official statement from Mr. Churchill's residence at 10 Downing Street said the meeting was postponed after consultation with President Eisenhower and French Premier Lan-iel. Churchill, who Is 78, will remain at his Chartwell country home near London. Churchill will turn over the reins of his Conservative gov- Rhee Pressing for Pact SfB WINSTON CHURCHILL, Britain's prime minister, has been ordered by his physicians to take a month's rest, thus postponing the Bermuda conference on world powers. The 78-year-old prime minister and Conservative party leader is shown here dictating his memoirs. Canada's ability to produce; new federal-provincial financial ar fr ved the program after a Jfiay meeting which lasted j rangements to ensure each pro-! ale at night, and Solon Low, V r it-"1 ft A ' If J, I Ji. 1 P. 1 inal lender, expanded on its The source said Rhee and other senior South Korean officials had been pressing for such a defence pact for more than a year, both In Washing ing in a broadcast address the trans-Canada network Three Americans Reach Safety CBC. vince adequate revenues to discharge fully its constitutional responsibilities; an assured home market and export markets for farm, factory, mines, fisheries and .luraber,indu!itricsv. adequate military and civil defence forces. On trade, the program advocated "an International trade program said Social Cre- ton and through military leaders in Tokyo. iiuld make a thorough re- efTiment'-tctrw-T.htwee41piiiBi f After Plane CrasherrnVHdrt of the whole Canadian Rhee and - .TtoBertsori hsve the exchequer, Richard A. But along with South Korean demands to withdraw Allied forces from Korea. "With an investment of 125.-000 battle casualties, the United States isn't about to withdraw from Korea," the U.S. source T"1"" " Said". '.The moral principle is too strong. Rhee is going to have to put up with American soldiers in his country until we feel the situation is safe enough to withdraw." The United States has about 500,000 men in the Far East ; ion K-'Ktem and "those taxes been meeting secretly. The U.S. ler. EDMONTON 0) An RCAF Butler will preside at cabinet assistant secretary of state is in Korea as a representative of arc found to be restrictive "ir effects upon productive prise will either be abollsh- meetings, the first of which has President Eisenhower and is at been called for Monday pre tempting to convince Rhee that Ir reduced in rate as a stlmu- sumably to discuss the sudden an armistice is necessary. Bible Kissing Protested by B.C Lawyers turn of events. helicopter today evacuated to Smith River, B.C., three Americans who survived a crash of their light plane Tuesday in the timbered and mountainous wilds of northeastern British Columbia. TVi.i nion won, roiinrfprf In ornrwl An American source said the greater production effort." Low said the tax proposals effect "an immediate re- policy under which goods will be exchanged between nations on a basis of mutual advantage to all and through which the production of the world will be made available to feed and bless all humanity." Mr. Low said the proposal of Progressive Conservative leader ) v.y 7 -x.' if Lord Salisbury, lord president U.S. probably could guarantee to defend Rhee's country, but of the council, will aid in matters of foreign policy. now. Most of them are in i m In the cost-of-living of that Elsenhower wasn't going Korea. Jf.ss than 15 per cent." y would abolish all present Playing Into Communist Hands s tax, except the two per cent niiumn w nc condition - The trio then left, for Fort !t sef n of thf Canadian Association wante he 153 Bar pro-southeast, Nelson, B.C., miles to the Mure of Ug the Bible before aboard an air force nk-t ' j testifying by witnesses in court Churchill's temporary retirement after many years of service means that the top two men in British life are out of action. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, Churchill's right-hand man, is in Boston recuperating from a series of . gall-bladder operations. vhich suports old age pen-. snd there would be fur-teductlon In personal ln-laxes. with an increase In George Drew for a tax reduction of $500,000,000 "is quite possible and practical," but that it could not be accomplished by the "orthodox" means which the Progressive Conservatives would use, without reducing present services or impairing the defence The plane crashed Tuesday on sanitary. iii'fsent exemptions. a 4,000-Ioot mountain plateau The annual convention of the tier the party's financial 32 miles east of Smith River. What Robertson was telling Rhee, it was understood, was that by 'demanding that Allied soldiers leave Korea and by instigating incidents agaijist the United States, he was playing right into the hands of the Communists. "The Communists hold the whip now. When Rhee turned loose those 27,000 anti-Commu . . . ST. LAURENT winds up first tour St. Laurent Closes First Election Tour y, said Mr. Low, a national litary authority would exer- section here Friday approved a resolution urging enactment of legislation abolishing the Bible kissing. "They will play this record at long as they feel it Is doing them any good," a state department source said. "It is much more important for the Reds to split the West than get an armistice. If they think they have really driven 3 wedge between the United States and the Republic of Korea, they might stall a truce indefinitely. "What difference does it make to them if they kill another 10,000 Chinese?" "We Social Crediters can show ull control over the issue of y and credit under a spe- Mr. Drew and the government Aboard the plane, on a business flight from Vancouver, Wsh., to Fairbanks, Alaska, were James Kelly, Vancouver, pilot; Norval Foster, Vancouver, exactly how, by wise manage The resolution said the main ment and through our Social objection to kissing the Book is that it's unsanitary, especially in nist prisoners, he gave the Reds Credit financial proposals, we can reduce taxes by $500,000,000 policy laid down by Parlla- I "iioy would be issued at a I necessary ":to insure con-4 expansion of production I ronsumntion:" credit "on the opportunity to stall off & truce signing as long as they HAMILTON (CP)Prime Minister St. Laurent Friday night wound up an Ontario tour in a year without in any way reduc Bullet Kills Soldier During Mock Battle CALGARY (CP) Ptc. Kenneth Charles, 19, of Fort Vermilion. Alta., was killed by a bullet Thursday night during a training exercise at the Sarcee artillery range southwest of here desire. terms I his Au8' 10 election campaign ing present social security payments or essential services, or in any way impairing the defence ble and reasonable Should Show More Respect and headed casiwara. ne win spend the week-end at his sum large cities where thousands of witnesses kiss the same copy. William A. Shultz, chairman of the administration of criminal Justice committee, suggested witnesses might simply hold the Bible when they take the oath. Others opposed the resolution. Douglas Brown of Vancouver said witnesses are more liable to tell the truth if they kiss the Book. Robertson' and Rhee probably co-pilot: and D. L. Dutton, Portland, Ore. India Won't Send Troops NEW DELHI (Rcutcrsi Prime Minister Nehru said today India will not send troops to supervise a Korean truce until conditions are "ripe" there for effort" He said the Liberal government has been "notoriously loose antl wasteful," and, by its taxa mer home in St. ratncK, wue., then leave for a swing next week through the Atlantic prov Pte. Charles was a member of inces tion policies, has "seriously un- Speaking Friday night to. a'dermined the spirit of indepen- the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light cathering .aboard a cruise ship dence of the whole people, ed States in its anti-truce campaign. In fact, Rhee has implied that the U.S. was being pressured into its present stand by he other United Nations powers. As a result, government sources tend to treat the truce crisis in terms of South Korea and the United States, which ts furnishing the vast majority of foreign troops. will be able to agree on a formula to settle the differences between their two countries. But Robertson was going to have to talk turkey to Rhee about showing a little -more respect for the flag that already saved his country once. The Rhee government has aimed specifically at the Unit Army authorities here said them to function peacefully. 1 .;t be given to agriculture and ii-itry to finance efficient f action of goods required by people; basic interest rates id be reduced; lower down front and interest rates fl be given to home builders; public debt would be syste-J ''ally reduced, f -nsumptlon would toe balanced! production by financing ts. Population pease Sharp KsiIlNGTON (AP) The ius bureau estimated today J the population of the fed States grew by more ; Friday the fatality occurred during a routine elementary Nehru made the statement Jewels 'Lifted' From Hotel Room upon his return from the Cor battle drill exercise. They were onation and the Commonwealth unable to give the direct cause prime ministers' talks in Lon of Charles's death, pending the don. NEW YORK (AP) A thief slipped into an unlocked hotel suite where Mrs. Raymond The armistice terms call for five-country truce commis on Lake Ontario-near Hamilton, he said Canada is anxious to get started on the St. Lawrence senway-hydro project. At Malton, 18 miles northwest of Toronto, he saw the assembly line of the CF-100 all-weather let fighter at the big A. V. Roe airplane plant, watched the making and testing of Orcnda jet engines and the final production of the engines. Mr, St. Laurent addressed about 1.000 persons in a park at Oakvllle, midway between Toronto and Hamilton. He said he does not feel the government has betrayed the trust placed in it by trie people in the 1949 Worst Flood in Century Takes Toll of 205 in South Japan' The Social Credit party favors bringing Albert natural gas to Eastern Canada, "and bringing it by an all-Canadian pipeline, provided such is economically feasible and fair to both consumers and producers." Epidemic Claims 14 Lives in Sweden STOCK HOLM CP) Fourteen persons have died in the last two days in a paratyphoid epidemic which has affected 500 persons in Sweden, the board of hcnlt.h reported today. Health officials believe the epidemic may have started from infected yeast. sion to supervise Communist Stark, daughter of the late comedienne Fanny Brice, lay sleep- findings of a court of inquiry. The exercise included the firing of live ammunition into safe areas near troops to accustom them to advancing under fire. 'All soldiers are carefuly briefed regarding the lmiits of the safety area, said a senior ing early Friday and made off with $200 in cash and Jewelry ? 2.r(W.0()0 persons from May prisoners unwilling to be repatriated, but India would be the only neutral nation to provide supervisory troops. to May this year, reaching 1 of 159,260,000. for continued showers. Two spots on northern Kyushu got valued at $40,000. All five countries India, Swe nsus bureau director Rob-W. Bunrpss sHlrl this estl- Police said apparently Mr Stark and her husband neglected to lock the door when they returned to the hotel from den, Switzerland, Poland and Czech oslovakia have already 17 inches of rain in 24 hours. Railway and other transportation facilities were paralyzed. The worst damage was in indicated the U.S. had n by 8,128,000 since the last agreed to serve on the commission. - a nightclub. "ar census April 1, 1950. Fukuoka prefecture, where the Chikugo and Yabe rivers have iternational Baseball Series Two Killed In Car-Truck Collision NANAIMO (CP) A mother and 22-year-old daughter were killed late Friday night and her 12-year-old son and two other persons were injured in a car- highlights Dominion Day Here TOKYO (AP) Muddy rivers engulfed whole villages and chased the populace to the hills and, rooftops on Kyushu Island today, as the known death toll in southern Japan's worst flood of the century reached 205. National police headquarters listed another 644 Japanese missing and 611 hurt as flood waters from a three-day cloudburst crushed dikes and swept uncontrolled over the big southern island. United States military - units pitched in with manpower, medicine, planes and boats to help feed and evacuate some 610,000 inhabitants of the stricken area. Twenty-two Inmates broken from a jail at Kurume, a city in the northern part of the Island. They were still at large. Police said the flood wrecked broken through embankments in many places. More than 40,-000 residents of Kurume city in Fuokuoka evacuated homes as the flood waters entered the city. Rural police headquarters at Fukuoka reported 192,000 acres of farmland washed away. "tlier international baseball ! Park between Terrace ana uor die Oladdlng said that "most likely" the Prince Rupert group " has been nlnnned here for don & Andersons Monday, two special nims. wui B' " .T ,,T antl July 1 when Ketchi truck collision near Parksville, NOVELTY CONTEST OPENS MONDAY IN DAILY NEWS A new contest begins in The Daily News on Monday. Called the VIP contest, the Idea Is to Identify an Important person each week through clues published each Monday in a page of advertisements by city merchants and businessmen. For the opening contest, the Jackpot is $11.55. The. winner will be selected weekly from 10 letters chosen at random from entris, which must be in The Daily News office by 11 a.m. each Friday. - If the winner has a sales slip from one of the advertisers attached to his entry, he (or she) wins the jackpot. If not, the prize Is only $5. If the jackpot is not won one week, it carries over to the next. WnrM Series" ailO "lU(Mlie WllUieui XJaocutu. - stars meet Prince Rupert 23 miles north cf here. elation. Players in an evening and Dead are Mrs. Paddy Edwards, Years in Baseball" will be shown by the Prince Rupert & District Baseball Association in the Civic The films are considered among the best baseball action 44, of Parksville, and her daughter, Mrs. Melvin Rees, Victoria Dominion Day event, irnoon return match to complete fc series will be played in Ket-j'-an July 3 and 4. pictures ever shown, snow time Centre', whose husband was reported to The films have been obtained j Is 8 p.m. -WEATHER- Forecast Variable cloudiness today and Sunday. Little change la temperature. Light winds. Low tonight and high Sunday at Port . Hardy and Sandsplt, 50 and 60; Prince Rupert, 50 and 65. Tuesdav's and Wednesday s have been the driver of the car He was injured. Police reported the car had at least $33,000,000 worth of games are expected to be stiff contests. Ketchikan's ball club is reported to be of special calibre this season. by the B.C. governing oooy 01 amateur baseball which the Prince Rupert Association has applied to join. City baseball commissioner Ed- "nee Rupert won the trophy year. :anwhiye, a week's schedul-'wseball begins Sunday with "Oub!e-header at Roosevelt buildings and farmlands. smashed headlong into a park ed truck. The week-end forecast was