'-'a . . MM 53 LI2.iA.il -ST TIDES 31 . toy, riovcuivci , VICTSiUA, s. c. .... KAY jjlc Standard Time) DaiW Delivery 1:22 20.8 feet 13:08 23.8 feet .... 7:06 6.7 leet 19:50 0.9 leet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XLII. No. 270 PRINCE RUPBRT, B.C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1953 PRICE FIVE CENTS Phone 81 V Ddd isfe, S From 1 1 A -; JapM Hi IMi . Holy Land Shivers, ".V - Suez Traffic Slowed By Reutera NtMs Agency Gales and snowstorms struck from the Far East to the normally-sunny Mediterranean area today, bringing a death toll of at least nine in Egypt and -V- inflicting heavy damage. In Japan a blizzard blocked roads and disrupted communications in many areas of Hokkaido and the main bland of Honchu. The Middle East was gripped I in the onslaught of abnormally-early winter. j I r ! , . " TKJ -'"'hlflir irr-iliilllf rifirTiTlfrii'l'-.linrilllTlllTll inn ill ii II I r - - -i mil i T" Pulp Workers Voteion Pact This i Week-end Members of Local 708. Inler-nuounl Brotherhood of Puip, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers l AFL-TLC ) , employed at the Watson Island plant of the Columbia Cellulose Co. Ltd., will vote this weekend on a wage formula already agreed upon by management of . nine Pacific coast pulp mills and union representatives. The proposed agreement offers the workers an across-the- The first November snow in Syria's history almost isolated Damascus Thursday ni-;ht and blocked all major roads. Thos in the Holy Land shivered in their tents. Heavy snow was reported in the mountain areas of Cyprus, for the second night in succession. Snow docs not normally fall in Cyprus until the end of December. Alexandria harbor was closed to shipping when a northwest-' eriy gale lashed Egypt's Mediterranean seaboard and the Nile delta Thursday night. Traffic through the Suez Canal was delayed. HOUSES COLLAPSE Nine persons were killed anu THREE GOOD LITTLE GIRLS hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil as they Indulge in light-hearted monkeyshines aboard a moon-shaped water ski on Lake Eloise at Cypress Gardens,' Fla. They are (left to right) Shirley Sibre, Rhoda Pickett, and Jean Nathey. board wage increase of live .. ' ". r. 'k ' 1 - - ... II 1a i i mi l mill cents an hour retroactive o July 1, 1953; two more cents an hour effective Dec. 1, and a final two cents an hour May 1, 1954...U also gives mechanics in U.S. Bid For Peace Talks Plan Answered by Red Harangue jFUN FOR YOUNG I RY is all wrapped up In this book being presented to the Patroness ol Canada Book Week, Mrs. Hugh John Flemming, wife ol New Brunswick's premier. The written and presented by Dr. Desmond Pacey, U.N.B. professor, is "Hippity Hobo and the 25 injured when two houses two categories three cents an hour more and offers workers an additional "floating" holiday with pay to be taken by pica) of the fare available lor young readers at Prince Rupert's public library. Young PANMUNJOM (AP) Com-1 munist diplomats fired a stream of abuse today at United States ambassador Arthur H. Dean, in a Book Week ends Sunday and in this city, dozens of youngsters are keeping their fingers Soviet officers "participated in ; your side on military, tank and the interrogation and the ob- anti-aircraft matters. Machine-, taining of forced confessions" guns and other equipment "were from Allied war prisoners and captured from your side with Russian experts "were advising Russian lettering." the worker at a time suitable kl pending announcement of the winner of the local book week contest. collapsed during the Alexandria, storm. An icy 70-mile-an-hour wind ripped off rooftops, uprooted trees and paralyzed streetcar and bus services in lower Egypt, stead of answering his repeated to him and the company. Some 400 members of Local 708 will take part In the referendum ballot following a union demands to explain their "fuzzy plan for neutrals to attend the stal Officials Here Prepare traditional land of sunshine. H r. nf V,a T oninn A.iHI. Korean peace conference. Dean said the Red "harangue" probably Is just a stall' until Peiping or Moscow send orders. Dean said today's, sub-qommittee tr,ys AO V.n,,,.D GirDna U r c hart niauiv un i-ov CU tUI TU 4 iVI IS I J. 1 Bill V. 1111) ltU ueiivery ot innsimas man night and morning fogs for 15 session on composition and site votes, additional balloting will take place at the Metrflpote HaiL between, J p.m. ami 8 p.m.. Won-; : aay. '. : - ; ! r ;: ' could be written off "as a kind TWINS' TASTE IN GLOVES BRINGSfRECOVERY OF RING VERNON,' N.Y. (AP) A girl has recovered a lost ring because sh $nd,.tter tyin brother liavt "thJ sdihe taste in i gloves.' . ' f . '' . , :"',. . h. Florence Montgomery tried on a pair of gloves in a store last year, intending to purchase them for her brother James. She chose another article and then discovered she had lost v her rihg., V- .. ' ,1;' ' .-V :',:;:.; i- , , .James" entered the store Tuesday and1 tried on the same pair of gloves. He fouhd' the ring"inslde. . ' services ure being into high gear as the s rush draws closer. of zero." Another sub-committee 1" Ill Jlvfl 4' 'V, Burgess, providing that full addresses are placed on all parcels, letters and Christmas cards. Mr. Burgess said that each postman or carrier will be al- this first year ol carrier no difficulties are nn-by postmaster Jack rr IHING SUIT. "TOO GOOD GETTING ATTENTION wofking ori. a starting date , reported no ' progress. ..However, both are scheduled to meet again Saturday.' ,. , , , : The Communist plan calls for "on-belligerent powers to attend the conference without a vote on major issues. They apparently abandoned early demands that some non-belligerents have full participation, a plan exactly opposite the United Nations proposal for a meating of only those countries which fought in Korea. MAY COMPROMISE However, Dean's pressure on the Reds to give details of their proposal, he is the UN spokes- Health Plan . Now Covers Polio Cases The Columbia Cellulose Company today announced an addition has been made to the non-contributory group benefit plan to cover workers and their families if they contact polio. W. C. R. Jones, manager of the Watson Island plant, said Government Has No Plans For Coast Guard Service days and daytime fop for a week, beating a 12-day record in 1951. ., ' ' Fog delayed early flights today from ! London ; airports to Paris, Nice, Brussels and Rome.1 Incoming services were also held Up. . . ; I , i ..I ; , ,, v,..;: , i : " '.j Aid. Currie . Enters Contest Entries in tije aldermanic race In the Dec. 10 civic election were boosted to six today when the oldest active alderman in Canada announced he would seek re-election. Alderman John Currie, 83-year-old Nova Scotlan, left his native province in 1890 to come to Prince Rupert and since then he has served on the city council five times. When the first Prince Rupert council came into effect in 1910, John Currie was one of the first school trustees. P-'S ANGELES (API Everybody looked when pretty Mrs. Jia C. Muncy stepped out of a Santa Monica pool. They (again. Then Mrs.' Muncy looked too. f iat she saw, she said in a suit Wednesday asking lotted an assistant and it is expected that between 15 and 20 extra persons will be employed to help sort mall for the Yulctide pericd. . He warned that tomorrow Is ; th last day for posting par rels to the; United Kingdom If they are to reach there before Dec. 25. Other deadlines are: U.S. and Newfoundland, Dec. 8; New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, Dec. 10: Ontario and Quebec, Dec. 12; Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Dec. 11; British Columbia, Dec. 15, and Prince Rupert, Dec, 17. The postmaster also pointed out that the rate lor Christmas cards, in unsealed envelopes, is two cents, anywhere, provided there are no more than five words of greeting on the card. He said that spot checks are made to ensure that persons don't use greeting cards to send their annual Christmas letter to people they only write to onre every year. To insure that Christmas OTTAWA Transport Min f damages, was that her bathing suit "became trans- the addition covers all employ f and pervious to light" after contact with water, fie has sued the garment manufacturer, claiming she was N to public gaae and ridicule, and sulfcred extreme rassment and shock. ces who nave completed tnree man, inaicai.es me Aiues migno ister Chevrier said Thursday in the Commons that the government has no plans for a coast guard on the west coast. He was aked by Colin Cameron (CCF-Nanaimo) : "As we are dependent upon the United States Coast Guard for a sea rescue on months continuous employment be willing to compromise. Dean said the Communists would not answer his repeated requests that they explain to him 'simply, clearly and specifically" ,S. Makes Second Request with the company. The benefit plan was put into effect at the plant in September,, 1951. A company statement said: "Expenses to the extent of $5,000 will be made should a for the establishment of a coast guard service on the Pacific Coast in the near future?" Mr. Chevrier replied "... I do not think it is accurate to say that we have no service on the west coast. On the contrary, we have two mbdern life-saying stations on that coast, on Van-, qouver Island, with two modem boats operating at pretty fast speeds. Then, over and above that, we have a voluntary service covering the whole of the west coast of Vancouver Island. Under the circumstances, I do not think I can answer the last part of my honorable friend's the coast of British Columbia, has the government any plans what observers would do at the conference. Interview Igor Gouzenko Possessing a wide experience in case of polio be suffered by n civic affairs he served on the H I N O T O N (CP) Tho Youth Pleads Guilty to Car Theft Charge States Senate Internnl view Gouzenko. who has livd in secret under Canadian government protection since he testified at the 1948 spy trials. ty Sub-c.omnilttre is Instead, they delivered a "long, abusive, ill-tempered harangue . . . and attacked me for being a war-monger, having lack of faith, and trying to postpone the political conference" "They warned me that under no circumstances was I again to refer to the USSR as not a neutral." Dean said he answered that cards for local delivery reach their destination it is essential that correct street and house number are on the envelopes as the postal clerks will not be able "to give directory service" W a reply ,om the Can- employee, his wife or one of his children. "This plan already provides free life insurance, accident and dismemberment, sickness, hospital and surgical benefits." Many Atteftd question in the affirmative." "vernmcni to a second When the first request was refused, Ottawa said Gouzenko city council from 1914-16, 1918 to 20, in 1923, for six months before the commissioner, W. J. Alder, came to Prince Rupert in 1936 and on the 1951-53 council. Also seeking re-election are Aldermen Mike Krueger, H. F. Glassey and George B Casey. Two other candidates have announced their intention of hud clven all the information WEATHER North W permission to lnter-r Gouzenko In their drive against spy sus- ''ko. former rude clrrk SovH rmbassv In Ot- Gale Coast Region: during the rush period, Mr. Burgess said. Parcels should nut only be tied securely with good string Bruce Beverly Eliot, 23, pleaded guilty before Magistrate W. D. Vance in police court this morning to theft of the Northland Dairy truck on November 12. He was remanded for sentence until November 28, or oooner. The truck was stolen from Second Avenue and found at Spence's he could. Thursday In the House of Commons External Affairs Minister Pearson said it was un-lii-riv his Boveinment would warning. but should be packed solidly in runnine. J. W. Pruskv and Aueust tirnviriofi f......ii rn CPR Vessel In Trouble side, he said. Iho udtlress should j Tallin. Anderson Funeral Rites g .. v. ,iuiuui,!l H IfMfi iiiiH lOIA .,ltl. be written or printed clearly lum nun "on about r In thr mavnriiltv race two preferably on a label, on the 1Can:if!a niiv. o,,i. .,... VANCOUVER The Cana- Bridge, dian Pacific Steamship Princess Also in police court William Cloudy today with rain beginning by noon. Cloudy with showers Saturday. Milder tonight. Winds light, Increasing to southeast 35 this afternoon, shifting to southerly 25 this evening and decreasing. Low tonight and high Saturday at Port Hardy, 42 and 50; Sandsplt and Prince Rupert, 40 and 48. change Its position unless the U.S. request contained new information. "EMBARRASSING" . The new request is "highly embarrassing" to the Canadian government, Homer Bigart, New York Herald Tribune correspondent here, said in a dis Jja turned clown the sub- urenville Court Chapel was filled to capacity Wednesday afternoon for the funeral service Es first rcnuest lust of Alberni was taken in tow by j Mutch was fined $330, costs or in the tug Island Sovereign Thurs-j default three months In jail, day night after an engine break- j after he pleaded guilty to being down on the west coast of Van- I in possession of unsealed liquor, couver Island. to wit home brew. permission to inter- men, Mayor Whalen and George Hills, have announced their intention of campaigning. A meeting of the newly-formed voters' organization established along the lines of the former Non-Partlsan Association will be held tonight at 7:30 at the Civic Centre. Election of officers will be held and plans for a civic election campaign discussed. Rites Held centre of the parcel with return address in the upper left hand corner. The postmaster also suggested that persons with lengthy Christmas card lists avoid the near-Christmas rush by buying large : blocks of stamps well ahead of time and thereby save lining up at the wickets. Telkwa Boys Face County Court Trial For False Alarm SMITHERS Two Telkwa Legionnaire rites were cnnriiir.t- B.C. Man Who Rescued Mountie From Canyon Receives AAedal '"Dbcis of the Canadian Ihere yesterday afternoon for Alfred Anderson, 62-year-old pioneer fisherman of Prince Rupert who died last Saturday aboard the Princess Norah. Rev. H. O. Olsen of St. Paul's Lutheran church conducted the ceremony, attended by members of the Sons of Norway lodge, of which Mr. Anderson had been a member, and many c'.ty oicl-timers. Pallbearers were H. Hagcn, '. Peterson, H. Helland, ME. Berg, A. Hendrikson and H. Eriksen. Burial was in the Sons of Norway plot at Fairview cemetery. patch published today in ius paper. Bigart's dispatch said the Canadian government in turn has made "verbal representations to the United States concerning recent breaches of security by Washington." Bigart said Canada "was vexed" by the release byj the Senate sub-committee this Week nf confidential information ouicsple, veteran t-m and plin(.e Rul)el.t res. . r 25 vpuc. years ,u i t -i . who died sud- 8' Saturdnv Civil Servants Get Increases youths, one a juvenile, have been committed lor trial in county court on charges of sounding a ..t., " u'- ntl ,li.t 'iralers ulot. in iru i rui.,w. ''I snrl hi.. rivpn in 1946 to FBI director 'U 'ded the Last Post. "Klein H: f..ii i - OTTAWA (CP) Salary increases affecting about 75 per cent of the plete darkness, Mr. Carpenter, a first aid attendant, asked to be lowered down by rope. As he went down rocks falling from above knocked him unconscious for a while. He was repeatedly smashed Into the rock wall as he was lowered. On reaching the river bank Mr. Carpenter swam across the 30-foot pool and with medical, supplies for the Injured constable. "Then the to men hiiKi till daylight for a stretcher to be lowered. VICTORIA The hero of a dramatic and daring rescue in northern British Columbia was presented Thursday with the Bronze Lifei Saving Medal of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Ken Carpenter of Vancouver, who was lowered 700 feet down a clllf face on tne Ne-chato River at night to rewne KCMP i:on.stiii)ie B. ii. McDonald, was presented the medal by Lieutenant-uovernor Clarer.ce Wallace at a ceremony at Government House. On Oct. 9, 1952 Constable McDonald was injured at the bottom of the Nechako River canyon near the Aluminum Company of Canada's Kenney Dam while searching for the bodies of two men who were drowned in the river. While attempting to scale the 700-foot canyon he fell about Si tent, and broke a leg and suffered other injuries. A rescue crew was toiced to work from the opposite side of the canyon due tu trie nature of tht ienuin. Despite com classified civil servants in Can uiiuwcu a In r Grenvllle Court inducted by Canon ada have been approved and will M , . ' II.UU11UCU become effective Dec. 1. Cronin Story Tonight "The Citadel," a famous story by the British rltti A. J Cronin, will be heard tonight at 8:30 on CFPR on Ford Theatre. Holly- false fire alarm. They were committed by Stipendiary Magistrate W. H. M. Collison after two eight-day remands, for the offence , which occurred in Telkwa on Hallowe'en. : Conviction on a charge of Sounding a false fire alarm carries a sentence of one year in Jail, Tlth no ultemativts line. j. Edgar Hoover by a high Canadian official who has not been Identified. Bigart's dispatch also said Canada had ben "annoyed" Hbout published reports in the US about Soviet flights over Canadian territory, regarded as secret by Canada but released by defence headquarters In 'V!isMpgon. L "csiunnalres and city The civil service commission announcement said the increas es, first since Dec. 1 1951, cover wood stars Frederic March arid I ttewit? Fred Hard'' n. M. Montgomery ! a. CaMerwoocl. 600 clusses of workers and in- Florence Elctrldge will be heard Jvolve ahout 8b,(KK) employees. m tht leading roles. "' I'.:' ' t