) . j PROVINCIAL LIBRARY Borrows 111 PROVINCIAL tI3rAH 113 -TIDES VICTORIA, B. C. r(,a).. April 25, 1U53 )lr s aiiiard Tim CO Daily 17 2 feet 18 7 feet 6 8 ffft 67 feet 11.20 23.34 5:21 17.24 VDelh Delivery Phone 81 X. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPIB Published or Canada's Mor Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, th Key to tha Great Northwest" VOL. XL1I, No. 98 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.. FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1953 PRICE FIVE CENTS " "l,'7'"T-' """" " T" 1 , X .1 ft Ddds&si I I May 9 Is Deadline Set by Post Office The last chance for Prince Rupert residents to get door-to-door mail delivery by early summer is being offered by the Postal Department. fx (t 0f It' f ; Struck by Night Raiders Jack Burgess, city post mast- 0 er, said today he has been ad h It MIUKS have brought destruction to Drtikhobor communities in British Columbia, Here, lMiirtuIf. his lather unci cnuuren sua;y examine viic ruins 01 incir new nuine aes-luni'K rms'11- I" lhe Pi"t fortnight 21 homes and buildings have been destroyed by ,nmii,K raiders In the little settlemer jr, of Appledale and Olade. 40 miles northwest ,n Tl.c B C. government has offered rewards for the arrest and conviction of the bdicvcd to I member of the Radical Son of Freedom, fanatical Doukliobor sect Hospital Insurance Under Study vised by authorities that letter carrier service will commence June 15 If BO per cent of resi-iences and business houses are equipped with mall receptacles by May 9. Mr. Burgess will make another survey beginning May and report his findings to headquarters. At present, about 73 per cent of the 2.500 places of 4 .V. -a . . - l4 jpert Misses Bet in Record urist Influx From U.S.' 1 - 1 call are properly equipped. The cniin Prew ' T f ft.,.,. t . .i ' &A r. r nunl I tMstfAr 4 A 4 . when I complete my survey ! VICTORIA Hospital next month, tt will not be before ' ; ..i ...us-u I b. Canadian National Railway. treul. ' But we can't tell them !..... ...ll .l U- , M IJ..UIUIVL HHl,tv, ' too much becuuse of lack of In benefit the people,;, oe reconsiaereo, saia jvir. our- win gess. quoting a letter from Van- i are reported by Premier jH 4 iiiflux of tourtnU : is exw'ted this year! orlation of fh'laU and i tlus "easy money" in be left in Prince dt) ':. share Kil l going ly n luii(e an It rould pasM'nger officials said here yesterday. . "We are getting many Inquiries dally atxiut Prince Rupert and lis facilities from tourists," said O. A. Trudeau, general passenger traffic manager of Mon- Reason 80 per cent of all j Kpnnptr. ti tr under POV- TWO MEMBERS OF THE RCAF Thunderblrd Squadron pause along the bleak, rocky and wind-swept shore of the island of Shemya In the Aleutians. Shemya serves as a maintenance and refuelling stop on the North Pacific route of the Korean airlift. , Rupert-Ketchikan Barge Service Challenged by American Firms formation. "ljick of accommodation In Rupert is a major drawback In attracting tourists to your city. More modern hotel accommodation would do a lot for Rupert In the tourist field, said George L. Bryson. passenger traffic manager for the CNR In Chicago. Mr. Bryson said American tourist are "very interested" In points .of delivery must be properly equipped with receptacles is that all mail must be safeguarded. The Postal Depart' ment's responsibility , for mail handling does not end until mail has been deposited in a safe receptablc. emment study. He declined to elaborate, but said BCHI8 1952-53 operations, which ended March 31 have resulted In an accumulation of the largest surplus ever recorded. The Premier did ndt release any figures or details, but there WARSNIP RIVER BRIDGE spml to The Daily News j f erence in time and rates be- ( merce. kfattie " FOUr American I tween the Ketchikan-Rupert and I A temporary barge slip already Ketchikan-Seattie water hauls. , completed in Prince Rupert will CARRIED AWAY BY ICE railroads and a tug company have joined forces to offer a rail CANT LEAVE MAIL northern British Columbia. "They PntMnen cannot leave mail on I have been reports the govern- Rail freight rates from points , accommodate small tour-car east to Seattle and to Rupert I barges. A permanent slip to are identicaL handle 14-16 cars on a barge is Fear that Rupert would take j planned. ? mnc n( tV.it A 1 o c Ira kuulnoea frnm Tnniiminitinn nf tHt TClinpH.-. view this part of the country barge service to Ketchikan, Alaska, from Tacoma, Wash., in competition witn a similar the porch of a house, or any-lnt is considering Institution where not considered safe. "Incentive plan" to reward with awe and arc anxious to see "h IalUlIully pay And once letter carrier scr-:?1"6 service to be Inaugurated this I Seattle and other Puget Sound Ketchikan service is awaiting r GKOKGE O The Parsnip River bridge on the l.irt Highway was carried ay by Ire Wednesday, oil traffic between, here and Dawson Creek, Alaska, 'r'.ii until next Tuesday at the earliest. ? of ice furred the centre span of the temporary c out ol place just before small truck was about to mp.ira.-y deck will be laid on the permanent bridge month-end between Prince Ru t A reduction In premiums Is vice has been established, general delivery service at the Post it. "Many this year have booked round trips on the Prince George, also on the triangle trip from Vancouver by ship, then ! ports was expressed recently by completion in the near future of pert and Ketchikan. the Seattle Chamber of Com-' the barge slip at Ward's Cove. :lso considered a distinct possl-"btlity, but official sources are The move is a frank attempt to keep the Alaska freight busi Office will terminate, said Mr. Burgess. . Parcel post delivery will go ,?not commenting on this phase. Here's how the incentive plan ness- for American railroads and V i.g buiit kI ll ic am Kite. : 'from Prince Ruoert by train. j.lTTKUTIONS M:KUKU j - But in order to keep a tour- i 1st for a few days, more and Puget Sound ports, charging that Prince Rupert, only 90 into effect at the same time as:probaby wouid operate: iheJl "i06. r'"L : P"sons who have paid prem-handled here by a private con- , f ld pan Dies After Leap ;beiter accommodation would be iven "paid up" insurance cred miles from Ketchikan compared with Seattle's 700 miles, has opened "an active campaign" to take the business away from Manitoba election da te day before b.c vote WINNIPEG Premier D. L. Campbell today announced the provincial election will be held June 8. The election falls between two other provincial votes previously -announced Nova Scotia on May 26 and 'British Columbia, June 9. its. ' Person who had paid one tractor. There will be no change In pick up of outgoing mail from street post boxes. i : . 1 ONE DELIVERY DAILY. The post master advises all I required here." he said, empha-jsling that a resort hotel Including sightseeing, fishing and hunting facilities would be a Seattle.-'.-.--: year's premiums may be granted m Flaming Apartment Co-operating in the proposed credit of one month's premium service are the Foss Launch 8i paid up or it might be two j major attraction. month's credit." " following the fire which5 Accompanying Mr. Trudrau ' residents to begin having their A. C. Li ma" addressed to their street JVIR ff An aoart- shock Thus a person could build up , ' , k. ..( ., At thn three-.storev brick and and Mr. Bryson were "credits" and eventually get Tog Company of Tacoma, the Great 'Northern- Railway, the Northern Pacific, the Milwaukee Road, and the Union Pacific Railroad. Paul Pearson, general manager .iwepi bvfire In 'Wood Mount Crown apartment ; Warner, general pasM.-imer agent k..,ih v......,r ,ui hHiiriiiiir a third was treated for , of Vancouver; J. T. Whiteford, paid up credit equal to one year's premiums. Parents Held After Police Find Bodies of 4 Children The plan would be the gov mtht and one of the burns, but was not admitted. i(d after Jumping to' Laura Dingwall. 50. died 2'i to r:,cupe the flames. hours after leaping some 40 feet , . ... .,, to the street. Death came at ernment's answer to those who address now, so it oeeomcs a habit." . There will be one delivery a day for residential areas and two one in the morning for business district. An attempt will be made to have all morning mail for business firms delivered by 10 a.m., j said Mr. Burgess. have criticized authorities for of the tug company, said the group has established a "joint rate" on machinery being shipped from eastern states for the manager passenger service rjur-cau of Montreal; and W. O. Connolly, passenger traffic manager. Winnipeg. They have been on a month's tour of the CNR's rail and steamship facilities. All officials said they would welcome publicity pamphlets In mi norm Vancouver unroi nv- I .tal with burns QUEBEC CP Bodies of four i were identified as those of Rene, children, slain with an axe. were 6; Louisette, 7; Nicole, 5; and failing . to enforce premiums, payments and cancelling arrears of delinquents. shc worked as a . pital. where multi-million dollar pulp mill being built at Ward's Cove, near found in blood-soaked bedSiGaetan, 3. to building, which A crowd gathered to watch as i nurse jn Workers contained 17 Ketchikan. Businesses, however, m.iy suites and a store. cluding a map of this area. These the bodies of the children, pack- "Goods will move through on would dibuled-and choose delivery either by carHer ed in a large aluminum box, were taken away. lone bill of lading," Pearson said. Thursday and police are holding their father as a material witness. . Solicitor-general Rlvard said Oeorges Hebert, 45-year-old tile and cement worker, described read with much interest. boxes. Rent on the boxes will be i "Joint rates are being estab Some publicity would do KU- doubled after carrier service has 2nd Canadian Released By Koreans er to Cut geDemands been established. lished now on machinery only, because that is what wiU be I needed during the first year the pert a lot of good," said Mr. Trudeau. who also heads the CNR's eastern tourist information I P TO PEOPLE is estimated at $100 000. The fire started In a garbage chute In the basement of the .ipartmciit building and at one lime Humes shot as high as 35 tret In ttiC air. Caretaker F.d Plrie said hs believed the blaze started from a smouldering cigarette aeridently wrapped In garbage thrown down A background of quarrelling in the Hebert home was dug up by police in their investigation Newspaper Best by neighbors as a "quiet" man has made statements to police which are to be produced as evi "It is up to the people here i mill is under construction. I "But this is only the beein- if they want carrier delivery Mr. Bivson of Chicago said this summer. It would have been dence at a coroners inquest today. one of the greatest attractions ' VI I; o BtrikinK ' Iters Thursday offered 4 cir ge demands! by & at-, liniir tn vnllln Ihr tourist-wise In B.C. nortnwesi here much earlier had the requirements of receptacles been Hebert was picked up in a PANMUNJOM Ji The United nillg The service can be ex-Nations today sought an indc- j panded as conditions require." finite extension of the exchange , A new barge which can carry of sick and wounded prisoners gQ railroad cars will be used In of the Korean war. j the operation. The Reds have returned 500 , Thn nnlv nlace the baree can the chute. was big game and fishing. A few years ago he directed a Riinmean ambassador to the Eric Moxan. describing how he and others used a piece of can downtown tavern by provincial police shortly after the battered bodies of the children were found in his three-room apartment in Quebec West. His wife, who is pregnant, is also being U.S. on a hunt In the Smlthers Allied prisoners, as scheduled. ided is Tacoma," Pearson vas as a "fire net" to try to save f I lie -up of four cleva-T and a fifth at New U'r '!Tiipxr, siwkesman for hmnd companies, said t'd a letter from E. C. orpn met with sooner, " said Mr. Burgess. Last survey was taken April 18. when the number of proper mail slots or boxes totalled 73 per cent. The postal department is ready to go Into action, but Mr. They have received 2,499 com-isald Miss Diiiswall. said: He was Prince Michael Sturdza munist disabled, including iuu "We didn't quite get under The Rupert-Ketchlkan barge nf H.mearv. who with his wire, held as a material witness. For Advertising VANCOUVER (CP) As an ad vertising medium, newspaper have the jump on radio sta tlons, in the opinion of Van couver's official traffic com mission. "There's no doubt about it. said Traffic Supt. Gordon Am brose. "newspapers have a muc greater audience than the radi stations." Ambrose said the commissiu is "not getting to the people her. Just broke her fall. The Chinese, at the rate of 500 a day except for today, when one service was originally planned for transporting machinery and The bodies, their heads spent several days on the hunt, returning with the biggest moose "leriiauonal represen- other four who Jumped hit the smashed beyond recognition. canvas.1 ! the CIO Grain Workers Much promised a 7-i- equipment from eastern states over the Canadian National ever shot In northern o. THIPK HOOKED Burgess stated he would consider further applications for positions as letter carriers. Troops Return ! pay bKist for the P hiiiHllers. Railways system to Prince Rupert, then by car barge to Ward's Cove. Churchill Mr Warner said all but the first and sailing of the i,.inrv r.eoree coastal luxury North Korean refused to return. Second Canadian to be repatriated was Included in the latest exchange of prisoners. He is Private Arthur J. Baker of Montreal, member of the Royal 22nd Regiment, who was captured while defending Little Gibraltar 17 months ago. SEATTLE 0 Biggest contili Ji'iu hud asked for a 12',, ; ' fise The old hourly gent of . Canadian troops to re After the pulp mill is com i K,u,lrnrl III 11(1- Jl.ftO. turn from the Far East, arrived Knighted pleted, the pulp is to be shipped -WEATHER- Synopsis A major Pacific storm lies off : ier said iic union also with its two radio programs. His comments were mac Wednesday as the commissic here Thursday aboard the transport Marine Lynx, through Prince Rupert to the States and regular freighting of other commodities also is plan i cruise snip wnv Ivaocc. Mr Whiteford said the CNR fwlll retain the six-day train ser-hi-tween here and Jasper. By Queen shore 700 miles west of the Queen Baker. 31. was on the list of 16 .Most of the 1.093 Canadians discussed ways and moans Charlotte Islands and is moving soldiers revealed as captives of are members of the Royal Can- J getting word of traffic enforet ned by the ONR. slowly northeast. the Communists by the first IONDON (CP)-The to-1 .,,,, passengers were not adian Regiment's first battalion, ment changes before the publi The plan is based on the dif- The Quel Queen knlgntnooa icnlKhlhor Gale warnings are out for the Canadian released. Lance-Cor-Doral Paul Ducal of Quebec City. day conferred on. umerouSi a gubstanUal increase Prime Minister Churchill in- gpen m mRii and express over vesting him with the Insignia of i northern main line, he said. .. ... V . rrL. riMftnn nf TI1A n 111. drop demands for f Pay for dust work If t iMies agreed to two ad-i iid stptutory holidays. ' shift differential of hourly, double time v ork and a schedule PlHcations. I'nuwnieji previously I" mi these points with fi'tion of job classlflca- ! north coast as the front approaches, but effects on the south coast will be much weaker. Baker said he received gooo hosDital treatment during his Canada Gets Tangled in Time When Clocks Change on Sunday me uarn'r. ine uiu T)ie j,us service lo sraiuicrs. Garter is the highest of all or- ! pruy discontinued, will captivity. oers oi niiiuwuu, v Forecast North coast region Gale warning continued. Sunny in the southern part until noon, otherwise mostly resume in June, ne saiu. Concerning new passenger equipment for the Prince Rupert rs are studying the lino. Mr. Whiteford said 100 new Derby Tickets Now Available ject to local regulation. But sequently many cities adopte overcast today. Intermittent The Prime Minister now win be styled "Sir Winston Churchill KG." Churchill thus accepted an honor he declined when it was offered to him by the late King Oeorge VI In July. 1945. At Windsor Castle tonight the Oueen formally touched Chur '"opusitlon, which tol f" B,;llli workers' rejec f '''mipany offer Wednes sleeping car units had been ordered for delivery in 1954 "and this line will get its share." Welcomed here by Ken Rob-.rtsnn. local passenger agent. Entry tickets for the first an rain beginning in the northern part near noon and spreading to the southern part this evening. Cloudy with showers Saturday. Milder. Wind southeast 25, In . f ;"''' disputed issues Canada gets tangled in time again this week-end as the daylight time system slips in for the summer. In most areas the clocks' will be moved ahead one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday April 26. but enough regions stay on the standard system to cause confusion. Two provinces Prince Ed nual Rupert Rod & Gun Club Spring Salmon Derby which opens Sunday are available at the following downtown and the group visited several points a government order based on a 1952 plebiscite which strongly favored putting the clock ahead. New Brunswick Jumps the gun on the rest of the country as the hands of the clock are moved ahead on April 25 and set back again on September 27. Prior to the Second World War daylight time in Canada was a matter of local regulation. In 1942 , it was made obligatory on all 'municipalities throtighmit the year. Three years later the chill on the snouioer w --- . including the Colum 'JitraMon. J Decontrol I Chanqed sword as he Kneii oe- "";. , Co. Ltd. M nnin pulp mil mill golden creasing in the northern part In the late afternoon to southeast 40, shifting to southwest 25 In lbla Cellulose fast tune from the end of Apr to the end of September. Railways and airlines hold 1 the old system to avoid' muddle: schedules while bus lines switc ' to daylight time in most region. In New York, things got evei more confusing as commute trains adopt the daylight sched ule but Interstate trains remali on stnnriRrd time. Station au thorities "help" - travellers by equipping all clocks with twe hour bands. waterfront places: Iore ner- , .,! lot Port Edward Kaien Hardware (Joe Scott) the evening. Wind Saturday Churchill dec nea " f V were interested in Prince Ull(.:i ua nuw " - - wACK,B.C.Decon- ward Island and Alberta forbid any changes, but most provinces leavii the decision to meuvuiuttl communities. Daylight time is province-wide Ui British Columbia under which had political auacn-ments. It waa offered on recom- Prima Minister win noi iase Sports Shop, Gordon's Hardware, downtown; Yucht Club, J. Clausen & Son, and Bacon Fisheries, Cow Bay. (see erlitr story, paije 6) southerly 15. Low tonight and high Saturday at Port Hardy, 42 and b2: Sandsplt and Prince Kupert, 42 and 02. Rupert's museum, having reao a story on its problems. They agreed the museum could be developed into an "outstanding tourist attraction." fc'y l. Agricultural Mln- order was revoked and Canada reverted to standard time, sub- ?neth Kiernan said onlAtlee whose Labor party had r j just won post-war election.