OkMtb I .A pp.ovi:;:iau miusY, DRUGS VICTORIA. c. DAILY DELIVERY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER b V CABS Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone 81 J DISPATCHED ' TUESDAY, JANUARY 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS 4l)l( VOL XLI, No. 12 PRINCE RUPERT. B.C., 15, IK life Lider and iiectiric I Opens Ml fw una Alder Here A. . . . A ..nltinvt tlAtT CHURCHILL'S WARNING j j Both Power Company, Commission invited . '" ,.' ,. 1. M ,.m mm w. thermometer otupi u during the night in Rupert and a minimum ibuvc zero was officially j early this morning at j.Uand meteorological Thermometers on .c of the harbor claimed readings. oliuul low mnrk iu.--niL'ht dipped by .2 or a below the prcvioi'8 low winter. I British Commonwealth Nations Will Have to 0 Make Serious Decisions War Dread Heat and Confusion at Times Mark Debates in City Council Casey Swings Issue Northern British Columbia Power Co. Ltd. and j the Ci ilLsh Columbia Power Commission both will be asked by the city to negotiate for supplying future power to Prince Rupert after expiry of the former's , y blUt' SK10S I1U un.sn. Decreases JOSEPH HARSCH Christian Science Monitor ,ly breeze connrmeu .'atlierman's forecast for iornbly colder1' weather OTTAWA. Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned nations of the British Commonwealth last night that they will have to meet some serious decisions to prevent a breakdown of sterling finance. ' ' franchise. A mntinn to ask onlv the B.C. Council to Power Commission was defeated : WASHINGTON. The old dread of the Soviet army that r Mr. Churchill, following his by council last night by an. has lain -across Western Europe tiir the better Dart of six years. Adventure the fear that. Europeans might visit here, left today for Washington where h will address a Joint session of United States Senate and House of Representatives. Tim Brilitih Prime Minister amendment during discussion oi ( which Mayor H. S. Whalen step- j ped down from the chair. An , hour's heated argument was; participated in by all council! members. ' Aid. George Casey's amend-, '1 V r' I With Mean wake up any morning to see soviet soldiers patrolling their streets from the Elbe to the English Channel, Isn't there any more. Stand Firm Over Road City council will "stand firm" on an original telegraphed leaves next week on his return ! home mpn t to an amendment by i Working on construction of a lariic project such as the Aluminum Co of Canada Dlans in Two Days - in- M t'oud successive day, Kuiiert was today coin-without land communi-,eivrcs, telegraph, radi ami lorn; distance t'le-..II being involved. ! uiiire was again term'.'d . ie" this morning, as the line was bein around Salvus, where .id been blown down by u -umiianii'd ttale sweip-,ui the Skecna River, a .irried the lines out four Few Few Europeans Europeans could could t-xpiaiir explain defeated an rig. to a visitor why the feeling has motion by Aid. George changed. Few stop to try to fig-.HI,L ure out the reason. And there i 'Conusin, are not many statesmen or mili-! " M fhmlht sn agreement with the provincial government in connection wna i c? i.'t . : Kefauver And Truman Meet ! central British Columbia can be an adventure for most men ! especially at this time of year i And for someone following up i the story of progress in the win- .r wtlripnif .s it alo ran be tary leaders at the top who car for a while last night when i bringing Fairview Road up to give a convincing explanation of ; , b voti on three standard "even though the IV-Vi. why they, wo. nave amppeM . , iBovernment has renegged." from their calculations the DOS- This was the stand Board of WASHINGTON, D C. Senator j adventurous, says Doug Lelter- Aid. Hills called lor negotiations with the Power siDtJlty that at any moment and Works Chairman Michael Kruo- E.tos Koiauver of TcnnesM-e,! man, Vancouver Daily Province . I IS Ii 'A without warning the Soviet arms ommfssioD instructing the city might suddenly move out of Us; jt th commi5. ger took last night ana n was feature writer. , has b,v no wire lnto wn"se nani" n" "T" D EaM German bracks and start: l, heS rlA by the COUnCU ' jrr jbftff-j'3 .... i. ., -- t... i ' with the " .. '.. ni-itriiv.il rikr n i aureement nureemetil wi RU.rt s-uce early Mu..-! '.d i rman arrived in Prince .rulim. ,.. ...,r. ou D.,u,.,7i Rupert Sunday afternoon, after rolling westward. dum and results thereof. Nevertheless, the fact remains! Eiectors in December voted by government on which the city had acted was that the road won lrt be brought "up to stand t' Human niJ.r today. . a week's strupKle from Vancouver off-schedule plane fllghU. that the fear is gone. Europe !a 58 mai0ritv to ask the Com- the western part thereof no mjjon t0 supply power here K iauver sun reiusea io com-i KOREAN FOXHOLE Two bearded members of the 1st Battalion, Pilncess Patricias, manning a foxhole position on the Korean front, move over to make room for unexpected company-Defence Minister Claxton (left) and Veterans Affairs Minister Lapointe (extreme right). Next to Mr. Claxton Is Brig. J. M. Rockingham, commander of the 25th Brigade, and behind the beurdf deft to right! are Pte. E. Seeniskl, of Lomand, Alta. and ard ' at a cost of zuuu paia oy mit himself but indicated hei longer believes either in the , (ollowniK termination in 1954 of ilian Nat.onal Teleraph , wire hopeful, however, rvice would be restoicd line today. ire nf wire has been ham-lln' Daily News In obtaii.-nnal press dispatches. plausibility of the Soviet army , franchiSe held would make his intentions known oy 11 ie Ltd. descent upon itself, or even that ; othem B.C. Power Co snowbound train. He Is following Aican through Its various stages of construction from the Ncchako Dam, the Tahtsa Lake tunnel, to Kitimat the government, saia Aia. iuuc-ger. Recently, however, the government had cut short its commitment by several hundred dol- the Russians have wjmin i uie All but one other alderman LCpl. Harold Cassalman of Trenton. Ont. (CP PHOTO! was opposed to th motion. range of their intentions or plan.i the launching of a move which would start World War Mayor Whalen sicppeu aowu ;by February 1. 1 He said the President was "looking fine." Dynamite Barge i Missing in Gale from the chair and asked Aid. tlars. (Continued on page 6 Aid. Krueger reported to coun- Uil l.ie rnmm t.tPR WOU d "stand 111. nator Taft i- . i and Keniano Bay. He left yester-! day on Princess Louise for the ! west coast project sit. j The well-known Vancouver newsman flew to Prince George Perhaps the biggest reason for the new attitude is the mental one the fact that Western Eu-mtw actuallv has undertaken its City Fathers Boost Pay Stipend Raised From $300 to $500 by Mayor's Casting Vote r Winds Defer dw tnterea ', firm until we get what we were I told we would get." Problem of bringing thc road , up. to standard .evolved when, '! government contractors missed S iilling in several sections of the 'own defence without provoking i t.h Soviet military, action which,' SAN FRANCISCO A barge on a Mannix Co. charter plane, containing 100 tons of dynamite I then travelled by bus to Vander-1 missing and believed lost as a hoof, and reached the Ncchako result of the gale which swept , dam site at .midnight. , vlKCiPlKLD. Illinois.- Scn- :cilert Taft was officially Aiyansh Hop I so many forecast would be the 1 result of even the first step to i toda'v ' "in ' the Illinois the San Francisco area yester-, A .mi,!; highwav leads to road last year. t After having waited since' ntial primary for tilt' iir.m nomination. day. ward disarmament. Many things can be said In criticism of the methods em-ninved in western rearmament. ' Mayor- H. S. Whalen cast a deciding vote last night which will give aldermen a maximum of $500 1 a year indemnity instead of the $300 they have been getting. Council was divided equally as six aldermen (voted on Aid. George Hills's amended motion. same time llarol.i Jtlic n, also prominently men the site whore some 500 workers arc beginning to move a mountain Into the river bed. says Leiterman. More than 5,000,000 tons of gravel have to be moved to fill in the river ravine and RUGGED TIMES EDMONTON 0 Thomas retiring recently as transit superintendent after tor the Republican nomi-, was suyiiiB that Taft was i front lor the Republican aiilioUKh Oi-ncrul Eisen-s chances shuuld not be inted l rocks as large as trucks are being hole by heavy 43 yeaiT.'. service, recalled that in ; dumped Into the the .'in ly days power was so low i inn. si ri't t. cars were sometimes Am. rillUS luuvru uwi mi; i-vii- ; in indemnity of $2000 be set ; for the mayor but that this be . left open to revision following next sitting of the Legislature i which is to decide whether or not higher indemnity will be al-', lowed. Aldermen's stipend should Air War Resumed 11 December 19 for weather favorable enough to make the hop, Queen Charlotte Airways Norseman seaplane, piloted by Bob Kelscy. was still poised today to take off on the monthly air maii flight to ice-locked Aiyansh village on the Naas River. Gale winds have been causing postponement of the flight from day to day and now Aiyansh will soon be due for the January mall delivery. In addition, three freight flights are awaiting serving. Villagers of Aiyansh are keeping fast water in front of the village clear of ice to facilitate the plane landing. Otherwise, there would be an air drop such as last winter. ONBY. England . tf Two ' left on the street overnight in-l liaiulmills. believed used stead of going to the barns, mums in minding grain, Stieet cars here now have bven ixi-n vincarlhcd near this replaced by trolley 'coaches and The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is no shining example of perfect efficiency or harmony. There is dragging of heels all over thc European lot on the part of everybody. There are back-biting are recrimination. Nevertheless, the skirmish line now exists. Thc Russians would have to break it to take Europe. The breaking of it would start the big war, and there is no evidence that the Russians want to risk a big war. This does not solve the long-range problems, but it does give Western Europe for the first Draft Calls Staying Heavy WASHINGTON. Draft calls will continue heavy in at least the first few months of 1952, and thousands of youths previously deferred or rejected will wind up in uniform, a survey indicates. The Army and Marine Corps have asked Selective Service for 59.(150 draftees in January and 55,000 in February. After February, draft calls are expected to run at least 40,000men a month as the armed services build toward their 4,000.000-man goal. PYONYANG. Korea With remain at $300, Aid. Hills felt. .A.ui.hire town.' buses. clearing of skies, the air war inj Aid. George Casey objected, on Korea was resumed today i "I am told there are $1,000.000 , i worth of shovels there and an-: I other million in trucks mostly I 'he big Yukon type." The winter holklays being over, men ere streaming back to the j job and more are coming all the ; time. Most, of them are putting In many hours of overtime, avcr-i aging $500 to $'00 a month ; even on "city wages." Standurd j ' wages arc being paid to machine operatorr and truck drivers, says j Leiterman. ! A trip lo the Tuhtsu Lake tun- V Would Acouire Old Court behalf of himself ana ouier aia-crmen, he said. Aid. Michael Krueger and Aid. rhirrnw finnira sided with Aid. Thit,ty-six Allied jets and 48 Communist MIG's were in action. Two Allied machines were dam- luse Grounds on 2nd Avenue felt aldermen should Casey. KjiXfiVy. They AlltJI lllvaiuviH.v.. J fT.,il 1.. In. tliia iriunll J't ...lit-- IV V JF gKIUUU, v.".- lC tUllllllW.LU o- ,1 Nations forces threw back the up for city work, such time often ! n . , e 1 . I..,illa battle. I....1.... nl.jnffrv,n,i nihpr rpmnnpr. Future Municipal Centre Reds lu a four-hour time since the late 1930s the iecllng that there may be time ahead In1 which to try to figure out the answers to the long-range problems. Europe is beginning now to think more about tlie.su nroblenis than about the lOiSllUj lliUCIIIKll uviiv - ation. ' i Aldermen Hills. John Currie 'and W. J. Pru-sky voted against Xepitiations with the provincial viTi..iR.n lie opened bv Prince Rupert to purchase half a;a bii. frustratine"-frustrating I Trawler Scott Sets Out Again I. i A' i, ,, (l,,. umli'n if llin 1'ltu :l ;l Kit l' the amended motion. Mayor Whalen cast the deciding vote ; in favor. New Chief In Malaya i LONDON. The Colonial Of-: lice today announced the ap- , t.. i ,.f p-ntioi-il Sir r,T. IHTiltlM' win II nt iiuvii'u v..v irimiinir (.inning of of the the tunnel tunnel which which is Is rn.1n..iiy in vnc vw... v..j Unseating of Senator Under Consideration Meanwhile, a Prince Rupert fear of Hie Russian Invasion which so long has-dominated thinking and deprived most men of the hope of ever finding a release from that, oppressive fear. a new telephone exchange and "eventually as a t.o lead direcUy to Keniano nay on which to locate all municipal buildings." indt is was the reoort of the. .mirlii'l. irei. nnv closer. j Capt. Jullus Barth, who had an ' TJJm tFJnlZ WASHINGTON, D C. All elec- uiii i s rumnufWc at liut night's uos.sible suggestion of erecting a I pun itaucui. Jh m.1"-1" i . .. t il meeting. Property re-1 telephone building next to pies- NK Alt AND YET SO JAR "r "rl Ls is the the half half block i for-lent, ritv hall. "It took me five days to get to j engine breakdown during the - in. an & ; severe Saturday night gale at sea "l" ' stipend for the -ase , in - the iwith his 40-foot. s.ec, beam CQme ; trawler, David Scott, headed out m Legislature 01 lnt ; alone this morning. And he says w "us ' ; he's likely to be fishing alone, i too. laid Kempler as governor ana.uon suo-comniiviec, uirnms commander-iji-chlef in Malaya. I consider the unseating of Senator The governor of Hong Kong is j McCarthy, has postponed Its ses- , being transferred to Singapore. Isions until Friday. Court House ground' be Gunnar Anderson sailed on the Princess Louise last night for a business trip to Vancouver. , Meanwhile, word will oc u. , . n.n,,'. nr. nave SKiea across me numu i the Federal Building Avenue,; regarding the utilities com-! five hours. Several of the men led bv Second reporU-d doing so I and Fourth streets mittee's i.iUst. rcouest. Aid. tuns Enroute to Tahtsa, the news " i SITTING WITH CITY COUNCIL I Another man with him when 'the engine quit Saturday after-I noon near Butterworth Rocks, teok his gear and left as the j vessel docked. I Engineers who examined the ! engine yesterday said the fuel Queen Charlotte Islands and COl ItT OF IU V ISION JW'TINfi MAYOR man hitched a ride on a small bush plane to Twinkle Lake. Plane landed on snow-covered ice and got stuck frozen in the slush under the snow. With two men mishliur and tugging, the felt the provincial government, owners of the property, would not have to use it for any further extension of offices here. There was, he fell, enough property for expansion behind the Court House, now containing ali provincial offices here. Ciiunril also approved a 1951 board of works recommendation that the city pay. 50 per cent of cost of removing rock in a lane behind Bill Scuby Fur Storage building. Aid. George Hills was appointed acting mayor last night by council during absence of Mayor H. S. Whalen who left today or. the Camosun for a week's business trip to Vancouver. Dxon's Entrance gale warning; continued with north winds of 40 miles decraasing to 20 this af-j ternoon. Clear along mainland , with snow flurries elsewhere, j Continued colder. General Synopsis --Much cnl-rW (piiiiieriit.uers tonight. Winds Oeorgc Hills, utilities i man, reported that the-elerk had been instructed He Lands Minister Hon. E. eiiuey. explaining need of leinative she. y had previously sought to lase the old liquor store site but had since revised ophidine to decentralized, loca- li'uiii oilier civic buildings, Aid. Hills. e utilities committee plans Hie sile could be -acquired "t first a telephone cx-e building, followed, as fu-counclLi saw fit. bv ercc- I Mayor Whaleji appointed the 1 following council members to sit as a court of revision in connection with 1952 tax assessments jto be held February 8: George ' Hills, George Casey, W. J. Prusky, ! Michael Krueger and Mayor i Whalen. Aid. John Clinic was ! appointed alternative member ! should Aid. Casey not be present. ,. A request from Prince Rupert pilot, was able to take off, but his passengers were stranded. Laler. a snowmobile important vehicle in that country picked them up for further transportation lo where -Uie party caught a barge on Tahtsa Luke. The .snowmobile also got stuck, the newsman grinned. Fire Fighters Recreation Association to increase ambulance i ot gale force are occurring over line was plugged and that Capt. Barih had cut it and had been feeding It from a container rigged In the engine room. I He attempted to sail yesterday afternoon but engine trouble set him adrift again in the harbor. The vessel Lambert Point towed the David Scott back lo duck. Without crew. Barth left at 10:30 today, "likely to fish," but. said he might return to Vancouver, his home port; Stormy Weather Delays Flights f.alc winds and freezing con- call rates from $5 to $7 was referred to the health committee for report. t c Aid. George Casey was appointed by Mayor Whalen to icpresent the city on the Canadian Citizenship Council oi Prince Rupert, following a request from tliat organization. til hot The ah' powered lake - barge, c-. big been wwii hamper- iil new city hall, fire hall, 1 ditlons lis have navt: still ,iuu the Northern Britisli uoluniDia coast this morning us cold polar air continues to pour out of the Dixon's Entrance gale warning the northern mainland with cloudy skies, snow flurries and blowing snow over the yueon Charlottes. The polar air is rx-pected to pass down mainland inlel.s to the south coast today. Ja ;lnl licullh oll'lccs. request lor $t(IO-a-montb. imrease in city grants by the I'lvic Centre Association was referred to the finance Hi; commercial flight operations enough lo transport; niu wins oi between here and Vancouver. cargo, broke tee nearly all the Yesterdays , , . Cu , so ,,.,,, iom h here e 'way 1,1,0 11,0 tunnel project, work ,w br(lun oll thc to land at Sands a was unable ....stocks which will lead In Council approved utilities committee chairman Aid. Hills's recommendation that 00 telephones Be purchased for u cost of $1200 and that the lire chief be allowed $30 a month for the use ot his car. aid ST MAKK 11 MINI! lll'le Mayor II. S. Whalen did ve his aliprovul to action 'lie ctainniUce, l,e asked all 1 ''men to "give very serious r'iiion to a new site for civic ..llnjjs. W'c may have to make up our immedialelv lo find a lo- Truman Revamps Revenue Bureau bringing strong northwest winds to that region and much colder temperatures tonight. A request by- Conrad Parent-Teachers Association for guardrails oil Elkins and Immanuel streets was referred to board of works for action. and retunica lie e, pa. he and mail being transl .ed to Ul(J mountain to the Landscair for a dhect flight site 2,000 Kpm Bay power to Vancouver. feet btiow. Failure of the Sandspit con- . prom Tantsa l0 prince Rupert, nection yesterday held up until Lplerman's trip was marked by today's regular flight yesterday s j a ..sioW .t,.um ride". on which he A request by both ttonadian l.rgion and Loyal Order of Moose for plots in a new section or Fairview Cemetery was referred to the board of works. .Legion requested 100 plots; Moose, 50 plots. Aid. Casey felt the request was too big, there being only 3.'0 plots In the new section. Aid. Hills agreed and also queried the possible situation if other organizations made similar re-ijuests. in WASHINGTON, DC. President Truman yesterday announ - TIDES - "Bajii fur ., tel,,',,i,,, hnllillni. !1P; Wp (Inn'l .-int t K lit i ced nis p.un lor reon.. a.. Wwhh jallllal-v 10. 1952 soent 20 hours from Terrace to mail and passengers iroiu van couver. Council approved recommendation that $438.50 be paid for damage dane to residence of Gunnar Selvig, 120 Fifth West Avenue, during blasting by a city sewer gang. avor Wiuii.,11 tii, ,,,i,i n, o Board of works chairman reported Howard Sutherland had been appointed weigh scale operator at a commencing salary oi $70 a mouth. this city. While here, he also gathered material for a feature internal revenue bureau in wnien - . scandal has been developing. All High 3:56 19.4 feet employees except the commis- 15:42 19.1 feet sloner are being put under civil Low 9:48 7.6 feet i service status. . . I . 82:06 posed site on Second Avenue i Operations were reported today although run- sun 'too u i.hiuucu IsnhlLpH" frnin iiuui '.magazine article in which he sketches Aid. George Casey. ; i mai ugau again w-ient city hnll office. He gavejning ate.