ir.3R.-iUY PROVINCIAL LIB?T, i MORROW'S I VICTORIA, E. q.N .CKA: 3154 f i TIDES ii Jtiuiluy, July 19, 1953 plir. Starriard Time) 8:45 14 9 feet f " 19:02 17.5 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Delivery 0:51 7.7 feet Published at Canada's Mpst Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" I 12:34 8.6 feet Phone 81 VOL. XLII, No. 166 ' PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1953 , PRICE FIVE CENTS ' -1.1 r:tr-'- !J r if v. i wlfi Pftq)01i ft Ami -?,"i .vf ' fir LlLJi i , 2 CoiiiiEooiiigS u Reply Expected To Allied Demands By The Amoctnted Ptm MUNSAN. A possibly showdown meeting of allied and Communist truce negotiators was postponed for 21 hours today at the request of the Reds. The recess put off until 2f pm. Sunday an expected Red reply to reported allied demands that the Communists sign an armistice now or face the prospect of a breakdown in the negotiations. The second consecutive 24-hour recess requested by the Reds was arranged during a one-minute meeting of liaison officers at Panmunjom. Crash Kills 40 Naval Reservists By The Associated Press 1 MILTON, Fla. A U.S frA rill ZJJLA 'J ZilJLI k STREET IN GEN7.ANO, ITALY, Is In flower, each year, for the Festival of Corpus Chrlsti, fi the whole town turns out to arrange or admire a mile-long display of floral designs. The is blanket!, from one end of town to the other, with exotic paintings done in flower Local artists, competing for prizes awarded at the close of the feast day, use tons of North Korean Col. Ju Yon said the delay was needed for "administrative reasons" and U fTnitnrl Untinno Mlllflrlv cd flower petals to make the beautiful display. agreed, an ofnciai spokesman i Marine transport plane said. with 40 college naval re ant Caissons for Permanent servists and six crew ii? - ' -- .... . members aboard crashed ck at Kit. mat Mow in Place in a takeoff at midnight Friday and the U.S. Navy must colorful and 1 00(l-tn ocean-going freighters. ruction and placing nfj One of the NO STEP BACK IN TIME, for this picture was taken just a few days ago, and the locale is not some small town, uninfluenced by progress, but the metropolis of Philadelphia. A postal worker loads mail Into a horse-drawn wagon which Will deliver it. ii iiiK-slw caissons which i complex stagR of the rnam- 'niindations for the dock i moth development, the caisson The extra day gives the Red high command more time to arrive at what may be a momentous decision vitally affecting the chances for a quick end to more than three years of fighting. In Washington, U.S. State Secretary Dulles said Friday night "we are ready for honorable peace" In Korea. At the same time he declared that "if the Communists want war, we must be ready for that, too." In San Francisco, South Ko mum Company of Can- j project Is comparable with the "This Is the first operation of ll-s type to be undertaken In Canada, and it was completed in the record time of three months." J. B. Carswell. chairman of Kltlmat Constructors, said today. jtitimat project have been I constrtirtion of three six-storey jtcd by KiUinat Construe- ' reinforced concrete buildings Nind the launching of three 10,- Parks Board Does Not Intend To Cease Functioning Here said there are only six known survivors. The plane was pp.rt of a flight of five transports ferrying 200 reservists from Corpus Chrlsti, Tex., to Norfolk, Va., for summer training. One plane had taken off and the second transport was gaining altitude when it suddenly Construction of a . graving dock 1000 feet square and estab lishment of well-points and a reas ambassador lo wasning-ton said Friday that If the Communists have not agreed to Contrary to an impression ap- "Bulldozers have been busy1 parently created as a result of there opening up an area for its meeting Wednesday night, new picnic grounds and exten- VK FREIGHTER PASSES UNDER BRIDGE STERN FIRST jk WWrr.tt tfh ThPBrtUsh frrtghlr NotUng Mill unify Korea, six months after a ths parks board has no intention slve-work or the drainage system plunged 'Partnwara and -burst At Wednesday's meeting Commissioner Art Murray said the board was having a "disastrous" . , - -f. year.. , .-, .- "We are having trouble with contracts, with supervision of the parks and with administration," he said. "We might as well face it, this is our worst year of ceasing ,to function. Is all set for next week." Its oroDosal is to hand over I He also remarked that work cyslcm of pumps around its entire perimeter set the stage for the caisson program. . This was necessary to reclaim at tidewater a working area ad-lucent to the site of the permanent dock. Each caisson , was 250 feet long, 43 feet wide and stood 60 rr uiins uaie oridgc siern nrsi. iirsi ume 11 nas wen truce Is signed, the RoKs Will attack. Dr. You Chan Yang added at a press conference; that "we hoDe the United ' Nations will the physical execution of its in the memory of shipping officials here. Dropping anchor duties to the city engineering losing her steerage, the ship was swung around by the into lames In a wooded area IVt miles northwest of the field. Six persons Including the pilot and co-pilot were reported to have been found injured anrf taken to the Whiting base hospital. ! , . ., ., Harold Slokeis. dry editor of litle and dragged under the bridge. give us air and ses support" J yet." Is planned for Algoma ptrK to Improve facilities for the JJttic League baseball games and tLst the tennis courts have received cftnsiderable attention. He denied strongly . that this was the poorest year ever experienced by the board. v-: X S1W tV(, MY f w 1 1," is ft'" . ! A IJ. :.r ft fa 4 ft t.i. department so that It may act in an advisory capacity. There is an opinion among its members that, under the present It was voted at the meeting "If, you: feel, you can't fight that the city engineering depart eommurifeftt any: mpre.";he;sald, "then don't, ijtojus, from. Hght- feet high, ,the , equivalent ol a six-storey structure. The concrete placing was a, nmndithe. clock4 operation.' ' '.'..!,'.) ment take over operation of the parks board as soonras possible. ng-itfnd ;;give 'id thehelp.-we j the PensaCola NewsHeralrL, whq nciliation Board to; Hear erior Loggers Dispute ' arrived at the seene shortly af i ff.f fli ' li.VM - rontniclion.; tf the1 ? glriiit eed,!.: arrangement,, costs of operation are too high' for: the value-received. In addition, the members have insufficient time to super-' vise 'operations personally. Urf sald;th plane trasiit'4 iritW a altinip of trees, smashed three parked automobiles and plowed into a barn. OUVEIt (CP) Contract ers of America (CCD and the between northern and ; interior lumber manufacturers' rtock..s,uports,wa.s tmly half the battle, of the'cklssorts. however. Most favorable tide conditions for the locating of caisson No. 1 came at midnight. May it, nnd a half-holiday was declared for Kitimitt school children so they could stay up late and watch along with the rest of n DC. interior districts International Woodwork- Child Stabbed 100 Times ANCHORAGE ff A children's eame of cowboys and Indians GARBAGE COLLECTION FEES FOLLOW HOUSEHOLDER LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Little Rock police today went looking for a householder wanted for failing to pay his garbage-collection fee. They found him working on a city garbage collection crew. I association will go to concilla-j tions .Joe M' rri. 13 C district prrsl- In clarifying the board's position, chairman Pat Forman emphasized today that more progress was being made than was indicated at the meeting. "Among other things, we have just opened the new park named after Alderman George Casey, and work on McClymont park is going well," he said. 001 Weathers Storm to Bring Patient Here tions Act the Ration. That night the tlby .Mn, idenl, said here Friday negotia-i tions havt! broken down in both ! districts and formal application j for conciliators will be made to (the Labor Relations Board. graving dock breached. Drnviriir iiim-k was whn iji rnLiit u. ... . be Changed, five-year-old girl ana ner Doy playmate, nine, is charged with first degree murder. Amid chcrs. caisson No. 1 was towed to her final resting h Premier Meanwhile. 32.000 1WA coast .u.,l.nrt,i.a Vti.lfA Unfa tT ntVl- place by powerful tugs, later U.S. attorney Seaborn J. Buck- iiiuwtuiuia ..... v. l"" I ,,.,, h,. j 97-Degree Weather Greets Politicians Touring East posals of a conciliation board- - " - aiew WenUf led the boy as Jimmy in their dispute with operatov,., d;P cham-i Ellis, neighborhood playmate of The union executive rccom- ' . 4U u Z. ' result ' . " mended acceptance and Bobble Jean Dcnney. Parents of ithc two children are close friends. . n. .... oi v, u,r, vt:wiu ne iinea wirn crusnea rocK. )R1A CP) Changes In . Elections Act. "which extensive," will be In-1 I at the special fall ses-the Legislatuie, Premici' said Friday, of the revision will be Caissons No, 2 and No. 3 fol week. An autopsy showed the girls lowed up a few days later with real working-class district, attacked Premier Duplessis' provincial government "and the Fascists who are In power in Quebec." less fanfare but equally as DMynaaaixjuiiwMiucwum. rrome difficiiltles which He said that in all other prov 'inwn up In recent re-and the rest may be In It ion with the alternative inces political parties could put up posters and distribute pamphlets without having to sub -WEATHER- Forecast North Coast Region Cloudy with a few showers today and Sunday. Sunny periods in shel system, he sulri l"cllned to elaborate on The interior woodworkers an: seeking an 18 cent across-th?-board hourly increase; elimination of the present cost-of-living clause; increase in night differential; and establishment of a $1.48 hourly basic rate. The lumber manufacturers' association contends that present market conditions do not justify a wage increase or major contract changes. Some 8.000 workers in the Prince Oeoree, Kamloops, Kel- A Queen Charlotte Airlines Norseman plane piloted by Captain Emerson (Wally) Wallace completed another mercy flight today when it weathered rain and wind to bring an expectant mother to hospital here from Mill Bay. Captain Walace left here at 9:45 a.m. and returned shortly before 11 with Mrs. Victor McKay, her husband, and Dr. MacAulay from the B.C. Packers camp at Mill Bay, about 48 miles north in the entrance to the Naas River. An urgent call for a plane was received - here by radio telephone from the camp. - Mrs. McKay gave birth to a boy shortly before 2 p.m. Couple Charged With Murder Three. Years Ago mit them to police chiefs. It smooth. The skill and ingenuity of craftsmen, engineers and technicians of Kitimnt Constructors almost magically transformed 10.300 yards of concrete and 1300 of reinforcing steel from buildings to boats to foundations for a dock that will be a vital link In the lifeline of the Kit.lmat townspeople. The dock is expected to be completed In September when showed how far Quebec was on Quebec was the election campaign cockpit for Prime Minister St. Laurent and CCF leader M. J.- Coldwell yesterday while George Drew, Progressive Conservative leader, concentrated on Nova Scotia's South Shore. After a strenuous western tour. Mr. St. Laurent returned to his home riding of Quebec East. He found it even hotter there 97 degrees than it had been on the Saskatchewan plains earlier ln the week. Speaking in French to an outdoor audience of about 2.000 ln Quebec's white-collar district, the prime minister said Mr. Drew represents himself as a champion of autonomy to "win votes in Quebec province." He said the Progressive Con the way to a police state like some European countries before s planned In alternative of the big revisions is 'I to be drastic, shorten-the three-week waiting letwen election day and v second and subsenuent tered localities both afternoons, Little change in temperature. Winds west 45 today, southwest 15 on Sunday. Low tonight and high Sunday at Port Hardy and Prince Rupert 52 and 63, Sand-spit 53 and 65., owna and Cranbrook areas are , ocean-going vessels will begin PK is started by the involved in the dispute. 1 arriving. r of votes. premier has expressed ifactlon with this waiting V o 1 I , t v W ; j .v,rt....y,....v:....w ....' mi l. ,miM n several occasions. ier Bennett said the servative leader had told Quebec voters recently that provincial autonomy was threatened. the war. At Bridgewater. N.S., Mr. Drew counter-attacked a suggestion by Mr. St. Laurent that the value of Victory Bonds might be endangered if a Progressive Conservative government employed deficit, financing to carry out its promised $500,000,000-a-year tax cut Mr. Drew, who sf.rlpped off his coat as he warmed to his subject before an audience of 1,600 in the town's sports arena, said the value of Victory Bonds had declined already because the government "broke Its promise" to maintain their market price. The government had "betrayed its responsibility" to the people who bought Victory Bonds as a patriotic duty. session, slated to open 15, will go ahead on e regardless of the legal on two recounts in Na- "If such a threat existed I would be the first one to fight VANCOUVER CP) Cecil Sampson. 30, and his wife, 28 nd Llllooet. it," Mr. St. Laurent said. "I in bn't anticipate any post- tend to do my share until my last were charged in suburban Burnaby police court Friday breath to safeguard the auton nt because of the re-he said "it's Impera- with the murder of an 81-year omy of Quebec. But that does not old Chinese in Duncan, B.Q., at supply be granted be- mean that I intend to neglect ppt. 30 so there will be f available to run the three years ago. Magistrate George Grant re In the last six months manded the couple, arrested in J-54." the other provinces." At another point, the prime minister put aside his notes and brought up the subject of a national flag: "Canada will have It own flag some day but Forest Fire Under Control PRETTY BROWN-H AIRED THELMA BKEW1S is Canada's representative at the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant, now underway In Long Beach, Calif. The world-famous pageant, to pick the most beautiful girl In the world, is co-sponsored by Catallna Swim Suits, Pan-American World Airways, Universal - International Studios and the City of Long Beach. Miss Brewis, a fashion model, already holds the titles of "Miss Torontu," "Miss 3-Dimension," ana "Miss Body Beautiful." trs Discuss "ting Problem kWA Possibility of form- marketing agency for Valley farm produce was d at a meeting of the t Valley Co-Operative As-n here. The association ently a consumer co-op California, to July 25 for preliminary hearing. They will be remanded again pending preliminary bearing at Duncan. The Chinese, Chew Deb, was killed ln his cabin one mile from Duncan, June 30, 1950. A bloody beer oottle, apparently the murder weapon, was found nearby. Sampson, an Indian, Is from Lytton, B.C., and his wife is from -Duncan, on Vancouver Inland. than have 800- VICTORIA (CP) More 300 erimv firefighters brought under control an it will have one when it will be a sign of unity and not subject of quarrelling and dissension." Earlier, he told a press conference that during his election tour he has found "more unity than ever" in Canada. Mr. Coldwell, addressing a snirt-iileeved audience in & Mont acre forest fire at Tepee Creek, near Nelson, the B.C. Forest Service reported Friday. The blaze was the only big one in the province. .. FORMALLY ATTIRED COUPLES smile for the camera at a unique arfair in the Meramec Caverns, a five-storey hole in the ground over 100,000,000 years old at Stanton, Mo. The occasion is the 100th anniversary of Washington University. The fabulous Jesse James used to count out his ill-gotten gains on this same spot. kwa-Quick area farmers, tan of the association Is TelkwK. fi