PROVINCIAL LI33A3Y, ORROWS 113 VICTORIA, B. C. MA FIDES Daily ,v. October 7, 1953 Slardard Time) (I ,0 19 5 feet 12:-r.5 20 4 fret G: rI 57 feet I!): 15 4,1 feet Vbeli irry , NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published ot Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port- "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XLII, No. 233 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1953 PRICE FIVE CENTS Phone iL o n n fin W 12) E n r Officers From East V . . if .-v To Check Situation '" Establishment of a Royal Canadian Naval Reserve Air Squadron in Prince Rupert in the near future is a tlistinct possibility, top officials of HMCS ( '1ml ham ilwi'ln 1 tortuv if i ! hZl' ir . 1 1 A 'y ft , ; - M .,i.ni' . Y- -'-" ' -' r . ' " ''-.:.:':-rr- t. v.. - I .. .r.' ' Indian Troops Not Worried About PoWs PANMUNJOM (API Tlv is ' "J'wo RCN air officers, from rrve naval air headquarters U Hamilton. Ont., will be ID Prince Rupert at the end of Oc-otier to interview officers and rfen of the Prince Rupert naval t'etierve establishment to dls- over if tlwre Is sufficient ln- erefct and reserve personnel necessary to form the naval air rin squadron. News of trie move was brought senior Indian, officer In Ko'ea said today tliat Indian troops, would not attempt to halt any mass breakout of anti -Communist war prisoners because of the "terrible slaughter" that 0 would follow. Lt.-Oen. K. S. Thlmayya made the statement at a press con back by Lt. Cmdr. J. O. Pearson, Chatham executive officer, who has just returned from a naval itaff officers' conference In HMCS Star at Hamilton. 11 was reported to Hamilton that Chatham considers there ire sufficient naval reserve personnel in Prince Rupert to warrant the formation of a naval lr arm squadron. If the two visiting officers concur with the local report then the next move ference even as thousands jammed streets In- the South Ko rean capital of Seoul In a dem HtAD DIRECTOR of the Valenciennes (France) Bus Company. Jules Delattre stands beside his tomb made to his specifications. Cut in the stone is a model of one of Delattre's own buses. The massive stone piece weighs 30 tons, and cost one million French ' francs. . onstration against Indians guarding PoWs who have refused to go home. THE THHFF. SI RVIVORS missing aboard a Norseman It also came amid renewed in setting up naval air training threats by South Korean lead passengers had been missing 37 days after the plane had been forced down on a lake In northeastern Quebec. They were brought out in a Caruso Amphibian by Mount Laurier Airways. here will be undertaken e Au.y. 25, E. Koeten of Rotterdam. Holland, steps srue plane at Biie,otvil!e, Que. He and six other Cmdr. T. A. Johnstone, officer commanding HMCS Chatham, said today that if a naval air ers to drive out the Indians who they denounce as pro-Communist. Thlmayya said "we are not concerned If South Korea threatens us because we have al Commission May Probe arm squadron is formed here British Cruisers Head For West Indies Waters LONDON CAP, Britain today ; Superb with 400 troops aboard dispatched the 9,100-ton cruiser' and the 1.600-ton frigate Big-Sheffield from Scotland to the bury Bay are due at Oeorge- ! the group will have a plane with which to train and teach flying the huge UN command" 8nd plition of Hanging in Canada Training will take place at both Communist forces "at our Membership Goes Ahead i At Centre the division at Chatham and at 'Seal Cove air base. P The tioverniiiintjtlie joii of consolidating rriminal on le-writmg the law hit mil- WtHW.v ttiitis law Kt the forthcoming session, ; form langn. cumulating legal town Wednesday from Kingston,- West Indies, sending the jwar- shlp to the doorstep of her left w.u Ue give., ... i mu graining command was responsible for ST? and work - crew ground re ent)n Korean , Cmdr. Johnstone said. Size of from entfrlng tne neutral mne the squadron depends entirely on to ttork Indlan , y before Parliament: li-irvmis controversial matters to; anomalies ana eiiuisirytng pen-fall - tn ' study yc ' bn Kindled further. I all tea. abolishing hanging; fhn consolidation considered1 Before Parliament was dissolv Jamaica. British Guiana has been seething ever since the leftist ist-threatened South American the size of the reserve unit. colony of British Guiana. The Admiralty described the Oovernment sources In New i es- at the last two sessions oi me ea, me commons cuhhmii i; m-m- People's Progressive party, led On hand to start training of Dplhl fha TnrMnn ranltal arhneri Indications that the Civic Centre Association membership had leaped ahead were given today following the all-out drive last, night by. a small army of canvassers from the major or (ninieiit plun.s lo .sKMi.-.t Parliament and most of the Iiir with the conson a a uon by American-born Janet Rosen as a "nor Thlmayya s statement that the cruiser's departure liunient to complete preparatory work was done then reconimmeiidert that the eoniro- berg Jagan and her East Indian mal station move," but London I na val arm personnel are ueu-tenants Normal Jennyn, Robert Kelsey and Roy Berryman. versjai quesiions oi rapiwii mm dentist husband, Cheddl Jagan, ganizations in Prince Rupert i An organizational meeting corporal punishment be referred to a royal commission or a joint parliamentary committee. newspapers already were blasting the government for the veil of official secrecy dropped over previously-reported - movements Kxact number of new mem:--jwiii be held at HMCS Chatham ORT OPERATORS URGED hiv r ah Am ah ri at b. rs has not yet been aseer-, fnllowlne the visit of :t.he two lalncd. Fred Jones, general seci- lair air officers officers from from Hamilton Hamilton; 'and and o( troops and naval .vessels to- Allies would be responsible for halting any South Korean attack, , ' ; ' : i , . , , , c .v ; '. .',:"- ' Witnesses Win Dattle OTTAWA The Witnesses of IRS T IN 60 WARS . lt: Ik uncierfe-tnod the Koyettl- retary tif. the. Civic Centre As i won a sweeping victory in last April's colonial election. C Jagan, now prime minister, : and his party demand also complete Independence from British rule; A seties Of .: strikes has paralyzed the sugar industry, main source of income for the colony's 437,000 people. There also have been sporadic dock strikes. ward the trbubled colony: ; ,rj. The cabinet met to consider ment plans to tke the former !"RIA if -Canada's t4)u travel man Monday asked step to insure that ev'bat on controversial questions "will not the situation in the colony, where colonial authorities are reported thinking of firing. possibly even arresting some reserve (officers' -ar hoping that the plan will 'be given added support from the public and ex-RCAF or Fleet Air, Arm personnel whose experience will fill a definite need at Chatham. There Is a particular shortage of former ground crew members, Cmdr Johnstone said. Jehovah today won their extend left-wing ministers in the local British Guiana government. The Daily Telegraph, tne of iwign to .slop liniii.it resort operators from flying the .des flan. Man, director of the Canadian Rovernmeiit travel "lil ill li pales at the Canadian Tourist Association ii here: pay no ti Unite to American citizens when you fly fr cnniini-rcial piirjHiscs." , lid lor more "C'anadinnlsm" and less "Americanism." I vised auniusl makinR tourists feels at home- If they !l lei l at home they'd stay there. End Ordered In Dock Strike sociation, said this morning. About 1.000 memberships were obtained in the drive, but some were renewals. Another 200 were chalked up including patron members and those who signed up at the desk in the Civic Centre. THIRTY REPORTED , Thirty canvassers had reported In by 11 p.m. last night and there were between 14 and 15 yet to make a report. Biggest number of members-. t5 was reported signed up by four canvassers from the Business and Professional Women's Club. Canvassers reported that they Impede passage of the consolidation, the first In Canadian criminal law In 60 years. The (Senate spent several months of two sessions of Parliament reviewing word by word the 670-odd sectlous of the Criminal Code. The draft bill probably will come' before Parliament early in the new session. Much of the ground covered in previous sessions must be reviewed by both Commons and Senate. the staunchest supporters of. Prime Minister Churchill's Conservative cabinet, asserted the ed battle against a restrictive Quebec City regulation in a 5-4 majority decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. . In one of lt closest decisions In years, the court ruled that Quebec Ctty has no right to Interfere with the distribution of religious pamphlets on city streets. The Witnesses asked the court In December, 1952, to declare invalid a City of Quebec bylaw pro-, hlbltlng distribution of pamph Rupert Pioneer Jack Wynne, Dies in South "official attempts" had not concealed "the facts . . . that British warships carrying troops are steaming at-'top speed for Georgetown, capital of British Guiana, In an attempt to forestall a threatened Communist- kautions Against Fire NEW YORK (API Court order today carried the promise of an Immediate end to a multi-million dollar waterfront strike from Maine to Virginia, but lt left unsettled Issues carrying the threat of bloody dock warfare. Leaders of the AFL-ousted In Funeral service will be held at i ressed by Chief Becker Vancouver tomorrow for Jack directed Insurrection In that colony." were well received by residents, OTIIFR QVKSTIONS Besides the questions of capital and corporal punishment, a royal commission may also examine the defence for insanity in criminal law. I'lpei t residents a t o urrrn fiinn es lirovlded by the The Admiralty, however, still I ttrnatlonai Longshoremen's As- l"t'k to make a thor- lximinion Fire Commissioner who lets without a permit from the chief of police. The case dealt specifically with Laurier Saumur of Quebec, a Jehovah's Witness evangelist, arrested and convicted for distributing tracts without a permit. refuses to confirm or deny r. soclatlon, complying with an in Wynne, a pioneer of Prince Rupert, who died in the south Sunday. He was 74 years of age. Born near Dublin, Ireland, he came to Canada In 1901 and to Prince Rupert In 1908. He was employed by the department of !of their homes in stated in, his annual proclama-r hazards. : ti on announcinu Fire Prevention ports that the 8,000-ton cruiser I Earl Becker of the ; Weelt from October 4 to October fit Fire department! 11), that during the past 10 yenia W. Olen How, counsel for the porch lights were on at most homes and many folks said they would pick up memberships at the Civic Centre office later. Despite the number of canvassers oh the job. it was Impossible to cover the entire city, it was reported, and some canvassers plant to go out again during the rest of Civic Centre Week, which ends October 12. transport on Dlgby Island until witnesses told the court the p' collections of fire . r:)9,C!)7 fires in Canada have des- The Criminal Code's prohibition of games of chance and lotteries also may receive some attention. The degree to which the ban Is enforced depends largely on the attitudes of the provincial attorneys-general who ivis earelcxxnoiji nr. ; trnvp.H ninnprt.v valued at S591.- tne First world war, wnen ne jenovah's Witnesses place the joined the Canadian Army and junction obtained under the Taft-Hartley law, ordered theli men back to work after a five-day tie-up which paralyzed mor than 100 vessels. Cost of the strike in New York was put at $7,500,000. i The strike forced about a dozen passenger liners to make then way In and out of New York without the help of tugs. There alsc were diversions of vessels tc flic majority of fires 000.000. During the same period h a laruu toll of pro- i 4,790 perKons have lost their lives Customs Levies Increase Here Total of duty, excise taxes and other levies of $44,595.08, collected in September from foreign vessels visiting Prince Rur pert by the Dominion govarn-ment Department of Custom, shows a slight increase, F. W. "during 1052. 'and isnon others have been in- i a,,, served overseas. On his return from the war, he started duties In the customs office here and after several years law of God above the law of man. Witnesses believed It their duty to preach the gospel. One way of doing that was to hand out on streets tracts containing null of paper, ollv iurnd as a result of fires. f hung near to stoves. I Amnmr nrevcntatlve action Pi'lly i n n oc e n t 1 nairotioH tw the Fire Commls- extracts from the Bible. , P1 attics. Improperly i i0tM,r g inspection of all riwell-fluids, and poor lllR,a public buildings, stores, Break May Be Near In Kidnapping Case was appointed collector of customs at Ocean Falls, where he remained until his retirement nine years ago. Mr. Wynne was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Defence counsel argued that a municipality has the right to 'unong just a few of 1 wai chouses,' plants by ail their ''ins. Chief Becker nreunnnta: inxnectlon of theatres. prevent distribution of anything Grimble, customs collector, said today. The September total Is In excess of both the August collections total of $44,363.21 and alio Prince Rupert. which could cause riots or disorders. They said the tracts dis KANSAS CITY I API A missing elates of the family, considered Following his retirement, Mr. strike-free ports. Last ship to manoeuvre ink New York without tugs was tht Cunard Line's 35,000-ton Maure-tania, which accomplished the feat Monday in the face of strong winds. Cunard's huge Queen Mary war diverted from New York to Halifax, where she docked Monday with 1,834 passengers. spokesman at the home of the among the 10 wealthiest In Kan- tributed by the Witnesses fre hotels, hospitals and other institutional buildings and provision made for all changes necessary to protect ti c occupants in case of fire. Fire drills will be held tnb and Mrs. Wynne visited the Old Country and then took up residence In Vancouver. quently attacked the Roman Catholic religion and were of a wealthy parents of six-year-old sas City, met all queries about Bobby Oreenlease aroused more Ledterman with a statement that speculation today that a break he was resting and couldn't be the September, 1952, total of $37,263. Last month's collections brought the nine-month total for this year to $458,671.18. nature that could cause trouble disturbed In predominantly Catholic Que might come at any time In the nine-day-old kidnapping case. bec. Besides his wife, at 1058 Nelson Street, Vancouver, Mr. Wynne Is survived by a son, Squadron Leader J. R. W. Wynne, a doctor stationed with the RCAF at Sea Island, and two sisters In M.lic danger of fire Jseful Ads papers, (Shows N:half of the 12,000 frviowcd in a survey I recently by Di P'n. assistant dean P11 School of Jour- week for children in all schools hi District 52 and special Instruction on fire prevention be given teachers who w 11 pass ou the Information to the children in the form of appropriate literature. Also suggested is a check of The spokesman, Robert Ledterman, hasn't been seen at the home of the 71-year-old father, Robert C. Oreenlease, since early Sunday morning. Other asso- Ledterman, because of his close ties with the family, frequently has been mentioned as a possible Jntermediary. Stirring more mystery about the quiet efforts of the family to get their son back was a visit to the home Monday night by President Eisenhower's banker bro Publisher Hits Jurist's Action In Trying to Control Court News -WEATHER- Famous Sub Hunter Dies fire extinguishers by companies, firms and .owners of buildings where extinguishers are used. If ther. Arthur B. Eisenhower spent 15 minutes there. As he left, he Forecast North Coast Region: Cloudy r area newsnaner LONDON (AP) The death was announced today of Vice-Ad- t l be more use f .1 thcy need attenUon tne nr? .oe' Nn anv ntw partment should be notified Im told reporters he could give them with showers . nlnnir the main-I land today. A few clouds over i no information miral Gordon Campbell, world- mediately. famous hunter of German sub frPVOll the Queen Charlottes. Cloudy j Last week when Joseph Will-Wednesday. Little change in ' lams, president of a trust corn- Fire Chief Becker also warns clEarette smokers to take extra papers were wrong in not printing it, but we wouldn't take the chance." Mr. Keate said the biggest fault of Canadian papers is that they are timid and com-s, placent. "The treatment of the Kln-sey report Is a typical example of their timidity. "The main job of a newspaper is to hold up the mirror of life and we're not doing it." Bureau of the Vancouver Board of Trade. Mr. Keate cited the example of a B.C. Jurist who admonished a prisoner in a public courtroom and then Instructed reporters not to print his remarks under pen-' alty of contempt of court action. "That sort of action Is against the democracy that we are so proud of," he said. ' I am stu) convinced the VANCOUVER (CP) A British Columbia newspaper publisher Monday attacked what he said was the tendency of Jurists to control the flow of courtroom news that may be used in a newspaper. Stuart Keate. publisher of the Victoria Times, made the charge during a panel discussion on "what is wrong with the press" before tut Ad and Saieii ' of the in P ij said radio adver- marines in the First World War, He was 67. temperature. Winds westerly 25 pany visited the home, the father in exposed areas of the Queen said he had made arrangements most distasteful and care tnat cigarettes are not left t burning where they could fall Campbell won the Victoria Cross and Distinguished Service sa'd 'a this this nf of ti telexing. 'b. Not ui a a one one sPaper sPfiper advertising advertising ' order as a commander of hush- Charlottes, light elsewhere. ito get money day or night to Low tonight and high Wed-1 meet ransom demands. Elsen-nesday at Port Hardy, Sandsplt j hower Is executive vice-president and Prince Rupert, 40 and 55. of the same bank. ' s ' " f and tnat smokers should avoid L the dangerous habit of smoking hush decoy "Q" ships that lured ! U-boats to their doom.