1 m jj i ORMES fc'?.QVI2iCIAI. LIBRARY, 113 DRUGS ICT03IA, B. C. DAILY DELIVERY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER I Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phong 81 O DISPATCHED TOL. XLI. No. 21 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS - Fifty mm mio) f l"V M lH -V SI j ; I I J I I I I III M t S tnr i it E 3 5 !! f-2 ? vyuiiai u vim it iiwuuxj i vi 1 n ii n jiv.m tr U ul mm mm mS M W fen i j : ' i Civic Centre Heads Coalition Is Not Broken Satellites Admitted (Av&y fregrff re thorized by Board cnil Increase of IVj Per Cent Approved Pilot's Body Recovered Two more bodiM thoe nf the pilot, John Pfaffinger of Kent, Modern Hostelry on Ranch Style Lines; Cost Put at $275,000 J. O. McKae, MI.A, Discusses B.C. Political Situation Coalition government has not JAWA (CP) The Board of Transport Com-i s today authorized a general increase of yet broken up and the present British Columbia government Is t . nci'ccnt in vailwnv frpinht ratps In a fin-il'riot Liberal, Jack McRae, MLA I ' . ,. ' let Prince Rupert, told the Ro- Washington, and an umdenti- fled soldier have been washed up on the beach near Sandspit, Queen Charlotte Islands, foi-t lowing the crash of a Korean ; air lift -plane there early la.;t ; Saturday morning, i "Shis leaves 22 bodies stiil j ml? sing. Fourteen have so fa" i been recovered. Seven survived 1 the erash ; - k i One of the province's most modern hotels is to be built in Prince Rupert this spring, a leading local business man announced today. Plans for the 70-room, $275,000 building were disclosed by G. D. Frii.-zell in a Daily News interview. Mr. Frizzell said he had fori ' . on the long standing railway application tor jury luncheon Thursday. Sites, the board awarded the carriers slightly! But an election -will very t , , ,. ,1 .p. . ,i i ' : likely" follow the session of the 11 half oi the 10 per cent they were asking. iLeRMH,urc whlCh beg.ns Fcb- I ' The new rates. It is estimated,! luary 19. Two Royal Canadian Mounted ' nearl.y a year Panned on sucn win y. Md a gross addition of Mr. McRac said the Premier Sov.et 'Tatkase Deal" Approved by IN Committee PARIS (CP) Over vigorous American objections, the United Nations political committee today approved Russia's "package deal" calling on the Securi'y Council to admit five Soviet satellites and nine other countries to the United Nations. It was the first time in United Nations "history the poiitieal committee, which includes all 60 United Nations members, his adopted a major Soviet resolution actively opposed by the United States. The Soviet sponsored admission of Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania, and the countries sponsored by western delegates included the republic of Ireland, Portugal and Italy. j'oitce ou.ccrs are .keeping a 4 constant patrol of the beach with a view to recovering bodies as they are washed ashore. 1 I X 1 . V. 1 $8,400,000 to the annual revenue WOuIU not break up Coalition of the Canadian Pacific Rail- unles.s such a move as endorsed way, yardstick line for rate mak- by a general party convention. If the Coalition government re-Increase in the Canadian Na- signed. Premier Johnson would tional freight rate bill will be in j then also have to resign and a the neighborhood of $20,000,0001 new government formed by the a year. I majority party which is Llb- a building and had interested five other associates who are due to arrive here March 29 to confirm one of three sites chosen for the building. Architects drawings show the hotel as 200 by 100 feet, of ranch-.?tyle construction with two wings. All rooms will be U A ,...JM.li, ! The sea is running too rough i on the long spit to permit of dragging operations being car- 4 ned out, police state. l As the bodies are recovered oral. they are viewed by a general complete with bath and plans , . . . " include 19 12 -'deluxe" 1a!i,vii" suites, ciiitoc din Hill. The new rates will go Into effect In this way: The interim 12 per cent in (Jury and released for transport Present scaling in the Legislature is as follows: 23 Liberals. 11 r'nnxm-v;i I Ivfs pinht CCV crease awarded last July Is re cinded and a 17 cent increase per Uiree Coalition, one Labor an J over the prt-July rates is auth- two i,lfi,.,enr!..nt.x Pivintr the J r . , j Bloodiest ..... orized. I opposition to the Conservatives. That has the effect of hoisting t overnmcnt coukr the present rates by almost 4'2 icarry (ur ..qlte , whe.. yel , . i said Mr. McRae. . This was hi.. Seventeen percent compares! pin!lI ,, hn ... Vf -' r- .. 4 ing room, beverage room, a lounge, auditorium and parking area off the street to accommodate 50 cars. All rooms are to be on one floor. Mr. Frizzell said rooms would be "moderately priced" to conform with general rates. " Decision of the site would take place within a few days of arrival of his associates. "Tenders will be called almost by United States Air Force to McChord Field. Police officers discount a statement of a beam trawl fisherman in the Dally News yesterday that a drag net might have been able to puU bodies out while the r.i was calm for a few hours on the morning after the crash. That suggestion had been made, it is said, to some fishermen who fult that the bottom was too rough with large boulders for such an operation. AV v with a total of 22 percent which .. ,t W(JUU be d ntical hu. Fight Yet was the of two aKKrcgate in- j osophy. to have an clectiun al creases sought by the railways in ,jn earl dale TO Bl'ILD HOTEL . . Douglas Frizzell For the lirst time In post-war! Mr. McRae traced the history of the Coalition government Tisrroi. nntK ,. . V. II. Keefe, 4 (.i iii rjl Manager rate increases, the board set a immediately and local firms will have a chance to bid," he said. "Such a building here has been Wcifir. wn'rn He called "an unholy wed- tin,,, for the H,,ru.n nf . Fifty Egyptians and Three British Soldiers Killed IEMAILIA British troops, tanks and armored cars, firing at point blank range today, smashed a suicidal defence by armed Egyptian police reserves in a six- Winter Hits, Driving Bad Funeral of Mrs. Schcrk a long felt necessity and I am happy that my V plans worked out." Construction would likely begin in May, he said. h 1x:k wa8 not mcMt aa .the new rates. They arc to run "M, only until August 31, 1953. Sev-; P"niiancnt arrangement, oral exceptions to the 4i percent I "I" the past both parties- ' increase are also ordered. j L i b e r a Is and Con.scrvatlve.s - 1 There are to be no Increases I tri,'d t fil"l politics on which on coal, coke and potatoes, and ; u"'y coultl brt'1k-celling limitajions are put on in-1 "I myself would ho.sil.ite to creases on sand and gravel, 'say what kind of legislation : crushed stone and fuel wood. ! would have been passed by the f nter Is ling Up W. F. STONE f . former government. '- Dr. Large Re-elected The Lcgiwulive member assured his listeners that ulterna-t TELKW A Winter's Icy breath! hour battle in which at least fifty I has been felt along this norUiernj Egyptians were killed, time from Prince G-eorge west. Three British soldiers died in lOver the week-end a motoristi wnat was described as the blood-1 found the roads drifted and icy j iest fighting yet seen in the Suez in i-pots. Driving is precarious i canal zone. I in places. ' j in addition there were uno- j- One truck, (ailing to make tliej fficial reports - of s thousand I turn at a bad spot, went off the Egyptian police having been j road and was left stranded, snow i captured by British troops. Many I piling up around the wheels. others were injured. Another car careened off the British warships are reported Funeral of Mrs. Harriet Schcrk, 78, pioneer city resident, who . died in Vancouver Saturday, was held yesterday at the Full Gos-; pYl Tabernacle in Prince Rupert. ' Kev. C. Fawcett conducted the Tt-erciiiouj.-. r .. v Soloist Mrs. Lillian Beck sang i "Good Morning Up There," fol-I lowed, by Rev. Fawcett s sermon. Pallbearers were Victor Ny- French Grain Vessel Here Motorship Jean L.l). in Port To Load Full Cargo for Japan Fourteen days out of Yoko- CNR Orders Dump Cars ! vin Move Again 1 St(ls I MMS .IUS f first time this w.'ck, r National trains moved ;it of Prince Rupert night. A rotary plow I in opening up the line tive voting would definitely he u.sed at the toming election. "I think it is a very fair voting sys'ein." Alternative voting, approved officially for the next election. W. F. Stone Vice-President Of Civic Centre Re-e!ected last night to head sted, Martin Sladset, Leonard highway into the side of the i to have been ordered from Malta Will BIVL" Clt-XWIO Ul-iyUI miUiy HJ!,,, rli.. Pnl l..n.lnllnn rr- to Suez. iviun l kiuvl.- nn oroer vaiucu i vun- iui an i-uuumui.es un inc altir swirling drifts Dixon, Charlie Crego, J. Wllkie and John Linney. Interment was in the family plot al Fairview Cemetery. inscfl fur mme than t more than $'JOO.OOO has been ! ballot, in order of preference. placed by Canadian National Winning candidate must have 50 mm! train was able to Hallways for 100 side and centre 'per cent majority. Failing this, I shuka, Japan, where she had dis- bank and remained embedded in charged a cargo of Canadian the deep snow. Apparently the wheat, the French motorship driver was unable to move the freighter Jean L.D. is in Prince vehicle. Rupert today to load another j Further west a car making the such cargo from the local eleva-i turn at the south approach to t01 ithe Telkwa .bridge nose-dived The Jean L.D. was off Triple into the bank and was left t..i t q v-i..i, thic m,imn,n stranded and lus' below the Leather Synopsis Temperatures in the thirties convertible dumping ears, nn- t lowesi-ponuig cunuioau- is uroo-iiouncement of the order was ped and "second choices" count-made here today by E. A. Brom- t ed. ley, vice-president, purchases; R. G Large remains as president for another term. Board meeting following the annual general meeting of the association, also elected the following ofticers: Vice-President W. F. Stone Secretary Mrs. Irene Parent TreasurerDon Forward Executive T. Norton Youngs, W. D. Lambic. George Vlereck, Miss H. Silversides, S. P. Wood-side and Dr. J. D. Galbraith. Ten MIG's Shot Down and stores. This order raises to j6 p in and a wvstbound ! 1 II) p 111. i winds, which have rsji-mst constantly down (9 a for weeks, subsided IT 'lay afternoon. those held up by the V-tti'ins was F. H. Keefe, ! and was picked up.there by plio,,Bulkley Valley hill east of land Can S. Hunter, wno lumuuBuiii... DrOUEni net onmm-ia miuK., : 1.11 mo - -- . , . , . . .., f ,1, ,,!., f Ho into the harbor by daybreak. The road and came to a stop against " LJlLn The moist air from the Pacific n thP I nnerial Oil a telephone pole. No one was more than JU3.00U.00U the value of new equipment to be delivered to the company. The new cars will be built by Mm r'nii.ifliiin Cur Ai. Foundrv which is giving this mild weather Full Session May Be Held I SEOUL (CP) American Sabre 1 Co. dock to take on fuel before ; reported injured. tinaiumcr. western re- " P""" touay .snui. uowu 11:11 iiiuiiii8uuujuitut.ra n,o Four rour directors oiicciors elected tRcieu bv Dy thp' me. i iflian National Rail- Limited for delivery hi March. I will gradually feed into the in-j terior valleys and temperatures in those regions will rise slowly today and tomorrow. i Miipi'g, who came In m,,;). Their main feature lies in general meeting were Mrs. Par-, ,"'-'. rh h." "t rf c, H .i- mt4--nimr j. scott and; i " '., . ., "r " ., ; . '". r "iwuaii uiiwi rut, M.. Lanibie, W. w plow. He hud been their capacity to serve as three na Valley since Tues- cars in one. Thy can be opcrat- tolls taken in the Korean war. j able to get away by Monday. VICTORIA - The new British; Mr. Stone. uza. I c: . One other M1G was probably! Capt. J. Batas is master of the to get through and ed as aondola cars with siding 'Columbia rubinet is reuorted to! 1 destroyed. At least three other Jean L.D. and he has a crew of i Ilk J J ill C9 Dc. to personally observe unloudlnu, or. bv opening trap be contemplaline a full length! forty-one. Red planes were damaged, against the snows. doors in the floors and moving j session uf the Legislature next tiie ends in, they can be used as month instead of a brief one with ! New snow covered quiet ground fronts. Banquet for Robert Burns Skies will remain cloimy lor today and tomorrow 'with some light rain or drizzle along the coast and snow flurries in the interior. Forecast North coast region Cloudy with occasional light rain or drizzle today and tomorrow. Little change in temperature. Winds light today and south-cast (25 1 tomorrow. Lows tonight and highs tomorrow Port Hardy and Sandspit, 35 and 40; Prince Rupert, 32 and 38. Classing of the Pacific was un- ! SYDNEY (CP)MilliorLs of dol-eventful except for very rough lars worth of cattle are being weather two days out of this port burned to death in fires crack-which held the vessel up a full ling across the scorched country day I of New South Wales, while Syd- Thc vessel is registered from ney swelters in 105 degrees, the Dunkerque. France, and was highest .temperature for a dec-built fifteen years ago. ' ! adc. G W. Nickcrson Ltd. are local ! By midday, fires had burned dgprjts ! down 45 houses In the state. In- Another grain ship is reported eluding several in Sydney's out-to be due here next week but c suburbs. French Land In Tunisia hopper cars. Ag.iin, when the an election ensuing soon there-ends arc turned down, the cars after as had been originally sug-can be operated as drop end j grsted. gondolas lor transporting such j Important legislation would be loads as telephone poles, lumber j presented for action instead of and structural steel. Delivery of j being deferred, this order will increase the CNR's A meeting of the new cabinet rosier of these cars to more i will be held soon to consider than 1500. 'strategy. jiinldcr weather during i ililinite inipnivi nirnt f iti'd in the city water and at III a.m. there i f't of water ill Hie which wns still nsint. ' iiluatiim was also re-'lh (lie Northern B.C. $o.'s plant at Falls Itiver jii its load so the sti um l the dry dock ( until 4- ihaw on Wouihvorlh Impressive addresses "The Immortal Memory" by J. A. Frew and "Bonnie Scotland" by R. O. there is no confirmation. Moore featured Ihe annual I Robert Burns anniversary ban-! TUNIS (CP) France today quel of the Ladies' Aid of First 1 lended fio.sh troops In strifc-Piesbyterian Church which drew ridden Tunisia to fight the na-an attendance of 200 to the tionaiist uprising in which near-church parlors liust night. I ly persons have been killed a'ld hundreds Injured in the last Fine farm" was provided by the ladies after which an acceptable , Ju . ... . Vincent Massey Named New Governor-General TODAY'S STOCKS T as also no Irtnser (lie ! J kifi taps ruiliiiiit to f pipes from freninr. : program was presented with Rev (('UlirlChY & II. luliiintiMi Co. LtU. ) I. S. Whulen rinphaslz- j ' iere was no' reason whv Milk Price Control to Be Dropped Leygues has landed reinforcements at the north African port of Bfr.crle. LONDON (Canadian Press) lit. Hon. Vincent Massey, chancellor of the University of Toronto and Cornier Canadian High Commissioner in London, is D. E. A. Wright, the pastor, presiding and welcoming the guests. There was the traditional piping irt of the Haggis born f: It'Milrl relax too much if' -I'lvation. VANCOUVER American Standard ... .26 Bralorne 600 Ii R X 03 Cariboo Quartz 1.20 Congress 07 Cronin Babine 55 ' s,,'oiid day In a row, to succeed Lord Alexander as Governor General 0f l81 byct Harry caiderwood .... , with W. McKay as piper and 'i'e uniible to operate Vancouver and Prince Parliament to Open Feb. 28 SliU'jiiir 1.. . I.ii.illi.. VANCOUVER -The Vancouver ; Province says that the British ! Columbia Milk Board has decid-' ed to abandon all retail milk OTTAWA iff1 The prime min- Alex Huig giving the address to the luscious dish. In addition to the principal address of the evening, a toast, to "The Lasses" was proposed by t anada, an oniciai announcement saiu last nigni. The announcement was made from Buckingham Palace here and at the same time by Prime Minister St. Laurent in Ottawa. 1 ; ister, RU Hon. L. S. St. Laurent price controls as from February 1. Lower prices in retail stores i' H""l "l.iilllU'Jf J- .conditions at. both ends. been no first class niail f- , the two coast cities In f lays. Grounded pas-4 liave been taking to 4;ts. Flights were -to -be 4 this afternoon. announcod today that parlia ment will open Thursday, Feb ruary 28. ' are expected to be an immediate ! result j A minimum guaranteed price to I armors Is expected t o be rc- Inined. i At Victoria, Minister of Agri ' Alex Mitchell. Mrs. Cuthill rc-I spondee! and both speakers were in fine form. I The musical program included ! the vocal solo, ' Road to the Bulldozers Dig Out Crete Ruins . 97 .22 '.i 8.50 1.90 .33 .08 'i 1.68 .62 .06 .18 .04 .19 2.42 . J.15 Giant Mascot. Indian Mines Pend Oreille Pioneer ... Premier Border .... Privateer Sh 'cp Creek Silbuk Premier Tuku River Vananda Salmon Oold Spud Valley Silver Standard .... Western Uranium Lord Alexund.-r, the announcement said, is to assume other re sponsibilities. It Is reported that he is to become defence minister in the British government. Mr. Massey Is at present In the United Kingdom. Viscount Alexander Is expected to leave Canada almost im TORONTO Atholia 0!l Auniaque 23 Beattie 19 Beveourl. 72 Buffalo Canadian .18 Consul. Smelters 198.00 Conwest 3.80 Donaldu 46 Eklona 19 East Sullivan 900 Giant Yellowknife 11.50 Gods Lake 37 Hardrock U'a Harricuiia 15jj I leva .10 Joliet Quebec .47 Utile Long Lac '.. .68 Lynx 12 Madscn Red Lake 1.9S McKenzie Red Lake .41 McLcod Cockshutt 2.75. Moneta 3C Negus ... .66 Noranda 81.25 Louvicourt . 26 Pickle Crow 1 55 San Antonio 2.52 Senator Rouyn .18 Sherrit Gordon 4 45 Steep Rock 7.05 Silver MUler 1.58 culture sulci it was the first hef Death Takes Polly Moran Isles." by W. D. Smit h which was KNOSSOS. Crete. Bulldozers jllrariiiy applauded. Instrumental levelling a building site near the selections by John Currie, D. R had heard of a decision to discontinue milk price control. Meanwhile Vancouver milk dis ancient palace of Minos, at. !' tV. it. Tatuersul and Mis Knossos, have uncovered tombs Polly tributors have dropped an appli mediately. LOS ANOELES (CP) cation f jr a price increase and ; Between the time of Viscount cntalnine 3500-vear-old Minoau Moran, G8, famed movie team E. J. Smith were also very acceptable. Community singing was also entered into with enthusiasm. Mrs. E. J. Smith was acconi- Alexanders departure and Mr. n (, , Massey s return, Chief Justice 1 , . iPi,ikJ oii.i . hi. c,i. preservation, comprising the ;skip a clay" deliveries. TIDES - - male of the late Marie Dressier, died of a heart aliment In hospital today. She entered the films In 1919 as a Mack Scnnctt bathing girl. fictions on ns Retained .... WA -.Canadian chartered ttave agreed to retain the ''ittnis on granting loans Ii B.ive been in effect since "y 1, 11151. :il'('em'0'1'' was announc-' Sfiaham Towers, governor 'io J Bank of Canada, who .,w.(iged t h e assistance ; Mstrtctions had been In '-.Hi against Inflation. i pi erne Court of Canada will carry most' Important discovery at pantst for the evening. nn the vice-recal functions Knossos since before World War . There was an undertone of Anglo Canadian 9.40 A P Con 55 Calmont 2 25 C & E : 18.50 Central Leduc 3.00 Home Oil 16.50 Mercury 25 ( j Okalta 4.30 Pacific Pete 11.00 Roytil Canadian 2i Visciiiml. Alexander' term of II. sadness in view of the recent! i Saturday, January 26, 1952 office expires next Monday. Discoveries Included several tragic death of J. A. Teng, long a j Another ship with sulphur for High 1:08 19.7 feet When Mr, Massey will assume bronze spear heads, swords, prominent worker of the church. Columbia Cellulose at Watson 12:48 23.1 feet office was ' not definitely known daggers, pieces of a bronze liel- He was to have taken In a yon I Island Is reported due early next Low 6:48 7.0 feet today, i met, and vases and pottery. quartette on the program. 'Uiunlh. ; 19.27 0.5 feet.