PROVINCIAL. LI3R.3J, 1U lf.-5 VICTORIA, e. c. .. i 'r 17. . ORROW'S TIDES- iy, August 8, 1953 : iJtardard Time) , 0:11 20 0 feet 13:10 18 4 feet , 6:50 2 9 feet 18:54 7.3 feet J Doily VDeli rry 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. 183 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1953 PRICE FIVE CENTS s.X Phone to hws Umme I N (T .jDk&nnrPr irami(?(ai7mini!!i(?!i Co-Operation Asked To AAaintain Law An appeal to the more than 6,000 Indians in the Prince Rupert area not to believe rumor and gossip and to co-operate with the RCMP by living within the law was broadcast today by Indian Superintendent Anfield. p Election Act Changes Predicted By The Canadian Presn VICTORIA.' Premier '"ir v -rr:"'T vw- c i f - ' 4' ( l' . ' I 1 ' ,. - - , : ' c- j All 1 I I ill r rt Ulllt' ill I Speaking over radio station ! advises them by radio or phone Bennett said today there t CFPR, Mr. Anfield departed L , ......... J s F t X .. .. -,' . ... " . . 9 i of any native- Indian who dies. The doctors call ' hltn, he said, as do the police from whom he gets the finest of co-operation. On the subject of last Satur day night's disturbances, during which Mr. Anfield was down m as the rays of peace cayt their glow ov .-r the Korean horlon, hideous sights of war filiate the embattled country. And, wh-le the shojting has now stopped, lunch is a f, not a time of relaxation. Here a group of American soldiers take time out to eat on pi, with rations spread out on a "lunih counter" of munitions cases. i : ction Machinery Here Heady "may be substantial changes" in Iie B.C. Elections Act at the September session of the Legislature. He wouldn't say what changes were contemplated but indicated there was dissatisfaction with the alternative vote .system which he said "isn't accomplishing what It was expected, 5 town most of the time, the Indian superintendent said that he was certain of one thing: "Our native people were nnt the ringleaders in this particular affair." Mr. Anfield has called a meeting for tomorrow morning at his office for a group of Indian from his regular pattern of news and views of the Skeena River Indian agency and told his listeners that to Improve relations of the native people with the police In Prince Rupert would require "careful thought and research by all concerned." He stressed that unlawful action can seldom, if ever, bring worthwhile changes or Improvement. "If there are honest grievances that should be straightened out, you must bring them to the proper authorities," Mr. Anfield said. "Bring them to the police inspector, to your Native Brotherhood of B.C., to myself as Indian superintendent, directly to the Take Care of Skeena Voters i ate . ; ' ! n- ui accomplish" and Is causing; machinery fur Mi " eligible In the whole lidlnu. ; proci cm at the inmnont at, chiefs and headmen to meet the "confusion." , ; A Vancouver newspaper said Bnro Rum-rt hi seared (miv tu, tn r, n, in Smithers and at 326 Becnnd i to handle the voting H,llM,rt i the f:ivie Ontn. rn. Avenue West, Prime Rupert. yesterday that Vancouver ex- I v ''cm 5.5U8 c lection Monday Whiting di'y 0f.UlC ?dVauC; P"" ltpd to have cocktail lounges city voters ellg- 8 "-rrow AuBU.t . 8. between 3 3a i by Christmas. It said legislation of four pointed out today. : nm, u can- p m. ,, ,., Dl)ylghi eav- aulhoHzlr new new u liquor outletfi do.se one ne mayor, Inspector Taylor and himself. The chief councillors and advisors of the native people being called to the meeting so that they can take back word to their people are: Johnson Russ of Oreenvllle; Reuben Munro of Alyansh; Ell Gosnell I of Canyon City; Herbert B. u represent Skeena There will be no absentee vot- ing Time would be introduced at the fall' b' ie are 21.093 volu'lnK but an advance poll is In Legislature session. commissioner In Vancouver or even to the minister at Ottawa. They will be honestly Investigated and action taken to correct any abuses." PICKED IT FOR VAGRANCY after she wandered Into a Wheeling, W. Va., residence, this ba-a-a-ad character wound up in the women's quarter of the city jail. Patrolmap Charles Sandridge keeps close watch on his sheepish prisoner as he waits for her owner to claim her. Doolan of Kincolith; Paul Price Hours uf voting for Prime Kiiprrl on rlrtlnti (l.iy, Monday, Augiitt 10, are 9 a.m. until 7 p.m., Oayuglit Saving Time. Voters are asked to check enumerators' slips or the voters' list mailed to Ummu for the number of their nolIinE division. The premier In a political ! speech last night said radio advertising drawing attention to a magazine article attacking Social Credit was paid for by the Liberal party. "No longer will they settle matters by debate." the Social Weatherman Making Up Mr. Anfield said that out of Pf Simpson; Charles Dudo-Saturday war ,f he Native Brother-crop night's disturbances, a of stories had arisen and ' Matthew Hill of KltkaUa; been widespread, and apparent- 5,ddle ot ly believed by many sincere and ?e,orBeT D' an ,ot Mkatla ; honest people. PeteJ Jhton ofEnfranchlw- . ' v.- ,. . -1 , t ment Board of Metfcrtutar -Bt-" He cited rumors he had heard i , , !-!',. 0RD-SIZE TRANSFORMER VES U.K. FOR KITIMAT .'('HC.STl'.It. Eng. iRcuh-i'i The highest-voltage I traiisfornier ever built in Britain it has a rapacity I tluui 2'JO.oou Yojts-has iuft on the first leg of Ik, to Killmat, B.C. It Ik one of seven' being built by tl Ltd. at nearby Holllnwrxjd for the Aluminum Company Mas new 1,600,000-horsepower hydro-electrlc power j id Kltimat. but by new They are also asked to vote atfCr,,'lit premier aatd 4 For Lack Of Sun In July of an Indian beaten and killed 'Frank ,nnps of Kltlllcla:H ,n I F Prince Rupert's weatherman is July 10 as compared to 87 degrees W by police, another k n lAnAS, beaten and n.- Daniels of Kitwanga. and John- taken straight to hospital, a trvine to make un for lost time, recorded On July 11, last year. athan Derrick of Kltwancool. Announcement was also marie a elance at the figures provided Low, temperature f or last maitact'ua,:u ,--t Jk, Mr. Bennett 3aid the article was published In New Liberty Magazine. Written by Leslie Roberts, it was entitled "Social Credit Means Dictatorship." The British Columbia premier, speaking on behalf of Social Credit candidates in the Aug. 10 election., told 1,700 persons at Georgia ..Auditorium the tiUilna marked-. wiUi - ther polling division. ftailnls must lie marked with l INK distinct cross or X and not any other mark. There Is only one choice, as the alternative voting system dors not apply to federal elections. K;illuts must he marked with the pencil affixed to the polling booth, by the Dlgby Island weather month was 44 3 degrees on July station shows. 4, and the maximum wind of the In five days this month the month was southeast 22 on July today over radio station CFPR that instead of the regular church devotional program at 8:30 tomorrow morning, Bishop A. Jordan, Canon Basil S Prockter and Major W. C. Poul-ton would broadcast a special bassador Warns Against necessary Statements'; sun has blessed the city with 21. , Highest barometer reading 36.6 hours of .recorded sunshine, was 30.40 on July 27, with the nearly half: the total, hours of. lowest 29.72 being t recorded ori; sunshine recorded for the whole July 13. .' 1 -,. mi v ;: ? of July.) .; ! ' August's sunsriine record here: ' I Kit- ink ,tr liu Ilni ,iiit. lifllfL. nre message, , JF'A. if Robert May- but this Is hot the lay Ui listen ol,we(t (. n,arktg ballots, (adian ambassador to to demagogues," said Mr. May- Voters have four candidates lid today the- next 30 hew. , j fnm) wnj(,n to choose a Skeena '1 won't say It was written by the Liberal party", but' advertising on the radio drawing attention to the article was paid for by the Liberal party to a federal advertising agency. And I have proof." woman beaten so badly in jail that she had to be removed to hospital, and a white man dragged to the police station and treated so badly that he almost died and was smuggled into the lospttal.;: : j v , . ;; ; '4 ' : Tries - exaggerated stories turned 6ut to be an Indian boy who was burned to death in a fishboat fire, another Indian boy who was severely injured in the fire and taken to hospital, an Indian woman who had suffered an epileptic fit, and an elderly white man who was found lying on the ground and carried into the police office under Mr. Anfield's own eyes. JAIL INSPECTED The city Jail, Mr. Anfield said, had been inspected by Mayor Theo Fortune The surf shone for 89.4 hours started on August 2 with 6.3 in July this year, a poor com- hours; August 3, 10.7 hours; Aug-parison to July 1952's total of ust 4, 6.8 hours and August 5, 4.9 141.1 hours. and August 6, 7.9 hours. ' The rest of July, 1953 was de- line crucial period in 1 tie political conierences wui;rll repiesentiitlve in the kl warned against un- have a better chance of success ; ,ille ,f v,mm(ins Dies at 65 stalinetits from cyn- "if some people who are accust-! ' . . omed tn saying a lot keep quiet." . A resident of Prince Rupert for Mr. Mayhew. who was with -"" " 32 years, and well-known boiler fral hoie In the future, finitely on the soggy side with rain recorded on 18 days measuring a total of 4.09 Inches or more than 25 per cent more dampness than In July, 1952 when 2.98 In-ches of rain fell. ber in the last House; James T. McKeivie, ' vn ec ha nlc, Social Credit party candidate; Harry General Strike Cripples France maker and welder for the CNR, Theobald Fortune, died Healthier POWs Reach Freedom PANMUNJOM t0 A healthier group of 394 Allied war prisoners r..i mo nnf nf Cnmmimtst mnt.lvit.V Canadian tnnips In Korea a week hko. said the whole prestige rl the United Nations in Asia will rest on what is done to rehablli- Jackpot T. Archibald, foreman, CCF PARIS CP' France's 20.000,000 candidate, and Mrs. Ann Mi The city hasn't had a July xt Week Mr. Fortune, who was born in Cape Breton Island 85 years ago, came to British Columbia in 1910. He is survived by his wife. civil servants slapped Premier Lanlel with a crippling 24-to-48- rainy spell to better last month . . Drt mnshrnnminir Harold Whalen, RCMP, Inspec narri, housewife, Labor-Progressive party candidate. Election coverage will be given on Monday night by radio station CKl'Ii when election results since July, 1950 when 6.48 Inches rppol.ts thnt tne Reds are holding soaked Prince Rupert. h k snmp pnws including oer- )ls $40.95 Gladys, at the family home, 411 tor Taylor ana nimseii. tiite war-torn Korea. Under h long-range plan, the UN should send experts to Korea I to determine what Is needed most and how much aid is required. , He said it would be foolish U withdraw Canadian troops from the country at this stage. Such hour country-wide general strike today. They demanded he cut defence costs Instead of raising their re Other figures provided by the .ni onnn t , nfin Americans. 'The truth was," Mr. Anfield 1 Fourth Avenue East, and a son, weather station show that the Qne ', ty" repatriates, Pte. high temperature for July this Tnomas R. Murray of Baltimore, Smis no winner again k in the Dally News Itcst, ns Ihp iripntll.v nf year was a tuwiy it ucsjrcs u severai prisoners were being in the Skeena riding will be broadcast every hour, starting shortly after 7 p.m. In each polling station established in the locality of the held In Jail. said, "that no Indian or white man was tn the Jail badly beaten up at all. "If there were any truth to the rumors," Mr. Anfield said, "the Indians In the jail would have told me about it." He told his Indian audience Bernard, of 1659 Hammond Place. Requiem mass will be sung by Bishop A. Jordan from the church of the Annunciation at 9 a.m. tomorrow. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. There will be an assembly for prayers at Grenville Court chapel, B.C. Undertakers, at 8:30 tonight. tirement age and trimming their ranks. " Trains ground to a halt through the country; telephones were dead, and garbage piled, up in streets. Generally, business and commercial life rapidly approached a paralysis. returning officer's office, thei I Important persons of " "i" nu.-oo Is ago continued to of the important political confrr-k'lcrs. As a result next ences on which so much depends. k pot will be $40.95. Mr. Mayhew is home for a I of ten letters picked month-long visit. He and Mrs. h from thiR -,,1- Mayhew will return to Japan DUNCAN (CP The big Evans Lumber Company mill was reduces to rubble early today by a $1V5,000 fire. deputy returning officer has been instructed to deliver ills that they know that he always ballot box and an accompany- tf entries divulged no abollt Se'H 1 IIe wiU rcPolt to!ing envelope containing a pre- -WEATHER- Synopsis A surge of moist air caused numerous thunderstorms in the southern part of B.C. last night, Forerast North coast region Cloudy with sunny periods today and Saturday. A few showers over the mountains. Fog banks overnight. Little change in temperature. Light winds. Low tonight and high Saturday at Port Hardy, Sandspit and Prince Rupert, 54 and 65. Dulles, Rhee Reach Acccord inswcr but next week -",iawa hdoui Aug. la. J liinlnary statement of the poll flicials will open letters Japan has done a magniflceut to the returning officer as soon come across a winning job in reviving her Industries as possible after closing of ihe and foreign trade "but there's poll. tor the V.I.P. ' contest mucn to done yet before she Every deputy returning of-Osps nvprv ne'air ot 1 1 has reached the position she firrr lor outlying polling sta- SEOUL State Secretary been been instr instructed to Dulles and President Syngman wants to," the ambassador said, t ions' has v win h ,.i,i i V v. ill be contained in times telephone or telegraph the re-1 Rhee have drafted a mutual se- (.issue oi I ne Daily News DVl.orl (hA ..,.. Hor ex- : suit, of his noli as soon as the curitv Dact linkintr the United Kial rage sponsored by ports had decreased in the last count is completed to Mr. Whit- States and South Korea, it was lessmen and merchants, six months. 'Ing. - I reported today. i. - ; : Vernment Grain Elevator Fulfilling Present Role Well Dminiun government Moose Jaw and Saskatoon. . $190,000. The elevator averaged its job of taking care of sur- Don Ritchie and thanked by vator in Prince Rupert When elevators operated by about $1,200 per month in nec- pluses. club president Tony Crawley. Jtely not a white ele- private concerns were unable to essary purchases in Prince Ru- Pointing out the efficiency of C. H. Gow, supervising weigh- !I,nd is fulfilling its handle the great demand for pert, and the repair job on the the elevator, Mr. Mills said 7,100 master at the elevator, spoke tale of taking the load grain, the elevator in Prince dock when the elevator re- boxcars of grain had been han- briefly to the Rotarians and te elevators. Prince Ru- Rupert was reopened in No- opened had provided some $50,- riled since it was reopened and described the work of the Board ry Club was told yes- vember, 1951, Mr. Mills said. 000 to local contractors. The had taken In $1,600,000 in rev- of Grain Commissioners, whicn With its 1.250.000-bushel cap- power bill alone for the elevator cnue in that time. If the eleva- includes grain inspection, regis- Bg to Rotarians at their aeltv. it was able to emntv 30 'was around $1,500 per month. tor had not been built, he said, tration, weighing, research and " ,, .: v. ' t ! t r h 1 ' " , : - v f " " "''' ''"'iTTv" " j r - i v .s- '....w,... .i I ,., the Brain would still be niled up statistics. wncheon meeting, Ar- to 35 cars a day and could Should grain surpluses ac- supervisor of the handle 40 to 50 if necessary. crue again then the elevator f"Ur, said that since 58 SHIPS on the prairies. .-. Canada, Mr. -Gow said, had " no peer 'in the world for grain CITFS FIGURES , handling. As a member of the The Prince Rupert grain ele- weighing branch, he said that vator had handled 18.5 million he was often extremely proud, bushels of grain since Novem- because, despite the human cle-ber, 1951, Mr. Mills said. Since ment, the efficiency of trans- last July, 1952, it had shipped portatlon companies and the will close down, Mr. Mills said. The government has no intention of competing with private business. The rost per capita of operating the elevator was very small to the neo-nle nf Canada, he Kaid. Keen In charge of the Since the grain plant had I had found that local opened again in November, 1951. had an entirely wrong It had loaded a total of 58 ships, 7"e elevator. and from July, 1952, to July, Pvator here Is one of 1953, had filled with grain the rnment elevators built holds of 37 vessels. Should the Oriental grain out 8.5 million bushels of wheat, .weighing branch was such that anaaa to take care of Mr. Mills, describing the use PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, who wears steel-rimmed, Army-issue-type spectacles when he plays golf never wears his glasses when posing for photographers (left). But when newsmen asked for a demonstration nf his skill at Quantico, Va., last week, he apologetically said: "I'll have to put on my glasses or I catft'see the ball." And the shutters clicked again (right). . hpluses when they oc- of the elevator to the city, said trade really develop, Mr. Mills more than four million bushels from ShlPptIlg point to receiv-Ms the sole purpose of that it employed 63 men and said, there was room here lor of barley and 2,800 tins ot iIlt! polut tlle am0uiit of error here and the others at. hart an annual navrnll. lnclud- a DnvSrelv run elevator and the screening was tabulated at less than one " Fdmontnn, Calgary, ing overtime, ot more than government oik. could resume. Mr. Mills was iiitrudiicco by part in 2,tHH.