PROVING AL L LIBRARY f PROVINCIAL LI3HA3T, 113 mil iif vi aw VICTORIA, 2. C. -TIDES ,pi:ilic Stardard, Time) Daily Delivery Phona fil 4:04 18 8 feet 17:06 17.9 feet 10:37 4.1 feet 22:58 8.4 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XLII, No. 138 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1953 PRICE FIVE CENTS 1Fot S 1L Bra Op? f , T 'cse)WJ RCAAP Nab Men, Find Salmon Money in 3 Hours Four young men were charged in police court Fishing , : v' f. iy n today in connection with; the early' Sunday $10,000 roof-top robbery of the government liquor store in Prince Rupert. T Tied up In Spithead Review Lamer Service : :).y-z. Fishermen Strike Working with lightning speed, RCMP divisional and city officers joined forces, recovered the MOO-pound safe with its con-' tents, and apprehended the four within three hours of the alarm. Charged today were Ray Di-. hlasio, James Crlpps, Joe Giordano and Irving Fraser. Police Willis MiWKST ll'MHtKAKKH, the d'lbervillc, is taking part In tlic Spllheud Review today. iiiiib night ceremonies at the Review all vessels will be Illuminated. Tlic d'lbervillc Is lending the Review during a shakedown cruise-before making her maiden trip to the north-most Islands of the Arctic Archipelago. For Agreement ? If . If Itt w Started said the men were not known to them and believe they are new- A ceremony on the post office steDS today started seven mall tmdian Ships Take Part Heaviest Attack In Korea Fleet Review for Queen vomers. (It Is understood there carriers on their way to Prince Is more than one Joe Giordano Rupert's first house-to-house In Prince Rupert.) ! delivery. Because the safe holding the wi,h a briKhl rpd Hbl)on money has not yet ben opened, Wretched across ule portals of Hi- charge will be amended to buiiding. local and visiting late a specific sum of money , offlrialg toW a sidewalk audl-at a later date. cme of the worlt whlch had The 500-pound strongbox, ne into developing the service holding the weeks take at theijnrt c ... inimrbnr. t.n By The Canadian Press VANCOUVER A strike of British Columbia salmon fishermen started at one minute past midnight Monday, coinciding with the opening of industry's most important season. Fishermen all along the coast have been told by radio and tele SPITHGAD. KlK. (CP)-Biltain, ity's First her Commonwealth and 18 for-i ign countries lined up 208 warships in this historic anchorage off southern England today to SEOUL P While thirty thou f, 1 is. sand Communists ripped Into litmor store was damaged when i stage a sparkling, full-dress Allied lines today, breaking lib' I - - yoman Mayor 1 V... .u- i u 1 -'"""B ' - luiTuvnt-u p.y yimcc hi wic uumi rint-t near Tvee, 33 miles east of , , - ... Prince Rupert. i " matsle' ceremonies anu I president of the Junior Cham- Coronation review for Queen through as deep as two miles In Flizabeth. mightiest Red offensive in two The Queen and members r f . years, signs of an imminent truce the royal family, in the dispatch developed In the netural zone of vessel Surprise, sailed down the Paniminjotn. ies at 62 gram to keep their boats In port until an agreement is reached H . f.l line of ships and back as sailors manning the rails cheered. mvm'.na lher of Commerce which had a f The safe Itself was recovered leading part in preparing for from the Kkeena River, wherf house-to-house delivery. Bert II bad been dumped in shallop j Jet feries recalled how the Jay-tidewater. ' I tees were personally lnstru-The early morning thieved mental In erection of street pained entry through the roof , signs, had urged householders of the Second Avenue store, po to have their dwellings properly line Hiipoi't lo.--t HI) lllll-tliiiu citizen last ni:;lit with jUMiiR "f Mrs. Nora Arnold hr sue of 62. :,v Arnold, a former aldcr- with operators on 1953 prices. Certain fishing vessels have been designated as floating picket lines, union leaders said, and their duty will be to see that the tie-up is not broken. SEASON OPENS !a . t . 1 ; V . 53 Ji - Two South Korean divisions on the east-central front buckled under the assault by two fresh Chinese divisions about 20,000 soldiers. A few miles to the west, another 10,000 Reds pierced Allied lines in several places before I Later; the Iiritl.sh Fleet's Air I Arm staged u fly-past over the I fleet. I More than 500.000 persons dc-I tied the wind and rain to pack the beaches to sec the gay sight, 1 Canada's, six warxluns , made lice believe, by dismantling a numbered and later encouraged sheet iron ventilator. i them to install mail receptacles. Police believe the safe, located ' tutrndueine the sneakers. Mr inci mayor, died in hns-alti r being in poor health last fall. un in Wclllngborout'h, liitiiiisViTre. "England. Ai iiiikl came here In 1'J'iO niinnieneed her active cu- they were halted in bloody trench in trw -office of honor vend f jcrferfes -culled - on Frank J. 4 I fighting by United -States-and bp by far the biggest Common i - David Blain, was rolled out into : Colpinan. regional director of South Korean infantry. wealth representation outside of n r I 1 ii I n hiTxfir Thev were the warehouse, then placed on nostal service at Vancouver, who i a rtoiiie and pushed to me ramp i was here for the occasion with In the rear of the building Police are also holding a late- Opening today Is the sockeye salmon season. Sockeye has the greatest,, market- value ,-oL -an? species of salmon found in B.C. waters. The strike the second in the Industry within a year will immediately involve 1,500 gillnet fishermen on the Fraser River. If it continues it is expected to take an approximate 5,000 fishermen, with the Skeena and Naas river seasons opening June 21. Fishermen have demanded 23 by teaching at King M-,i.adert by the carrier Magnifl-I .mil Borden Street schools. ,.ent Can;,da's fleet also included previous experience as fd ju newest icebreaker, the nch'T in England. ! d'lberville. iirird to the late George H. j modcl pick-up truck believed used to transport the safe. The four men were picked up in the vicinity of Tyee. U.S. airmen, flying sliuttle missions, dumped more than 2.225,000 pounds of bombs on the flamitiB 40-mlle front. Smoke of the battle could be seen for 60 in' les. It was the greatest Red drive since the 1951 spring offensive, and apparently intended to gain Communists as much ground as possible before the impending armistice. Dispatches from .the front painted a bloody picture of reckless Chinese pouring pver a W. H. Wilson, district post office inspector with headquarters at Vancouver. BIG CITY ' "Establishment of this service makes Prince Rupert an honest-to-goodness city like Toronto or Montreal," Mr. Colp-man observed. "You are fortunate in having a group who went to work on it like the Jay-cees. Without their efforts, it D. C. Stuart, A BIG ONE that didn't get away is this 38-pound spring salmon taken on sporting tackle by Ed Garner recently, and so far tops all entries in the Rod & Gun Club salmon derby. Garner, who also weighed In a 31-pounder, scored again yesterday with an 18-pounder. All fish were taken fishing In the neighborhood of Triple Island and the Tree Knob group. Above, with Garner is his wife, Sheila. ild In 1931, she took over tsinii-nt of his real estate Insurance business upon death five years later. Hav-already shown a strong In--t in community affairs, i special emphasis on the k of the Little Theatre ii, she busied herself more n rver with civic projects n assuming her new cents a pound for sockeye while operators have made a final offer of 20',i cents. There is also Fires Raze Prairie Pioneer Dead at 76 3.000-foot peak which dominates might not have been started for another 10 years." In declaring the service officially under way, E. T. Apple-whaile, recent MP for Skeena, remarked that it was a logical step In the progress of Prince disagreement on prices to be paid for coho, pinks and summer and fall chums. In Prince Rupert, a special meeting of all salmen fishermen has been called for 2 p.m. Wednesday when officials of the negotiating committee will address members of the union and the Native Brotherhood. the area held by two ROK divisions. Lt.-Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, 8t h army commander, went to the front for a first-hand inspection, after warning his troops in a Sunday broadcast that impending armistice would not in Itself mean an end to the war. Three Drown in Central B.C. In Separate River Mishaps Woodlands. EDMONTON (CP) Forest fires were burning today over a 500-mile front in Western Canada, some of them in a dancing wall of flame advancing relentlessly through the green northlands. Starting from twin towns of McMurray and Waterways In Mr. David Charles Stuart, vcll-known and respected Ru-iert pioneer, died Saturday tn Prince Rupert General Hospital it the age of 76. Born In Davenflrld, Scotland, Mr. Stuart studied law at Edinburgh University and practiced n Kdinburnh for several years before coming to Prince Rupert in 1910. For many years he was a part-aer in the firm of Stewart and HKItMA V Hit servlni? as serretary of Ratepayers' Association, she ) an aldcrmnnlc Reat In 194.' wis re-elected in 1943 fine1 in in 1945. The following ' si"' ran for mayor an'1 riircl Hie winner and Prince iris first wouian mayor af- Rupert from a small town to a major city. "We've got to grow up with the times," he said. "Work on this particular program dates back as far as 15 years, and the Junior Chamber of Com ed by Joseph Wright, said RCMP A mother of five children and He urged them to be ready to fight at any time if Reds break the armistice terms. two men were victims of weekend drownings in west-central B.C. iliimoiisly close contest with In Panmunjom, signs of a north-eastern Alberta, scattered The representatives are Guy Williams of the Brptherhood, and Buck Suzuki, of the union. The tie-up already has affected some 100 spring salmon fishermen In the Naas and Skeena Rivers, Tom Parkin, union organizer in Rupert, said today.;' I Sockeye season in these areas. today. . ! Other drowning victim was Frank Louis Caplctte, 34, a boom man for Morice River sawmills. He drowned Saturday afternoon when he fell into Morice River. He is. survived by his wife at oulck truce increased today. 1 Incumbent, H.. M. Daggett vr completing her year's term Mrs. Betty Stewart, 31, a native Stuart, auditors and account These developments pointed to fires have been renorted on a straight line through Saskatchewan to north of Flln Flon. merce finally put it over." Credit was also paid to the senior Chamber of Commerce which first proposed the scheme. "The post office has the one ants, then In 1920 he became he partner of Hie late A. J. Manitoba. Houston. Parkin In the electrical firm or Parkin and Ward. Neither Brown's or CaDlette's however, does noP onen until Light rain Saturday and helned to check a series of desire to co-operate," Mr. Ap-plewhalte said. "You do your widow of Klncollth reserve and Peter Brown of Skeena Crossing drowned early Sunday when they fell off a glllnct fishing boat into the Skeena River off Inverness cannery. The boat, proceeding from Port Edward to North Pacific, Is own )te was census commissioner or Skeena In 1931, and later body has been located. The body June 21 at 6 p.m of Mrs. Stewart was found by Mr. Parkin said he felt "con-fishermen yesterday washed up f Ident" that the tie-up would be on the beach. 1 ended by that date. became official receiver unoer an imminent armistice: Word leaked out that staff officers, writing the rast details of the armistice, have struck no snags. Allied and Red liaison officers met In secret for J 9 minutes. A spokesman said only that "they met to discuss administrative details, but they could have arranged for the next meeting of the main truce negotiation delegations, which have been In recess a week. " , he Farmer's Creditors Arrange blazes which threatened to snuff part anci members of the post out McMurray and Waterways, office will do theirs." ' 300 miles northeast of Edmon- ' ton. where flames had moved in ."R!,T LfcllfcK ....... on three sides. Conveying greetings from the But the blistering pall of black postmaster-general of Canada, smoke rose hicher In Saskatche- he then cut the ribbon to mark ments Art, and wlien winen 10 in 194B was the accountant for Mitchell and Curric. inn nhoiit 150 miles north of the formal commencemr nt. of Rosenbergs Tried All Angles To Obtain Stay of Execution Always a lover of sport, he ' was again elected and scrv-'wii more years in the pnsl- I 1 iHfnre leaving city politics 11119. '"f port In city adnilnistra-i was only one aspect of her villi's. .She- was also ehair-i of the district board f Hli aiifl tlic library board. nt. or yie Women's Can i-n Club and president of the iiif'SK and Professional Worn- Club. I keen worker for the Angll- II Church, she was president Hie dioresan board of Its "''lis auxiliary and in this iwlty recently made a trip Tnriiiil.o t'i attend a national liv,'iil Inn. Last year she was honorary first vicc-prcsl-"t of the board. Hiree years ago she received ''iunal recognition for her Prince Albert. 'the service. was at one time president or be football club and the donor Small lightning fires were also reported at many northern Manitoba points. of the present Stuart Shield. He Troops and supply trucks. First delivery of a letter by the new service was made at the ceremony to Mayor H. S. Whalen, who read it over the amplifying system. a Soviet agent since 1939. He n6w questioned the thick-set Qreen- was also a past president oi nie poured Into the base camp of No accurate check could be ana nan o, &t-t,ii-itE, Soetet.v. 1s serving 14 years in prison, the: hn mnrrtiil with the society Muusan as Allies rushed pre- made of the number of blazes By Aug. 1, the government wa: maximum under British law. From Fuehs, the trail of con In the three provinces' north since Its beginning. parations for the huge prisoner able to report it was "gettlnj more information every hour.' country, desert-dry after weeks spiracy led the United States fed (Julius nd Ethel Rosenberg, man and wife, are. In the death house at 81ng Sing prison. Next Thursday rtlght, unless they can win another of many stays, they will be electrocuted. The conspiracy case that led to their downfall and the long legal battles to save their lines Is told in a three-part series by Arthur Everett. Editor.) By ARTHUR EVERETT That information was not com without rain. Thousands of acres have been consumed, much of it desolate muskeg and marshland. ing from Rosenberg, however, a; he maintained his innocence am offered no co-operation. eral bureau of investigation to Harry Gold, a Swiss-born chemist In Philadelphia. Gold was arrested May. 23, 1950. pleaded guilty and now is serving 30 years. He co-operated with the government. From Postmaster Generals Alcide Cote, it pointed out that the growth of Prince Rupert is reflected In the post office, revenue. During the first" fiscal year of operation, 1907-08, the revenue was only slightly over $1,000. During the past fiscal year it exceeded $100,000. The writer recalled that the first postmaster here was R. L. It was Aug. 11 that the FB """unit V activities by being hv exenange io IOUOW mnunnuc, c, , m-odi-reimed hHwIf - two"; a Wo bift Is I President Syngman Rhee called off anti-truce demonstrations Mrs. daughter. MirvWed bv a Rupert; which echoed for five days In Prince Wilson of P ,ce n J n Jimrs in Pearson South Korean streets. However, HoVtaf Vancouvc;; one grand- there was no indication the "on granddaughters. South Korean government has son and ana two iwu B bucked down on its unbending wll take place In The funeral . ,Uon to Rrmlstice and its First Presbyterian Church the m fey on Thursday at 2.30 p.m. , !ltseif. I One thousand South Koreans 'wn Canada's Woman of the seized Mrs. Rosenberg in he $51-a-month New York apart " bv the Business and Pro 'nal Women's Club. NEW YORK On. a "winter's day three years ago. Scotland Yard insoector Leonart Burt Fire Razes Iron Works Three weeks later came the ar ''i li"r leisure hours Mrs. Ar- ment. A stenographer turne. housewife, she, like her husbaro and her brother, was a produc of Manhattan's .tenement area rest of David Greenglass, wavy- drooped his hand on the shoul siimehnw found time to do " nardenlne of which she was haired $75-a-week machinist who Mcintosh, who was succeeded in der of a German-born scientist, at work in Britain's atomic lab VANCOUVER CP A three "d. and also to paint and- do had been a wartime' army sergeant at Los Alamos, N.M., where Klntin Dancer i,,,Pt ,n Seoul pttrk Sundav for llUllVC iviii.! prayer and a less noisy protest She is now 37. The Rosenbergs were accuser alarm fire which swept through the main assembly plant of of transmitting military secret the first A-bomb was produced. HE TALKED Captures MaKe truce. NEW YORK (CP) Native' ..... Dancer Alfred Vanderbllfs ex- SMALL VILLAGE citing grey galloper, won the HIT BY BLAZE Vancouver Iron Works Ltd., caused damage Saturday esti 1921 by J. R. Morison. The lat-l ter, who attended the ceremony today, held the position until last year when he retired. "To enable us to provide an efficient letter carrier delivery service, it is necessaiy that we receive the closest co-operation of the citizens of the community," Mr. Cote wrote. "All pos Orenglass, born 31 years ago in New York's lower east side of oratory. , The scientist was Dr. Klaus Fuchs, who had been present at the birth of the first atomic bomb in New Mexico in 1945. His arrest that Feb. 3, 1950, was the first step in cracking an international atomic spy conspiracy that numbered among its plot mated at $350,000. '"'"craft work. Recently she "Ip collection bags for the '"fth and kneelers for the "lr. Mrs. Arnold, who was one of "'me family, returned to Eng-'"1 in 1950 to see her many Wives, in Prince Rupert she ''ra a niece and nephew, Miss flyn Rivett and Alfred RI-" A brother, Ernest Rivett, to Russia themselves and throug Greenglass ,who was pictured s a hero-worshipper of his brc ther-ln-law and a pliable tool i the older man's hands. Gold, it was alleged, 'picked ii A-bomb secrets from Fuchs an Greenglass at Los Alamos. H identified himself to Greenglai ST NEREE DE BELLE- $110 600 Belmont, ams '-rinv' and clinched the three- Believed to have started In' a barrel of hot tar, the fire forced a Russian father, found himself In a tight spot. His life was at stake if convicted of passing atomic secrets to Russia. So six workers only ones in the three-storey plant to flee ahead sible steps should be taken to ters Julius Rosenberg and his of 1953. CHASSE, Que. (CP) -One -third ;r .pionship old chan T"i tlrritic stretch run at of this village was destroyed in fire which left 95 d all-night nnnt Belmont Part Part to ne caubi. caught an dead homeless, left one defeated Jae K by a nkn cersons anrdsoncaused damage estimated the same niuis " triumphing by . c, Mro i an miles riraii-n tViof mntl Is TWOOerlV ftd Greenglass talked. Meanwhile, the Korean war ex H-occoH iirut onrt nnmher. Wife, Ethel of a wall of flame on the main floor. Within minutes, a sheet of flame 110 feet high burst out 's in Vancouver. Fuchs. now 41, confessed his ploded June 25, 1950 as government agents questioned and re- See ROSENBERGS Page 6 See CARRIERS Page 6 ! part in the spy plot. He had been of the roof. No one was injured.