. ) free ueiivery 1 UtJ C ' ORMES DRUGS OMORROWS -TIDE- I, I'M il Tit" " i, , 20 8 feet - r, 194 feet fWS", V. C5 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 3 !i t-i i 6 1 feet Published at Conodo' Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Greet Northwest" VOL. XUI, No. 78 PRINCE RUPERT. , B.C.. TUESDAY. MARTH 31 ifttvt. r-r, rmscj five, llh a N Seeks f , " ltf!MA MIL R mat Mia change Italic ! . . , . mm h W Vs to Re-open Imistice Talks UI ' "Ml, - . ;t ' v. ;' , i V ' A ' ' : ft: 'm-r . i Suspect Charged With Slaying Wife By The Canadian Freis LONDON One of Britain's greatest and mot celebrated-manhunts since before the turn of th; century, came to a quiet close in the London suburb ,T -V i - i i ' ' f , j ifi ' ' " r Overdue Plane Safe; Undamaged By Tlie Ctuiikdliia Prtua JUNKAU An Alaska Coastal Airlines plane, reported overdue earlier Monday on a flight from Juneau to Sitka, has been found wafe and undamaged, U.S. coast guard reported today. The roast guard cutter Ca-hoone said the Grumman am-phlbioun plane had landed because of bad weather at the Todd Parking Company, cannery at Peril Straits, southwebt of here, after covering about two-thirds of IU flight to Sitka Sunday. The Cahoone said 10 persons aboard the plane are safe and comfortable. Market Lack Forces Fish of Putney early today. A Putney police station office approached a man on the street asked him to remove his hat then arrested him as the much-wanted John Reginald Christie. Christie a 55-year-old rather meek clerk wanted in connection with the death of at least six women surrendered without a struggle. He was formally charged with the murder of his wife, Ethel, 54, whose body was found concealed in the "House of Murder" Thus, a manhunt that has been compared to the search for Infamous "Jack the Ripper" over 60 years ago, came to a close. Constable Thomas Ledger rec- j cgnized ChrisUe from police photographs which had been distributed throughout the country. At Christie's rormer home In the London suburb of Notting Hill Gate, police are still search ing the premises for other victims of a sadistic (sex) killer. 8o far, the officers have dis- covered six, and possibly seven ,1,, t-...f. ;Vii The wary I ';iin(is cotnmaru -t. (')!!l!I'llllitS t'- irit iln n to iuasl-if start! in if. lU'W Ui fjul tiif Korean arc -iiici'i'C. ,i v c:., k I N Far rj, 1 v.ltl (if WOUld ,,-.!; n .ti ;i.-iid d arm-,i. .: '.! ! -ri Wirce to rrwrt'W wit and l t,.r pri i.d" Si!) ! i-l !ol'l II)' ;n offil lul id Monday I .-.,! by Hcd u I n-Lal .i r.d home , )") nacfc and li'-sj! rul -tate talk H t r;dtst .... v whether. ' t. r ou'd have :!,! i.A the UN, .' :-T ;n.)k ; x ;-M'fl that a urn with sides .if jiii'inirits. 'Jut d"iif he Hid, rc.'.imliitt I nic e .1 f " it '.lit' M'C- t M r,uini - v " f C.v.j Kd-Ui Monday ) a i iiK;jni'in' mI-f pa'riu'.ni; Koreun ,.' hi'-slt in the V-U.'T-.rdilSf! tle- ..-,.1 r.. ahn on .-. ,:!(! nvcr other? '! ' tiure a ' '" "' i.ie..:iu nl "'k' ! .f ay lroni -.1. t -id ai I'jiiih'jr un "' t';!H.i! the R. tii to P"; ' ii"' o' irivir.E if rfcu. c u rettinui.i! i ' r "! ;; itn an ac-' tmiit to plans HI liie L'llltrtt Nations Ix artl mi the i mo i h to Seek able Boost A I' , . , . .i. liiion '""''r w''kT: "! and be,! i mtious de-I'li1 1" li! iiiirion " WHILE S.WW riRSOXS WATl'IIFO KriXIJtOO't. persuive p)liremn Uiked it dis harred CBC television sound-elfeeU man out ot a nli(ht-Ume leap from the 300-foot ltvel of CBC truriMnitmut tower for television station CBLT In Toronto Ja.eih hnimt. 2. "circled) called off ln Uireat U kap when detective lio M'll-r reminded h.m of hl pretty girl friend Lkc.e iw held on a charge of causing a disturbance and CMuanded.fot menUl exatiiinatlon. , . , . . t. , , HIS HEAD BOWED AND HIS EVES CLOSED, Sgt. Ray Scmtton of the Queen's Own RiHes of Canada, tands with his hands "resting on his arms reversed" during the regiment's memorial mtv ice tor Queen Mary In Toronto. Queen Mary was the famous unit's honorary colonel-ln-chief. : bodies, on the premises, all of 1UB preierenuai osuioi system them women, and all strangled, will remain in effect as wlU the Four bodies Including that advance polls and absentee bal-of Christie's wife were found tots- Tne system was first used sealed beneath floors and m ,n Bc- In the June 12 election :'Queen'Mary Lafdlo Rest In Simple Burial Service Jarvis H.McLeod Dies Returning to Rupert the royal tombhouse to lie beside County Ontario. Mr. McLcod moved west with his family , early in life. Seeking adventure he took piirt In the iMonayse . . i l . 9- r . a i IV.' , t ' r: -W -it' . J"- f ...- w . t;T':' Vr--:i'.k ' W -1 -. ".- w . .-. ' ' , t . - i .n . -; :-. ; c Mf I V 5c ' . r '" -"' V v., ' - 1 a .-, . 4 ' (r.t ! '4 s -' h r - f ''.; ,"--..(,..'. ' , . .' ... - . . . 'I . -? - t v.. ' ' 1 ; t.A ir. -'4 . ... m ,i. ,.- e i! : .. . , j. - " . . ' 'V- Pitnrc Rupert's firt cusuinn collector who arrived here from Hie Klimdyke :ld rush field i!i d in Vui.coiivtr yt'sU rdiiy, It w.is learned here today. Ik' wax J.jrvi.1 Hartley MiLcod. a well-known personality and ani'-nt stxtrUnutn here who arrived in the city in I'M). He ft I red In l!D0 mi m i.ki nao rriurned in Vfirodwr u few days before his death from Olendale. Call- ' conditions In the fishing industry i of "Grandmother England" was M-rvlre while In the Yukon. r . UxiAy .. criUcBi m encoun-! lowered slowly through the chap-Followiim World War I. he , tered since the hungry thirties." j el floor to rest temporarily in a wa warded the Member of the s The earni of . chancel. vo fd I mce'TlrTK k anacttv;'fishern,Pn which ompanledl Later, the coffin of the gentle ilrtKm: ';h.m?rt.rt w- not accom- Queen, whose long life spanned Tal hours before he was charged. When Christie was arrested, pretty girl policewoman In of f-uty clothes was walking London's back streets as live bait In an effort to lure the fugitive strangler from hiding. Election Set For June 9 VICTORIA Premier W. A. ('. Bennett announced today the British Columbia provincial election will be held Tuesday, June Nomination day will be May 19. Announcement of the election date Is the ellmax to a chaita of fast-moving events which started a week ago with the defeat of the minority Social Credit Jover.nmeni on tne Iloor ox the I "sisiaiure. last year. Election wheels already are In motion with four major parties making plans for conven tions and nominating meetings. The CCF will have to choose a new leader. Winch has ten dered his resignation and it will be considered at the provincial convention opening In. Vancouver. April 10. The Social Credit party Is ex pected to contest ach of the 48 seato. Progressive Conservatives will have a candidate in all constituencies with exception of Fernie, where veteran Tom. Uphill, Labor, will seek re-election. Premier Bennett may make the education costs Issue the main plank In his Social Credit platform. He will also, as he did a year ago, campaign against the CC!"s socialist program. At the dissolution, the standing was: Social Credit 19, CCF 18, Liberal six. Progressive Conservative two. Labor one. Two seats were vacant in the 48-seat House. Air Cadets Vear Uniforms Air cadets of 559 squadrci; here will wear their uniform; to school tomorrow, April 1, in commemoration of Air Force Day. The RCAF was formed EE years ago tomorrow when unltf of the Royal Navy Air 8ervi and the Royal Flying Corps combined. There are 50 cadets In th city's squadron. the Parliament and a ha'ndfu more In state legislatures. Am bedkar himself failed to win i seat in the Lower Chamber Later he received Nehru's appro val for a seat in the non-electiv Upper Chamber where he' occa sionally comes to glower a Congress benches. Nehru partisans say Ambed kar's virtually total flop In the 1951 elections has embittered him and led him to desperation. "In America, democracy is good," he ruefully observed. "In England it's good. But I don't like Americans insisting that democracy is good for the world. The world may be in different conditions. " "Whether you like Russia or not, you cannot do without col-lecUve farms and many other aspects of their system, in this country. lornia. where he and Mrs. Mc-i Ivod spent the winter. He was' ofjjj,,,. i prinre Rupert within ml lew weeks. t t waus or me moaest nome. An-other two and possibly a third have been unearthed In the garden behind the home. As news or Christie's arrest spread today, crowds began to gather outside Putney police station. Christie was questioned by chief superintendent Tom Barrett of Scotland Yard for sev N. Carolina Passes Bill To Bar Press RALEIGH, N.C. (CP) The North Carolina legislature has passed a special bill permitting it to bar the press and public from meeting's nf the inint an. propriatlons subcommittee, The issue came to head when the subcommittee decided to go Into closed session. News. papermen refused to leave because the law required that th meetings be public. Thursday the legislature rushed through a measure to permit closed meetings. North Carolina newspaper to day criticized the action. The Durham Morning Herald called the action "a sordid chapter In North Carolina's history." The Greensboro Daily News asked "what is there to hide?" The Raleigh News and Observer en titled Its editorial "The Public Be Damned. An active member in the Ku-: pert Rorl & Gun Club for many years. Mr Method was the local i delegate to the BC. Fish and, Coiinell and workrd ar-! . " ''"'"l,r,M,,rnl'ctaiiie Cinh ..Mrl nl.... ........ : ,.n, i,,,,!!,,., functions and was widely known In the district and niuch 0f the northland. Besides his wjfe. Jean, he is survived by five daughters. Mrs. A V, Norris, Nelson ' Mrs. J. IVifialitie. Jtineau. AlH.sku: Mrs. H v Sweeten. Avlmer, Que.: Mrs William Pakhrll. New Westminster; Mrs. J. Eastwood, North Vancouver! three muis. Ar,-h,.. n.,H in n t j n Kt. iyv.fi v.n.-,.iiu.p- p'h iKi uriid' r,..'...... i' n i n rruu f nujj n, mini i-j kiuuu- children rmirrul uill he hi'lrl ThnruHuv iut I p m. from Center & Hunna, Vancouver Elections couver for the H,t of business asent, deserllM-d himself as a leader of a membership revolt against the present executive. "For the first time In 14 years. oVntly In the interest of con- i serv:tinn nf flh onrl Duitm j jC wug a fimrter member of 11,,. T-.lruveiin tjli... No Ml AF At AM Horn and raised in Bruce Values Down lAt'k. iti mkrlretji frir eunnefi i '.salmon In Great Britain and a deteriorated . fresh and frozen ftsh market in the United States combined to cause a reduction In the alue of all species of fish to fljihermen last year. This was summed ud bv a directors' rervirt tndav at the I annual meeting of the Prince I RUPert Fishermen's Co-operative Association, which considered ' iuitirf "KM " l miliir t . i general economy . . . and it has not been possible to reduce the overall expense of handling Uie members' product." says the report. Meanwhile.' fish production by members at 13.500.000 pounds last year was an increase of 750.000 pounds over 1951 and close to $3,500,000 was realised from the fish and vitamin oil Industry. The store and bakery operated by the association yielded $723.-000. Martin Erickson, president of the Association, conducted the meeting which opened yesterday at the Canadian Legion auditorium. He welcomed visiUng officials T. H. Sorensen, general manager of the Fishermen's Co-operative F'ederatlon In Vancouver and B. Johnson of Victoria, member of the board of directors of Uie Fishermen's Co-op In Vancouver. Prince Rupert Co-op secretary. Ken F. Harding, gave a brief out L us at, preseni rnarsei out. look- -WEATHER- Synopsis Cool moist air covers all regions of the province. Unsettled showery weather will persist today with skies clearing this evening. Forecast North Coast Region: Cloudy today and Wednesday. A few clear periods tonight. Showers snow or rain today. Rain Wednesday commencing In the afternoon. Milder. Wind southwest 15 today and tonight. Increasing to 25 before noon Wednesday. Low tonight and high Wednesday at Port Hardy arid Prince Rupert 32 and !45; Randsplt 28 and 45. to RnHnf in Firct WINDSOR r Queen Mary went to final rest today In a tomb With 10 British monarchs. In a stmple burial service at St. George's, private chapel in the House . of Windsor, . . the .. coffin I l,a uiflnrtun ITrliiriint un o nl Georgian periods, will be taken to V . 'v IT DAVE ABEL Dave Abel To Play In Salem Dave Abel, popular 25-year-old receiver hi amateur baseball here has been signed on for the season by Salem Senators, it was learned left earlier this month for training at the St. Louis Browns' spring camp near San Francisco. Salem is a farm club of the Browns and a member of the Western International League. Meanwhile, former battery mate of Abel's Dick Letourneau is taking spring training with Vancouver Capilanos, also a member of the WIL. . VANCOUVER S Twelve sacks were slit open and their contents strwen about a mall car when the Canadian National Railways train No. 3 from Toronto reached here. Membership the coffin of her husband, George V and the bodies of two of the Queen's sons George VI and the Duke of Kent, killed In a war-tune air crash. : . , . ,-. Queen Mary, who would have been 86 in May, died last Tuesday night. At the climax of the service, the present Queen sprinkled earth on the coffin of her grandmother. Then the Queen returned to her place beside Queen Mother Elizabeth, The Queen was the first to do personal obeisance in the final solemn moments of the service. A moment later, came the Duke of Windsor. He bowed deeply and walked out Into the , sunshine with shoulders stooped. All day Monday, crowds filed! silently through Westminster Hall to pay last reverent homage to the Queen. By afternoon, 4.000 persons an hour, damp from Intermittent rain, were entering the hall where the Queen lay In state. By the time the body was removed for funeral service at St. George's Chapel, about 100,-000 went to say farewell to the 85-year-old Queen. Thinning ranks of European royalty arrived early for the fun eral. Including former King Unu berto of Italy. Leader of May Turn . By SELIG S. HARRISON NEW DELHI (API The man who drafted India's three-year-old constitution claims democracy is not working in India. Communist dictatorship "seems just around the comer" to Dr-B. R. Ambedkar, former law minister In Prime Minister Nehru's cabinet and a leading spokesman of India's 60,000,000 "untouchables." In an interview he said "this caste government ln India is literally driving the untouchables and 50.000.000 aboriginal tribesmen into the arms of communism. There is talk in Uie capiUI that Ambedkar Is poised for a major switch in his political line. He said he has not yet decided what to advise his followers, "but generally spenktng I am convtne- I'litl'e Native Hiotherh.KKl of B.C.. the B.C. Veasel Owners Aasoela-rlii tion, and the B.C. Gilliietlers The candidates base their nlut- foni "n four malu poInU objec- Millions in India to Communism tiws they hoic to reach If eled- leadership of the pro-Communist Hue of membership meetings held . . . union will be contested this , outside the city during the past month." he said in Victoria at a month and advised the 100 mem-meetlng. j ber attending that conditions in No official support of these tne coming year would remain I. The end of antagonism be tween the Fisheries Association j of B C. and the union across the "'i. .11 ill,,n made at t!. illlnir of S'iC'J i! y r, i ft ii.iiioiihi co-onlii t"r lor Hie; U I'l.lim hermen neral 'lt 'i i ' mHrk,"K : 1 txluiP m M-' 1 along Be ,,. .?'. "';U wrl'rs ! "if ,"c who . the. , "'oua- 'ng me in- " filed i Ul ill ' WHIM "I'liose I.Kf the lha '"""a held w ovr UFAWU Sb; tiu, !,:' h mem ,l n-h opei 0,!',, a "" i 8 wln the ')rv Pn-vi frtc'ti;U'dh"'ri i V' lhf,'selto tlelf'1?!tes muum r. w !VenUon Urs"i 'rs lor 1Jr Drestiinnt. "".:ny f, ir e . ' d U'.ii TOl 'eiary-0 "Uliam rinHj.Ij 14 JBHlt -"wittlU Tt'? B Publlsh-Ct n08 th",n- !3!ic union by "Pinion contends Tted 10 cj. aitns it has the "'iDOfrt of . nenouauiig utoie. I 2. The possibility of peaceful j but firm bargaining by union 'men who want to reach a price ' "Kwnient that will be in the bpst Interests of the fishermen at the Kame tlmp '"K rqlliUlbe tne association in consldera-ht : tlon of the domestic market at I u'n coisumer level. i 3' Cessation of union time. ed communism will be the only way out for us and probably for all India." "If the Pandit Nehru fen't going to prevent communism and If America won't persuade him to do something for my untouchables, then what else can I tell them? "Americans are a happy people. They can talk about democracy. We can only weep about It." AmbedkaV, 60-year-old bitter critic of Nehru, stalked out of the government In the fall of 1951 with high hopes for his scheduled Castes Federation la the Indian general elections. He charged that Nehru's Congress party had done nothing to 'improve the lot of the outcasts, . whom he described as "worse off than under the British." Only two scheduled Castes Fed eration deputies won election to candidates so far has so been declared In Prince. Rupert, but unofficial opinion has been registered in many circles. Certain union members have condemned the new slate's appearance as an attempt "to slan-derize our union and its officials," while some fishermen have stilted openly that they will support the ne contestants In the hopes "that it will end a crackpot leadership." Fishing companies would welcome the change, which they feel could end a deadlock in negotiations, while non-union fishermen stnte they would Join if "the old outfit gets thrown out." Fishermen eliplble to vote in this election must have paid their dues up to August SI, 1952, and have been a member of the union since 1951 energy and expense on non-union matters such as "peace conferences in Pckin, Warsaw, Toronto . ." x A spirit of co-operation between the many groups within liw union. The candidates also seek recognition for the union by the Trades ii Labor Congress of Canada. Mr. Goddard of Steveston, who 1r opposing Alex Gordon of Van-