PROVINCtA- . . SORROW'S y3f J lis PROVINCIAL LI3-AR?, TIDES 3m 113 VICTORIA, 2. C. iiluy. December 2, 11)3 Ific StardaM Time) I " 10:26 19.2 feet 23:24 17.0 feet I .. 4:18 9.3 feet f 17:14 6.3 feet V. Doily Phone 81 X. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER . Published at Canada's M st Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XLII. No. 279 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1953 PRICE FIVE CENTS ( Troops lard Site " ' r - ..... . J u i Urn Jl f: -Mi : i i J i !;.'' t i I rf j , H ..... Ass Parley :rchill, Eden jve Tomorrow ly The Canadian Press c'KEU'S TOWN, fuda. A planeload jitish troops bolster-Jie security guard Beliis; Lyons, Smith Krueger Top Vote Four candidates for the vacant aldermanic seats at the December 10 civic election were endorsed last night by the Civic Affairs Association at art enthusiastic meeting in the Legion auditorium. Heading the voting after , bin am t t i. , i s ? .... . p-ing today for th? Three conference of City Given Clean Bill Says Mayor Charges against the administration of ' Prince Rupert's affairs, have been proven groundless, Mayor Harold Whalen told the Prince Rupert Civic Affairs Association m Minister Church- seven candidates had allowed, their names to stand were Nor-! k-sident Eisenhower remier Laniel. latest reinforcement, a the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Irecentiy kept order In ' id British Ouiana, arrived Monday night from Ja- -I About 240 other Fusiliers jisly had Joined Bermuda: man Bellis, Alderman Mike Krueger,' Walter J. Smith and Phil Lyons. Defeated were J. W. Prusky, T. H. Elliott and J. H. Malr. Stan Holgate, president of the association, said the executive had decided against endorsing either of the two men who have announced their Intention, of campaigning in the mayoralty lace, Mayor - Harold Whalen and George Hills. "They are both good men," Mr. Holgate said, "and the as lot were Don Ritchie, Hugh Mc-Ken7le, Pat Forman, Murray Rhodes and William Vance. The meet in j also endorsed three candidates for the position of parks board commissioners, Charles Balagno and Robert Ebv who will seek reelection and Duncan McRae. No candidates were endorsed for District 52 school trustee positions which are being vacated this year by trustees Joe Scott and A. J. (Dom) Dominate. The executive was empowered to name a slate at u later date and endorse them when filing Is completed at the nomination deadline Dec. 3. last night. Invited to speak along with on guara auiy. Whalen Oeotge Hills, Mayor said thB deputy Youths Recall Nazi Days minister ti B. C. Brace- Xs rmy of carpenters and; i meanwhile is putting, g touches to the air- j ned suites the Western and their delegations ; s municipal affairs well, had given city council a Prince Rupert! clean bill of1 sociation is not prepared to look for someone else." A I'MFORMKI MEMBER of the Communist "Young Pioneers" youth organization kneels to kiss a flag held by a member of the "People's Police," at a Communist youth rally In the Soviet Zone town of Dresden, Germany. The strict rigidity of children's training recalls to many minds similar organizations of youth In the days of the Nazis. Scrutineers lor the secret bal icupy. j I spacious grounds sur-ti.K the long, low, pink- j Mid-Ocean Oolf Club are i , THESE BOOKS HAVE HAPPY ENDS Patricia Taft (left) and Pauline Jensen, who are showing off the theme for the 1954 Tournament of Roses parade on New Year's Day. Sixty floats will feature books In flowers. Assisting Patricia and Pauline are two fellow Pasadena schoolgirls. Gay Fewell (left, foreground) and Anita Wllcott. Neither Approached by Association health after his visit here this past summer. ' He denied "levelling charges" against J. W. Prusky when he was an alderman and said he had never spoken against labor. "I am a member of labor myself, and I challenge Mr. Prusky to follow me around while I'm while he knew little about civic affairs he would try to learn quickly and do the best he could. Prior to the five mlnute-&peaking periods allowed each nominee before the association members voted, both Alderman Krueger and Mr. Bellis made Pioneer B.C. Resident George Naden Dies at 88 it clear to the meeting that cioing a day's work. I know who would win." He said that to give good administration a council mutft Viavi m-nnnration amonz Its Pocket-Sized British Envoy Key Figure in Bermuda Talks jo the public. But barbed Already encloses the golf the beach and other rec- areas. s of all three countries i side by side on the three- club building the Union 3n the centre, flanked by S-irs and Stripes and the Jti tricolor. (rchill will be the first of Be Three to arrive. He leaves n tonight In the strato-W Canopus, which brought lifen to Bermuda to begin VICTORIA (CP) George H. , pioneer in Ontario. He settled Aid. Krueger who has served cn the city council two years and has been chairman of the board of works and on the finance committee for the past year, said that he was quite aware of the road situation and the sidewalks that hadn't been while neither of them had been approached by the association, they were willing to receive Its support. Mr. Bellis, assistant manager he became principal private sec Naden, 88, pioneer British Col- ! in the Kootenay s In the 1890 s ! memijers He denied that be-umbian, former member of the , and worked at mining and lum- j cause ng was m the cartage legislature and deputy minister, j berlng In the Nelson district. business that he was favored died here Monday. ( Around 1894 he started a busl- when the city needed hauling retary to the late Ernest Bevin, of the Prince Rupert Fisher- By DON DALLAS LONDON iReuters) A pocket-sized diplomat who has talked to Stalin twice and to Molotov men's Co-operative Association,! completed. . . " foreign secretary In the last Labor government. . Bevln sent Roberts back to A resident of B.C. since the I r.ess In the thriving community ' done. The city's public works IBM's, he had watched the prov-Uf Rossland and later moved to denartmenfc exDenditure for and a resident of this city for A great deal of the progress 14 years, attacked the apathy i made this year, has been under- more than a dozen times will be ra key figure in the British dele. tommonweftlth' tour last' U"CIUK w t u w fwi;.jine men iiw amciwr wjwu.ui'tcuigB i Moscow the following summer t" towards civic elections that had j grotlncj . tie -said, pointing out ianH u rinA wHneriav He e was porn in angiauu ana Trail. Later ne Decame mayo? gation to the Bermuda talks this e saia, anu vviiuicus li msc had had $80 worth of that that costlv and extensive re oeen prevalent nere ior me week, it accompanied by Foreign I ' bfttore coming to B.C. was a bush and then member of the legis-..r iniLni Evi..n onri on -T ittture for Greenwood. Urbane Sir Frank Keynon Rob- The mayor praised the Civic Mr. Naden was prominent n.;Arflllta AaJocta'ilon and said he erts, height f 1 ve - f e e t - fou r. I J I AAcEWCn. rchill and Eden will spend few years. As a taxpayer, he said tnat "I don't feel that Prince Rupert taxpayers have been getting a dollar's worth of value for their dollar. I hear that taxes are weight around 130 pounds. Is ac pairs had been made to the city's haky waterworks system to keep It in operation. During the past year. Aid. Krueger said, .an assessor had been hired at his request , so that equality of assessment I was heastened to see me nam.s . .., , , Prince , . trunk Pacific Railway to np mpn fnrwa,d Rupert. ..rtvir nnllTTinv" fcx Lueir lime uutu rnuu ting for the conference. j lid and his staff are ex- j Former City argue the Western case on Berlin with the men of the Kremlin. Roberts had temporary ambassadorial rank In .the absence at that time of the British ambassador to 'Moscow, Sir Maurice Peterson. In 1949, he was appointed deputy high commissioner In India, retaining this post until his appointment In 1951 as assistant undersecretary at the foreign office, In charge dt German affairs. He movid to Victoria in 1913 v going up and that the city is Id Thursday and Elsenhower ; George Hills, secretary -man-'eger of 'he Kaien Co-operative ' Associate, and only other could be obtained, in order thut irrlve Friday. 1 Resident Dies the only chief of state, always broke. I look at the roads and see why." Mr. Bellis who has-served on the Prince Kupert General Hospital board and also on the housing authority said that hower will receive the most men, material and the taxpayers' money could be co-ordinated to give the taxpayers the greatest benefit. companylng Sir Winston Churchill as leading foreign office expert on Germany! He also has more experience of direct negotiation with the Kremlin leaders than almost any other British diplomat. Roberts has helped- to draft several recent British notes to Russia and may be called on to do so again In Bermuda. Roberts, 46, has been called a "human dynamo" because of his ability to work up to 20 hours a 1 welcome. He will be greet- and was appointed deputy minister of lands. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. from Mc-Call Brothers Funeral home. He is survived by a son, Dr. John H. Naden of Vancouver; a daughter, Mrs. Reg Gardoo ol Victoria and six grandchildren. candidate so far in the mayoralty race expressed his apprer elation for the quality of the association's chairman Stan Word has been received here a parade of British and I of the death in Vancouver ol rooDs. and a Roval Navy . , - .' , ..!, to f Offered Constructive Criticism .p w inre a21-unsalute. Qt Mrs Lloyd George of irchill and Laniel, as heads ; prm Ruperti and one-time res-mmcnt, will each be wel-1 f tnU clt and Smithcrs. f 8'man Brt'Sh Armyl At the beginning of the Sec- the board of works. Holgate. "I have one bone to pick with the mayor," Mr. Hills said, adding that although it might not be expedient, he was going to make a statement on the subject of co-operation. He referred to a council meeting of Sept. 22, 1952, at which Walter J. Smith, 37-year-old manager of William F. Stone's Men's Store, told the meeting that as a Prince Rupert born and educated taxpayer he had often offered what he thought was constructive criticism of Gaf'Oil Barge Overturned VANCOUVER (CP) A Home Oil Company transport barge carrying 80,000 gallons of gasoline, 1 B ' . ond- World War he came here I i7i " from Smithers as office man- 'nnnrJ wed Heat LJi Hirpr for wartime housing. Later day. As minister in Moscow from 1945 to 1947, he rarely went to bed before 3 a.m. and was up again soon after 1 a.m. Socrcds Would Keep Gunderson VANCOUVER (CP) British he became purchasing agent for the U.S. Army Transport division Mot Hit He speaks German and French newly-elected Aid. Kay McLean He attacked Mayor Whalen for a statement In the Daily News last Dec. 10 that "there Is present In the council an element . . . that represents a group which the whole cf Canada and the Western world at this time U fighting." i Mayor Whalen, Mr. Prusky said, "was obviously referring to me and to Communism" sinct that was the only th'ng we were fighting," he said. "I challenge the mayor to criticized the city's purchase of fluently and Russian reasonably the old government liquor store .well. civic matters and now was tossing his hat in the ring to do something about It. A veteran of the Second World War, Mr. Vancouver for the new telephone exenange. Robots came to prominence in Mr. Hills said he attempted ; the summer of 1948 when he rep- Smith served from 1939 to. 1945 resented Britain In the Western here and then joined Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation as district manager. He was transferred from here to Victoria three years ago and since then moved to Vancouver. He was a prominent member of the Prince Rupert Club and the Canadian Legion. In the Royal Canadian Navy on convoy duty in both the At diesel oil and stove oil, collided with a federal government dredge at the entrance to Vancouver harbor during a driving rain Monday night, and overturned. A company spokesman said hatches on the barge remained tight and that there appeared little danger the highly-Inflammable cargo would spill. tNCOUVER (CP) PollC are fcred for an all-out war IN storekeepers who supply t"ad "canned heaters." lantic and Pacific. Married, with two children he negotiations with Stalin and Molotov aimed at ending the Soviet blockade of Berlin. SECRETARY TO BKVIN When Roberts left Moscow ns prove that I am a Communist or ever was," Mr. Prusky said. Columbia Social Credit League directors- have asked Premier Bennett to retain the services of Finance Minister Einar Gunderson, defeated in the Nov. 24 by-electlon In Victoria. Text of a resolution passed Saturday by the board of directors was disclosed Monday. It read: S'eers disclosed Monday that to answer Aid. McLean s questions and was "sat upon by Mayor Whalen." He said the "next day the local newspaper reported the meeting in great length," but, he said, it failed to outline his stand. "SELF-DISCIPLINE" He contended that a mayor's nosition "called for self-disci Mr. McEwen was interested In e st.nrf rolrinri 1 dsn pnn. minister In the summer of 1947, said that he would like to find out what makes the city tick and to help make Improvements. "I will work for your Interests," he concluded. Phil Lyons, grocery store proprietor, told the meeting that rs of shaving lotion and! mining In Smltners ior man, fi heat were seized. It was i years, in the early days of that .largest seizure of its type ! village. He first worked there for It t on D.i, the CNR and then was employed The - board of directors of the r "-'v u vcaia. duui . , , i pline" and believed he should as a resident of Prince Rupert contain alcohol. ' In the assay omce 01 me uuun B c soCai credit League unan- Mtrt. Cecil McCallan, head silver-lead mine. When the rtilne imously and strongly urge the police llauor detail, said closed he undertook book-keep- premler to Q0 ajj in his power to since 1929, he owed what he had to the city which had adopted him.. Firemen Called "Just in Case" The "Prince ' Rupert Fire Department was called out thrc. times last night and this morning as a "just-ln-case" measure due to over-heated stoves. No fires developed. Last night's call at 7 p.m., was to Currle's store, Hays Cove avenue. The two calls this morning were at 8:45 to 30S Ninth Avenue West, and at 10:15 to 1332 First Overlook. I raids will be carried out;111; Bim auu,,"" retain tne vaiuea services 01 wir. F the same rtrnimslanees " ! firms. Einar Gunderson, who is recog 'If you want to take a . .... . x have been allowed to answer Aid. McLean. "A mayor has to work with those who are elected to the council," Mr. Hills said, "because tney are placed there by a greater tribunal than a mere meeting which elects a chair shaving lotion sold at 36 Besides his daughter nere, ne chance," he said, "vote for me and I will give you the best P a bottle and the heatins is survived by his wife In Van- nized by the people in all walks of life in British Columbia as one of the most outstanding finan at 70 cents. ! couver, one son, Robert at Smith service I can." J. H. Mair, 53-year-old auto court owner and a resident of the man." cial experts this province., has ever had. The resolution claimed Mr. Gunderson was defeated through collusion . . . between the political machines of the Jmbermen Should he be elected he was ciy for 28 years praised Prince ers, a daughter, Mrs. O. uai-bincea, Warren, Ohio, two brothers, five sisters and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in Vancouver. soliciting the genuine co-opea- Rupert as one of the most beautiful places in the world. He said that the city rat men I Liberals and CCF.' " Wet Again ith Union ace must be cleared up, as must the back lanes of the city. Another Series on Curling 'I won't sit back and twiddle tion of the businessmen, tne workers and whoever lives in Prince Rupert, Mr. Hills said. Following the meeting President Stan Holgate said .in future years the association would endeavor to take more time la lining up candidates. "This year the association was hampered by the lack of time." However, Mr. Holgate said, if Fishing 'Good' Excejlent herring fishing is reported today as the season's catch thus far reached 6.300 tons. Most of the catch, with 38 seiners operating, was made at Gasboat Pass, Ogden Channel and Chismore Pass. Friday alon yielded 2,300 tons of the 6.300 ton-total. my thumbs on the city council as those members on the council did test year," he said. He Begins in Daily News Today Nrs for union and industry pred here today In another fPt to settle the two-month-lumber strike In the southern stage, Mr. Watson In his new added that If he was elected he would work for the betterment of the city. Thomas Elliott, timekeeper at B.C. Packers, described his previous experience on the city the association had brought about the candidacy of two men who might otherwise not have run. It had accomplished some WEATHER North Coast Region Cloudy. council which he was forced to thing worthwhile. Kive up due to land-title techni Showers tonight and Wednes calities. He said that he agreed L. 'l 13 For the benefit of the many curling enthusiasts In Prince Rupert, The Daily News has arranged to carry another series of articles on the sport written by one of Canada's finest curlers, Ken Watson of Winnipeg. Readers will remember that the series carried last winter was designed mainly for beginners and described In detail the rudimentary points of the game and how It should be played. On the assumption that his pupils have mastered the first F"r of British Columbia. were no reports of new ' offers in the strike which !Bt're tled up Rn estimated 9,000 '"s in the northern and "ern interior. The number pled evenly between the two i tota! of about 3,000 Inter-lnal Woodworkers of Ameri-rWL-ciO) unionists, also r'y , divided, has been on since October. rh a basic wage of $1,2914 , an hour, the IWA Is seek- n 18-cents-an-hour In- series deals with the finer points of strategy, with special attention to the duties of skip. His advice merits the attention of every rink that Is In there to win. . " Mr. Watson is not only an experienced counsellor on the subject but also a great player who has led several Manitoba rinks to victory In competition for the Macdonald Brier cup. emblematic of the Dominion championship. The first of the 20 Illustrated articles appears today on page four. with the long-range planning for city buildings and took off his hat to some of the more farslghted members of the New Hospital Opened Sunday day. Little change In temperature. Light winds Increasing to southerly 25 by midnight, and shifting to westerly 25 Wednesday morning. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Port Hardy and Sandsplt 35 and 45; Prince Rupert 32 and 42. present council. J. W. Prusky, president of the Prince Rupert Community ratepayers Association, said he had EVEN FLOCKING TOGETHER didn't help these birds of a feather as hese eager youngsters descended upon them during the annual pre-Thanksglving Turkey Chase at the Nevele Country Club, Nevele Falls, N.Y. Going for the bitds are (left to right) Ronald Klempner, 6; Ann Regenbogen, 9; Richard Slutsky, 11; and Laurie Regenbogen, 8. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CP) The $10,000,000 Alaska Native Service hospital here was officially opened to the public Sunday with top level ANS and staff served on the city council both on the finance committee and officials as hosts.