I J LIBRARY, j mm . mmln Imorrows PROVINCIAL LI22A3T, 113 -TIDES- VICT32IA, 8. C. -lay. April 24, IKI)3 ilIu. KM.'idard Time- 10 33 10 6 feet y,i 01 17.9 feet 4 :t9 8 1 feet' 10 40 6 9 feet VDelirery NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITIfiH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Conoda't Most Strategic Pacific Port "Princs Rupert, th Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XLII, No. 65 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1953 PRICE FIVE CENTS e 81 V. Phoni V ft - . lm 0 fir53' 30': 2 lC if v; , Number Not Stated In Latest Promise 1 1- Sk 2 Liberals Vote Against Government By The Canadian Preas 1t ' lr PANMUNJOM. The Communists said today they will free more disabled allied prisoners. Originally they insisted on releasing only 605, as against '1 ilt- - . ...4- !tii Threshing Time Again By Hit C'uudlajl PrtiM OTTAWA. Two Liberal Commons members .supported a motion Wednesday calling for the If MONTHS AHMI OK THE NORMAL SKASON. threshing of oats ccU under wav on 'downfall of the govern TwIimTh farm, near Stratford, Out. The grain had been stored In the haf all winter, 'a ' n the puddles and the ground Ktiff with frost an Mclvin Schmidt Uefti wheeled In -shing ma nine soon after dawn and act up to thresh. At right are Harvey Trachscl, Wiihelm and Leslie Nau. 5,800 by the UN. They did not say how many more nor their nationalities, but they did pledge to return all sick anfl wounded allied troops. The decision was reached at a meeting between UN and Communist officials, called for yesterday by the UN command. Meanwhile, pain-wracked allied soldiers wounded only a few weeks ago in bloody fighting for outpost hills in western Korea, came back this morning from Communist captivity.' Some managed a smile despite pain of unhealed wounds. Others, pale with shock and suffering, gripped the sides of their litters. A South' Korean told of almost unbelievable cruelties by his ment a vote of censure that was defeated by the Liberal majority. In the first bolt of Liberals on a vote Involving the life of the government since Prime Minis em Poles in Danger of Falling ter St. Laurent took over In 1948. Cii llllllir-LJIrlLf ltIIir1IIS I IMMHM rJKPM J i MacDougall (L Vaneou- w ww w ,ver-Burrard and A. H. Jcffery i L London t sided with the ... ,i i. Indian i. i ...... b. i. ,i ... , , lutein Park tiii.al coiiimls.'Uoncr hae aak- a Rurvev of the 14 ixile and hart .mh ki f ik. ,n V N ' V' - 4 in several city parks i d ihe city for I1.000 to pay for s found moot of them rotting at Independents in backing the in d.u.ner of collapse re-posting of the totem, after j the base, many of them leaning censure vote. BAIT PAIL FILLED with earth worms, rod over his shoulder and pants tucked in rubber boots this young Nova Scotian welcomes the opening of the trout season in his native province. His cat is along to lend a hand. The young fisherman is headed along a country road near Halifax for a quiet pool. .1K u.,wu iH..i u.ncM Hearing a repon oy i-ommiiision-; dangerously. The government came through a'-tion for their re-'er Clmrleii Halagno at a board ) If thev rraxhed ji Hie trmmri hv n,uinrit r.r tin i 1 North Korean captors. Sergeant Kim Ka Sung, 25. said the Reds ' climaxed their torture by hack iidcrtakeii. the purk meeting last night. Uhe poles would likely split a Progressive Conservative mo- ing off all his lingers, some i Mr. halagno ald he liad made; asunder, the board agreed. Hon criticizing the cabinet for with a saw. Allied prisoners exchanged In This morning, the telephone "violation of the rights of Par-department was authorized to liament" In passing an order-make a thorough survey of the In-couneil under the Emergency The growing importance of the CNR's marine service in British Columbia is Indicated today by the announcement that Captain E. B. (Ernie) Caldwell has been appointed assistant marine superintendent at Vancouver. This is a new position. the past four days have said Natives Seek Release From 'Ancient' Laws ystrument firm pays Ihe for artie shaw many more seriously sick and wounded were left behind in North Korea. j Lance Corporal Paul Dugal of condition of the poles to asccr- Powers Act with Parliament In j tain necessary work. session. - Th t.tnmtt nr. ......,. 1 T,.Hi..n I The Order Wail a hfl n norulnvt Quebec City, first Canadian ! By LAKKY STANWOOU ;HART, Ind lAPi Dane band leader Artie Shaw I prisoner repatriate, b wuta&jOil Leases hi car near the Hotel Elkhart where a canopy sign works of art purchased several Canadian ships sailing to North years ago for the city by Com- ; Korea and Red China. The ban ' mlssioner .William Alder for was PPved by all groups, but 11000 The amount requwacd for ' m'1 -riUclsm on the ground I Immediate maintenance is not 11 'u1 n"1"' b"" Passed nor Tin. ifnlw hrino nf sm-viv:il nf thp Inrlian native with hi ma notebook containing ! fleoi!e. Artie Hlmw." He couldn't find the ear when i- . ,. u .r . . , , . . (messages irom is oiner uana- out is complete integration wun omer citizens 01 L-anaaa. din Pows. "" I included In the bucicet of 119 000 mH"y rarnameni. 1 ney were among is Cana $ t h.irl it away for parking In a no-parking tone. Trie censure motion was one! So says Peter Leighton of Metlakatla, a main- dians the Defence Department (submitted earlier to city council Sought in Anchorage f ;il Instrument firm paid the i fine. i . fVmi m)LiLirtnrt a Inn vitro vA.-H whose passage would have top- w,.,.;nir lu.hm,i t hr. ilrivp fnr pnfrsinrhispmpnf nf his in Ottawa listed as missing, be lieved killed in action. .... -' .. nleri the ffnvprnmr-nt fiutmnnf if. I tS anxiety over tne lateness or tne,,. ' and , " 7 any. veteran pariiamentar- native village, across the harbor from Prince Rupert. city's budget presentation, sched ivemment Asked to Seek tans said they could not recall uled for the first May meeting. ANCHORAGE (AP An oil lease filing flurry is under way the last time government supporters had bucked the administration on such a vote. rkets For Fish Products "We have no Idea if our budget j will be accepted, or how much 'of It, yet we should have been ; doing much of our park work in this northern territory. Following a recent rush in ! The federal Department of Indian Affairs, which has cooperated in every way to grant 'the wish of the Metlakatlans. ; has considered this application for enfranchisement as a "test case." 1 It. means much more than that to the people directly con-1 cerned. reservation such as Metlakatla has v never had it so good in many ways. He pays no taxes, derives hi income from fishing, trapping, also from sale of timber rights on reserve. Most of the villages are com-nletelv modernized, with pood A n . The f isheries ment to obtain fuller recognition ! already." said Pat Forman, Canada has cxpres-ted of the value of these fisheries by j n,a"- Citizen Helps which filings were made oh 350,-000 acres lh a single day, six Los Angeles residents this week WASHINGTON O A proposal to inquire into Red atrocities against prisoners of war In Korea has been put temporarily on the Senate shelf. After being assured the Arms and State department will step up collection of evidence with a view to later war crimes prosecutions for any atrocities against United Nations prisoners, the Senate Appropriations Committee today dropped plans to investigate the claims being made by repatriated soldiers. ..ill n...rki f..- r-.. 11,. .,.....,.,.., i ,( nri.,i 1.. I lie ixmru win vnr riiy im "lies products and has dustry charged with utilization I uuly V,U,R """. , ,Jli A IK'tal goveriimeiit to of Inland waU-r resources in the replaced by a new vehicle f0( ArrCSt soon. CommUMoners plan 10 use 11 now nas and province. "From the cradle to the grave ; schools. water systems, electrical we have been told, when we , power plants. Relief is granted wanted or needed anything. ln rase ot hardships. No Indian that -the Queen will get It forwll starve, regardless of In-J"1"-' I come. "This has made us wards of j "It's a virtual paradise for I The council said it believed ulioii Wednesday at , FLsheries Act regulations should M".siun of Its annuul i be strengthened concerning pro- the truck If acquired to haul all rliulers available from Colum-1 bia Cellulose Co. Ltd. pulp mill ! to Algoma park site lor stock- Escaped Man VANCOUVER ? Ucd-huired William Mukosey's illegal free- 4 riHiiii-u urged the ; lection of such fisheries and that tu f;nd 11 solution 1 the R C covernment should nro- piling filed on 90,000 acres. At the same time, C. F. Shield and his associates ln the Alaska Oil and Gas Development Co. reported drilling was starting this week at a site along the Glenn Highway in the interior. The Shell Oil Company also announced the opening of a Seattle exploration division office because of its interest in the Alaska prospects. The announcement said four mapping parties will go Into the field in the crown, really nothing to be : Indians today." agrees Mr. k .. I K.illr..wl vards of ,VT the c , nder , j . to build 1 un ..'dom , , en'd shotgun-point ? , . , , prouo rmld 0f 01. ; Lelehton, "but this Is doing no ""m; exchange prob-I"1 v, fnr relaxation of vide legislation' for the safeguarding of valuable fisheries resources. "We want to be an asset to good for our people. It Is doing 1. mils . , k site .," , weuncsuay aner a Dauie in the muskeg -based park h policeman with a where he txiard luns to con- struct the city s future outdoor V,,,i, , Mi'lerd, Vancouver Ontario Police Fly to Coast For Wanted Men our country, not a liability as us and the country a lot of we are now." declares Mr. Leigh- harm. We arc becoming more ton. a retired fisherman and cependent all the time on the r.-Uor, M ho servi d ; r"u" nivui.uj, . ,, . -i,,, , (,. 11,- U , , .i.li . government. We are like a flock ....... ,v.... , 11 Href ipiii-i 111 ma Ull llll. niuni'll president alii elected picsid Freight Rate ball park and grandstand. Today, the Indian living on a of sheep." or constable o. C. McQueen with a shotgun. The convict had been ' free I If the hoard gcLt the old city ! truck, it plans to have sufficient , '"il Vice-presldenU ' ',lpd J N. ilvland. TORONTO CP Two Ontario 1 mid-May. Advantages of Enfranchisement I K'll expressed concern Provincial Police officers flew to The surge of interest in Al-Vancouver Wednesday to bringlaska oil prospects has developed Hike Appeal Date Nears a,;. e a a,b.....h v.., since March 20 when he escaped No replies had been received from . , , .. K. he back two wanted men. one of hospital here, where had been transferred for exam What are the advantages, then, of Metlakatlans becoming ' ' "l Industrial de-il pnwer tiams on ''i "f British Colum- theft I enfranchised? from 1111 advertisement railing for a swimming Instructor at McClymont Park this summer and the board will write to the ination while serving a term In Oakalla prison. need of such education, because their environment Itself- has taught them that they need not rompetc in the world for a livelihood. "The Queen will get it for you . . ." "First of all. we need and 11 must be compul them Henry Seguin and the other Harry Duguld. Seguin. sought in connection with the murder of a taxi driver. Is serving a term in the B.C. penitentiary for attempted rob f th" federal govern- ty Denies sory, says Mr. Ilghum, speuK- Inn for enfranchisement. 1 Today, schools are provided OTTAWA t An apieal by eight provincial governments against Canada's latest freight rate Increase Is expected to be heard by the cabinet during the first week of May. The governments are asking, the cabinet to rescind the seven since the Department of the Interior signed with the Phillips Oil Company for test drilling this summer in the Katalla region along Alaska's southern coast, east of here. Filings since then have covered widely scattered areas of the territory. The Los Angeles residents' filings were in the Cold Bay and Wide Bay areas of the Alaska Peninsula, In the territory's southwest corner. Police Quell Demonstrators bery of a bank at Williams Lake and wounding of the bank manager. He faces a murder charge University of B C. for recom- j mendatlons. j Commissioners also are .look- j lug for a caretaker at Roosevelt i park for the summer months, offering in return for clcaninc-up services free accommodation including water, light and tele- I j ! phone service. - 1 "Secondly, we need responsibility." continues Mr. Lelghton. "This can only be brought about by self-government on a civic basis and taxation of its citi- for Indian children and under the Indian Act. post-academic education also Is provided, including trade and university P9 in the slaying of Leonard Hurd of Maxvllle. Ont. studies. But few Indians feel theizens Duguld is a suspected bank robber and jail escapee. er cent boost mat went mio effect March 10, pending new studies by the board ot transport commissioners- aimed at reducing or wiping out the Increase. The $311,.r)H).0rMI-n-ycar Increase I'USAN, Korea 0 United States military police today fired over the heads of about 4.000 ..demonstrators ouUddc the Am-jerican embassy here in protest j against resumption of cease fire talks at Panmunjom. . About 100 members of Korea's National Assembly led shouting Court Cuts Want A Chance To Develop Town "We have a very pretty town- 1 1912 McBridc treaty which set site it is much better than ! out the turning over of Indian Prince Rupert. We want a ! reserves by the province to the chance to make something of 1 Dominion. i I VI II fp, A ,lf ,(,.,,, J '' aid Chiang Kal-' "'1 government has In organization has !i'nm Idlers to Chi-. 1 ills. Rod and Gun Club Launches First Annual Salmon Derby was authorised by the board March !). The provinces asked Sentence , Vltn'OIUA (CP) British Co- I lumbla Court of Appeal Wed- 1 it." demonstrators. in. secretary of the THUhlK to disallow It under Its m Kni-icty here, said Railway Act powers pending an may Ivive becti sent appeal, but the cabinet declined 1"""' iiUcinntlnir ti to do this. The first annual Prince Rupert Thousands of South Koreans also demonstrated in Seoul Spring Salmon Derby opens Sun The contentious clause provides that should an Indian band become "extinct" all the reserve lands would revert to the provincial government. The new government apparently holds that by enfranchising the band, It becomes "ex against any armistice which T I rr,,i-t. I Inulnul fmlnrul ministers will would leave Korea divided. 4 Said llm ... .i..i.. . I.n.i a fitll-enuc anneal while nesday reduced the manslaughter sentence against Albert Fulrwealher from 10 to eight years. The court, however, denied his appeal that his conviction for manslaughter in the death of Raymond Boyce In September, 1051, be set aside. f Vanci,iiV(.r'. Chlnn- leaving the higher rates In effect tinct" and therefore lays claim to all reserve lands not actually ln use for the municipality lt- l" '"oral siipiHirt to ' until they reach a decision. 'M government and I ' "'"''vsaiv ?Z"'J.Mav Reiect Meanwhile, the opcu suit-water derby, also sponsored by the Roc & Gun Club, ends Saturday. Ths junior-senior event has netted 22 entries In all. Leading the senior division is the- Rae-Berniee Johnson man-and-wife team. Mr. Johnsot heads the entries with a 28-pound, two-ounce salmon; Mrs, Johnson Is second with a 25-pound, nlne-ouncer, and . Mr Johnson, again, third with a 24-pound, six-ouncer. In the junior division, Bill; Watmough has cornered the firs three prizes, leading with an 11 pound, 14-ounce gray cod; a 10-pound, four-ouncer, and a 10- selL . The federal government, how 1. , wilU . m ww j - 1 iirn ii M..IUI . . 1 ' . ever, holds that the Metlakatlans ii.. ' hhou pieog !?''Pliirt. Meanwhile, the process of enfranchisement has hit a snag which likely will find its way Into the courts before a decision Is reached, and this may still further delay the realization of the dreams of such far-seeing men as Peter Lelghton and others. The snag Is In the form of au argument between two governments, the federal and the provincial. The villagers have surrendered their reserve lands a matter of some 14.000 to 16.000 acres from which the municipality planned to derive some revenue in trust of the federal government. But a new provincial government, taking over from its predecessors, said it must Investigate the situation. Its Investigation led to the unearthing of the "reversionary clause" In the New Proposal Air Cadets Parade Tonight are entitled to their share of revenue from the surrendered day at 5 a.m. for a two-month period ending June 21. Sponsored by the Rupert Rod St Gun Club, the derby will feature weekly prizes for the heaviest salmon: prizes for the heaviest fish entered during the entire seasonal derby, and special big prizes for the three-day derby June 19-21 which winds up the spring salmon event All anglers are eligible, provided sporting tackle is used and entry fee paid ln advance. There will be no fishing boundaries, but salmon must be weighed in ut the official wclshlr-S-ln station at J. Clausen Sz Son, Cow Bay, on the same day caught Complete information and rules will be published Saturday. trAMrmirri n Striklnc lands thus the deadlock. -WEATHER- Synopsis Pressures are rising steadily on the coast this morning in the wake of a minor storm that Is now moving through the southeastern corner of the province. Forecast North Const Region: Sunny with cloudy Intervals today. Cloudy Friday. Little change In temperature. Winds light today and southeast 15 Friday. Low tonight and high Friday At Port Hardy, 34 and 52; Sandspit, 35 and 48; Prince Rupert, 35 and 82, Je Road to Traffic "No one can halt forever the workers Indicated Wednesday Some 35 they would reject the latest pro- I Prince Rupert Air Cadet Squad- oosal of .rail companies to ar- Iron will parade down Third oath of progress. We will be come an Integral part of this country, living side by side with -V."1' Avenue ton gni to auena w rad from Htrrh-' bltrate issues In the ,87-day ' e scene elevators but first sliw at the Totem Theatre of five the des- walkout at , h on .h nEuT. Z l h f,,r earlv settle- as as guests guests of Famous Players vou. working for a common cause. "And It is our only survival pound even entry. Final weigh-in of tills dcrbj Is Saturday, 5 p.m. Winners and prizes will to announced soon. 1 -.. uaunic iiupc ,uuviiiuv w. 7 i,, f ,sed t0 vehicular ment talks. Alrll 25 to june 30. Operators of elevators offered Corporation. They will see the first showing of the great adventure story "Breaking the Sound Barrier." not as a race, but as individ l. '""" toaay by the the proposal to suDmit an au-r'Partment 1. ..hi.oiinn uals."