Hi ORMES t VI3TC?.IA, 3. C. DRUGS t DAILY DELIVERY . NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER j V CABS Published ot Canada's Most Strategic' Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone 81 E,MSrAT(IIED ' VOL. XLI. No. 101 ' PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1952 . PRICE FIVE CENT? jsits I DimIHpT ' Plant jtelliiiksiDi Mp D wl C 1 -V ' ". - ' '(,' V " : - M ' ,1 u ZD . N 1 ''' ;t ' Li' 1 $46,000,000 Plant For Wards Cove; May Ship Product to Rail Here Would Have Minister At House Bar Anscomb Claims Credit For Economic Expansion Well-Defined Program for Good of All People Promised VANCOUVER Herbert Anscomb, finance minister in the ill-fated coalition government, Mon BELLINGHAM, Washington (CP) The Pulp Co., a joint venture of the American I ' ' ''t. Ottawa. KFO-juiiii Dicfen-, Viscose Corporation and the Puget Sound Pulp and baker, Progressive-Conservative day night gave the Progressive-Conservative credit! for the economic expansion of the province. Paper Co. of Bellingham, will start construction immediately of a $46,000,000 pulp plant at Ketchikan, President Lawson P. Turcotte announced today. 1 "Conservative members of the r. coalition held the mnst Imnnrt. r.v The plant will rise on a 55- acre tract at ward Cove, six miles from Ketchikan,' and it is member for Lake Centre; Saskatchewan, last night threatened to bring Minister of Agriculture J. G. Gardiner before the bar of Commons if he does not produce certain documents. The House voted last Tnonth that papers concerning the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Saskatchewan should be produced. Gardiner said some of the documents were "privileged" and should not be produced publicly without having the respon Big Fire On Dutch Ship Third Vancouver Waterfront Fire in Nine Days Alderman Rebuked ant portfolios from the economic side of the government," jhe said. j The leader of the British Col- umbla Progressive-Conservatives (.spoke on the eve of a two-day , meeting of the party to draw up j their June 12 election platform. The Progressive - Conserva-! tlves are the last of the four expected to be In production by June; 1954. It will employ 700 men. Mentioned in connection with the project is a ferry service which would carry pulp from the Ketchikan mill to the railhead at Prince Rupert for shipment to the United States. Mayor Halts Criticism By Alderman Casey 1 li KLOTZ, who was :npcr at Prince Ru- the construction i'.'iibia Cellulose pulp f.,tson Island, Is re-, plant and renew-.:itance with old Next week he is j, tore the Engineer-i te of Canada In methods em-unstruction of the ion i here and the pur-,., visit is to bring jr. to date ,on back-I that the mill has fueration almost a VANCOUVER (CP)-Third ma-jmajor parties to declare their jor waterfront fire here In nine platform. days gouged at the vitals of the ! Mr. Anscomb promised a sible official present to explain A city alderman was rapped He suggested this could be done sharply across the knuckles at well-defined program for the 10,942-ton Dutch freighter Don- good of all the people.' goayx Monaay ana was Drought, "There shall be no waste In before the agriculture commit- council meeting last night by 1 tee which was scheduled to Mayor Harold Whalen who said study the foot and mouth out- bluntly: break- - i "That's enough of that kind of The minister said he was not talk. I won't crucify any man suggesting whether the docu- cm another's say-so. This has ment should or should not be gone far enough." brought down before the end of The mayor spoke directly to under control after a two-and-'administration of your affairs," : a-half hour fight by 325 fire- ne sad- "I think I can say to men ! you that the main objective of i , , ... . the Conservative party Is to ; Chief Engineer J. F. W. Emde;make M ,n Co,. of the Holland-Amenca Line:umbla securc ., cargo-passenger ship said the i Flood Crisis At Salt Lake SALT LAKE CITY (CP) Thousands of workers battled Utah's worst flood crisis today in attempting to gain control of the surging streams fed by melting snow. Flood waters knocked out a railway bridge, ripped a dam, the session. Klotz. who is now Htli the engineer-:nent headquarters Corporation of : New York arrived .'. the end of the J1 be here until lire started when an air bubble ! forced fuel up the oil line and spattered it on a hot boiler. Aid. George Casey who was ; criticizing the work of D. C. Stewart, superintendent of works, concerning construction of water pipes and sewers. '! The alderman said " I have been told" the superintendent of More F-M Inquiry Into ; iwetve iiremen were overcome i by smoke or received minor in juries. All members of the! Disease J Naval Crash W i j' r h woiks "has not been on the job" drove families from homes, ; sufficiently to supervise the pro- blocked highway traffic and ' jects properly. j continued to spread over farm lands. )n Off inn Airl Discussion began when Aid. WASHINOTON, D.C. (CP) The crew and eight passengers 1 aboard escaped. I Captain Cornelius Visser of the Dongedyk said he could not Immediately estimate the damage to his $4,000,000 ship but it ! was expected to be In the thous- ' ands of dollars. United States Navy arranged to- James Prusky raised doubts that ! REGINA (CP) The foot and , mouth disease has spread to a I new area In southern Saskat- chewan. I Federal veterinarians have day. for a formal inquiry Into a new section of the main water HELD IN BABY'S DEATH Adelbert Verrault, 31, of Toronto, has teen charged with manslaughter and arson in connection with the burni ig of a cottage at suburban Long Branch in which The streets in Salt Lake City are sandbagged into emergency canals to carry the overflow from several canyons to the east in the Wasatch mountains. the mid-Atlantic sinking of the line at Shawatlans Late was destrover-mlnesweetjer HObson. properly laid. He said some of with apparent loss of 114 lives. I the- footing was sinking. n:e I'uri'ign Relations It was one of the worst peace-! Outcome was Mayor Whalen's i : te Trims I'nisram Stratocruiser . 11-month-old Michael Lafontaine was burned to death in his ) crib. Shown in custody of Sgt,. Roy Collins, Verrault, a carpenter, j Is accufed of setting the fire for $500 to help a woman friend, ! Mrs. Adele Wall, collect $4,500 Insu-aace money on the cottage , : occupied by the baby and his young parents, "MrT "and "Mrs. : i ' Anthony Lafontaine. Mrs. Wall, owner of the cottage, is held as i material witness. CP PHOTO) ; i placed the new outbreak near 'Mansur, five miles northeast of j jWeyburn. j j This Is 28 miles outside of the i 'quarantined area and about 73, ! miles southeast of Regina. It Is within the buffer zone set up! 1 around the Quarantine area. A 1 p. TON (CP) -The Sen- j Down In Jungle time disasters in naval all aldermen American request that ac-1 B left A (jeorge Casey by history. . ......company him on a complete tour; piBe"thisfwinoon. for -Vanoou- Meanwhile, the 27.000 ton air- of the pipeline next Sunday, ver cnroute to Trail where he wiii craft carrier Wasp, damaged in from tidewater to the dam. ipay ten -day visit with his sons, the Saturday night collision that "i will consider this a personal f Darrow and George. He will also steamed slowly homeward. She favor If you will come." i visit Rossland where he resided sent the Hobson to the .bottom, After that, the aldermen talked ; for manv years before coming to relations committee j d to cut President ntrPMns atrfs (CPi Pan- hrrrt nf 41 nnlmalnmlxed beef ! suu.uuo.uuo iorcignlAmerican Alrways announced ,, Hairy stock have become i ; carried 61 of the minesweper's jn a "picknicking" mood Prince Rupert. oy 51.000.000,000 today that widespread searcn infected, Federal officials an- Tom Connally had been started for a strato- nounced late Tuesday said the reduction ' cruiser which has been reported ;survivors some 'seriously in-; -We'll have to bring a lunch," i jured. . said one. ; Travelling between 8 and 10 "And wear high boots it's ! knots the carrier is expected to pretty rough hike." nus!"B " 1IU'" "lu uc to about P68 npr- TIDES , Wednesday, April 30, 1952 Vfc,,f f i E , ' i ...... j i. :.. V;,;- : s . ... ' . V . t,si f -I ..,..' if I A 1, 4 l V . J : k ft 'I.'" . u1- 3 : ft 1 V 1... J.' i r s I. , Today's Stocks ! reach Brooklyn navy yard for, "What time, did you say?" The ' $1,500,000 luxury plane oe applied to all bill. was flvine from Rio de Janeiro n JlllllliklOtl III. 1,1(1.1 (Pacific Standard Timei High : 4:49 17.5 feet said he considered Un Nbui Vnrk K hnri 41 nnvsrn. ' Russian Jets Attack French Airliner In Corridor to Berlin Ship Makes Safe Escape Stern Protest Sent by Allies "Is that daylight or standard itime?" quipped another. I The tour calls for an inspection of four or five miles of pipeline. v .4" after thp cut mH gesr and crew of nine aboard. " The aircraft was first reported repairs Friday or Saturday. Torch Command Sounds Warning 15.8 feet 6.0 feet 10.8 feet 18:18 11:43 23:48 j -fvd it would pass f after three or four Mr. Stewart will arrange the 'Low j transportation. ' , missing early today over terri-1 f'Mtf possibly start-; tory consisting largely of jungle, i 4'jrioa' A later report that it had ;:lltee vote for the landed safely at Belcm, Brazil, f 't Was 9 tO 3. ! -o HnnlaroH tn K linlriiA CAPETOWN i Winding up a two.day council, leaders of the f n . . , j.. , , , Torch Command said they have TWO IvUSSian jet Ilgnters at- m0billzed 175,000 members to BERLIN (CP)- VANCOUVER American Standard . :. .25 ' Bialotne 6.00 Cariboo Quartz 1.45 Cronin Bablnc 44 Giant Mascot 89 Indian Mines 18 Pend Oreille . .. 6.25 Pioneer 2.25 Premier Border 28 Privateer 09','g Reeves MacDonald .... 4.50 Reno 05 Sheep Creek ... 1-60 Silbak Premier 56 Taku River 08 Vananda IV, z Salmon Gold 04 fic Regulations Council Approves Big Hike in City Tan Rate Business Tax May Also be Imposed to Keep .. Pace With Mounting Needs and Costs A four-mill tax increase and institution of a tacked an Air France commercial air liner with can- thend-- against v-non and machine gun fire in the Allied air corridor with south Africa's constitution. iitened Under New over the Soviet zone today. Two German passengers Delegates from four provinces mtq rnor) , , , , 1 1 ui tile "'c VlllVH UIUUV'J j were wounded and two crew memoers incneu "i' Prime Minister Daniel F. Malan - that they wilhmeet "action with aw Before Council Silver Standard 2.40 Western Uranium 3.75 action- is he pushes through a fbusiness tax looms for Prince Rupert property own- bill which would strip the Ap- S T v n, l- i peais (Supreme) Court of power ' ers and merchants this year. Indication of the nign-taryaa1:tdgment Parliam!n" ! est budget in history was given1 by the finance com-The bin, which passed first mittee at last night's council meeting.-. nds removal from Third Avenue, pedes- Await Red Truce Reply bullets. The air liner was enroute to Berlin with eleven passengers and six crew members. It ducked behind cloud cover after tl lighters had made four passes. Half an hour later it reached safely. The fuselage was riddled but nnnp n f thp shots hit a vital VmSs, jay-walking, traffic signals and pro-1 Anglo Canadian 8.00 reading last weo.neso.ay, waa A nlke t0 70 mllls was approv-Malan s answer to a decision of j ed by council in committee, as a traffic tickets are some of the major j fa new traffic bylaw being studied by city: ine cuun Hiiiuu iiucw uui mc n.hnIr nracfint rntp ic mills S' Kla ,reJln:law restricting voting rights of : lf fncJease for cemTtery A. P. Con 60 Calmont 1.85 Central Leduc 3.75 Home Oil :.. 15.00 Mercury 31 Okalta 4.60 Royal Canadian 26 -.-t nt (ho ninnp truce talks are in complete re persons of mixed blood. j ln;pr0Vements was approved in A full debate on the bill begins a bylaw tne DeCember elec- The Allied High Commission cess today for1 the first time in at Bonn sent a stern protest to ve months. The United Na- v,o cnvi.i nnntmi finmmission tions command awaited Com- TORONTO munist reaction to secret Allied ! Athona 13' i j immediately. between , proposals for an armistice. It Is ( tions. ' "If we are on to do anything to roads and streets, there will have to be a tax increase," said Aid. Michael Krueger, finance chairman. Commercial flights '" lwss its decision i 24-hour parking on all down-std bylaw at next i town areas except First Avenue, tlne, following its ' Beach Place and Water Street. ln rough draft by ! 5- Committee also recommends ommitteo. ! specific provision be put Into ' read by City clerk j the bylaw making both owner 10 council last night, i a"d operator of a vehicle re-W. Brown, Q.c ', I sponsible to appear at the police "is intention to "re- station ln response to a properly a bylaw ( iast revised I signed trafHc ticket left by a '""'Sinning to end ' " I Peace officer in the car. . ... lllUi nl.l 1 i, -WEATHER- Synopsis Berlin and Western Germany up to the communists to set; date of the next meeting. j were cancelled temporarily but embargo was lifted gradually a i "OVER ALL" SOLUTION Clearing skies and cool Pacific Special committee to investigate such a levy consists of Aldermen Hills, Krueger, H. M. Daggett and H. F. Glassey. "ROUGH" ESTIMATES Although estimates have only been "roughed out" finance committee reported to council that most of the revenue would be used without any board of works plans considered. Road program, for instance, constitutes a minimum of $24,-000 worth of improvements. Other work has been planned on sidewalks. Council agreed in committee taxpayers would not, "kick too much" at "a mill increase If "they can see that we have accomplished something." , It was indicated, however, that parks board estimates Would be pared. Commissioners have ask- Meanwhile, still more revenue few hours later. The United Nations Command air brought frosts to many points i - oiumnen will ftiemoers oi me special vrai- f HI? next tn 1-- flo Amnmlttaa nroro Uavnr H S There was no Immediate ac- j yesterday gave the Communists fin the interior and a few coastal will be sought through means of counting for the attack. what was called an "over alii places also. Today should be a business tax, investigation of The pilot said he was flying ; solution" to three critical issues i sunny in most regions with some which was proposed - by Aid. precisely in the centre of the air ; blocking a Korean armistice. afternoon cloudiness and show- Krueger. A special committee corridor over the Russian zone ! Details were not disclosed but ers near mountains. Increasing was appointed, when the two jets made lour the Communists, after agreeing cloud In south coast areas will Aia. George Hills, also on the passes at him and unloaded to keep the full dress negotla- mark the movement of a deep finance committee,, said If 'the "J IS li.lr.iM.. Whalen Aid. Darrow Oomez, Sgt. E." A. Wales, RCMP, city "HUTU ttlf lln , ";inimously against Third clerk and the city solicitor. """us on lln street). Taxis i bursts of cannon and machine- tions secret, asked for an in- Pacific disturbance towards the mi rate was increased this in"!" Ol'tober 31 :ft"ti Avenue, definite recess Presumably thev Oregon coast. Cloud from, this year "that will be about the gun fire. ! wanted to -submit the plan to system will spread over the limit we can go. ""nee n southern part Of . the province r rinn't. think we 'ran tret anv 'commends eivht f.,t , Peiping ana Pyongyang. Dr. Endicott Gives Denial Aumaque 20 Beattle Duqucsne' 523i Bevcourt 1.18 Buffalo Canadian 23 Consol. Smelters 34.00 Conwest , 4.05 Donalda : 42 Eldona 23 ',2 East Sullivan 8.15 Giant Yellowknlfe 10 God's Lake ,. 55 Hardrock 13 Harricana 11 Heva 11 Duvex 90 Joliet Quebec , 50 Little Long Lac 73 Lynx 16 Madsen Red Lake 1.90 McKenzie Red Lake 43 McLeod Cockshutt 2.85 Moneta 44 Negus 60 Noranda 74.00 Louvicourt 30 Pickle Crow 1.76 Petrol Oil & Gas 1.25 Senator Rouyn 19 Srerrit Gordon 4.30 Steep Rock 7.15 Silver Miller 1.60 Upper Canada 180 "'1 'nterseetinn tomorrow and a few showers are more revenue from land and ! ed Ior $14,000 expected on the south coast, improvements. Costs are spiral- j SIDEWALKS , .. ... ,. r ...III U Ui.rhun i MeBr de Douks Burn Two Barns ft- Ca; rs would have it-: . icmam. ,m c : v- mg an me imie, more iia i.ioie Meantime, city approved Aid. day and tonight in southern needs to be done in the city. We!D w motion in future British Columbia but there will elsewhere for will have to turn , aU ewata Iar as possible Big Blaz e In Nanaimo ; 'ians riht-of-way ' LONDON (CP) Rev. Dr. James Is th 'ns' Also rec-' Endlcott denied here today that be constructed on a local im "i in JaJ"WaiKing : lc "au iuili viuiiec iicwapuiJii- NELSON 3" Two barns at the nearby Doukhobor centre of j crossing areas. mPn In Mukden that Canada i might be Implicated in germ fCCiiimiibt. .in Thrums were burned to tne ground Saturday. I NANAIMO (CP) - An entire Royal Canadian Mounted Po-; business block in downtown C,,c7air SiBnaI j lice are Investigating the fires, commercial street was menaced Forecast ' j He supported the investigation of ''"S a business tax' North coast region-Variable : cloudiness today, sunny on Wed- ! "At present, big mnd small nesday. A few showers this af- businesses pay the same ternoon. Not much change In amount for a licence. Perhaps temperature. Light winds. Lows businesses could be assessed tonight and highs tomorrow at according to their gross r net Port Hardy. 38 and 50; Sandspit. income. At any rate this pos- 34 and 50; Prince Rupert, 32 and sible source of revenue must 52. lie investigated.-' provement repayment plan. ' In the past, some sidewalks had been paid for out of general revenue while others had been constructed by local improvement. "This Is utterly unfair and we must take a definite stand," declared Aid. Hills, who introduced the subject. . warfare in Korea. He had made no such statement, Dr. Endlcott declared. Dr. Endicott, however, said there was evidence that anthrax rvA V, 1 -.A-n Halnir They are reported to have been '"sni oy a nre wnicn spoui-of incendiary origin. !ed flames 100 feet In the air as The buildings were owned by i they destroyed a cafe and drug Peter Abrosimoff and George 1 store. Damage was placed at n rt tutwfHn ri mm and t inn nun Mm ;'jrttd riVf should be spread among the Chinese com-u' a ilmit ofimunlste. ( J UJA'l i . "