ft mm ram a 113 virion, :. c. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER - entries close CABS Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" MARCH 15th ,sPATt li f VOL. XLI, No. 5 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1952 , PRICE FIVE CENTS ' ; IT STA li ES C ONTBACT TO i INARM.' PTOICI i Makes Extreme Lack Funds Churchill Wins Vote Man Aid Appeal to 'J' mi For Railwav victukia (to Premier By- I ron Johnson told the Legislature ;that he Is deepjy disappointed i . j s S Electric Washers 98c-Stoves $1.98 in Victoria-Trade in $150 For Any Old Ice Box VICTORIA CP One retailer offered a seond-hand electric washing machine- for 08c as a price war on heavy electrical .appliances got Into high gear. The tame dtaier priced utd clcct.lc rar.jcs for $1.98 and wooden icc boxes were going at 49c.f Three large retailers are leaden in the price war. Tradc-in3 took an opposite tack. Merchants have offered up to $150 on "your old ice box or what have you?" A I ft I Iffllff 11 11 ft r&fa'Tatf' Cji flllU I wVIW I1NG1UN, .,,,T(,V D.u nr (P (Canadian iiTifliun 1 Pri'wl lt.ss; Prpi i -tne Bovernmcnt from going , at tne prescnt Ume on critical Congress today to vote1 new global foreign j Howe Gives His Blessing B.C. Project Would le Fu!ly Completed 550 MILLION TONS PER YEAR To Help Bolster Supply. South of Line OTTAWA (CP) Production Minister C. D. Howe yesterday gave his official blessing to Canadian-American negotia- , tions covering increased supplies of aluminum for the United States and said he hopes the negotiations will be consumated soon. At Montreal the Aluminum Co. of Canada said the value of a long-range Soviet threat against "sur-' " ' , - - ... i M(l congressional ire over President will go on every Conference Oh Cattle LONDON Prime Minister Winston Churchill won a vote of confidence for his government in Parliament yesterday. A Labor vote of censure of the gove.nment s handling of trie i rearmament program was re jeeted 314 to 219. Aneurin Bevan and 50 or 60 left wing Laborites, because of disagreement with Clement Att-lce and the moderate Laborites abstained. In its attempt to overthrow Prime Minister Churchill's government, the Labor party filed Its motion of non-confidence on the grounds that the govern ment was moving too slowly in rearmament. However, the split in the Labor 'ranks, combined with the nor mal Conservative majority in the House, led to the burial of motion under an avalanche votes. Thus Churchill's hand- A u Won aDDroval uiJijrov'il- nii r.A hi. ttt rK1c . network tonight to carry! Kamloops Wants No Doukhobors I Gives Three Reasons Why They Should Not Be Relocated There i ! VICTORIA it A British Co- I . .0 day opposed any relocation of the ... ....... - mwc uouKnooors wnnin uu ! mnes or namioops, saying tne area is a tempting ground for terrorists. Advlsory tne British c.oiumDia rarmers Institute told : ... . .. . 7 TTu 1 , . "Ijections of some Progressive "" " vm , revoltcdt against both the gov-, 0,nmcnt Program and the Labor j f j0Y. mw V -T -7 A I, .. V) i q-lL...,. -nnHiinTiiniif Vn idni mriifciHifc pH,Ly ,cauer!,nlp oy wl'unB.ou,'iprincipal-to the bill which! extension of the Pacific Great cusiein ivaiiway irom oquamisn 'V Mr. Johnson said in his bud- get speech In the Legislature that the government is in no I position to borrow the $14,000,-1 JOU needed for the extension. ' ' ' No one Is more disappointed ; than i am," the Premier said. adding that it Is still intended I to complete the railway at some : future time. j In the meantime, the Squam- ish to Vancouver highway will be built. j BC Pensions On Increase ! viciuKiA Acortunj io w. a. Bone, regional director of old a -omu.iy. 1.5U0 more Britkii Hrniu:irv . rnmnarpH with .Tanu. j iniuTrnon.h Z tuVZ' ary , the the initial month of the led- eral payment. ine iebrua.y total payment amouniea to 94,nr.i,zvv wnicn went to 70,825 pensioners. I Part of the increase can be attributed to persons moving to British Columbia from other; parts of Canada. ' m February 435 , came to thU fiuiiniv, n Hill. tut It, li. ' 0I lnc newcomers came from the prairie provinces. " - - Pension Plan yearf' service. On the death of the pensioner, one-half the pen sion w ill be payable during the juju of survU,ln ouse or for ten years from tne date of lhe employee s retirement whlch- ever period ls the longer. JJl employees who have attained the age oi ou ana no nave ai icasi the aiculture committee of the they can l"ut.'.w be given proof that1 i J.eSiaU,r that i unnin h .mJ.u.L . . Tu. ry . l" , safe to move the Doukhobors to J a site near the Interior city be- cause I 1-There are three ammuni- tlon dumps in the district. ' BLESSES ALCAN . . . Hon. C. D. Howe Tax Deal Approved Winch I'rges Provision for Educational Aid J VICTORIA (CP) Over the ob Conservative and CCF members. tne Lege yesterday gave second readjng appr0vailn would authorize continuation of the Dominion-provincial tax agreement. . The CCF leader, Harold Winch, contended the federal govfm-men will" soon have to make grants to the provinces to help meet the rising costs of educa tion and that some provision should hp marip fnr this in thp i pp. nQW CQnxe& ! undef jurisdiclion. Second reading was also given j the bill setting a uniform vai - 1 uation across British Columbia Ior,taxaUon. purpose on. a ripe nne to De startea tms spring oy j Transmountain Ot! " Pipe ! Llne Company. Assessment will j .mean the Transmountain com- pany would pay an annual i maximum tax of $377,000. All Recovering After Collision GARY, Indiana CP All fifty !four persons Injured yesterday PeUneCo.tatobuUditoiana EMmr,. ir ,. linel'.hPir .Manuooa my nave exteeuec. EARNEST I President Truman i - - V Mrs. J. L. Blain U sailing to-' Edmonton-Vancouver rnnstitntinnai nnWp in " "- ..- -cUiSC w a vacation trip to Vancouver. ' - through the area. 3-Canada's two transcontin-; .H..y go mrougn Kamloops. I 0"' ratal w iwo . I MONTREAL fl" A raein earlv i morning fire yesterday destroyed the old Montreal "Repertory Theatre building, took at least j two lives and sent more than 300 persons from an adjoining' bloc, into the treets The dead are Mrs. Wari.,e Pcr: , nH in onH M.hoi. New Railway CNlt Scheme Extrndrd , And I,itralizcd MONTREAL -A new pension : pmn lor auauwii at.ui.u. , Railways was announced today , oy uonaia uoruon, cnuirman tZ rromJanuar-y'V. and , consists of two parts. The first part continues an 20 exlsltine plan, liberalized to maKe octit-r provision lor pres-. . iaii a skuil a ;1V0f his $700,000,()00 im to meet the ivilization." of mounting spending, the and television the people. ey' Tactics i by Calder filial Parlies to Reserves ., the Daily Nt v in a iiinmt' uc-j .dsv at llie LcgUla-Cauler, MLA lor At-. rvfd notice on a a ;ib.a political parties ;,cy election tactics" an' Rt serves in the .BtU! election, at Legislature Uic I -in bers of tile major j tics vwt the re.scr-1 . jrir.g ciection time. Miaiu.iy ol tlic y iy ' ly J-puKCMHCll cciine vaiums at electio.l itruiiUmniy pat the the back." me first native ma- i seat in the provin- we, lolkmmg the tor vavmetiv.nrri-; j tlif health m.pcc-'mi n.incu in the At-T.cy. claiming that '.he Act with ropcvl uecuon ot mlner.s in -nuslmii: operations x-nelit to both maa-I Uur. fa toe goveinmcni -opening the Stew-;iry ami Mine k. ,f. due to increasing teliij activuii s l.i uruc!; the need "iWil.uii'c .service in ; ruiuiti. wlilcli u-iwii.-i nurses, dentUt-; 'i,rare w orker.-, to th, n a service c wu"ld 11 'ii openin .P rnl'J', lie lifting garine I ; Pr ban i i f . bill whirl, uor.'n m, : 'Hs m British c'uluni-,n approval i prin. '- "K'-siature last 'ould aow miuuurinc srs to do th cir own final ri'iiiii,,.. . V w"l, British Co- ' I n un.., . .. A ., "c,viowtiaiand wr province where - buiiue ao not :''ng at home. Building s Todav .1. . r ""'"en K..r i... '"" Kusmess B,.u lot Irr. Prince Runpprm?n.c'ed 'SS kl block . ... 'IS JL latest 61 buil(liiis ; . ' r5s from tii ruai, ' 15 held hv Dy M...... W 7 Northwest win . years' allowance service ' wi)Lfcy wn0 among u,eWe occupanU of apartmonts at theduef ,totl nterprov lncwl embargo , restrictions. He asked if tha " , , . . . r,iU, A Ar. r- ... j I ...V. eni anu iuluic eiupiuyvi's nu . . j,..,., i ....... may oecome uisao eu ..u I0Le?ny rUlC . , ! into a siaing nere ana nit an empty car are recovering. ' A four-car, South Shore 'and South Bend Railroad train, permitted to retire on pen-: iuii ir an pmiuuvee wiui Liiese aiie " sprvlr. ' 'lr ' nts .holITd die in service' his surviving ouse or dependents may be R'al1lfd apphcaWe pen- Sion in lieu ui u leiuuu u. ins contributions. ELECTIVE Pwnt. and future rnmlnvers for employees who are willing to commit themselves to compul- j travelling slowly was preparing to proposing to siqn a seven. K K y stop at the station. A police , statement says ice on the switch year agreement with Can-jmay have caused it to take theladian Droducers. This Foot and Mouth Disease Crisis Still Dis.ius.sed 'At Ottawa OTTAWA (CP) Announcing ; ' that the government plans io tail a federal-provincial, confer- u enee at the "earliest possibla j of rlnio t r r-loal uifVi nmhlpme aril- : ln Jrom lne oulDreaK of loot- .w ,,.... auu-iiiuiwi umooc ""6 "' livestock of southern Saskatcn-,' pv,.an RL H,,n .1 C, Oarriiner. ! minister of agriculture, told the ! House of Commons yesterday) that the conference will be held, with wiun the viic diov .ices as aa soon o s tuciC US 11 IJ Uctllgei LI Li It UlACtlOt. ! spreading through movement of livestock and meat from one ' Drovlnce to another. ! In tn House of commons, M. j rolfiWP rrF leader. SimPPSt.- ed that British Columbia and banni of imporU livestocl meat Irom Albrta and Saskal. cnewan. He suggested that' thai federal government study t.ie ! constitutional angle. 1 t , .- u T.,:; V . Zr: pensate farmers in the affected area on "a fair ana reasonable I h n , 1 fn. t.on., thAn mn Ur,'-r uau i yji nitry iiiajr nart sustained as a result of the out - 1 hrpair nf thp riispaP Pmr. jsive . Conservative and CCF nmpnrimpnt. tn impp anri pv. tend the scope of compensation were unsuccessful. ' i , . -,., uonsenatne. Lake-centre. iu.ue&. lv,hat it was proopsed to do lit' conrectio with surplus of beef i possibility of sending Canadian cattle to the British market was "elng fully explored. Mr. Gardiner replied that everything possible was being uullc Hllu ",c Buvciii.ui.-in, ' tainly preferred sending to the British market If possible. BILL TO SENATE stock, buildings and crops were destroyed in efforts to eradicate the foot and mouth disease. Compensation will apply only to farmers In a 40-mlle square quarantined area around Rc-gina. Progressive Conservatives tried to change the legislation so that compensation would be based on "economic value" of the cat-. Ue destroyed rather than on a nebulous "fair and reasonable' No Compensation For Loss of Work OTTAWA Indications here are that the federal government u'lll nnt. QporAt a nenivufll th.lt. ckJn n workers, thrown ; out 0, tneir jobs bwlng t0 ,the embargoes arising out of the ' foot-and-mouth disease situa- tion, be compensated for the dif- fcrnce between their regular wages and the amount they re ceived under unemployment insurance, i j Owing to the tie-up in cattle.' and Manitoba. The Packing House Workers' Union has taken j up the case on their behalf. j contract (which Washing ton intimated yesterday was being negotiated) would, if completed, be about $70,000,000 at current market prices. Mr. Howe said the agreement will allow the company to complete a further part o the huge Kitimat project in British Columbia which would. otherwise . have been left ..f,u . nX First L;'np Stage nf of tUp the n",n gigan- T ,c project ItKeiy will De completed next year at a cost 0f about $160 ' 000 . -" - ;nnrr :.-' Initial production at the new development may run -l... lf a- nnn nnn year nut. when ir is com pleted, the output may be stepped up to about 550,-000 tons annually. Mr. Howe was commenting on a Washington dispatch reDorting that the United States government with United States alum inum producers to step up production at home and wou ,ij Id co 1 ii 1 tor AaXWjor, delivery of "0,000 tons of ingots from Canada annually. . ' -WEATHER- Synopsis Cloud now covers most of British Columbia but its amount will decrease slowly during the rlav anil t.hprp shnulrt hp snnip i sunshine in most regions. I The low pressure centre which caused gales in the -coastal wat- ers yesterday has moved off to the south leaving the province in the weak circulation of Pacific air. Another storm Is de-j veloping west of the ocean weather station Peter but its progress towards , the coast will be retarded somewhat by a ridge of high pressure which lies west of the coastline. It will, however, cause rain on the north coast tomorrow and increasing cloud on the south coast tomorrow evening. With cloud cover thinner, temperatures tonight, especially in the southern portions, will be a few degrees colder than last night. Daytime temperatures tomorrow will be much the same as of tUt last few days. Forecast North Coast Region Variable' cloudiness today. Cloudy tomorrow. Rain beginning in Uie northern portions tomorrow morning, spreading to northern Vancouver Island by tomorrow night. Little change in temperature. Winds North (15) today; south (20) tomorrow). Lows tonight and highs tomorrow At Port Hardy and Sandspit, 30 anc1 44: Prince Rupert, 30 and 40. Br., pnntrlhnlinn. In rptllln for i ' a higlie r pension. The first part provides a basic ' or service pension at the ex pense of the company and a supplemental pension based on joint contributions. The cm- ployee contributes from 1 per cent to 10 per cent of his wages and, after 10 years' service, the company matches his contribu-j tions up to 5 per cent. The amount of the supplemen Inl l2 that whlph t.hp the vote. i T I I W KIICll rCPllPT TH Quake Victims TOKYO it - United States occupation .,nH fnr-P torces nnri and th. the Jap Jan. - . anee aneoe government government pConnued continued to to- - , ;day to rush rellet uPPUes to . ,: 7 1 Planes, trains and boats are , carrying blankets, medicine and "lood to the stricken areas Of .""ly:t"pe"tf "n?n ! sections of northeastern Honshu I ii Tslnnrl nri Thousands of homeless are suffering from bitter cold and driving snowstorm which roiiow- ed Tuesday s earthquake, Official United States Army lestimate is that thirty-one Jap- h k fishing ll,om;,hmom,onHc, TT'n .,7",". now dnfnnt hilt Mfmt nf t.hp i ,, ' j 10i YllldgCia O.C Ul. top of submerged .homes. , Train Death ! Toll Now 119 , rio de Janeiro (CP)-Death toll after Tuesday's railway dls- j ister near here-the worst in ; Brazil's historywas set yester-, day at 119 with nearly three; hundred persons injured, many seriously. The all-metal electric train. so crowded with passengers that they were hanging out of the , doors, sideswlped the derailed section of another train on 3 bridge. . TODAY'S n'ouii'-'V 8, II. VANCOUVER American Standard ... .27 Bralorne 6.10 B R X .04 Cariboo Quartz 1.25 Congress 06 Cronin Babine 44 Giant Mascot 97 Indian Mines 21 Pioneer 2.10 Premier Border 32 2 Privateer 08 'a Reno 032 Sheep Creek 1.64 Silbak Premier 58 Taku River 07 Vananda . 20 Salmon Gold - 03!2 Spud Valley 15 Silver Standard 2.31 Western Uranium 3.40 Oils-Anglo Canadian 9.00 A P Con 52 Calmont 2.00 C & E - 17.10 Central Leduc 3.00 Mercurv 30 Okalta ' 3.85 Pacific Pete 10.50 ' Royal Spyn Canadian .24 Royalite 16.50 may elect which part of the plan ' When firemen arrived some of i Now adopted oy the House they wish to choose but their de- Ule apartment dwellers were after being given thir.d reading, cision is irrevocable. Ample time ! leaning from windows screaming ; the emergency bill for compen-wiil be given them to make their , and om man c'ng from the sill Uation of the farmers now goes selection. Any contributions , of a third-storey window. I to the Senate, above 5 percent of compensation An explosion burst out in the The legislation provides for made by present employees who interior of the building. Windows "fair and reasonable" compen-transfer to part 2 will be re- j were shattered and the roof : satlon to farmers whose live- 'Joint contributions with com - turned. Those whose total con- trlbutions before the date of 1 .ransfPI. a..p iPSS iha,, the re auired amount will be permitted make good the arrears by additional contributions or lump sum payments. Pensions will be reduced proportionately if the! arrears are not met. Although the normal retire-! ,s 5 provlslon ls madc nn. . hnlh fnr ear,v reJ tirement with reduced pensions. pound Interest will buy. ! Under this part disabled em-1 ployccs who have attained the age of 50 and who have at least 1 28 years allowable service will I be permitted to retire on pen-j sl0,n- , ',,.,! If the portion of the pension payable at the company s ex-; top of the three-storey theatre hutiHincr ' ' i ... .. . . "".ic!" .SiX. ! but p0iice and Red Cross officials ! gald thcre was no way of check - ! t Immpriialelv Police said that a discarded j cigarette butt may have caused I the blaze. , i collapsed with a roar. Gannet For Bronx Zoo Rare Bird To Be Televised From New York Tonight NEW YORK. The first gannet j i from Canada ever to be tele- hppnminiT a rpjiirfi.nt. nf thp Npoi. York Zoological Gardens. ! The gannet, originally from! Bonaventure Island off Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula and more re- i tcntly one of three at the Quebec Zoological Gardens, will be pre-j sented to the Bronx ;x oy Claude Melaneon of Montreal, i noted Canadian naturalist and assistant director of public re - lations for the Canadian Na- tional Railways. ' Pinay Faces Test Today, PPse ls less than $40 a month . .n lne company, oy special -uuuw-I ance. Increase Its portion to For each year below- the age or , d , fc personal ap-! Provision proposed by the gov-65 one additional year of service I ernment. Draran,.e toniht wnltnt ver ft a New New ; . Prara" will be required for example. An i oyer ,w" mo ,ptir. voinntnriiv York television station before. wrong siding. The train was not i deraed an only tne front , was damaged. The track was i cleared and traffic resumed j wjtrim an hour. 1 I TIDES Friday, March 7, 1952 High i0:56 17.5 feet feet ! ' Low ! 5:04 10.4 feet ' 17:32 3-D iecl i STOCKS ! Jolin - .(in Co. Mil.! i ' TORONTO Athona -12 Aumaque 21 li i Beattie DusQuene 45 1 Bcvcourt 1.01 Buffalo Canadian 2i2 Consol. Smelters 38.00 "Conwest 3.70 Donalda 45 : Eldona 30 East Sullivan - 8.60 Giant Yellowknife 11.50 God's Lake 38 Hardrock 1234 Harricana 15 Heva 13 Joliet Quebec ; 50 Little Long Lac .69 Lynx .14 Madsen Red Lake 2.00 McKenzie Red Lake 41 McLeod Cockshutt 2.79 Moneta , 38 Negus .58 Noranda 80.00 Lbuvicourt -- - .30 Pickle Crow - 1.53 San Antonio 2.41 Senator Rouyn 17'i Sherrit Gordon 4.25 . Steep . Rock 7 30 Silver Miller 1.54 Upper Canada 1.72 u uiilu wic enipiuyfc us j. ii an employee with these age and service requirements slxiuld die in service, his surviving spouse or dependents may be granted half the applicable pension exclusive of the special allowance, in lieu of a refund of his butions. SECOND .. PLAN ul I, ,.. ..,t .., ,al w.u..u f"'"!,,,,, nf nensinners then livinB two of the railway's pension plan a must contribute 5 tier ptr rent tLiii, o of 't.hpll" pnmrpnEall. frnm .Tanu arY L 1935. or from the date on Whioh which they hn entered service c,rt,ln In to thp the " - J ""f"'" J at 64 if he has had twenty-one . years' service, 60 if he has had twenty-five years or 55 if he has had thirty years' service. Effective July 1 next, some revisions to existing pensions will be made so that there shall be i substantial equality ln the treat- i ...ui ail,voAB whn will retire cunjim - ftrp nensinnern who contributed to the pension' fund during this period of service will be given the option of exchanging their present pension contract for a pension computed according to part 2 of the plan and of the type It provides. Pensioners who did not contribute during their service will continue to receive the basic or service pension to which they are entitled under the existing rules. As will be the case with respect to non-contributing employees who retire hereafter. aate of retirement. On reaching age 65 they will receive a pen slo Dased on their average compensation durliiR the last five or or ten ten years years of of service, service, which whichever - CVCI ls IS II more favorable to the N win ir.W 64 by ernnInv, uc .um ..i . luliconerAtn.. The percentage will be one PARIS (CP) The right-winger, and meat shipments, hundreds' Antolne Pinay formally agreed! of packing house workers ar. yesterday to try to form a new! being made idle In British Col-French cabinet and said he j umbia. Alberta, Saskatchewan 1 t conete block per cent for eacn yeal" service i super- j up t0 20 years; one 'and a quar- 4 n ts fxupp. j , ! ter per cent for each year during would ask the National Assem- bly to confirm him a Premiei today. -"wis, iicau io years, aim unc-i.tui - i per cent for each year over 30