PROV,NC,AL 163 MORROW'S -TIDES- ,04day, August 12, 1953 ,,(15 standard Time) 2 39 1 IP" 15:07 19 tcct NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 21:12 8:56 3 5.3 5 feet- feet Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Vpe!iyry VOLk XLII, No. 186 FRINGE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1953 ' PRICE FIVE CENTS Phone 81 nverts iled Vikmh SrapS fuglk IT fPoradP o VI i f U POWs The Afwocintd Prt-hH MUN-JOM.-Abit id of diehard Am-j Victory Learned Early In Count By JOHN LeBLANC Canadian Press staff Writer The Liberals today start an unprecedented fifth term of Canadian government. Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent's party lost some of its record-shattering Commons majority in Monday's general election but came up with a solid working margin over all parties. came back from Red prison camps vowing vengeance ,ker comrades who d to communism pressure. ,dt out "progressive" is word, and wore with :e baogf of "reaction-vnrd on them by Red who clubbed and tor-m but did not break :ils. ugh American had to jack by force when he i "progressive" at the Skeena MP Never Lost Lead E. T. (Ted) Applewhaite, 55-year-old barrister and former insurance salesman, yesterday was re-elected to his second term as Liberal MP for Skeena, defeating three other aspirants. Latest count showed Mr. Ap-plewhaite with a majority of 1,606 over his nearest opponent, CCF standard-bearer Harry taZ : '. ' ' 4V; r - I i ; . , ; r y C LljZ J Village reception cen- TED APPLEWHAITE a second term that guy when I get said. ndred Americans came the north today The 71-year-old prime min-minister, who staked the Liberals' future solely on their record, brought home 171 of the Commons' 265 members to give him an over-all edge of at least 77. In his record 1949 win, 193 Liberals steamrollered into office. That number had been cut to 181 by the time the 21st Parliament was dissolved in June. Monday, all the House parties sliced further into that representation. The CCF made the biggest gains, boosting their number to 23 from 13 chiefly h 24 Britons, 2 Turks South Koreans. Winner Credits Record Of Party For Own Success office. He, too, became party leader in 1948. While Mr. St. Laurent waged a "no promises" campaign, his chief opponent offered the country a 18-polnt program that had as its main items promises of a $500,000,000-a-year tax slash and improvement in Canada's trade abroad. But a record electorate of about 8,500.000 eventually picked the Liberals with on the basis of incomplete overnight returns the third highest total a party ever brought to Parliament. The 1940 Liberal figure of 178 stands next to the 1949 high mark. But while the Liberals failed lest group of Amerl- Archibald, with 130 of 153 polls reporting. In third place is Jim McKel-vie, Social Credit candidate, and Mrs. Ann Minard, Labor- ased won the "reac- honors the hard way. poke with passion of Victorious returned Liberal buy his wife a present for her j have suffered. Progressive candidate, trailed badly. ! member for bkeena Ted Apple- birthday today. 1 T T V. J.IIIJ 1 4 Here are figures for 130 of 153 1 progressives get on with me," said one, -hail. COIH luut nloht hQt h nUWBVCr, IIC BUHlilVCU UIM on the strength of a Socialist . . ., , ., night that he thought that his polls: felt the reason for his re-election i bei r(,turned to Ottawa was a i A i shark bait . . . They Applewhaite (L) 5,306; I worse than the Chi- onslaught in Saskatchewan that overthrew the Liberal majority from that province. George Drew's Progressive was the record of the St. Laurent ; good birthday present and a government. , large group of friends wished her Though elated at the sweeping ! 8I health at a reception. Archibald (CCF) 3,700; Mc-Krlvie (SO 2,889; Minard (LrP) 285. net one in a bar, I'd n the mouth," said an PRIME MINISTER ST. LAURENT ... led the field to reach those levels this time, they did break the four-term records of earlier governments. majority given him by voters in ! Mr Appiewnaiie receivea con The hard-working MP, who Conservatives added just two to their dissolution total of 48, no of us wouldn't walk this constancy he said he : gratulatory telegrams from all ; campaigned on the Liberal gov- ' . - nvpr fnnflria nmnnff them nnP I . .... i.j n It wouldn't be me." falling to make the sweeping The first of these was set by ernment's record, led the poll could not help but feel that no Ontario gains they had looked the Conservatives from 1878 on. Hcers and newspaper-e startled at the vlo- from his father in Nelson, one from Karl Evre. at Timmins. personal-credit was due himself. Recounts May Alter from the start and at 0:45 last night, George Hills, Mr. Archibald's official scent, and Art tlw reactions and lm- ! He thanked those who had:0nti and another from R. E. ; urn rlr qH cr H ri fr t rf him on4 av ' .... . . steps were taken to tor to start them on the way to ! and later the Liberals had tour power. consecutive terms under Sir The official Opposition add- Wilfrid Laurier, starting in 1896. ed a half-dozen to its Ontario HOLD RECORD momWchln and nna - 1. . . U". k, ", 'Il.'.V" ' .CJ(BO' j(Bob i Anderson. ANttcrson. Norfolk, worioiK, Ont., uni., Murray, Murray, who who rem-esented represented Mr. Mr. 01 me f ripnrin nf Mr. AnDiewhalte's In 'ti.i.i... i.. u ..4.. .. e of the groups separ- Result In 1 3 Ridings time and effort given on his be- j the House of commons who were i .".,,,,. . ... ' event possible clashes, nonths and years he- I oir, Areaiuaio. wno jicio. we " -"-j -. however, me iioerais min nail. . .. .. , hnth rpUrnMl tit office:' v By m cnii tfr - -1 ported result in tome of .these Iseat from 1945 to 1949, was atf. "I thank my opponents for the clean fight during the election Contests. Pruuilhilltv nf nvninlj bininoH Red Curtain, many courage to defy the ins nomc in Masset to near tne 1 returns. "k uctwe-uu '"- current run of administrations most of that advantage on the elready had tne record for ion-Atlantic seaboard where the gevlty in terms 0f years in of-Liberals swept .Newfoundland f fice j7 by the time, they came-and snatched PC seats in the,up to Mondays election. They tnHav In 17 (aHapq I rrt m off f l rti rjxu I campaign and I will continue to J Six Appearing ' ners ln 'ive ol the tight-sqieeZe whr. i-esiiltji in Mnnd.V'n vnfin Voters ln Rupert there were 5,598 eligible-gave Applewhaite, a Kifr Kr,cf urith . 1 7'K vnlou n rZi constituencies; Progressive Con- do my best on behalf of the people of Skeena riding," Mr. itKiiig at Ked propa- i turcs. disputing Com successful candidates ,. hope ,'of jservatives in four; Social Credit , . .J ' y. . V i U n iVU ' ...... 's.and standin un fm- Applewhaite said. tomorrow : , comparca w ooi lor vrcniDaia, ! ut..tin th. verdlet mammies. had jn office since j935i The Social Credit group tack-! the Conservatives under SR. -B. ed pn five to' its forrnenrepre-1 Bennett winning their last elec-sentatlon.p4.10 members. It tookition in: 1930. ,,,, . . v I rights, these mpn rp. I The clean election campaign '1686 for McKenzie and 12 fori j,. diei, Vote, due to be - fMrs. Minard- , . alone p announced Aug;-17. might ,4n , Terrace, also, oleotors da (be' suffibieiit to ?everse; ttie; re- dal attention of their ;wa als0 mentioned by .second.-: i 1 rtlor rrlP pnnHtrintff Harrv For Assembly one away from' the Liberals in Alberta, and cracked tla BniUsh Columbia ,fie,ld federally for the first time bji getting four mem Archibald who said In a state- f mentr to the Dally News this morning:' j Two teen-age girls were Iraius- "I sincerely wish to thank all ; ferred from juvenile to adult ice bath," standinn lor hours on the frozen . . choking confine-crude, one-man dun- beatings and club-hanging by the arms bers in that province. The Canadian Press final In the popular f ote, the Liberals this time were carry-' in; just 48 per cent on the basis of an early-morning Canadian Press tabulation from 36,356 of the 40,575 polls. The Progressive Conservatives had 31 per cent, the CCF, 12 per cent and others nine per cent. m The tabulation Indicated one vored ' the Liberal oarrdidate, I etving him' '523 votes, asi-agatast 191 for Archibald, 310 for McKelvie and a dozen for the LPP standard-bearer. First deputy returning officer to telephone results was Donald Main at Klncolith, who reported seven votes for Applewhaite, those who worked so hard and j court this mornlnii where with supported me at the. polls-.This; ,Q oihcn tn(,y fa(.Pd a charge of Contractor Wins Bet On Socreds ' ' . . . . . . starvation siarvatlon . . . w" l,t," v" ,lniau,fi oKspmblv as a result of Lauuiunica ill iwv Oilu vf v-tVIl dldates In twoi . . Closest margin stibwa; in rtiults' available early today was the 16 votes for R. F.. L: Hanna, Liberalji Strathcona ln si touivwaV-'faoe.: In British Columbia's Cariboo riding, Bert Leboe had a margin of 132 on the basis of partial returns; and in New Westminster George Hahn, another Social Crediter, was declared elected with an edge of 138 over William Mott, Liberal. EX-MEMBERS RETURNED Five former members of the Commons will be back in their seats when Parliament convenes this fall. Eleven others made unsuccessful tries. Four CCF veterans and one Liberal bounced back from previous defeats Monday. Gordon T. Purdy won his old seat of Col party standing Elected Lib PC CCF SC Ind Ind.-L L.-Lab 1949 193 41 13 10 4 1 0 1953 . 171 . 50 23 . 15 3 2 1- VANCOUVER CP) A Van of the highest votes in Cana ter as the men were the Chinese Commu-'7 hated the "progres- jfeat we must not lose our de- ," -! termination to carry on In the i The girls. Taula Bajkod and i f ace of adversity. We work con-'Owen Lewis originally appeared tinuously In office or out for the In court before Magistrate W. D. i betterment of our society." Mr. Vance August 6. w hen they told two for the CCF and one for McKelvie. It was from then on that Applewhaite continued to go ahead in the count and never 'irt. I Archibald said. court that they were 18 years old ! looked back. 262 Totals 265 I l t., nim,. !.,. 104S when he 1 and that their names werei Incomplete returns showed couver contractor , is $500 richer today, the result of an election bet with Jean Paul St. Laurent, son of the prime minister. Robert H. Little, a former Albertan, accepted a wager made by Mr. St. Laurent while campaigning here that the Liberals would take more seats ln Alberta than Social LcaQCr had been In Prince Rupert two rinc Miller and Nancy Conrod ; Kitlmat voters favored the Lib- dian history, but it . will not reach the 5,848,766 record of 1949. Monday's election was the first one-day August election ln Canada's history. A concentration of Liberal votes in the east pointed to a government sweep early in the ballot count Monday night. The Canadian Press trend analysis showed the Liberals to be the winners an hour and 15 minutes after the polls closed in the 160 Social Credit's British Columbia showing was an evident letdown for that party in the light of Its two provincial wins there since the last federal election. For Prime Minister St. Laur e Happy' Ivenrs. Mr. Applewhaite receivea ouu.-...M-"o "" j oral, the main camp giving Ap- 1 the Liberal nomination that year gation by the RCMP showed that pIcwhalte 169 votes; Archibald, lout ,,st out to Mr. Archibald in they had given Incorrect names 133; McKelviei 124i and Mrs. a four-way contest. In 1949 Mr. ; and bkcs, court was told by the Minardi n Applewhaite defeated Mr. Archl- crown. However, the vote at Kemano bald by a 1,718 majority. ! Doug Hogarth appearing for favored Archibald. Here are fig- A nntivo RHtish Columbian 1 the two girls a.sked Magistrate ; ,,rps for t,np 1 4 noils In Kemano ent, who first entered politics ".Results in 1941 by exchanging his law chester-Hants to give the Liberals a perfect record in comeback attempts. Mr. Purdy, who held the seat for two terms before being ousted by Progressive Conservative F. T. yer's shingle for a cabinet port OWN. Sa.sk (fPi rrv and a veteran of the First World Vance If he could separate theal.pi,: Applewhaite, 301; Archi- constituencies of Ontario and Quebec. Mr. Drew conceded loss of the i. Coldwell said after War, Mr. Applewhaite was the girls' case from the preliminary baidi 428; McKelvie, 240, and folio, it was the second win of the two campaigns he has led. The white-haired government ""1 here Monriav ninhi. first vlllnire clerk in Stewart hearing set lor today ana aa- Minard. 40. me happy wah tne naI after moving from the West Journed until Friday, August 14. 1 ln smithers electors gave Ap- Stanfield ln 1945, failed to regain it from Mr. Stanfield in 1949 but I chief, now the grandfather of I . . , . . 1 1 1 1 made it Monday, defeating Fred , D. , T mis. xhey are very Kootenays, where he was born. : The crown agreed ana me case piewnane jju votes; ArcniDaia, I anticipated, though I He served many years as secre- will be heard tomorrow morning 151 ; McKelvie, 116, and Mrs. CCF earned better mm. tarv of the Prince Rupert Cham- along with that of James Slack, ' Minard, eight. M. Blois, nominated by the. PCs t' kenzle " , King in 1948. Credit. Final results from the prairie province showed Social Credit with 11 members elected to Parliament, one more than they held at dissolution. Liberal representation was cut from five to four seats. "I'm glad to take money out of Ottawa," said Little. "I knew it was a chance to make some easy money." WEATHER A little warmer. Winds light. Low tonight and high Wednesday at Port Hardy, 55 and 70; Sandspit, 55 and 65; Prince Rupert, 50 and 65. me parts ot Canada, ber of Commerce and also s sec- John Graham McKenzie, Mike j Mr. Appiewhaite's victory was election at 9:30 p.m. EDT. In traditionally Liberal Quebec, Prime Minister St. Laurent clung to 66 seats of the province's 75, losing one from his dissolution total. The Progressive Conservatives boosted theii representation to four frorr. three. SEE LIBERALS SWEPT Page I "Jrward to the day when retary of the Prince Rupert Postuk and James Duncan Ryan. conceded after 87 polls had re receive the sunnnrt. ua Puhlin Rplnt.lons council. A Ro- The latter Is represented by Mrs. ported figures to returning of SECOND LOSS For Mr. Drew, 59-year-old former premier of Ontario, it was the second unsuccessful bid for the country's top political uf record in the House tarian, he has also been an active Willa Ray. ficer Vic Whiting, which show us has earned. . member of the vestry of St. An- j To face preliminary hearing ed: Applewhaite, 3,732; Archl suua piece of leglsla- drew's Anglican cathedral. : Friday on the unlawful assembly bald, 2,245: McKelvie, 2,025, and Jr in the realm of! Married in loan to Mrs. W. C. charge are: Earl Batt, Grace ; Minard, 167. when Mr. Stanfield announced his retirement. The four successful CCFers all were victims of the Liberals' Prairie sweep of 1949. A. M. Nicholson turned the tables on O. M. Ferrle, who defeated him in the Saskatchewan riding of Mackenzie in the last election. O. H. Castleden regained his old seat of Yorkton and Fred Zap-litny was returned in Dauphin, Man., where the sitting members retired. E. G. McCullough, who lost an' (1 rly '""ketlng Cameron. Mr. Applewhaite was Green, ' George Flewin, Clayton During the evening CFPR kept B.C. MEMBERS ELECTED in i P"mary pro- so busv during the election dnv Jarvis, Simon Morrison . and : citizens posted on the results in ) DlarS ubor laws'i confusion he almost forgot to Arnold Mervln Jonasen. .this riding. -v ut, .,.H siutiiifl . , , . '"'"VUIV. 1 . "fans. .i.. fnt I rir, "M..Jn Following Is the Canadian Press list of British Columbia members elected, majorities being . approximate in many cases, (x member of the last - .. mm mis Drew Calls For Continued Effort By Conservatives WMraUy understood, a:llt 811 bann wh car- New Westminster George Hahn (SC) 138. Okanagan Boundary xOwer L. Jones (CCF) 683. Okanagan-Revelstoke George McLCod (SC) 261. Skeena xEdward T. Applewhaite (L) 1.606. Vancouver-Burrard xJ. Lorm MapDoueall (L) 1.843. Assiniboia to the Liberals ln House): H. Thp .T"wc "mown Burnabv-Coqultlam Erhart he said in a state- OTTA WA Oi Hun Ci e n r a e cheerfully, lif.ii- . 7 ""c come Drew, defeated In his second bid Regier (CCF) 2,142. I and efforts win be he fully fully! 1949, captured another Saskatchewan seat for the CCF when he defeated the sitting Liberal member. John James Smithi in Burnaby-Richmond xTom ment. "Naturally I wish it had been otherwise . . . However. I shall kie and m j le'ely success-1 " to lead the Progressive Conser- won , .., . .. ., Goode (L) 531. election-night duties that gave him little rest, took time out for a brief press conference with reporters who had travelled with him on his seven-week, 20,000-mile campaign tour. He said he had not expected the outcome "to be as one-sided as it was," but declined to corn- never question the judgment of Moose Mountain. .side " u "ciiqs are, party io eiecuuii viuiuijr, oldw ,, Monday night called for a con- i of the SPOke of the tinued effort toward that goal, m Eim0'11 demci'aticl "Tomorrow Is another day," he Four -other CCFers, five Pro our people in a free vote Nn nan- PPoslng said ln a formal statement, ana 1(1 Social n Ke our pledged a vigorous opposition in parties", the next House of Commons. ment on whether he felt there J t on: 'CU11 Vancouver - Centre xHon. Ralph Campney L 2.675. Vancouver East Harold Winch (CCF) 5,274. Vancouver-Kingsway x Angus Maclnnls (CCF) 4,345. ' Vancouver-Quadra xHoward C. Green (PC) 5,145. Vancouver South Elmore Philpott (L) 3,534. Victoria Francis T. Folic? (L) 4,618. i NORTHWEST TERRITORIES Mackenzie River M. A. Har ln the evening. They left soon after for a Lansdowne Park committee room, where Mr. Drew gave his personal thanks to the men and women who waged a successful campaign for him in Carleton constituency while he toured the country. His next visit was to his party's national headquarters, a crowded house In uptown Ottawa, where he was met with cheers and applause from a crowd which had been sombre before his arrival as election returns showed the steady Liberal sweep. "The people of Ctuiadu havfc made their uecisiun lu no uncertain imiiiiirr unci 1 accept tt "r vle tho I He asked nls supporters to was any over-ail reason for tne 1 dePendent n m f the ! start to bulld tne Partv's I "sult- gressive Conservatives, one Social Crediter and a member of the Communist Labor-Progressive party made the unsuccessful comeback tries. The unsuccessful Labor-Progressive standard-bearer was Mrs. Dorlse Nielsen, who held the Saskatchewan seat of The Battlefords under the Unity label ln 1940. George Black, seeking his sixth Cariboo Bert Leboe (SC) 132. Coast-Capilano xHon. James Sinclair (L) 4.850. Comox-Alberni Thomas Bar-nett ' (CCF) 1,501. Esquimalt-Saanich xO. R. Pearkes (PC) 6,293. Fraser Valley A. B. Patterson (SC) 375. Kamloops xE. Davie Fulton (PC) 3,708. Kootenay East xJames A. Byrne (L) 1,219. Kootenay West xH. W. Her-rldge (CCF) 4,734. Nanuimo Colin Calucton (CCF) 2.4)3. "Pronation mi ""I strength. "for further service to ror tne lmmeaiaie luiure. ne Jttl tre lives 17 an(1'Ule country that we love" and said, he has no plans beyond ot irnnn,,... ot many! said Canada's future not the 1 going to his home town of "It Is my earnest hope that all those who worked so hard for the Conservative party will remember that today's election is merely an Incident ln the long march of democracy towards better things. Tomorrow is another day . . . "As Her Majesty's loyal Opposition, we will give to the government at all times our support when we believe it is right and constructive and vigorous criticism when we think it js wrung. . . ." will ,,.-ned. People, success of anv Dartv was the Ouelph, Ont., before the end of our own n. , M o I election issue. "Let us all Join ; the week for a few days. There " SIvb .it nrst hanris In huiMinir a Rt.rnnir and i were no vacation Dlans. Mr. Drew was at home with his " enaur. fiT. ""PPort tol united Cannda term in the Yukon, wneie he was first elected as a Conservative In '"d (f, 1 Peace and Th. Koor...iH i,nntiiin cue iij) jsmj. i YUKOt Yukon xJ. A. Simmons LJ 661. , . i ic in.ii 1 oa-year- wife and two chlluren when Tne Canadian Press reported the Ub-fci'Ml iiuvei iliumil s ifctiil li eil ana '"!'Mit ti, .. w i j leader, steadily smiling lyl, was untitle tu unseat 3. A. MiMiiiun.y r,r? 1 Iheral member. w mrf ! pni.lent throughout' tt seile it