FHOVINCIAL LISnAP.?, RED CROSS 113 HHUAl MEETING J9VICT03IA. B.C. ' Tonight IE Civic Centre, 8 p.m. C Election of Officers and Reports. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Courtesy of . . . V CABS Published at Canada'! Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" ORMES DRUGS , i.lSI'ATC IIKI VOL. XLI. No. 36 " PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS fiti-ronc' FrlitoriA M n st9 set 1 V ' Mm in, w L9irUTOUllS IRIT NEEDS REPAIR , , r,f the DeoDle of this city seem to lack the co-operate with other people. Consider a fiples: many ot the taxi arivers in utrer Forty Thousand Pass of the law violate an conceivaoie trarric Today Future Citizens Own Prince Rupert S with SUCH actions ai speeumy, driving uri SICie 01 'fie iuuu, vjiiu iuiiviiii mi nil. High School the road; buses have more than once been j by-pass prospective passengers; many tcr into very icnginy cunvervjnurii uu ine By Bier of Monarch LONDON (Canadian Press) Through th-hushed dignity of great Westminster Hall, somberly clad people of Britain shuffled softly into reverend Learning How City Clicks ! High school students just when other persons happen to want the common thouqht these days that . wo'th doing unless there is money or gain -rvthinq eventually boils down to personal ouqh it mav not be immediately evident. homage today past the body ot King ueorge v i. ciiont Silent, mn mrn hnwprl bowed before before fir taxi driver says: I he taster I make this . . I II r. I coffin and passed on. Silrnt women curtsied to the sovereign in death as they would have in life. High in the towers of the Palace of Westminster,' Big Ben sooner I qer anotner. ur ne migru suy. Civic Day Of Mourning r owned the city today, j More than 120 of them "invaded" local businesses and industries at opening : time this morning in con-! ould I take the trouble to pull over to the ....... .... i i it he road-' Let them go arouna me. . !... w.-.miri. (if the ohimed its resounding notes, iblv the bus driver doesn t want to expend sarv energy to stoo. and start his vehicle. . i 1 I l:.tl. : I , . Day of Mourning for the late j marking the passage of ea.h King George VI will be hed I quarter of an hour. .M ,5 ... . - nerson on ine reieunuue tuies nine n wmc- . , I T I . nection with future Citi zens Day, a Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsored event. ekjiwants the line, i nev cunj wan. F;i"le are showing less ond less consideration )hts of their neighbors. The saying is: .Why F kiay, 11 a.m., at the civic Centre. Mayor' Wlialen has aeked all civic officials to be present as well as the general public. The event is held under auspices of the city with assistance by Prince Rupert Ministerial Association. , Most of the Important civic, AS o a.m. wjiieu, m,.-! studded doors of the hammcr-j beamed hall swung slowly op'-n. I First to bare his head benc.tii 'the freezing wind and walk sol- ;emnly into the big stone hull was A. A. Pugh of Liverpool. He !had waited on the stop:; for 13 hours to lead the mourning pi :-! cess. worrv it I get what i want. civic soint of this citv is in need ot a repair r co operation would accomplish it. By Dick Kilborn , . i government ond industrial pouts were "taken over'.' by the stu-'. dents. City Hall was the focal ! point as the future citizens' city council went into session at j 0:30 a.m., with B1U Morrison as , mayor. i There was entertainment, of PRINCE RUPERT NEEDS This 47-year old citizen said he was "one of His Majesty loyal subjects of the old type-not one of the moderns '' By the' time the doorts opened, ' more than two thousana p; r-sons were waiting in patient lino to pay their respects to the King who walked among them Asjc future citizen I'd like to voice my opinion T i r Pi a John Hart Collapses WESTMINSTER HALL The body of King Geor je VI is now lyirtg in state in Westminster Hall, the oldest pait of the House of Commons. In the above United Kingdom Information Office photo the body of King Georg-e V is shown lying in state following his death in 1936. (CP PHOTOi the rfed1; ot frmce Kuperr. . Pnfte RuDert lacks entertainment for the 'teen- course, but most students found it Instructional as well. j Mayor Morrison, for Instance, found it wasn't "Just a push- j ' over" to'conduct a council meet- ing. At the fire hall, "Fire Chief"; George Sheardown breathed! heavly from an oxygen mask, ! rs thev cannot take a thing like this into their n haras it rne aauirs can raise money Tor a snitlub, which aives entertainment for o hand- Heavy Damage Done as FireJStreet Fares Hoses Flood Vancouver School iRmnn Hilcerl f over 8 000 people, we should surely be able Former Prem.er of British them to stand tast againsl tro. Columbia Stricken at Honolulu; Qf uneasy timps HONOLULU (CP Former Pre-j By the end of the day 40,00(1 mier John Hart of British Cc-jhad filed past the bier, lumbia suffered a heart attack The throng that stood lor here -while preparing to go (hours was a mixture of the swimming. j common folk of England. enough for a skating rink or- on indoor g dooI for the enjoyment of at least 3,000. unn from the crowds on the eurliha rink as f ireman Jack urness wus-trated how to keep from suffocation in a heavy smoke fire. ! Meanwhile, winging their way towards Sandspit. "Pilot" Neil McAra. "Engineer" Roy Bentson vwBa-j . ...... VANCOUVER (CP) Vandals turned on fire There were eany wuimu New davs it would be popular and soon pay Unrne in ; ir;tc -inn TT. HmVi , RjViuii , Viprp parlv , Montlav ,i , anri j I Vancouver The Briusti, and "Stewardess" Anne uine Apple Apple- . iiunco m """v w...- I Columbia Electric Kanway ju. new expert-jgave seven hundred students an unscheduled i v, holiday, r i ud announced Monday n win 1 , . - ' rnp teacher said he did not i, nnnrnvi inrroawH t.ran- , ton were gaining a ence. about some of the money set aside for ft Park' If .we got busy and planted a few think it was the studenU whoi hre ln other tnmcd on fire hoses on three tiojrs of the school and did .' ... Roosevelt Pork it would in time cease to be ore As we'COn see this Dark will never be A ticket agent, Ross Anderson, ; found bu.sincss slow, however. All the boat traffic in his de- partment left yesterday. He was i by himself when a reporter ap-i nrnm-hed him. Today's Stocks (l-iHirti'fy K l. JlnilM Md.) "thousands of dollars' of dam- ' mn. told the city s a recreational centre. This .could be a 't toe of the service clubs. c- 'council it will apply to the pub- All unior classes of the school commission this year are cloned and seven hundred WQUld children were sent home. ' ,traioht ash ,,. VANCOUVER are oil very proud of our Civic Centre but tn't play or be interested in just basketball. One entire wing of the school tn ,h,rt,ppn eents March- American Standard .. Bralorne B R X .26 6 00 .04 1.15 A wrapped in trench coats against, London s ever-present damp. - There were prolessional men in bowler hats, carrying umbrellas and brief cases. - Here and there stood- a worn air" in mink. Most others, including charwomen, who stayed their homo coming from nightly cleaning work in offices, were dressed in threadbare coats that main Britalns austere life. Mrs. Charles Thclt'all, telephone operator, joined the patient line at 6 a.m. as sac di'l 16 years ago when George V lay in state in the same cokl hall. I would have stayed all nisht if it had been necessary," ohe said. One of the quiet London bobbies, on duty at a door, said mourning subjects were being admitted at the rate of lao every 15 minutes. V ( 4 as a future citizen, I think we have wasted monev rpnnirinn roods when the money Cariboo Quartz lid i five gone to black-top roads and make good ! "I don't quite know what I would do if you wanted a tick- ; cd," he started. j j AT COLOMBIA CFM.ll.OSE j i The hum of the Industrial: wheels also sang for the future ; citizens. At Columbia Cellulose.1 ' Bob Trapp found himself "plant J manager" while seven of his ; collcugues held other important ! positions. At the Daily News editorial, I rooms, Ray Anderson and Diekj Congress 08 ! Cronin Babine 52 17 with tickets being sold at different rates for rush and slack hours. Under the plan, the fare rate in Vancouver would be four rush hour tickets for 50 cents ani four slack hour tickets for 45 cents. 1 was flooded ana. unesumaiea damage was done to valuable books and paintings in the school library. Little Pay For Piracy are getting some very bad publicity. We !f?n asked, "What is wrong with Prince oert? Nothing is wrona with it but we can be IS mindpH thnt nnr roorlc npoA hi lilriinn im We Slack hours would take in from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on week days and all day Sunday, while all other times would be classified ove a clean-up of our buildings ond vacant Giant Mascot l-Ui i Indian Mines 23 Pend Oreille - 8.75 ; Pioneer 280 Premier Border 38 Privateer 0912 Reno 03 Reeves MacDonald 5.75 Sheep Creek 168 Silbak Premier -63 Vananda 21 Salmon Gold 03 Spud Valley 19 Silver Standard 2 50 Western Uranium ... . .. 3.40 TAIPEH -Chinese pirates, as rush hours Kilborn crammed for the dead- line. "My mind is kind of blank," i said one, faced with turning in ( a story while minutes slipped 1 ' away. ; 'Ijr Junior Chamber of Commerce started to Mr. Hart Is resting Lomfort-abiy in Queen's Hospital after collapsing ln his room In the Royal Hawaiian Hotel where he and Mrs. Hart have been staying. ivlr. Hart, British Columbia s first Premier under coalition government formed in 1041, etime tn Hawaii to join Mri. Douks on rect signs. Surely there are plenty ot good who, with a little encouragement, could get with lust for gold bars, halted the little British steamer Wing ; sang last night but let it go for i ransom of $4,500 in cash and four wrist watches. . Seventv-one passengers dug The cottined body tncy came to bow to lay on a purple-covered catafalque reached by lour scarlet-carpeicd steps. At each corner and atr the head and loot a tall candle in a golden holder flickered, at movements Fire Path What does it really mean.' Maybe Sid Ounick, chairman of the Future Citizens Day com-' GRAND FORKS CP Service win mese oeooie in tnis proiecr. I I think there are many other jobs which lo to build up a city of which we could be Ray Anderson con Great .hn his heen ln hosaital. . .- was resiorea on me into Llieir yui.iveio lu yay tvi - of passing mourners. Mrs. Mrs. Hart Hart recovered recoverea smiici mlttec, has the answer: "It may help to give tomorrow's men and women a little idea of their responsibilities to conic." the close of the coifiu freedom of the ship which was wortnern Kanway in -,..., suuici-i- -in Formosa Strait about fifteen British Columbia Monday afterlently to lcave hospital and the i On miles of f-the Communist China ire damaged thirty feet of j tw0 have beeii holidaying at the ; me l Imperial crown remrneu me Oils . - Anglo Canadian 9.40 A P Con ..: 55 Calmont 250 Central Lcduc 3-00 Home Oil 16-75 . Mercury 2 Okalta ,- 4-10 Royal Hawaiian. Would Buy Old Court candles flicker with Hashes of fire from the vast wealth of diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sapphires. me oak Coffin was draped in coast when the pirates openea ; ncom. fire with anti-aircraft guns, day. . . that Sons of Free-One Police say bazookes and machine guns. - Chinese crew member was dom Doukhobor arsonists are be- Mr. Gonick. by the way, was hustled unceremoniously into " police office this morning by "Sergeant" Bill MacKcnzie and "Corporal" Russell Morrison. se Site on 2nd Avenue -WEATHER- Royal Canadian Hyi shot in the leg. ueveu w 1 Synopsis i the red and gold royal standard, lei 1 TORONTO it is cloudv and cool , tlimnffhnut British Columbia to aIo Bevcourt ::::::::::: f 1 I Belgian . King's ... Refusal to Attend . . city will make an offer to the provincial I'nt for lands situated behind the Post Office as a future site for telephone exchange and, lv, other civic builrlintrs. On it, at the head, was a single wreath of snow-white flowers from the dead monarch's widow, Queen Mother Kllzabcth. . day. There are scattered show- j ers of rain and snow at many i points and' these will continue, .,ini.lni.l tl-io nini!;i-' Savings Will Affect Prices Huffalo Canadian 22 George Vis tuneral Kaises Lnsis - - o i ptii til. unit y .nuns ...vu.. tains. There will be frequent zo,kiiu, o,iO, assess ui- assess- - j n, .... . . 'Yeomen of the Guard, woo r-ine Tudor robes of the first BRUSSELS (CP) The social criticism oi n u, M.ei. Mc -..,,,, n..inrls aiona the coast um mis acln that extenslon of police pffices, rnur, from Th rd to ChrLstan government of Premier cated Leopold, who surrenderee, increased-cloudiness jail and telephone exenange ue. il't'OtS. ; Elizabeth's reign, stood just off j each corner oi the edge of tin.? nan unn Mil I I. v, nf, ucicuh.u w i.. i. - - - - tonight. Governor of Bank of Canada Discusses 1!53 Prospects OTTAWA (CP) Graham F. vote . of -.- Parliament today Paul Henri Spaak, Socialist A .. mmHttn clirm Will hrilU I ... i.t 1 4.1 next to thc present m hour of conten-"ocaU"d clty! in ... a . " m.it-inu,i.ig own,. eauiraiuue ineir koiu einuiutu- - : . , , . ,, , over Belgium's King Baudouin s lcader. and Albert Deveze, Lib- strong winds and rain t0 tne robffs WW(J sm. city council last ' tinier sou.ee. - - . onV(lrnn. of ,h Bank decision not to attend personal ot-.ii lonnpr nnr.n rnncn 1111 van v n,;,. The Thn eN ef. . . .... . t north coast this evening. decided that in- "The Government owes wtj ..j..... i,-. : v 1 uiutcutt-u -muimttj ,L - . . OI uanaau, thf rate nf Dersonftl saVillES Will be among the factors determin mounted by runs. As the Guard ciiangeu each muiuies their rows oi meaais tinkled. On duty they stood at sua aucnuou, their ancient pikes hcia point downward and resting on :i ' 'uiiin-r something. I think we snouiu re- ',lmainl"fnedW0Uld''it-elve considpraUo" fr0m them Casey tlylnB 10 get a g0od local1??, opposed 'latwn bv am nlTZV our seat of government. ly the funeral service ' of King Houtte to resign. Van Houtte George VI of Britain. i began consultations with his A Socialist-Liberal motion, ex-, party leaders on whether an ad-pressing regret at Baudouin's : verse vote called for his resis-actlon and blaming the govern-; nation and announced lufc" he ment. was not presented as a would not resign. fects of this disturbance win spread southward along the coast overnight. Increased shower activity will result in the Interior tomorrow. GALE WARNING ing the trend of prices this year. He said it is difficult to predict what will happen to prices in It'eschairmin h. tul HIUs. He rcferrea w ine Consol. Smelters 41.90 Conwest 3.85 Donalcla 47 Eldona -20 East Sullivan 8.80 Giant Yellowknife 10.75 God's Lake -38 Hardrock -13 Harricana 14 eva I2 Jollet Quebec - -52 Little Long Lac ' -70 Lynx 13 Vi Madsen Red Lake 192 McKenzie Red Lake 43 McLeod Coekshutt 2.70 Moneta -36 , ' Negus -68 Morauda 83.00 Louvlcourt ; -30 Pickle Crow 1.55 San Antonio. 2.45 Senator Rouyn .18 Shcrrit Gordon 4.35 Steep Rock 7.75 Silver Miller 1-68 Upper Canada 1-70 Golden Manitou 6.85 11)52. It will depend on the rate North iiw.vii Coast Region Gaie vote of confidence, however. ' soaak OUauK said SU1U that null. the t,"t. Prime -ish interest In the .h!old ' court slte near lne Awn,.- 1'iar .store. 91 to 84 with Minister's reason for not resign-, warning issued. Variable cioucu-i ing immediately was "not valid." , ness and a few showeq today. of personal savings, the effect of Increased defence expenditures in North America and ! The vote was ! one abstention. light carpet over the stone noor. Four 14 hours of the day, iroin 8 a.iih to. 10 p.m., until ihur-s-oay night, citizens may pass colore tne bier while the King's oody lies in state. cilice. Mayor Whalcn raised the objection of cost of building a new. hour's debate, a fiv.. . Increasing cloudiness this alter- '''('CSS vminiz mill. duuuuuih huj ... was called bv aim auu.i; t""c " mlri nik.i.. jvru - i ! deputized his 17-year old broth- ' , noon. Rain beginning nis eye- ,er Prince Albert to attend the j AJ L -.A changing to cloudy itl. whether any "frightening" developments occur in the international field. Mr. Towers held a press con Nation ,.M Z '""iCnwtng property, ne u f fnuay the bier will be taken the citv not nlve uu the idea of re to Winasor for burial ''uneral. , ' . V V W I I V 1T ! by train building next to the City Hall. li'l'7 df,,lu"nccd the mo- beslue the King's ancestors in at. George's Chapel." ference te answer questions oni his 1951 report on' the bank'.-. operations. 1 " v t me former liquor telephone erh.in.jo TZ , j u5i. wmd. south ,20, - Pee wmj CB- , I tried to persuade the king to! VANCOUVER (CP) The CCF.t t.30' "0"Z which property the city aireauy owned. Because Aldermen Hills and Krur-irnr exnec.t to be in Van He said an encouraging of the fight against was the way in which per ln Vancouver I toured "lone cotriDiinv'i! ov. couver soon on their own busl-npss t.hnv were delegated by i change his mind. j decided at the week-end to try ! ."A vr .k. row-At Port Hardy, 35 and 45; Truman to Sacrifice WASHINGTON, D.C. I'l resident H. S. Truman said today that he was willing to serve again if he could be of service in 'ulldine. sonal savings had Increased the council to go to Victoria to open ne wnnM n,ni . une explanation .i uu io rai.se ou.uuu iui a " .Sandspit cimrinit and and Prince Prince RuDert Kupert, 35 so iBaudouin did not want to goto ,be used by the party in Ho ' himself because the Prince of j bid for power in the next pro- j a"d . "I our purposes." TIDES negotiations in this ana oiner city matters, including attend-ence ence at at a a Union Union of of B. B. G. G. Munl- Munl- Wales, now the Duke of Wind-; vincial election nuwever. ..uwKver, umn. . . ,i - .;i . . DAi-i-fi I n u 17 lUf'V preserving peace in the world. during the last six months of last year. Another was that there was no Increase in the wholesale price level in the last 'six mnnths despite substantial in- I isor, Instead '"aa oi of King George v,.c V, . approve of I 1 ,. I behlna the cipalities meeting in Vancouver build hit st v o. February 13, 1952 inep . . -f . - rRe WM wilUng to make the sac- Wednesday High .., 2:50 20.2 feet rifice, even to shortening hLs lite. Albert in 1934 inas to permit use of mail bal-'will be lifted from the Pattu 14:49 20.3 fee ,'B ! th J "ff ? P IT next nmnlnatnu' Bridge starting at 6 o'clock this il 11 would help in winning the "'til. - . ,,W!o,.t tn lj - MltLKlllVtUja die BUU w i u r r m a ,1 .. .. i. - 7 . i r reuses In defence expenditures Low peace. evening'. ... . c y, u k e approval oy nuance comniini-r 1 21.03 3.5 feet King Baudouin resents British, convention. -- 1 H r j i i ... . . . . . jand capital investment. - - .iujiraiuauon f wnicn meets wnigm 4 i I