1 r4 pft0VINC l At FzrT M . rH -Mi PROVINCIAL LI33ARY, a ma r - . 113 VICTORIA, 3. C. I. entries close NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITKH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published of Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" MARCH 15th VOL. Yf T No. 61 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS -1 ET3 V' iV CABS 1 , nlSPAM I" " ' ii i"- - : 11 ) . 1 "l V, b!ic Works Detailed Mayor Disappointed With HisjTruck Ban Council in Snubbing Boxers jj Jerrace Parliament Receives Bill for Financing of Ten Million Mean Line Kfiinry Announces I lSSlature . un E T. Ken Mayor Harold Whalen is "very disappointed" in works, 1 U.S. Dealing With Spain 1 1 i f f 7 his city council in its expressed attitude regarding local Golden Gloves boxing champions. Trucks, loaded or unloaded, have been banned from roads in the Terrace area during the : hours between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. j daily because of surface condi- i "I am disgusted with the way OTTAWA (Canadian Press) Minister of the council handled this matter. No amount of public censure Uous daring the daytime thaw. I Transport Lionel Chcvrier today set parliamentary wails in uie ixv-.d,y of the $40,000,-; 'u his department! '. fiscal yt'ar. ! 'vmjooooo be ex-; KiillR i2.ooo.OUO for , n.rn truiisprovincial i liwn Prince Rupert ; GL0-..f. There will be ; . tiie TiainCanada , Dean Acheson Announces Negotiations For I'se of Bases in Franco's Domain is too great for they deserve authorize construction of from tw0 10 sfx eks, Diviflona, machinery in motion to a he said this his To Honor Champions Engineer l. e. Smith announces, between j 46-mile $10,000,000 railway to help development of it," morning, on return to office after two week's absence in Ottawa. The mayor referred to an ac- the big Aluminum Co. of Canada project at Kitimat Shames and Pacific and the cross highway from Lakelse to uZ 1 i ivi.; 1 1 WASHINGTON, D C. Secre-, tary of State Dean Acheson said today that negotiations will start with the Franco government soon foi use of military bases In Spain. I The United States is seeking ! use of both air and naval bases, !;,, dollars lor public count of Monday night s council KiUiumkalum Lakes are affected 1 in British Columbia. i Mr. Chevrier gave notice on McRae Seeks ! include 5z.1wu.uuu i huspiial at Maple meeting wnicn reported an ai- by tne orcjer derman as saying he wasn't in- Wnile some logging outfits are terested in local amateur box- conunuing to haul by night, Co-ers' success and that no attempt iUmoia Cellulose has taken its was made by the council to ex- trucks entirely off the govern-press Its appreciation. ment roads until the day closure I "Those boys are our future ig ended. citizens and they have done a Meanwhile. Mr. Smith says a the House of Commons order paper of a proposed bill to allow the Canadian National Railways to obtain necessary funds through sale of securities backed by the federal government. The bill will also authorize the Peace Grain VICTORIA f The Pacific ' Acheson told a press conference. ; j Negotiations will involve these bases and also ' use of $100,000,- 1 1 000 already voted by Congress for i 1 aid to Spain. jyhew Great Eastern Railway must be ends Grain Vessel A reception dinner and public presentation to the Prince Kupert Golden Gloves champion boxing team will be made tonight at the Capitol Theatre by a well-known woman sports enthusiast. Between shows. Elks Boxing Club coach Joe Vard and his B.C. champions will take the stage to receive a token of city spurt fans' appreciation from Mrs. Alvina "Ala" Dickens, mother of several local atli-ktes, boys and jirls. The affair is sponsored by BPOE 342 Prince Rupert Elks Lodge. The reception dinner is being given by Len Cochlin at the Prince Rupert Hotel. j very fine thing. Should they get similar closure for trucks might extended into the Peace River ; government to make temporary ; to the Olympics, everyone will be ordered between the city and j country, J. D. McRae ( Prince j loans to the Canadian Natlona1 want to ride their bandwagon. Tye-e for a few days should cer-j Rupert 1 said last night in the Railways in order that construc-The least we could have done tain conditions arise. i legislature. 1 tion may proceed as quickly a was to say 'thank you and con- The divisional engineer reports "The PGE must go north so the i possible. . gratulations. I am saying so construction of new bridge across , products of the Peace River The new branch line will run NEW BANK MANAGER John H. F. Turner, OBE, former superintendent of the Bank of Montreal's foreign department, has been given charge of the banks western division, following his appointment as an assistant general manager. He will supervise the operations of all branches "in B.C., the Yukon and the prairie provinces. He succeeds Ernest E. Rutherford, who, because of ill-health, is retiring on pension at the end of April after a career with the B of M of 10 years. aty Nearly Ready now." Diana urees m me rruanomme : cuunuy tan nvv. u.cl uic "' south from Terrace on tne Jas- Lake area completed. There Is line to Prince Rupert, it s natural line of tha per-Prince Rupert CNR to Kitimat. now a 30-foot bridge at the near seaport." end of the old one which was 120 Mr. McRae said: "It is the ifeet lone. The rest of the dis- hope of the north that Prince CP)-The Minister of f .,n R. W. Mayhcw.i v that Canada nasi Compensation Rates Boosted i tance has now been filled. ifi'.iaxiimiin 01 pi owl- Rupert may see its grain tors filled with the products of i the Peace River." fisheries aureement' "K" Line Japanese ship Kiyo-kawa Maru, sixth vessel of the season to load wheat from Prince Rupert, will be ready to sail tomorrow afternoon with a full cargo of approximately 306,000 bushels of wheat laden at the local elevator. The seventh vessel, the Chinese Hi Yu. Is expected about the end of next week. By the time she arrives," there will be ifi'-crnuy wun juuuu. :!f Commons that. 1 Ships Safer Than Planes Death by Exposure Salmon Fisherman $ aaicement signed VICTORIA (CP) Some of the, changes recommended by the ; Sloan report on the Workmen's" Compensation Act are included , in a bill which has been givta' first reading in the Legislature.! The bill would raise widow's No Promises To Fishermen VICTORIA (CP) The provin- n1 p;is.rnpr ship thcio only; Tlic airplane once a wcck, iPCj to the acquLsi-: Brazil Has Worst Wreck VANCOUVER ( the United States .1 . uiity was obtain-; ishcncs in British' crah on Mount Benson near tion of the Nechako. : The main job of the boat will Nanaiino in October has led in sufficient grain in the house to directly to a former Vancouver be to make the 80-mile journey pensions from 550 to $75 a ciai cabinet made no promises . rrit...,nt iknr, o..u mnnt.h nnrl inrrensp sillnwanee t ti.ui rnluTnl-iir. ' BAHIA, Brazil tv fill her. elevator offices said this yacln becoming a passenger boat -Thirty-three . ..... iviii'niiii, i ntti uvi.1 ouv 11 . 1 ucouaj uiivun . ,., , , l , Succumbed After Falling Into Water Effect of shock and exoosure afternoon. r d not to fish for .nit ami horrins in w.iters uf Canada ted Stales ;i(i:.iii covernmrnt for children from $12.50 to $20. fishermen who want to be in- Pclt'f ""u Wage ceiling on which com- ",ted in the Workmen's Com- yl"' Z?lsJoa Bella Bella or Bute-date and pick , up passengers from the coastal vessels. I lor iviiunwi. uunaii uviiuu wuiiv- ' ers. The motorship N. chako. known In Biitlsh Columbia wateis in the disaster in Brazilian history. It after faing into the water at was in the crash that followed Hunmpback Bay, Porcher Island, collision between a bus and truck is believed to have caused the loaded with Brazilian and dust death there Monday afternoon ! yhi-w does not pin 11 h.itifiMtwn of the Road Votes pensation can be paid would be pensation Act. lifted from $2500 to $3600 a year a delegation of 18 fishermen and percentage of wages paid to mct the cabinet and also talked recipients of compensation to the Progressive Conservative It will also ply oeivecn Kitl- i mat and Prince Rupert where early 1930's as the yacht Cora : Marie, lias become a passenger .unci small freight for the Kitimat-conslruelors. The Nechako has been pur- He hdped it will be tli fisheries com-( (iiiiiiU'ii.s to meet mi rent se.sslon to would be raised from 08 23 per rent to 70 per cent. Announced L , t l ZlTl-U The bus was jammed with des- salmon troU,r o tnis dtetrlct. of These nshermen are p.v.t oI,tltute farnlers and thclr famll-;Tne ,.emains were brought here group. oX.,200 ho .iwaOfid ihft-KTtfrtraraemn-'be-.yW : by llic Royal the construction company lias rpened an employment of lli.o ; and where an aircraft from Vancouver can land safely. , , The 107-loot vessel can carry 00 passengers and 15 ton of sma'l freight. . - 'wmeiit,anfi tn har.t iween caivaaor aim r,uunut ua nnnarllan Mounted Po ice aboard odd fishboats Sunday. The boats chuna. , ni VICTORIA CP) Details 01 me 5 ijoritv or the coun- B.C. rond maintenance prORfum chiistd by the Kitimat cm.-tnir.--to:s for Alean. J. B. Carswcll, Kitimat cx-.'cu-; tivc, said Tuesday in an inter- , the Canadian Fishing Co.'s fish will sail for their homes on the The farmers were moving out Dacker Hillside. Coroner E. b. in the romlnft year were given to 1 signed the Japanese The Nechako carries a crew of Tobacco Head Denies Charge mainland and on Vancouver Island today. 4? at' San Francisco the Legislature yesterday by the view that the Ncchak-o to a large eight. of the drought-stricken belt of Forward satisfied himself that northeastern Brazil. death was due to natural causes. : ' Mc'Kenzie was working about extent win lane me piacc ui u- 1 worKS minister, nun. . agreement Japan public 1 , tr 1V t! IK 1 i 1 . ir H t . . . I' ) 1 . . t'f 1 h V 'I t , 1 . Hi a V, t 1 , ,1 . ; ft H"" ' .' . k-a . . 1 t 4 st 1 1 . I, ? 1 1 - s i ' - ,T4 - "fM legal authority to' T. Kenney. the fisheries agree-: Th- cmounts will include I" . electoral districts: ! Atlin $45,000. 150 yards from shore aboard two skiffs and is believed to have fallen into the water while stepping from one into the other. His Chicago Now 115 Years Old ! , PERSONAL JUSTICE !' HAMILTON (P Justice of i the Peace Harry Burvllle handed nut. iustine to himself when his Prison for Egyptians craft In ferrying workers into. by the townsite at least in winter; ': months. ' In Octobrr, several engineers ', employed at the project were ; killed in an iiir crash carrying , them from the site to Vancouver, i iThis crash, combined with un-; OTTAWA Edward C Wood, j president of the Imperial To-j bacco Company, has denied the ehaigc that his firm attempted ' to Influence the Federal government. biirii?pt. hv withholding- de- for help were heard jrom ,,,-. r 1.1 - It-,! . ... AnnA In b rtii-n CHCS Ilicago waa own name aa " i"o j ,hon o runinr arrlv Carllwto North-Slao.ouu. Cariboo South $155,000. Fort Ceorge $183,000. Omineea $223,700. h Tanks years old on March 5. In 1837 traffic court. The charge of the site of the future metrop-driving without a real light laid scJan, 6 'in another , skiff lln CAIRO (P -The Egyptian su- j livcries of cigarettcs to retailers, ureme military court today sen-; Tn , sno-wnrd letter to Min- H Mr. Burville's Dnrii Ifl'e son Gnn ttroc was " o "O afe flying conditions in Kitimat olis was partly a swamp and the. against regions south of Lake Michigan addressed to the J.P. as owner : overturned boat. A .very heavy man UJPljHrntr Oft tn 57 noiind.t which are particularly dangerous tenced five Egyptians to froin ! iSter of Finance Abbott, Mr. Wood f I Peace River $220,000. I AnAflA ' Prince Rupert $80,000. VUllUUd ; skecna $180,000. H o of tVo the 00 r- FinS: ITiJ- C9 $2. "-"o w - r I car. ia i gciv tv uuu 11 coo in Ainter and the fact 01 a coast- eignt to u years in puwrn wuu , said tn,ere was no foundation for -- - - labor in the first of a series , hard , th cnarge Tne letter was tabled -The first of 20 57- i or irmis iuau"'B "uo 1 by Mr. Abbott. Saturday riots. Tne charge against the Imper- The accused were charged with , NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY Eisenhower Favored ial Tobacco Co. was made in the letter read to the House of Com-mqns last Friday by Mr. Abbott. It was impossible to pull him out of the water into a boat even when further help arrived from shore. Finally, he was towed ashore clinging'to the boat On reaching shore, he was "able to walk to his cabin where he was warmed up and put in bed at 12:30 noon. Three hours ' latier friends called and he was sitting up in bed. apparently none the worse. At 5 p.m. he was found dead. Seventy-five years of age and CCF Charged With Giving Comfort to Red Russia Pearson Calls Their Attitude on Atlantic Pact Targets "Irresponsible" OTTAWA (CP) The Minister of External Af- Centurion tanks, re- ! 'pted as standard! for the Canadian 1 rive at Halifax left ;ay by Canadian Na- 1 T-'iys for Montreal, i f"'d here aboard the' I liner Newfoundland ""il. In addition to -tfi nition to training 4 ,ss the country, they j having set fire to a theatre. j I A sixth man was acquitted, j ' The public prosecutor, de- manding maximum and exemp-: lary punishment, said the riot leaders had stabbed the country jin the back. They acted like ' beasts, sowing and spreading se Over Taft; Kef auver Preferred to Truman Lord Ismay Named Secretary of NATO is models for earlv ... . Iv, ran. Hrprnn MeKpny.'ie General Dwight MANCHESTER. N.H. (CP) dition under the cover of patriotism, he said. There was an attempt at conspiracy to burn down the capital. ! m Canada. 'idillR Cninneer; ftr, Eisenhower hammered out a complete and over. D. n Armv and run fi'tviso the handling Uvhe mine victory over benaior uoueit . LONDON (P Atlantic Pact deputies tonight approved the nomination of General Lord Ismay, British Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, as first Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Pact Organization, an authoritative source said. tanks-nine feet m. vr it toduir nnrl Senator Lstes R. W. Matthews. Canadian Na- tirioi irvtirfvcc i in v.-llintr nnditor. ! fairs, Hon. L. B. Pearson, on Tuesday night accuseil had fishedKin tnis district for 'the CCF of frivinp- comfort to. Russia by "irresponsi-many years. His property in- ! . ,fa eluded 26-foot gillnetter. a Ail f .,1-1.1 xt ii I bility" in advocating cutbacks in the North Atlantic , : treaty rearmament targets. Such an attitude, he said, p , could lead to disaster. r ;' KCdCtlOnS " ,n "The tragic fact is," Mr. Pear-, WtA HhK ' ! son said, "that, though the feel- j nuMM,t,x AM D..J.,J. iing of tension arising from the! Synopsis in rHinflPT . ! menace of Russian military ag-1 Cloudy unsettled weather is in ; W MVl-ti '". 28 feel 1 tu.. r ( " , IIUIIU, unp, ..ww l.u.u..... . , State party arrived on the Prince Oeorge to- i 'Kef auver smashed the Democratic t the cir day from Vancouver on company : business. heavy con-; 0n,anjzation, defeating President Truman tanks had! b ...... n was the first Ui "'Hilt, the United States ? Uil ie ears at. ovnet. TODAY'S STOCKS gression has to some extent 1 praspect ior most 01 di-iumi eased in recent months, the sit i lumbia today and Thursday. ; Called ! uation remains explosive and is i Scattered showers of rain or ! "Bold. Strikers Defiant primary, state-wiae election 01 1 delegates to party national conventions and at the same time: a popularity poU r presidential candidates. . i Results in both Democratic) r,H Tjonnhllriin contests came as, "Brave." "Hopeful," "Imaginative" t'liwise and sidewlse f: specially dc-f-rffames to handle "ntrated onds, had Fo' the first such ,f ita kind since the I f War from Britain full of danger." snow are forecast for tne coast He said this in a prepared isnd southern parts of the prov-! speech. The present rearmament j lnce while the central and ! goals, he declared, are at an ab- j northern interior will enjoy con-' solute minimum. siderable sunshine. Skies cleared CLEVELAND 'O With Toledo ' ,., ,n hoth Victors and! TORONTO Athona , 10 Aumaque 20 Bcattie DuQuesne 46 Bevcourt 96 lamous wartime ! strikers openly defying the court i ricfcatcj' I "t'W tin 1,,-J .. . ... . ... ... '-1 . .vn ti "It would be foolish ana m the prince ueorge area nisi, weigiii ana union 01 ueis iu v" : '! T; Wed wiulin 15 feet, work, the New York Central Rail- ,ll Ciirs rriiiWI -...i. . i t 1 ,llfflntlt ioti in TP- LONDON (CP) Britain looked today to a record budget of SO50.000.000 1 $11,520,000,0001 to restore world confidence in the pound and slow up the drain on the nation's vital gold and dollar reserves. At the end of February those reserves totalled only 1,480.000.-000 and the Treasury considers that perilously low. The government believes too Buffalo Canadian 23'i worse to slacken now in our ! night and the mercury sank to - wiuu not De way is imviiig tuiiiuo Wry the 114.000- I storing train runs to normal. f Consol. Smelters J7.25 Conwcst t 3.70 With 273 of the states 297 , pi-ceincts reported, polls were; Eisenhower 39,533 and Taft 30,-1 115. I With 274 precincts 'reporting,! Kefauvcr had 18.347 and Truman 15,122. ! determination to carry out the ! zero. However, in general h.o. ; policy of collective defence, i temperatures will remain near , which is beginning to make an normal for mid-March. i Most of the conductors, fire-1 in n nnninmu-i tiroia hnnlf nil' of the n feet tanlr u -i V ' 1U 1,11 11 WMU t:"k""x, .V inside the Kremlin impression walls." way, after a three-day strike. ! I Forecast 1 North Coast Region Cloudy i with a few showers today and r that the budget, which cuts in- In Toledo, however, there was; 1 outright revolt. Five hundred j tile-hard strikers quit their bro- 1 Thursday. More frequent show- come tax and tax on overtime ers overnight. Little change In Two Kamloops Trainmen Hurt VANCOUVER American Standard 26'i B R X ,. 03 4 Cariboo Quartz 1.30 Congress 06 Cronin Bablne 44 ' j Giant Mascot 97 Indian Mines 20 Pioneer 2.15 Premier Border 3J Privateer 09 Reno 03 Sheep Creek 1.65 Silbak Premier 58 Vananda 18 Salmon Gold 03 '2 Spud Valley " 13 Silver Standard 2.42 Oils-Anglo Canadian 9.00 A P Con 54 Calmont 1.90 C & E .... 18.25 Central Leduc 3.40 Home Oil 18.00 Mrcury 29 Okalta 3.80 Pacific Pete 10.50 Royal Canadian 23 Royalite : 1665 'fk Name fntion Date NATO General Quits Command ! temperature. Winds Lights to- day and westerly (20) tomorrow, j Lows tonight and highs tomor- theihoods in a body and decided I to form a new union. The new 1 organization will be called the I Model Railroad Club. KAMLOOPS it Two trainmen will restore workers' incentives to produce more something Britain has to do to survive, j Newspapers ' generally hailed the budget introduced yesterday ! in- the House of Commons by i Richard A. Butler, Chancellor of j the Exchequer, as "brave," ! "hopeful," "bold" and "imagin-! ative " Donakla 44 2 Eldona 26 East Sullivan 8.70 Giant Yellowknife 11.25 God's Lake 40 Hardrock 13 Harricana 14 Heva 12 Joliet Quebec 48 Little Long Lac 68 Lynx .14 Mads-en Red Lake 1.95 McKenzie Red Lake 41 McLeod Cockshutt 2.80 Moneta 36 Negus .60 Noranda 80.00 Louvicourt 30 Pickle Crow 1.55 San Antonio 2.50 Senator Rouyn 17', Sherrit Gordon 4.58 A return to work' order was at-The British nt out by strike leaders in a I were slightly injured today when t uocral .. .. se i mn, , uuaUon fnw hnr fnilnwincr Federal , a a. rockslide rocKsnue I 1 row At fort riaray, ao ana o, , ROME 0 General Maurlzio Sandspit, 32 and 42; Prince Ru-Lazzaro di Castiglioni of Italy has j per 30 and 40. ! resigned as commander of land j 1 forces in southern Europe under 'the North Atlantic Treaty Or-; I P C 4, un National Railways freight train will be Sin,... Judce Ermerich B. Freed grant- forty miles north of here. E. S. Johnson ana cugene uiu- ganization, a nigh nauan souice fossary, Aorii o . hig of a restraining order yester- T- aetinu nriH day to the army wnlcn nas ;on" 1 a"nouneemenf f" ' trolled the railroads since Aug- im said ann ri , ust 1950- to a,J cieleBat,JS The strike was called by sur- i 'luursaay. raai .1 ! said yesterday. ver were injured when the slide derailed a locomotive, tender and one box car. The slide was quickly cleared 13, 1952 I 20.9 feet j 20.2 feet ' 3.9 feet' 4.1 feet, Jack Judge and Johnny Odowes returned to the city today following a trip tq Vancouver to attend the Golden Gloves tournament. ! The reason is said to be urecu j mgn land Turkish opposition to plac- 14:29 ' ing their troops under his leader- Low 8:25 iship. " i 20:33 vncial nr..' Pi'lse Sunday morning. It is de- away and transcontinental trains vcnUon n to n manding working rule changes 1 I were not held up. , and higher wages. - ' ft" 1