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VOL.
XLI,
No.
131
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C..
WEDNESDAY,
JUNE
4.
1952
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
V
TJJpteor
Haste
JA
rs
n
m
?
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n
So
;e
Cars
jlide,
Injured
jaw
m
mm
mm&m
JfOUVER
(CP)-
blator
call
later
as
unnecessary
.
,
ii
hulk
ym
htm-
Meteorites.
Blamed
lilted
toaay
uy
jju-
!
;
V.W
......
V
Why
does
the
radio
weather
report
always
mention
Prince
1
f
m
For
Explosions
,r
touching
off
a
collision
here
injured
11
persons.
,e
department
inhalator
r.,wring
a
call
last
lllod
at
a
suburban
,m
with
a
small
car.
,,u,.t
caught
fire,
car-9no
feet,
and
struck
Rupert
as
a
point
where
rain
Is
measured,
but
only
mentions
the
"north
coast
reRlon"
when
It
talks
about
good
weather?
i
That
is
what
one
Prince
Rupert
citizen
wanted
to
know,
fur
ha
was
quite
concerned
about
the
"wet"
publicity
this
city
was
getting.
G.
W.
Nickerson
got
a
reply
from
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation,
read
to
Chamber
of
Commerce
members
Monday
night.
The
reply
stated,
In
part
that
Prince
Rupert
was
a
point
of
designation
as
far
as
weathermen
were
concerned
but
CBC
would
try
to
give
Prince
Rupert
credit
also
when
the
weather
is
good.
o
By
The
Canadian
Press
VANCOUVER.
Theories
blaming
everything
from
meteorites
to
pranksters
were
dusted
off
again
today
following
a
window-rattling
"explosion"
which
car
wnlch
also
burst
c
O
O
re
jolted
an
area
south
of
Vancouver,
cleared,
iwu
muie
n
iBht
in
a
rash
of
col-
about
this
time
the
ilre
,.nt
received
word
that
off
Whatever-it-was
went
ji,lator
trucK
wasn
t
re-
Jury
Returns
Verdict
Gay
Events
Planned
For
Shriner
Visit
with
a
bang
last
night
shortly
before
midnight.
Police,
who
are
investigating,
received
reports
from
such
centres
as
Burnaby,
which
adjoins
Vancouver;
New
Westminster,
12
miles
to
south,
and
White
Rock,
28
miles
from
Vancouver
near
the
U.S.
border.
.renvti.
Capt.
O.
Howell
Richards,
received
ourns
when
they
were
from
the
truck,
their
afire
Others
were
less
.
injured.
When
150
Shriners
converge
upon
Prince
Rupert
Friday
108
arrive
on
the
Chilcotin
at
2
p.m.
they
will
launch
a
two-
On
Death
of
Newsman
Due
to
Ramp
Collapse
A
coroner's
jury
here
today
found
that
Alex
Hunter,
managing
editor
of
the
Daily
News,
died
as
a
result
of
injuries
received
due
to
the
collapse
of
a
ramp
on
which
he
was
standing.
Infantry
A
bright
flash
accompanied
the
"boom."
One
woman
said
noise
was
followed
by
"hissing
sound."
Several
windows
were
reported
broken
in
New
Westminster.
This
was
the
second
blast
since
Sunday.
First
one
shattered
windows
in
White
Rock
and
brought
residents
rushing
Into
day
program
that
promises
w
be
one
of
the
outstanding
events
here
of
the
year.
strop
At
2:30
p.m.
their
inaugural
parade
will
be
made
through
the
city
from
the
CNR
docks
to
the
Court
House
grounds.
From
7:30
to
8
p.m.,
the
famed
Glzeh
Temple
Pipe
Band
will
present
a
concert
at
the
Court
Mr.
Hunter
died
in
Kemano'
streets
in
night
clothes.
'
t
V!
There
have
been
several
sim
heating
and
cooling
of
the
metal
affected
its
strength.
d
Flags
ilar
explosions
recently
Pacific
Northwest.
The
Jury
decision
was
unanl-
General
Hospital
about
8
a.m.
on
May
10.
Two
other
men,
John
F.
Ma-gor,
publisher
of
the
Daily
News,
and
Jack
McRae,
Liberal
candidate
seeking
re-election
in
the
I
JUST
ANNUAL
INSPECTION
of
Prince
Rupert's
Captain
Cook
Sea
Cadets
received
the
"well
done"
report
from
Cdr,
J.
E.
Haddon
last
Saturday.
Cdr.
Hadrton,
commanding
officer
of
visiting
HMCS
Sioux,
talks
to
Sea
Cadet
Arthur
Twaites
as
the
officer
makes
the
Inspection.
Other
cadet
Is
William
Browne.
Cir.'re
are
Lt.
F.
Free,
nan
and
Sub.
Lt.
Sidney
Alexander,
both
of
Prince
Ruoert.
House
grounds.
mouse
and
besides
saying
how
At
9
p.m.
a
reception
will
be
Mr.
Hunter
met
death,
lt
added
held
at
the
Canadian
Legion
a
rider
saying:
"We
also
con
City
Club
to
June
12
election,
were
seriously
Hall
for
the
Nobility
and
Ladies
sider
ourselves
not
qualified
to
(CPi--Uniled
States
ln-tnd
tanks
today
knock-;i
and
burned
Russian,
.(irran
and
Chinese
flags
Communist
prisoner
of
is,
tnen
iiauled
out
the
prisoner
leaders.
injured
in
the
mishap.
state
the
reason
for
the
hangers
and
at
9:30,
the
ceremonial
dance
will
be
opened
at
the
Ar
The
verdict
followed
Involved
to
break,
thereby
causing
the
said
ramp
to
collapse."
technical
evidence
by
John
BULLETINS
Consider
Alex
Hunter.
Trophy
Walker,
Prince
Rupert
welder.
i
Tlic
Jury
deliberated
only
20
Russians
Relax
Road
Blockade
mories,
Sixth
Avenue
West.
Saturday
will
be
another
full
day
of
Shriners
activities
which
include
a
conducted
tour
of
Columbia
Cellulose
pulp
mill,
concerts
at
the
Prince
Rupert
Gen
minutes
after
Coroner
Don
For
its
were
fired.
The
Reds
wl
meekly
although,
only
hours
eailicr
they
lmd
they
would
"fight
to
ward
reviewed
evidence
heard
at
A
one-minute
silence
period
in
memory
of
their
late
member,
Rocky
Awarded
v
For
Loyalty
OTTAWA
ft
Brig.
Rocking
Alex
Hunter,
was
observed
by
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
at
its
meeting
Monday
night.
G.
P.
Lyons
also
suggested
that
the
inquest
which
opened
here
last
Wednesday
and
was
set
over
until
today
in
order
to
obtain
additional
exhibits.
Mr.
Forward
explained
lt
was
the
jury's
job
to
find
cause
of
death
and
that
blame
for
the
collapse
was
the
duty
of
another
court.
P"iatinn
destroyed
all
intrs
that
had
been
iver
this
once
riot-torn
Rut
camp
authorities
ex-re
may
appear
tomor-
ham,
who
commanded
the
25th
BEPLIN
P
-Russians
mysteriously
relaxed
half
of
their
two-way
blockade
of
Allied
military
patrols
on
Berlin's
lifeline
auto-ban
today
one
day
after
the
British
authorities
laid
a
siege
Infantry
Brigade
during
the
first
members
consider
seriously
proposals
that
a
Hunter
Citizenship
Trophy
be
established..
eral
and
Miller
Bay
hospitals.
In
the
afternoon,
balloting
on
candidates
will
be
held
at
1
p.m.
at
the
Civic
Centre,
followed
by
registration,
and
at
2
p.m.
Shriners
will
meet
the
candidates,
hear
the
Potentate's
address
and
see
moving
pictures
of
hospitals.
Many
of
the
visitors
will
be
accompanied
by
their
wives,
for
whom
local
Ladles
have
planned
entertainment.
Joint
gath
year
of
the
Korean
war,
today
was
appointed
a
Companion
of
a
n
1
1
-
Communist
'e.
n
the
Order
of
the
Bath
by
Queen
s,
their
hands
bound,
to
the
Communist's
Radio
Berlin
srued
from
one
com-
building.
'If
any
person
in
Prince
Rupert
Elizabeth.
Cost
of
Living
Drops
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
cost-of-living
index
declined
by
two
points
during
April
to
1
86.7
from
188.7,
the
Bureau
of
Statistics
reported
today.
It
is
the
fourth
consecutive
monthly
drop
in
living
costs
from
a
peak
of
191.5
last
December.
Queen
Appears
in
Public
LONDON
(CI1)
The
Queen
today
carried
out
her
first
public
engagement
since
the
16
weeks
of
court
mourning
for
the
late
King.
She
attended
the
opening
performance
of
the
'Royal
Tournament.
U.S.
Policeman
Shot
BERLIN
(CP)
A
Unitetl
States
policeman
,
.
.
I
1
11
!..
t
U,.J,..
ever
would
have
been
awarded
a
puKian
imards
let
an
east-
Citation
said
the
award
was
good
citizenship
trophy,
1
think
Alex
would
'have
won
lt
year
made
for
coolness
in
action,
great
loyalty
and
skilfull
leading
of
the
25th
Brigade
which
he
erings
will
be
held
throughout
after
year,"
said
Mr.
Lyons.
His
address
followed
submission
by
E.
M.
McClorg
of
Vancouver,
one
of
the
counsel
for
Morrison-Knudsen
Company,
builders
of
the
ramp,
of
a
plan
of
steel
hangers
used
in
construction
as
well
as
one
of
the
pieces
that
broke,
and
a
purchase
order
from
the
Vancouver
firm
that
made
the
hangers.
while,
Canadian
troops
the
King's
Shropshire
Infantry
as
guards
of
md
66
in
the
United
Na-nsimer
of
war
camp
on
and,
off
the
coast
of
Korea.
raised
in
August,
1950,
and
took
the
two
days
of
ceremony.
The
Daily
News
is
publishing
a
special
edition
for
this
event.
bound
United
States
military;
police
jeep
travel
the
110-mile
j
road
from
Western
Germany
to;
Berlin
after
a
10-day
ban.
but.
turned
back
U.S.
and
British;
Jeeps
travelling
from
Berlin
to
j
the
west.
j
Communist
defenders
of
be-;
leagured
Radio
Berlin
cried
dc-j
fiance
at
their
besiegers.
j
A
score
of
Russian
tommy-;
gunners
Inside
the
building
were
j
to
Korea
May,
1951.
"He
carried
far
greater
responsibilities
than
a
normal
infantry
brigade
commander
and
carried
it
with
outstanding
success,"
the
citation
said.
Award
was
the
first
C.B.
to
go
to
a
Canadian
for
action
in
the
-
WEATHER
-
Forecast
Cloudy
with
showers
today
and
Thursday.
Sunny
periods
tomorrow.
Little
change
in
tem
be
Suffering
Mr.
McClorg
showed
the
brok
en
piece,,
known
as
a
u-oon,
m
Influenza
which
was
attached
to
a
hanger,
to
Mr.
Walker
and
the
witness
-TIDES-
Thusaay,
June
5,
1952
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
High
11:34
16.8
feet
23:17
20.4
feet
Low
5:19
4.7
feet
17:09
7.9
feet
perature.
Winds
south
20
today,
westerly
20
tomorrow.
Low
to
Korean
war.
Brig.
Rockingham
already
is
a
Companion
of
the
Order
of
the
British
Empire
and
said
it
was
"crystallized."
not
talking
but,
uieir
ucmu"
Communist
colleagues
on
the
radio
staff
jibed
at
the
British
over
the
air
and
over
telephone.
CAN
CITY
-The
Pope
Is
R
from
an
attcak
of
and
fever,
an
official
'
press
office
bulletin
said
night
and
high
tomorrow,
at
Port
Hardy
45
and
57;
Sandsplt
holds
two
Distinguished
Service
He
testified
that
he
had
made
tests
with
a
similar
piece
of
steel
here
yesterday
and
that
and
Prince
Rupert
42
and
65.
Orders.
was
snot
arm
wounuea
oy
an
ihm.
uemidu
uuiuci
guard
on
the'
outskirts
of
Berlin
today.
Maj.
Gen.
Lemual
Methewson,
U.S.
commander
of
Berlin,
said
the
shooting
"occurred
without
warning
or
provocation"
while
an
Army
jeep
was
on
a
routine
patrol.
One
Member
for
Yukon
OTTAWA
(CP)
An
all-pavty
committee
bulletin
said
the
78-year-t
Iff
cancelled
a
program
nces
because
of
his
1U-
About
60
percent
of
B.C.'s
pulp
production
goes
to
the
U.S.,
25
percent
to
off-shore
markets
and
15
percent
is
distributed
locally.
Elmer
Roper
Speaks
Alberta
CCF
Leader
Scores
Social
Credit
Workers
Call
studying
redistribution
in
the
House
of
Commons
Mr.
Roper
criticized
Alberta's
i
Insurance
costs
are
exhorbltant
that
the
Premier
would
have
made
it
a
point
to
talk
with
that
hospitalization
policy,
saying
it
compared
to
Saskatchewan
and
the
only
way
"you
will
not
have
today
accepted
the
recommendation
ol
two
mem-bers'instead
of
one
elected
next
Parliament
from
the
Yukon
and
Northwest
Territories.
man."
Mr.
Hills
pointed
out
that
the
(f
Strike
Ultimatum
is
no
better
than
British
Columbia's
and
went
on
to
praise
the
system
In
Saskatchewan
where
By
ERIC
SANDERSON
i
Elmer
Roper,
CCF
leader
in
Alberta,
last
night
answered
Social
Credit
boosters
who
say
the
Alberta
government
is
the
best
in
the
world.
Speaking
at
the
Civic
Centre
in
support
of
George
Hills,
CCF
man,
who
sat
in
the
front
of
the
to
force
sound
government
legislation
is
to
elect
a
CCF
government
one
that
itself
will
pass
the
legislation
you
want."
hall,
did
not
lose
his
legs
through
an
accident,
but
he
was
a
wel-,
the
maximum
premium
is
$30
a
year
and
"everything
is
free
when
a
man
has
to
go
to
hos
Saskatchewan
has
the
best
NEGOTIATIONS
SUCCESSFUL
By
The
Canadian
Press
fare
case
and
should
receive
attention.
HITS
AT
MURRAY
pital."
.
and
most
complete
car
Insurance
in
the
world,"
said
Mr.
Roper,
I
have
no
Intention
or
trying
candidate
for
Prince
Rupert
in
the
June
12
election.
Mr.
Roper
said
the
Social
Credit
govern
VANCOUVER.
Frenzied
negotiations
ended
stating
that
It
costs
only
$27.50
Commission
Holds
Talks
On
B.C.
Salmon
The
CCF
candidate
then
shot
to
prove
to
you
that
Alberta
is
a
terrible
place
.
.
.
but
when
I
year
for
complete
coverage.
whereas
In
Alberta
he
has
to
pay
back
at
Social
Credit
candidate
Art
Murray,
who
flayed
the
CCF
wess
last
night
with
more
than
800
hotel
em-in
Vancouver
and
Victoria
ditching
their
look
over
the
kinds
of
administration
In
B.C.
and
Alberta
.
.
.
ment
hi
Alberta
is
certainly
reducing
the
provincial
debt
"but
they
are
doing
it
at
the
expense
of
the
municipaliUes."
$117.60
a
year
and
does
not
get
as
complete
coverage.
.
Ford
Workers
Settle
Strike
WINDSOR
Strike
of
900
office
workers
at
Ford
Motor
Company
of
Canada
was
settled
less
than
one
hour
before
the
picketing
deadline
that
would
have
closed
down
the
big
plant
for
the
second
time
in
two
weeks.
The
office
workers
are
expected
to
resume
work
today.
policy
from
the
same
platform
the
previous
night.
I
say
it's
the
same
kind
of
gov
strike
plans.
If,
said
the
speaker,
an
autoist
ernment."
OTTAWA
W
Members
of
the
He
also
criticized
the
govern
Workers
at
Hotel
Vancouver
and
Victoria's
Empress
Hotel
Hotel;
He
cited
the
case
of
his
own
taxes,
which
he
said
have
been
increased
by
$103
since
the
So-
in
Alberta
kills
a
man
and
it
Is
oroven
that
the
man
was
re
international
Pacific
Salmon
ment
housing
scheme
here
and
Jen
Forum
I
Candidates
said
that
If
the
CCF
is
elected
sponsible,
the
widow
would
re
lifted
walkout
ultimatums
a
strike
was
set
for
mldnightln
creds
came
into
power
and
taxes
on
his
rjrinting
business
have
we
intend
to
eliminate
imme
"If
you
get
the
kind
of
government
we
have
in
Alberta,
you
won't
have
any
change
at
all.
The
Alberta
government
is
a
Tory
outfit.
You
might
as
well
elect
Mr.
Anseomb
and
his
friends."
ceive
nothing,
while
In
Saskat
diately
the
three
per
cent
sales
Fisheries
Commission
left
tor
Washington
Tuesday
following
a
meeting
which
discussed
protection
of
valuable
sockeye
runs
on
the
Fraser
River
system
in
British
Columbia.
jumped
from
$800
to
$1237.
return
for
reiroacuve
pj
'
creases
and
a
shuffle
In
hours.
chewan
"it
makes
no
difference
who
is
responsible,
the
benefi
tax
on
drugs,
meals
and
ciotnes
"It
is
quite
fallacious
and
mis
these
being
essential
goods."
foir
political
candidates
Selection
in
Prinrrs
Runert
ciary
would
be
paid.
leading
to
say
we
are
becoming
a
debt-free
province
in
Alberta
He
outlined
the
party
program
They
didn't
get
tneir
majm
five-day,
40-hour
demand
-a
week
The
44-hour
week
will
GEORGE
HILLS
Mr.
Roper,
who
has
been
a
f
have
boon
Invited
to
speak
Mr.
Hills,
in
a
brief
address
member
of
the
Alberta
legisla
when
our
municipal
taxes
are
luic
meeting
in
the
Cana
but
1
under
a
revise
said
the
CCF
"is
getting
so
much
continue;
and
said
it
would
be
implemented
by
his
party
if
they
got
into
power.
He
also
scored
the
provincial
government
for
"their
ture
for
the
past
10
years,
said
"all
the
legislation
that
is
worth
an
auditorium
at
8
p.m.
criticism
from
other
candidates,
system.
A
spokesman
for
the
railway-
Commission
released
no
details.
It
will
hold
another
meeting
on
June
5
in
Washington,
It
was
cstaoiisneu
in
1937
under
a
convention
ratified
by
Canada
and
the
United
States.
Each
country
has
three
members.
that
I
think
we
are
winning."
Premier
Misses
Liberal
Rally-Storm
Delays
while
has
come
about
because
it
was
promoted
originally
by
the
WPeUntr
.nn.cn.gj
hv
He
criUcized
Premier
Johnson
-nlted
Fishermen
and
Allied
going
up
steadily."
Mr.
Roper
quoted
figures
to
show
the
provincial
debt
in
1944
amounted
to
$144,000,000
and
has
been
reduced
to
$98,-000.000
while
the
municipal
debt
in
1944
was
$98,000,000
and
today
totals
$$116,000,000.
and
Jack
McRae,
Liberal
candi
CCF,
date
seeking
re-election,
for
their
He
said
the
same
applies
to
operated
hotels
said
pay
in-:
creases
will
cost
them
an
additional
$115,000
yearly
$65,000
1
in
Vancouver
and
$50,000
in
Vic-1
toria.
I
Details
of
pay
increases
werei
fs
union
nd
thp
Brotherhood
of
Pulp
and
Workers,
No.
708.
failure
to
discuss
problems
of
a
B.C.,
where
the
CCF
has
advo
legless
man
who
attended
their
cated
changes
In
legislation
over
LILLOOET
(CP)
Premier
John
failure
to
pass
any
legislation
proposed
by
the
CCF
between
1942
and
1952."
Mr.
Hills
left
today
by
plane
for
the
Queen
Charlotte
Island3
for
a
campaign
tour
of
logging
camp
areas
of
Cumshewa
Inlet,
Sandspit
and
Masset
Inlet.
He
will
be
accompanied
by
Thomas
McKenzie,
International
Woodworkers
of
America
representa-
meeting
here
last
week.
the
years
and
because
of
contin
missed
Liberal
rally
here
on
"We
are
reducing
our
provin
station.
,
announced.
At
Hotel
Van
Mr.
Hills
said
the
Premier
and
cial
debt,
while
at
the
same
time
ued
pressure
the
government
had
been
forced
to
adopt
many
of
the
Mr.
McRae
both
talked
&
lot
about
legs,
since
they
both
have
received
serious
Injuries
to
a
leg
policies
advocated
by
the
CCF.
Baby
Girl
Born
A
baby
girl
weighing
7
pounds
was
born
today
at
2:50
p.m.
in
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Larry
Stanwood.
145
East
Ninth
Avenue.
Mother
and
baby
are
both
well.
Tuesday
when
his
seaplane
unable
to
land
on
Seton
Lake
because1
of
high
winds.
Plane,
bringing
Mr.
Johnson
from
Terrace,
landed
instead
at
Bridge
River,
farther
down
lake.
CAR
INSURANCE
due
to
niggardly
treatment
of
the
municipalities
by
the
Social
Credit
government
we
are
increasing
municipal
taxation."
HOSPITALS
couver
increases
are
retroactive
to
December,
1951.
for
roughly
500
employees.
Pay
increases
for
an
estimated
350
Empress
workers
are
retroactive
to
the
start
of
this
year.
arS
ag0
tnere
were
six
im
a
papor
companies
oper-
;
ven
mills
In
B.C.
Today
re
ten
companies
in
accidents
"and
I
think
Mr,
Mr.
Roper
flayed
the
Alberta
government
oil
policy,
said
car
McRxae
should
have
seen
to
it
tlve.