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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRJTISH
COLUMBUS
NEWSPAPER
Published
of
ConooVs
Mot
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XL11,
No.
78
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
APRIL
2,
1953
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
VDelh
Phone
81
X.
Liberals
To
Choose
Candidate
Tonight
I'oliticaJ
wheels
already
have
been
set
in
motion
in
1'iirice
Rupert
to
Mart
what
most
observers
predict
will
be
the
most
competitive
election
campaign
taj,red
here
in
many
years.
First
move
came
from
the
CCF
r
here,
following
dissolution
of
Meanwhile
the
weakened
Progressive
-
Conservative
stand
here
may
bow
out
altogether
or
reorganize
completely.
William
Lambie,
president
of
the
P-C
Association
here
said
"we
wilt
take
such
action
as
is
deemed
necessary."
Walter
Smith,
local
Liberal
Crowds
Mourn
Queen
itH
I.iiMmiMKs,
some
of
them
using
stands
trtfW
for
June
Coronation
ceremonies,
.ii.l
f.if
;;r
of
Quern
Mary
turn
from
the
Mali.
Crowd
were
parked
deep
along
,,!
.-.tiwt.
ax
Hie
85-year-old
Quecn'r.
body
wa
taken
from
her
Marlborough
Houae
u
Ati:iiii:.u-r
Hall
adjoining
the
House
of
Parliament.
dependent7
Insurance
Firms
chief,
Indicated
a
heavy
cam
paign
here,
saying:
"I
think
we
stand
a
very
good
chance
of
re
the
B.C.
LcgUlature
last
Katur-.
day,1
and
announcement
Tuesday
by
Social
Credit
Premier
W.
A.
C.
Bennett
that
the
next
election
would
take
place
June
8.
The
Prince
Rupert
CCF
club
met
the
same
night
in
the
Metropolr
Hail
under
chairmanship
of
William
Brett
and
ap-!
pointed
Jac
k
Scott
and
George
Hills
city
MLA
as
delegates
to
j
the
April
10
provincial
CCF
convention.
Mr.
Hills
remained
in
the
soutb
following
brrak-up
of
the
Legislature
after
the
Social
Credit
government
defeat
on
the
floor.
He
will
return
to
Prince
Rupert
after
the
convention
to
address
a
public
meeting
in
the
Legion
auditorium
April
l'J
Tonight,
the
Prince
Rupert
city
und
district
Liberal
A'isocl-
claiming
this
seat."
VOTE
DIVIDED
The
Liberals
went
down
to
a
staggering
defeat
in
last
year's
t
New
Rates
For
Autoists
THIS
IS
A
PnOTO
OF
THE
FEDERAL
CABINET,
with
1U
parliamentary
assistants,
sitting
In
session
around
the
round
table.
At
the
head
of
the
table
In
centre
is
Prime
Minister
St
Laurent
election
with
the
province'
poll
ing
almost
equally
divided
between
the
CCF
and
the
Social
Credit.
::
:
Ki
'
lit
in.
'
one-tialf
the
uuto
liitutance
In
two
Is
that
muni
independent
In
i!i(ir
ndi
nf
BC.
torrpanies
will
offer
"milk
slin"
Socreds.
with
19
seats
in
the
house,
gained
the
slim
major
Development
of
Newsprint
Industry
In
Alaska
Urged
by
Forest
Service
ity
which
granted
them
the
right
to
form
a
government
In
n-.
(iiK.i.a-ii
."
wire
Their
rate.
batted
on
claim,
Insurance
at
$1
less
tor
class
2
;
'
'W
u:
Juhn
experience,
follow
closely
the
owner
and
$2
le.
for
class
4
iU'ismii
"f
'tie
In-
pattern
announced
last
werk
by
policy-holders
businessmen
who
:
A
i''ii,u!i,li-
insurance
the
B
C.
Underwriters
Assorla-!
drive
company-owned
tar
tw!B
lion
on
behalf
of
ISO
.board"!
Collision
ttuiurance
will
cost
.-;,:,
r
.,f
tl.r
uidc-
campanle.
i
from
5
to
8
per
rent
lew
than
"
N-tirr
r.te
alxiut
Chief
dljferrnre
between
the
:
BCL'A
rule,
depending
on
lora-
ation
hold
Its
convention
to
nominate
its
candidate
for
the
election
and
to
name
delegates
tion.
August.
The
most
controversial
and
hectic
session
In
B
C.'s
political
history
opened
In
the
first
week
of
February.
It
was
the
Rolston
education
formula
which
handed
the
government
Its
defeat
on
the
floor
in
a
28-17
vote
after
WASHINGTON
tt
The
United
Slates
Forest
Service
has
told
Congress
that
the
time
has
come
for
successful
development
of
a
Tongaas
National
Forest
in
i
a
major
pulp
and
paper
Industry
southeastern
Alaska
ha
70,000,-
In
Alaska
which
can
compete
000
board
feet
of
timber
available
auceessf
ully
In
national
world
for
pulping
operations,
with
ex-
markets."
'
i
penditure
of
no
more
than
First
major
pulp
plant
In
Ai-
to
the
provincial
convention
in
Vancouver
April
8.
At
both
the
Liberal
and
CCF
conventions,
new
political
leaders
will
be
chosen.
MK.W
I.l.AKJ
R
USSIAN
NAVY
INVITED
0
CORONATION
REVIEW
newsprint
Industry
In
Alaska
to
meet
anticipated
newspaper
$10,000,000
required
to
construct
aska
now
is
under
construction
seven
months
In
office.
It
was
a
defeat,
however
for
;
printing
needs.
The
CCF
will
consider
and
likely
acceptthe
resignation
oU.'h'ch
p"'ni','r
Bennett
long
had
At
the
same
time,
existing
sup-
been
angling
so
he
could
lead
,
plies
of
newsprint
are
reported
hou.se
leader
Harold
Winch
who
I'.v
n.ir
Htilish
Admiralty
tut
Invited
Soviet
i.
,'.
tit
a
Coronation
naval
'
review
and
tle
i;iv
;u
.
.
pt.
ti
a
diploma
tie
source
said
today.
The
')
i
refused
to
conllrm
tlie
Moscow
report.
Ills
party
in
another
election!
adequate
lor
1S53
although
the
for
an
expected
bigger
majority.)
long
range
prospect
la
for
In-
!
New
rate
for
board
i-ompan-!
ie
txraine
effective
April
1.
However,
there
i
variation
In
effective
daleK
for
IndrpeudcnlK.
j
lioine
aKenu
will
be
writing
new
1
bulnM
this
month
on
new
rales
'but
arcepUnp"
renewal,
at
old
rntrn
until
My
I.
!
The
lest
will
le
rtii
g
Ixith
j
new
and
renewal
polirtr
with
;
new
rate
effective
either
April
j
1
or
May
I
j
f)ther
feature
of
the
rate
'chances
are
the
.same
a
board
:
companies.
These
include
a
30
pr
cent
no-i
claim
ijonux
on
property
dam-
resigned
last
week.
Then
the
oarty
must
elect
a
new
man
fo
a
main
access
road.
'
at
Ketchikan
and
la
scheduled
He
said
the
forest
service
be-'to
go
Into
full
operation
July
1,
lieves
"the
time
has
arrived
1954
with
a
daily
capacity
of
Sou
where
it
is
possible
to
develop
tons
of
pulp."
SOUTHERN
CAGE
TEAMS
MOVE
INTO
SEMI-FINALS
creased
demand
lead
I
hem
in
this
all-important
campaign
for
the
June
9
test
at
n-Day
Easter
Vacation
And
when
the
defeat
came.
Premier
Bennett
received
it
smiling
broadly.
Social
Credlters
are
expected
to
contest
each
of
the
48
seats
in
the
province.
The
preferential
ballot
type
of
voting
will
remain
in
effect.
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(or
School
Children
Ira
J.
Mason,
chief
of
the
Division
of
Forest
Management
of
the
agriculture
department'
forest
service,
and
H.
B.
McCoy,
National
Production
Authority
Administrator,
brought
the
House
of
Representatives
Interstate
Commerce
Committee
up
to
date
Wednesday
on
the
newsprint
situation.
Mason
told
the
committee
that
the
polls
The
Liberals
meet
to
seek
a
successor
to
former
Premier
Byron
Johnson.
An
Ottawa
dispatch
said
yestrrdav
that
Arthur
Latng,
federal
Liberal
member
for
Vancouver
Smith.
Is
due
In
Vancouver
n
Monday
and
"quite
posMhly
will
allow
Ills
name
to
stand
for
nomination
ttnd
P,,bllr
""blllty
tor
the
wratJon
v
coverage
tlut.se
half
of
B
C.
car
ow
ner
C.,.idlnra.
rain
and
gale
arei'7
fornuM
for
tomorrow
i
'''
ul'ilfy
tor
"Pfrrcd
risk
,.,,
,
.,,)
iralniR.
creation
of
a
new
cla.ssi-
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ilnhduys
(,((!
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out
the
mira
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flcation
for
8
prr
rent
of
the
fully
piHimcd
progrania
at
vne
27
Days
Left
To
Register
On
Vote
List
utiif
a,!
new
:
eh,.rrh..
of
th..r
rholre
A
sue-
ow
ners
ana
principal
operators
VANCOUVER
Cloverdale
Senior
B
basketball
team
moves
to
Kamloops
for
the
provincial
semi-finals
Friday
.and
Saturday
after
taking
the
quarter-finals
witk
,a
121-111
two-game
total-point
victory
over
Cumberland.'
Winner
of
the
Kamloops
series
travel
to
Prince
Rupert,
for
the
finals
April
10
and
11.
;
'"'
...
Cloverdale
had
to
give
the
,
Cumberland
team
a
67-49
second
game
beating
to
pull
the
lower
mainland
ghamplooships
out
of
the
fire
after
Cumberland
had
gone
ahead
62-54.
,
Reds
To
Meet
With
UN
At
Panmunjom
Monday.
elal
feature
will
be
the
Friday
j
re
"
",u;
"u
nighl
Cantata
at
Bt.
Andrew
s
j
reduction
of
agent
commis.s!on
Cathedral
where
a
mixed
rholrj'rom
20
to
15
per
cent
denberg
of
the
First
Prenbytorian
Church
(and
the
Cathedral
will
Join
In
a
MwCl
t
one-hour
performance
of
"Oli
-WEATHER-
tnga
Contract
Let
For
Dredging
At
Masset
Word
has
been
received
from
E.
T.
Applewlialte
that,
subject
to
approcal,
$153,000
contract
for
dredging
of
Delkatla
slough,
near
Masset,
will
be
awarded
to
Holland
Bell
&
Williams
of
Masset.
vet
to
taivary,
oirecwu
uy
Pt
ter
Urn.
S).tP-l
All
ritv
stores
will
lr
closed
A
disturbaiirr
which
has
lieen
Tovince
Krlday
!
moviiig
toward
the
B
C.
const
for
Sunday
Is
Kn.iter.
a
day
of
re-
;
the
past
day
will
continue
to
liglous
observation,
parades
and
drift
eastward
during
the
day.
bormrts
In
sotne
area,
bunnies
j
The
str
ong
winds
on
the
north
and
Easter
eggs
for
the
children.
'
coajst
will
moderate
toward
even-
By
The
Canadian
Press
While
west
leaders
continued
to
sound
words
of
caution.
Communist
delivered
United
Nations
A
"h
Tl,.
H,lt,h
.'''"nuivnt
h.t
re-1
'-"I
(Joldenia-rg.
"'"'"n.
ot
to
attempt
ik-w
financial
''
F.'drral
govern-
The
dredging
will
provide
a
The
Dally
News
will
not
pub-1
in;;
but
there
will
be
some
in
for
leadership."
The
dispatch
said
that
Mr.
Lalng's
decision
will
depend
on
whet
ler
Chief
Justice
Gordon
Sloan
can
still
be
persuaded
to
iccept
nomination.
Chief
Justice
Sloan
frequently
has
been
mentioned
as
a
possible
leader,
but
each
time
he
has
said
he
would
not
leave
his
judicial
post.
SO(
K
EDS
TO
MEET
The
Social
Crctliters
here
will
meet
"in
about
a
week"
to
name
their
candidate.
Last
year's
entry
Art
Murray,
first
Social
Credit
contestant
in
the
Prince
Rupert
riding,
said
today
he
will
not
run
again.
Mr.
Murray
came
third
In
last
year's
June
12
election
race,
second
to
Jack
McRae,
defeated
Lilieral
MLA
in
a
close
contest,
with
CCF-er
George
Hills.
H
Is
expected
the
Socreds
will
also
contest
the
Atlin
riding
this
election,
to
oppose
the
deeply
entrenched
position
of
Frank
Calder.
CCF,
first
and
only
Indian
MLA
in
Canada.
safe
anchorage
for
fishing
craft
command
In
Korea
their
latest
In
wind
over
the
Mtuth
lish
on
Good
Friday,
but
will
j
crease
Monday
appear
Saturday
and
with
regular
editions
was
muile
near
Masset
At
present.
Delkatla
slough
can
only
be
entered
at
high
tide
and
drains
almost
proposal
tor
enaing
me
iv.orean
fighting.
The
Reds
say
they
are
ready
to
set
the
date
to
resume
truce
talks.
parent
bid
to
close
a
long-standing
difference
on
general
disarmament.
He
accepted
the'
western
plan
calling
for
continued
work
by
the
UN
disarmament
commission.
It
looked
like
the
first
break
in
a
seven-year
stalemate.
Borne
delegates
speculated
Vlshinsky
Is
ready
to
go
along
with
the
west
In
a
study
of
plans
for
a
balanced
reduction
of
armaments
and
putting
atomic
energy
under
definte
controls,
acceptable
to
all
sides.
'
The
UN
command
agreed
to
a
ui.-i'UKh
orili
r-ln-
Minisi.-r
Kmar
Mllnilhrrrt
'"
Will
be
asked
f
for
a
n,.w
f(d.
'ax
agreement
S.
Koreans
Stop
Red
Drive
SEOUL
0
A
Chinese
Communist
battalion
about
TM
men
-
hit
the
South
Korean
capital
completely
at
low
water.
Fishing
craft
and
other
small
vessels
are
now
forced
to
tie
up
at
the
Masset
pier
in
the
direct
path
of
many
winds
and
tide
rips
of
Masset
Inlet.
cou.st.
f
orrrast
North
coast
region:
Gale
warning
continued.
Rain
today.
Cloudy
with
occasional
showers
tonight
and
Fii-tlay.
Little
change
In
temperature.
Winds
south
30.
occasionally
in,
becoming
southwesterly
30
through
the
afternoon
and
decreasing
to
20
overnight
Low
tonight
and
high
Friday
meeting
In
Panniunjon
Monday
to
discuss
exchanging
sick
and
wounded
prisoners
which
Gen.
Mark
Clark
said
must
be
done
Pl'lVlnr
trades
'
division
on
the
central
front
VICTORIA
CP)
British
Columbians
have
only
27
days
to
make
sure
their
names
are
on
the
provincial
voters
list.
Fred
Hurley,
chief
electoral
officer,
announced
Wednesday
the
list
would
close
April
27.
Tuesday
it
was
.reported
erroneously
May
5
would
be
deadline
for
voters
to
register.
All
persons
whose
names
already
are
on
the
voters'
list
will
be
advised
by
cards
to
be
sent
through
the
mail.
Advance
polling
days
have
been
designated
as
June
4,
5
and
.
Fin
lay
son
May
Contest
Oak,
Bay
Seat
VICTORIA
if
Deane
Flnlay-son,
youthful
provincial
Progressive
Conservative
leader,
is
expected
to
contest
the
Oak
Bay
riding
In
the
coming
provincial
general
election.
He
will
carry
the
banner
which
was
dropped
by
former
Tory
leader
Herbert
Anscomb
when
he
was
defeated
by
Liberal
P.
A.
Gibbs
last
June
12.
Mr.
Flnlayson
said
Saturday
after
a
quarterly
meeting
of
the
party's
executive
"things
have
before
the
resumption
of
truce
The
new
anchorage
is
expected
to
give
Masset
much
more
pro-
talks.
Clark
made
the
original
pro
mlnence
in
the
fishing
Industry
""xt
taxes
for
dl-
early
Unlay,
but
the
ROKS
drove
!
off
the
Reds
with
deadly
artillery
'n
liteliway
ron-jhmall
arms
fire.
ijim)
be
asked
as
Eighth
Army
hcadquarters'suld
"iiannal
support
53
Communist
bodies
were
left
i(
niiunt
-owned
Pa-;
on
the
battlefield
and
another
posal
on
prisoners.
at
Port
Hardy.
38
and
48:
Sand-
spit,
,38
and
45:
Prince
Rupert
38
and
45.
H-rn
Hallway
7!
Reds
were
probably
wounded.
In
Washington,
officials
saw
increasing
evidence
that
Russia's
snowballing
peace
offensive
was
a
reversal
of
cold-war
tactics
aimed
at
stalling
the
west
defence
bulld-up
and
wrecking
anti-Soviet
unity.
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n
"I
!-,'"'
'
'
I
Some
say
the
Russians
are
running
a
risk
too.
(
If
the
west
maintains
its
unity,
it
may
be
able
to
create
a
sta-
bility
the
Soviets
will
find
dlffi-
1
cult
to
upset.
I
The
spotlight
remains
focused
-I
,-
j
'
'
&
-
never
looked
so
good
for
the
than
in
the
past.
It
lies
In
one
of
the
best
salmon
trolling
areas
along
the
coast.
Dogs
Used
To
Hunt
Terrorists
GRAND
FORKS,
B.C.
(CP)
Search
dogs
were
used
by
RCMP
Wednesday
in
the
hunt
for
terrorists
who
blasted
railway
tracks
in
the
Kootenay
country.
Two
bombings
were
reported
Tuesday
night
on
tracks
of
the
CPR
Kettle
Valley
line
passing
Doukhobor
settlements.
A
third
was
reported
Wednesday.
Police
blamed
night
raiders
organized
by
the
Radical
Sons
of
Freedom
Doukhobors.
Tracks
were
blasted
In
widely-scattered
sections,
leaving
rails
twisted
and
torn.
Track
patrols
halted
night
freight
trains
and
ni
one
was
injured.
Members
of
the
International
Brotherhood
of
Railway
Trainmen
called
an
emergency
meeting
for
Wednesday
night
at
Nelson
following
the
bombings.
on
Korea.
If
the
Reds
Monday
resort
to
customary
haggling,
the
western
world
will
have
grounds
for
questioning
their
sincerity.
In
addition
to
Korea,
these
are
the
latest
developments
in
the
"Surprlse-A-Day"
peace
Marine
Held
For
Murder
In
3
States
DUBUQUE,
la.
(CP)
A
handsome
18-ycar-old
AWOL
marine
today
faced
murder
charges
in
three
states.
Fred
E.
McManus
who
shrugged
off
five
sluytngs
as
"too
bad"
signed
a
statement
admitting
a
car
theft
killing
at
Rochester,
N.
Y.,
last
Friday
and
double
killings
in
a
holdup
at
Kenney-ville.
III.,
on
Saturday
and
Spring
Vallev.
Minn.,
Monday.
McManus
blamed
the
bets
on
love
of
a
18-year-old
girl
he
called
his
wife
Diana
Marie
Weggeland
of
Summerville,
N.Y.
She
told
authorities
she
knew
of
the
Minnesota
and
Illinois
Mayings
bul
"I
guess
I
loved
him
so
much
that
as
long
as
I
was
with
him
nothing
else
mattered."
Police
said
total
loot
In
the
five
robbery-slaying
was
$57,
.
Conservative
party
In
B.C."
Russ
Abandon
Highway
Patrols
BERLIN
ryi
Russian
zone
border
guards
virtually
abandoned
.
,
.
a
-
m
.
x
h
i
mv
controls
on
the
east-west
express
SUPREME
HEADQUARTERS,
ALLIED
POWERS
IN
EUROPE
Vh
Gen.
Matthew
B.
Ridgeway
warns
that
Soviet
threat
against
Western
Allies
has
not
diminished
onr
lot.
He
did
not
mention
peace
moves
in
a
speech
at
the
second
anniversary
of
SHAPE-
SPECIAL
PERMISSION
was
given
to
take
this
photo
of
Marguerite
Choquette
pleading
her
first
case
in
a
Quebec
sessions
court.
Mi
s
'Choquette,
daughter
ct
Justice
rer-nand
t
t.oyueit
ol
Quebec
Superior
Court,
Is
the
second
Quebec
woman
lawyer
vo
plead
in
a
court
in
tb
r
jyluce.
highway
to
Berlin
today
and
interzonal
traffic
sped
at
an
unprecedented
rate.
The
Soviets
obviously
instructed
guards
to
deal
only
perfunctorily
with
cargoes
and
creden
art
u'
"cla
regiment,
Koyai
uanauian
Aruucry,
mhuou
-.
n
thf
,""plcd
nearby
Oerman
orphanage.
Here
they
distribute
gifts
to
some
of
the
AT
t
THE
UNITED
NATIONS,
Andrei
Vlshinsky
mnrie
an
ap-
tials.
Giant
trucks
were
not
even
subjected
to
custom
Inspectors.
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ji
vne
nmliDh