PROVINCIAL LI33.13T. 11 J ORMES VICTORIA, 2. C DRUGS DAILY DELIVERY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published ot Conada'i Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Greot Northwest" Phone 81 J VOL. XLI. No. 118 " PRINCE RUPERT. B.C.. MONDAY, MAY 19, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS i7VcBS f,)(n DISPATCHED tz- - Jill WIS m VM1 hVJIIVJCWl Iter Four Days Fishing Thousand Canadian Soldiers Return From Korean Battle LlFrhanae Priees "P From Saturday v J Halibut sales moved into high pear on the Prince Locomonc, 15.000, Fisheries; con-j Rupert exchange this morning when six boats dis- li naeim I 19 000. IB 7, 16, 13, Royal posed of 117,000 pounds of fish Balsac 1. m.uuu, ia.t, 'pacillc Fisheries; Sea . Ten Thousand Cheer Compiled From CP and Special Dispatches to the Daily News VANCOUVER.-A crowd of more than 10,000 excited friends and relatives packed sunlit downtown Vancouver Sunday to welcome home 1157 Canadian soldiers from Korea. t , Wearing the new Korean cam-! ln Vancouver and 22 others left Daien insienia for the first time. ! for other points in B.C. 6000. 18 6, 16.2, 13. Pa ries; son ly Boy, 21.000, In addition, 561,500 pounds were landed at the Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-operative and another 226.000 pounds were landed from camps. The figures bring total halibut landings here so far this 11 Hurnn Fisheries: In- iUV JV KfV : ,V; ';v .a i: U I i 1 1 't .1 A. .- V. 30.000, 18.6, 18, 13. sh Ltd. Head. 25.500; North 1 t, V72'500' P u"ds- UP to the troops presented a colorful I Also on nand to Breet the men scene as they marched through ! were Mavor Fred Hume of Van' . i l(UL nHLUlUil V 111 III w Kaicn. iicn 22 ZZ.OUO; ) ): AnKer AnKer,. . . r-'. v...Uo i couver and Labor Minister John the streets before boarding spe for homes across Cates, who represented the B.C. Government. 218.000; Arctic, zo.uuu; cial trains Canada. The men aboard ship as soon as they dock. Then when the fish are unloaded, they make tracks to reload supplies nd get back to the grounds." Another early riser noticed greeting fishermen along the waterfront this morning was Tom Parkin, secretary of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union. Brief case In hand, he had a busy time noting the names of the boats and tajking with the skippers and men. Parkin visits the various camps among the Islands and keeps a close tab on operations at all times.. He plans to leave fore the grounds later this week. fciOO; Aleutian, zu.uuu; The parade from the ship was were brought here 000: Reward I, 22,000; 25,000; Viking I. 24.000; aboard the United States navy led by the Royal Canadian Regi- Government To Sell Telegraph 'Phone System OTTAWA (CP) Minister of Transport Hon. Mr. Chevrier announced Friday that the government telegraph and telephone facilities in the interior of British Columbia are going to be sold to a private company. Speaking during a House of Commons consideration of transport department estimates he said developments have reached a stage It Is felt a commercial company should take over communication services. The government Is prepared to dispose of its communication facilities to any company willing to take them over and operate them with a standard of service at least equal to that provided. ment, followed by 54th Trans- , Private S a d a o S. transport 11 . t.iccr, 24.0UU; Morris h, Tramp. 30,000; Zenith, hiisperity A, 40.000; Atll, 1 i tLS port Company of the RCASC, three platoons of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, the Royal Canadian Engineers and a group from the 27th Field Ambulance, RCAMC. Munemorl. It was the largest movement of soldiers by ship into Vanvou-ver harbor since the end of the First Great War when the Empress of Russia brought back from camps: 226,000 Canadians from the battlefields i MUSTACHES of France. Prices today were higher than those paid on opening ,lay Sat-urday. average for heavies bettering 18.6 cents, mediums 16 and all chicken sold for 13 cents a pound. John Davey. B.C. Packers employee who has operated the exchange here for the past five years, was on the Job at 6 a.m. The exchange Itself, however, did not open until 8 a.m. and closed at 9:30. Davey Is appointed by the fishing companies to handle the sales. He does not purchase for his own firm. EARLY RISER Asked why he appeared on the docks so early In the morning, the, auctioneer said: "I Just wanted to see how many boats were In and then I had to wake up a lot of the men." Many of the vessels arrived All were heavily tanned and many wore big handle-bar mus lanes to HALIBUT FISHERMEN Olaf Wikkelsmo of Vancouver, left, and Art Halverson of Nanaimo prepare their lines for the halibut fishing season which opened last week. Members of the halibut fleet comprising some 3,000 fishermen on 900 boats, they sail the lucrative fishing grounds from B.C. to Alaska. The payoff perhaps as much as $10,000 eaeh may come at the end of the season. Halibut brought the Industry $6,000,000 last year and $9,000,000 In 1950. cp PHOTO) taches. Safer, But Insignia on their uniform! was the yellow and blue designation of the Commonwealtl Division and the blue and -white insignia of the United Nations. Reporters swarmed arounc the men on arrival. First mai LARGEST CATCH Invercan IV sold the largest catch on the exchange, a total of 30,000 pounds, to the Royal Fish Company, while the Prosperity A landed 40,000 at Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-operative Association Falrview plant. The six boats that landed halibut at the exchange were the Locomone, Connie Jean, Balsac I Sea Mount, Sonny Bov as Noisy INGTON APi The The landing also was the largest single group of men to be returned here from Korea. The Munemorl docked one hour behind schedule after a 15-day voyage Ti'om Kure, Japan. CHEERING CROWD A cheering crowd welcomed the vessel. Children waved flags, sirens blew and every ship in the harbor whistled as the troopship moved in. After a brief welcome at the CPR dock, the soldiers marched up town to the Court House where MaJ.-Gen. Chris Vokes, chief of the Army's Western Command, took the salute from a reviewing stand while bells ommission said today off the transport was Staf Sergeant Bruce Richardson o Montreal. He said the trip waj smooth and that the men ha; a good time aboard. There wer late Sunday and some Russ Slickest Embezzler Sent docked j and Invercan IV. at daybreak. Nineteen boats sold to the Co- If -n and airplanes can afpr but not too much I np to make them less I' :p, known as the Pre-(Airport Commission, f tlRhter controls over l even in the clearest "These men get some sleep lop. Drifting Fishing Vessel Indicates Owner Drovned SEATTLE A fishing vessel, its load of fish partially decomposed and a cup of cold coffee in the cabin was found by a coast guard vessel running in circles off the Washington coast. , No one was aboard. The coast guard identified the vessel as the 37-foot ship Terrlne. The owner, Richard H. Dill of Port Angeles Is presumed to have fallen overboard and drowned. Judging from the decomposition of the fish, Dill Is believed to have fallen overboard Saturday. The vessel's automatic pilot had been set and the engine was running at full speed when the coast guard boarded the boat. five movies and two concert each day. The Red Cross and Canadia Legion women members gav the men cigarettes, coffee an '; doughnuts on the pier befor To Salt Mines peeled from nearby Christ MOSCOW (AP) Russia's slick zoning of airport ap-itandardizatlon of run- Church Cathedral. they paraded to the Cour Rupert Final Call For Travelling Tourist Group Vancouver's "travelling tourist bureau" arrived est embezzler has been sent to a I'iis. use of government Out of the total, 20 men live ; House. labor camp. His careless, victims rally dozens of pos- at the apex of its, province-wide tour last night by have been punished, too. , The notorious sharpie, one Timofeev,; would work his way into a responsible position with a construction organization or other -work group and make off with the cash box. Then he would show faked papers to get an Six Dead in Two Plane Crashes Over Week-end 'train. , 1 f rovpmcnts. I' thing ii significantly fc.vwas that big airports 4 imp at Newark. N.J., t cloned down because if Siimdents like the series irk Newark's neighbor la both 4:t Truman appointed viator James Doolittle ' head a three-man the British Columbia Tourist 1 but Exchange. h.C. Packers Ltd Bureau, headed by M. J. (Micky) and a tour of 'Columbia Ccllu- other Job and steal another cash McCormick, left Vancouver a I lose Co. Ltd. pulp mill at Wat-! son Island this afternoon. From Canadian Press Dispatches Relief Great After Four Hour Ordeal Ford Plant Office Help Stops Work WINDSOR ff The Ford Motor Company of Canada today faces' Its third major work stoppage within six weeks. Ford office box. His exploits during several years netted him 150.00 rubles (at the official rate, $37,500) and set off a country-wide manhunt. Two plane crashes over the week-end at ends of the country killed six persons, three in I each accident. i Pravda printed his picture and also pictures of executives who ' the most striking of v commission recom-was that airports be 4 ith single or parallel I :nstead of the crlss- Kilimal Company In Lions Bay, west o! Vancouver, a light plane 1 flylns; "awfully close to the water ' crashed and sank late Saturday, week ago on a "familiarization tour" which has led them through the main centres of the province. The women are office personnel of the Tourist Bureau. Today, the party is seeing the sights under guidance of Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce. Three cars have been made available to the visitors. Drivers are Harry Black, Frank Skinner and Hugo Kraupner, all C or C members. Itinerary of the sight-seeing At dinner tonight at the Civic Centre, the party will be guests of officers and members of Chamber of Commerce executive council. Later, It will visit the scenic home of Mr. Kraupner at Prudhomme Lake. In charge of transportation for the group Is Peter Spring, a former newspaperman; chap-erone Is Mrs. Margaret Jones. Miss Nora Thick Is senior member, and Miss Odette Stone, secretary of Mr. McCormlck. S'n-.ep.! now used. T. Norton Youngs announced "e Pilot Md h hU representative of i OTTAWA (CP) Fourteen persons trapped in the Peace Tower elevator about 100 feet above the street level Sunday night shouted with relief at their rescue from overcrowded cage. Their next move was to, run down the winding stone "staircase of the parliament building today he is workers went on strike late yesterday. Back demands are pending snce last August 1- Local 240 United Auto Workers, which represents 900 members in bargaining unit, established picket lines around the company offices. had been robbed because they were careless in checking Timo-feev's records. The publicity was Timofeev's undoing. He was captured and sentenced to 25 years on a work gang. The "careless' 'executives were handed severe "party and administrative disciplining." hoemaker Kitimat Constructors In Prince Rupert. The city realtor will receive all applications for employment for the Aluminum Co. of Canada project at Kitimat. jses, Dies ? ar-nli shoe repairer and dierl short I v hi. to the bathroom. Eight men, four women and a seven year old boy were seeing the sights from the 330 foot high tower. Their elevator hung sus- j pended from 3:40 p.m., EDT, to x One body was recovered am! the others are being sought bj a diver flown from Esquimau naval base, near Victoria. . . , ' Three men were killed Sunday when a Maritime Centra Airways amphibious plane part ly submerged while attemptinj a landing in a Labrador harbo; with Its wheels down. ' On charter flight carrying general cargo for a St. John, New Brunswick, construction firm the Canso nosed over in Cartwright Harbor shortly artel hitting the surface. All three killed were crew members. South African Government Takes Voting Right From 50,000 Persons r at Seventh Ave-MrBrlde Strett. f Paul Miskolc!, who! y shoe repair shop on ! J'.enup West for several I i ::,p drove the deceased !" 7:35 p.m. before rescue. The elevator was built to hold nine persons including the operator, Charles Michaud. Light Shower Doesn't Halt Early Swimmers First Rain Since Mother's Day Rain fell over Prince Rupert late Sunday for the first time since Mother's Day, May 11 But it didn't Interfere with an i whore he was pro-M''ad. Ambulance driv-1 while a crowd of 'i Rathered around the "some time" before notify. rirpssrrt anxiety about ,u,"n 'n future, and n.lers should call "'H amhulanre imme-."ix'n uitnrssinK acr!-1 ''"lent si.ness. feechoslovakla. Mr M been in Canada 29 100 Attend Ceremonial A crowd of more than 100 attended impressive services com-' memorating the "Battle of the Atlantic" at HMCS Chatham here Sunday. U.K. Looks To Sweden for Lumber afternoon ball game nor deter those at the opening of the swimming season at the popular Salt Lake playground. Sunlit skies were general throughout the day and it wasn't until supper time that rain came. Precipitation was so light .09 inches that only a handful of umbrellas were brought Into play. The summertime ferry service VANCOUVER Lumber op- The service conducted by erators Saturday received word I " i ne city for nine r ue remained in his wmtry. Chaplain Basil S. Prockter, was from Britain that the price of one of many held at naval estab-; Scandinavian lumber has drop-lishments across Canada. ped sharply. The decrease from Mayor Harold Whalen and $35 to $40 a thousand under last Mrs. Whalen accompanied ex- j year's contract with Britain ecutive officer Walter Smith to threatens B.C. lumber sales in J"" relative., here, but a business nnrt.- CAPETOWN (CP) Amid opposition charges of Hitler tactics, Prime Minister Daniel Malan's Nationalist government Jammed Its court-veto bill through parliament's lower house by a vote of 82 to 57. The controversial measure, which would give parliament a final say on court rulings on constitutional questions, goes to the senate next week. The government has a slight majority there. The vote on third and final leading came after the Nationalists shut off debate by the opposition by invoking closure. Only 10 opposition speakers had been heard when discussions was cut off. Just before the gag action, an opposition member likened the Nationalists to Hitler who, he said, had avoided adverse court decision by special legislation and had gone on to "pulverizing the Reichstag opposition by use of the gag, the guillotine and all-night sittings. The Immediate object of the bill is to reinstitute government-sponsored legislation taking the right of participation in general election-voting from 50,000 col-oreds (persons of mixed blood) in Cape province. The appeals court had ruled the act was "aClzik. resides In the Heral arrangements will the' service ONE UNIDENTIFIED The Vancouver outboard plane sank in water 150 feet deep. The bay is about 20 miles west ol the B.C. city and a popular resort area. ' RCMP Identified the pilot as George Williams of North Vancouver, director of paving contractors Williams and Carroth-ers. One of his passengers wa. Anthony Gagnon, a mechanti from Vancouver. Third victim remained un identified. Police said the pilot may hav. misjudged the plane's altitud-over the glassy, deceptive suv face of the water. The plane was returning fror Powell River after delivertn . spare machinery parts to a wor ; crew there. It was bound fc. Langley. B.C. SAW IT CRASH Mrs. Margaret Dennis, resoi operator at the bay, who kne -Williams, said she was watchlr. 1 ' the plane fly clost to the wal the United Kingdom, lumbermen said. The chaplain spoke briefly of the servicemen who took Dart It's a pretty grim picture," a in the battle to transport troops I spokesman said. "We may sell and supplies safely to battle- some lumber or certain kinds to fronts during the Second World the United Kingdom but we can War. not. meet that price." to Salt Lake, operated by Cow Bay Boat Works, got away to a good start by transporting 80 persons to the lake. Children in the group romped in the water, adults followed in short order. Prospects for continued fine weather are good, according to the weather office, although a few showers may occur. A cloud spread over all B.C. this morning as a low pressure I Killer M Trial . Berkshire, England Straffen, 22, twice I"' Wi,s committed for L a r"arge of strang-. 'w-old Linda Bowyer I r7ke ou- of a prison SOUTH AFRICAN PREMIER Prime Minister Daniel F. Malan, 77, a former parson of the Dutch Reformed Church, is leader of the Nationalist Party which hopes to make South Africa an independent republic. The party also is engaged In a serious constitutional issue over the vote of the 55.000 "coloreds" (persons of mixed blood). Dr. Malan introduced Into the South African Parliament a High Court of Parliament Bill. (CP PHOTO) OPPOSES MALAN Hon. Jacob Gideon Nel Strauss, 51, Q.C., head of the United Party, Is leader of the Opposition ln the South African Parliament. Private secretary to Prime Minister Smuts ln 1923-24. he succeeded the late Field Marshal Smuts as leader of the United Party In November, 1950. His party opposes the High Court of Parliament Bill Introduced by Prime Minister .Malan because it would have parliament replace the supreme court as final authority on constitutional matters. (CP PHOTO) , -"""uti insane Inst, court set trial for unconstitutional because It was use the parliamentary veto to ! i'EATHER PRIVATE ENTERPRISE CAN'T ASSURE HAPPY LOVE LIFE LONDON (AP) A French doctor suggested today that the British should quit griping about food rationing and concentrate on love. Dr. Gabriel Mouchot, writing In the Britiish publication Medical World, said with a twinkle that "one of these days It will be realized that being happily married is more important than having an ounce of rationed candy." For the many unhappy Britons who can't have a mat "a deplorable state of affairs" the doctor prescribed that "a Ministry of Matrimony should be set up Immediately. Everybody should be given a marriage coupon." "One cannot rely nn private enterprise to find ennirmina! Miss," he added. : ers surtace ana it "crashed 1: front of my eyes." "It was flying awfully close 1-the water," she said, "and ai -parently couldn't get back up,' two-thirds ban English as a national lan- j passed without the Flrcrast area developed off the west coast of Vancouver Island. Rain fell on the more exposed portions of the coast. Not much precipitation is expected over this region today, said the official forecast, but showery weather will continue tomorrow as the low pressure area moves eastward. Coastal temperatures are expected to remain ln the low sixties but temperatures in the interior probably will show a marked drop from the highs registered during the past few days. "id Tuesday. A majority required for changes in guage in South Africa, leaving the constitution. only Afrikaans. When the government ended' South Africans opposing Ma-t.he debate, there were shouts of lan. srjearheaded bv the 175.000 TIDES frs both T I I 1 days. Sr Wrnilprat.,-. . Sulphur Ship The freighter Lake Vennat! arrived at Watson Island Sunday to unload half her 10,000-tor cargo of sulphur at CrlnmbU eai. c' winas H t0 sut.heast 20 water during the f '"d 58. Tuesday, May 20, 1952 -there goes another freedom." members of the militant Torch j (Pacific Standard Time) j The legislation is part of Pre- Commando, have threatened to j High 11:03 18.0 feet mK'r Malan's white-supremacy fight the government with every j 23'06 20.6 feet program. But opposition mem- means Including violence If the LOW 4';5o 4.2 feet bers, many of them of British! court bill Is pushed through par- i 18-'52 6.5 feet ' descent, fear that Malun will also I lament. I I Celluln.se CnmDny