rA, ORMES Tmi mm mm 113 DRUGS :to?.ia, B. C. DAILY DELIVERY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER CABS Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone 81 nisi'AT( hi:i VOL. XLI, NO. 43 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1952 ' PRICE FIVE CENTS i IU1 j or EECH s To Use New Vote System so re ITU VICTORIA ff The new al Announces Election at Earliest Possible Date Mge Bandits Are Sentenced I Vioi Ternj a7( ZajAei jpUVKR C Magistrate Mackenzie Mathcson Tuesday iwo out-of-town teon-agcrs to prison terms and f rokc.i of the lash. I Leonard Sallls, trged 19, said to have come from p,.rt, was sentenced to 2'2 years for five offences and i.k 19. of Surrey was given two years. U.S. Woman Ski Winner OSLO ff- Velkko Hakullncn, 26-year-old Finnish wood-cutter, today won the 5U Kilometer Oiyiu-p cs cross-country ski race in 3 hours, 33 minutes, 33 seconds. He beat his fellow countryman, tVrc Kolehmainen by four min ternative ballot system . of voting will be proclaimed in time for the coming election, it was learned Tuesday.-The system allows voters to select their candidates in order of preference. Big Surplus Good Thing Has Been Important Anti-Inflation Factor, ' Minister of Finance Asserts ntcnccs wee the climax of a six-weeks hold-up a broken gun. I Agrees Government Has So Mandate Not j Submitting to Pressure Liquor Plebiscite j ; VICTORIA (Canadian Press) Premier Johnson i said today he will ask for dissolution of the Legisla-1 ture as soon as the budget is passed at the current session and will call a general election as soon as ! possible. He suggested that the new Legislature will I meet in the fall. He also said he would lead the Lib- utes, 38 seconds. Ship Different, Says OTTAWA (CP) Finance nmiolas Ahhort n.s.sened panese SkipperCats and eral party in the coming election. The voting will Tuesday night that his top-heavy u ,ui l .,i T,,v, land wide-criticii.ed budgetary I!, was Finland's first gold medal win in tho current games. Mis. Andrea Mead Lawrence, lB-ycar-old skiing wizard from Rutland, Vt , won ;.ie women's s'alom ski race. She clocked 1:03.4. Liquorlig Business "The election will be held at Dog Agreeable Shipmates hip that sails the high seas is as different captains who giiide their routes. That is ! the earliest possible date," tlv; upon which workmen's compensation Is based from $2500 to surplus has been "an important element in bringing inflation under control." . Rather than "a bad thing" the surplus had been "an excellent thing not just lor the government but for each and every one of you," the minister of finance ment thai Twill bT mid will be f?"! mPensa tion to week. pay $15 a Juichiro Yamamoto started as he talked )ut his ship, Atago Maru, which leaves here HOSPITAL INSURANCE ; that forced upon us by necessary mechanics of preparing voters' lists and other details connected with a general election. The Dealing with hospital Insur- ance, the Premier said he is the sald in an address to the nation. i full load of wheat. - - - esc freighter to VICTORIA (CP) Brntlsh Columbia's liquor Control Board sold $300,575,714 worth of liquor (o Brltl t!i Columbians In the fiscal year 1950-51, a report to the Legislature showed Tuesday. s season, the Atago nrla u,.ans, gl-Cn peas, flour first becau.se she is (l)U.,n al)(I CVen whole small fish r. using 15 men as ,irc frlei, ln oll ulUll crisp Sca. (jeep her sailing. She weerl as0 lg ui,cd all(i a platter chief electoral officer has been f jrst to admit the scheme Is not sul plus wnin totalled Instructed to make the neces- without faults. $721,000,000 at' December 31 sary preliminary arrangements. "it still gives me great satis- a(?amst iast year s budget fore- Mr. Johnson's statement was faction to know that 680,000 ac- cast tnat lt wouid total only contained ln a policy address in counts have been paid by hos- j30 000 00q for tne vvlioie of 1951- i which he opened debate on the pital insurance since its lncep- j 52 had enabled the government Speech from the Throne this tion (in 19491 60.000 persons to meet cash dLsburse'menis afternoon. on whose behalf hospital lnsur-; wuhout "invading the already I The Premier said he had ance has paid out $51,500,000." tieht capital market" with new I hoped that the government . in view of the importance of bond issues. j would have been able to deal this measure, the government . f Newcastle, England. lun of su,.n an assortment looks not not mi.. di, wi..u ... a v, ' ne ooara maae a prom, oi io,- till burners are a on these sales. ...... " -- 773.138 jean as dlesel ships. jts color xpeciru, saja uyv. There is nQ swcct Uste now. I , . , , . , ever, but a pleasant salty taste in, who has freight-; f, . . , hi i with reports of three inquiry ; proposes to leave any modiftca- 1 boards Into the province s health tions to the new Parliament in . ; insurance scheme, the Labor Act , the fall when it Is hoped the ; Leafs Back in Second Place Tic With Hangers in Rough Game at CJardcns , and the Workmen's Compensa-; government will have a com- tion Act. manding majority In the House Ford Plant Works Again Jvcral times around; T,)e pmxr asQ cxulalned the . 1) his 35 yeais as a , ..Kokesnl.. ron, a Japanese nov-, f life congenlid any-cly twij dol, sct orlglnaUng 200 l I I years ago from a "comical story." I !"'," ln "mn c0", Kokeshi means, "an imposing, kid. "I like the Mc , ., Xnct,0iisare three in-1 because I can see j chp, h, h made Qf W00(J and iople .ve. And some-, nl h, Poloredi contained in a like to know Spepplc jmol bQX wjU) g ,ass wlndow ln Jauan' nd 1 f When the AU'(o Maru leaves t ( ' i v (, (?""' 1 1 -Premier Johnson to lead general election ANNOUNCES ! ernment 01 mis province, as now suojectea 10 Dargaimng mem-! constituted, has no mandate ods." ' from he people to carry on 1 Mr. Johnson said that the , since the main partnership was House will be asked to ratify a WINDSOR, Ont. Pr Opera-broken," he said, "I feel that new five-year Dominion-provin-, tions were back at normal today this government has no right to cial taxation agreement. at the Ford Motor Co.'s Windsor Progressive-Conservatives .s have taken him ' here this altcrnoon she will head ! for Union Bay on Vancouver Is- lnr.fl In lolrr. 1 1HA t nn a nf nnal TORONTO (f The New York ! Rangers came to Toronto Tuesday night and played the Maple Leafs to a 3-3 National Hockey League tie, with goal in the last three minutes of play. ( A split in points lifted the Leafs rk harbor 14 times. Stl.e Panama Canal -fhvn she faces a run of 20 to 30 f3k llohPlfl O C ODDOSltlOn iweltare of the people by submit- will receive $41,500,000 a year day of a two-day strike. Two wpiIVIM M' wiwji"!! jting ltself thoae wno would Ior the next flve years ln ex hundred workers were back on 1 t ... !take advantage of the situation change for "rental" of Us in- their jobs by midnight last night VJCIUKIA 'Tr"rrIT tr Canauian V I p res6) in a rare OV.curli'through preuure groups and the..f:ome, torpoxation. and iciheti- and? the . rest returnednpimally. Pence for OIMninir dav division bells rang when the usual bargaining in order to tance tax fields to the Domin- to their places today. u..uugu tup ouc, du tQ Ja Maximum speed around both the c Yama. ,d. Jlope . und, Cape ... ... ! into second puce, one point I ahead of the Montreal Cunudicns j und boosted the Rangers into I lourth spot by the same margin. I The Rangers led 2-1 at the end ,.f. 1 1... TT 1.1 lir:..l. A 1U """"" - B""- ' UIUICU nUWJillUUME rvUIKClS Ol 1 . I A crew of 59 and 14 officers E , rl" 111 are required to operate the ves-fc;ud he Atago arc)sc, An olI burner ,)f lhe same ft. giving a distinct , ., ..,. ., , mPr, K L CI' leaner, naruiu vrim.n, yeatciua-, suuii i"1-, power or in hope of driving the He said there Is an "escape America 1CIO-CCL1 announced session of the Legislature commenced, challenged a ' government to dissolution." . . , . r t 1 .1 , ,1 Mr. Johnson suggested that clause" in the deal by which the. that 87 percent of its members province con re-enter the tax had voted to end the strike, fields it has vacated if it does;. A nrw two-year contract ac-not wish to make a new agree-, ceutpf1 h ,ho onoo-member union ruling of tne Speaker, Mrs. wancy noages, mat tne; the party winning the general f atmosphere. There j M0!il of Ule crew gol a cnancc to ij k cat, from Lon-g0 ashore here where they pur-8(1 There is Muku, chasr.d mostl y articles of clothing ."e beauty, recently ! , themselves, wives and sweet-m Vaneouver. . And v,.., Progressive Conservatives be designated , the oliicial ; election snoum can a special ' . . session in the fall to deal par ment at the end of five years. local provides for pay boosts totalling 21c an hour by June 1, opposition 1953, and other benefits, includ ; T lii, a Japanese tcr-! ' ticularly with hospital insurance, the Labor Act and workmen's compensation. The Premier said that four ol the first period. The second frame saw eleven penalties. The Leafs struck for two goals In the final period but the Bangers tied it up with le.ss than three minutes left. Guye Stewart, who broke into National League with Toronto, gjt New York's two first period tallies and here Dickenson sank a tyiim goal Leafs' marksmen Today's Stocks Premier Johnson said that the liquor plebiscite will be held in British Columbia at the same time as the provincial election 'this summer. set along very well The Speaker was upheld 38 to 11 with the Independents W. A. C. Bennett (South Okanogan) and Mrs. Tilly Rolston (Vancouver-Point Grey) and Tom Uphill (Labor. Fernic) siding with J.td.) i recommendations of Chief Just ing senior security. George Burt, Canadian director of the union, issued a typewritten statement: "Ford work- Pr? a r hatinv that tho ctfib-n nt (Courlr-) l. Jiiliii-ttMi ' i;ood ship mates Sioux Due Home Soon The Premier added: "This has Hurt sea sick." com-lh' master, as he fa- ice Sloan contained ln his. report on the. Workmen's Compensation Act will be placed before VANCOUVER American Standard 25 the eight CCF members. 6: with a morsel of uee.i a wHiwi.wuua ouujcvy ; the Ford Motor Co. of Canada's one upon which the government ; wldsor plant has been ended." feels the people should be given were Max Bentley, Harry Watson i Mr. Winch's challenge arose the House for approval because they are "of urgent public need." lapanese delicacy VICTORIA HMC3 Sioux is j and Teeder Kennedy. i f rom the collapse January 18 of r Nlmonji Nobu-i returning home from h?r second b-"c y tne coalition government ui liu- They are: Increase ln widows' pensions from the maximum ol $50 to $75 an opportunity to express them- ; selves. ! "A simply worded question will be placed before them with a view to determining whether! nmry 6 because 01 the lung . erajs and Conservatives which M how the Okono-i tour of dutv In Korean walei. Whole rice ker-1 1 ,..,. , Mlirrh tleaJh; , I had ruled in British Columbia, Publisher of Soo Newspaper Passes Eralorne : 6.00 BR X 04 Cariboo Quartz 1.20 Congress ? 06 Cronin Babine - 47 Giant Mascot 100 Indian Mines 22'., Pioneer 2 15 Premier Border 33 Privateer 09'2 a month. All except two of the last ID' i down on rough play in the second ; Herbert Anscomb, then minis-; they want the Liquor Act broad-; month? Sioux has suent on dutv iiami His Dig sentence went 10 , ter 0i finance, co-chief in the1 e Dies in nH In Its srnn I hsavp nn nb- ' in Korei 1 ueieiieuuian vjus mmuuu w "", coalition ana leader 01 me no Increase of children's allowances from $12.50 to $20 a month, allowances for orphans from $20 to $30 a month and other dependents' allowances Xrom $50 to $75 a month. Increase in the percentage . . , ! Maple Leafs a match penalty CPO Ted Mills, son of Mr. and , lor what GraTRl termrd a dclib the mat-i SA,ULT STE. MARIE - Janu s servations to make on ter. Each and every citizen' w- pu'fran; 87; Publisher of the will Sault Ste. Marie Star and one of knows his own mind and , Canada s best known newspap- have the opportunity to express gressive Conservatives, resigned j at the demnnd of Premier Byron 1 Johnson, announcing that the Reeves MacDonald 5.70 Mis. C. C der Trial Mills, Prince Rupert, erate attempt to injure DWence- on the Sioux.) man By Buller of the Rangers. rate of recoverable wage loss his view. l.rti.'m,K.r'in.n,,r from 66 23 per cent to 70 perl The voters will probably be:r 1 nnnt ackori nhpthpr t.hev fnvnr thi B" I'bec -Mr. Justice iiveniie died ln his ii Court of yuecn's 4'y night a few mln- Increase in the wage ceiling sale of liquor by the glass. Reno 03" Sheep Creek 1 67 Silbak Premier . .60 Vananda 21 Salmon Gold 04 Spud Valley 10 Silver Standard 2.50 Western Uranium 3.15 Oils A P Con 50 Calmont 2.15 Central Leduc 2.81 Home Oil 16 00 ilapsing during the uf Rheal Leo Ben Plans for Aluminum City At Kitimat Given to Gov't British Columbia Mean Development Is Costing More Than ExpectedLooking Into Pulp Mill j -WEATHER-- ' Synopsis j Skies have been generally clear I over British Columbia during the 11 Progressive Conservatives would sit on the Opposition side of the House. ! Mr. Winch maintained that j the Speaker could not desig- j nate a political party and that at the last general election in 1 1919 no Liberals or Progres-sive Conservatives had been j elected but only Coalition 1 members. lie said that the 1 I'rojrcssive Conservatives were ! actually Independents "who ; slithered across the House as i Coalitionist springers." Mr.' Winch claimed that the Canuck Squadrons of Jet Fighters to Saar Valley , li;id been addressing I- about 25 minutes un the bench as he . of water to his lips. ! By DOUGLAS HOW Mercury 28 T" 'u to his chambers uigui aim luuay siiuuiu see a continuation of the pleasant weather of the past few days. Cloudiness and showers are in store for the north coast this 3.80 U1TAWA (XJrj tanacia s air iorce is aiming Okalta pi d a few minutes 1 VANCOUVER (Canadian Press) IMans for an Roval Canadian 21 , to start late this year to establish jet fighter squad- i;iu saw his 1 nrri.' Aluminum City to be built at Kitimat are now in T-i 1 j i 4VU nupinonn as a wphk nistiirnancR 11 would neeessltniR a tr:(,x,.i.. f .,,.-.ol K tho TVnni-rinnnt nt T.:inrl CCF was actually the official M.r.i.i .-vv.. j . onimsitlon.. the 37-year-old ai-uiui , irons in a European aeience area suauumig ; moves ln from the Gulf of Alaska j French-German border, in the vital industrial region 'but elsewhere skies should be I , c 11 sunny. Temperatures dropped ; OI trie baai vailty. (expected to be scattered ovcrsnarply overnight, reaching 20 . , Ker..'..... praiicUljni.,,.!,.,,. Mrs. Hodges ruled that tlu : awl lviuitici nai viiau s. 1 . . gcd with the , u lilt b "HI! 1 n nlv. tn ,,f ntimimtim a VPftr TORONTO Athona Aumaque z Beveourt Buffalo Canadian . Consol. Smelters .. Con west .09 .28 .80 .21 36.50 3.70 largest group of members in op- U li. -ti . 1VH HU IJ UllU'", V no matter of whtu Two hundred miles to the that general area, probably with ; below at some interior points and I 11 ' li. WIlntlH S4Iv.i rllnrl l A 1 iiikIiiii 111 f . ! manufactured from ore shipped j " ' r. ,f rnn, "500 ctTS& tJrillca ln lhe B'1Ush,i al Dartv. are the official north the 27th Canadian inran- 1 some squadrons based in uer- 1 near fieezing on the coast. To L. , J U l.UCSUHV lllilU 1 --'C K BP Mlll ifi ri.i,.Kn 1,,.- , 111 u I Mo emu W";. t,,,. h.,. Opposition. ' ' r "1 uv-un,, inot ; mni win ui; iiiiJi'j m vino 1 iVll. LfUUlDt' ouiu vi4v.il. m iirii. (knit nil.nrl of over-producing and that d wh"en'pro evc Co Sta "t onrsome housing, chiefly TZTJt Z. i SCTVllves. ber"ls t0 support the Speaker there were cververs loos. 1111s to uiea.. Khouts from the CCF benches: try brigade should be ln position j many. 1 n'ght's temperatures should be by that time in front of an evenj ether assignments of airfields; much the same. Little change is more vital industrial area, Oer-; are expected from NATO ln the j foreseen in the weather picture many's Ruhr Valley. weeks ahead and Ctroup Captain 1 in the next 24 hours. The key to the arrival of the j Keith Hodson. 38. a wartime, Foist first Jet squadron in Europe j fighter pilot, has been in Parish reta.i It now is in England is the j for several weeks taking charge North coast region Clear at availability of the first airfield, ot negotiations with the French i first, clouding over this after-one of four that will be needed negotiations which al r e ad y i noon. Variable cloudiness on for an 11-squadron air division ; have run into headaches over j Thu: sdav . Scattered showers this and which will cost Canada tens expropriation and other prob-, afternoon and evening. Little Hits in Channel for construction men. will also be made this summer. Plans for the Incorporation of Kitimat, he said, probably would output w'ouk increase if the ..u.s stm ft coaliUon,.. and. sell its product company could ..whcre.s the 0,li(.lal opposition in lhe United Stales. 'now?" The Aluminum Co. of Can- " be worked out by tills autumn. aila and the Powell lliver C. nf millions of do lars to put in , lems c'"ll5t m,clu"!- Once the title io any field is ; Bt except southeast 2d this and rlenithe first one is believed altcrnoon. Lows tonight Donalda -45 Eldona 20 East Sullivan 8.45 Giant Ycllowknifc 1085 God's Lake 37 Hardroek -13 Harricana -12 '-4 Heva -11 1 a Juliet Quebec 48 Little Long Lac .' 68 Lynx 13 Madsen Red Lake 1 91 MeKcnzie Red Lake .... 41 McLeod Cockshutt 2.75 Monela '1 Negus -60 Noranda ' 79.75 Louvicourt ' 28 Pickle Crow .., 1.59 San Antonio 2.50 Senator Rouyn 19 ShcrrifGordon 05 Steep Rock 7.10 Sliver Miller 1.52 Upper Canada 1.71 Golden Manitou 6.45 are invcsugaiing me possibility of a pulp and paper plant at Allan's British Columbia development. Mr. Dubose told the press conference (In Vancouver) that the Powell River Co. owns timber tracts at the site of the develop flickers Ltd. seine I About mid-1954 the Kitimat I the Yankee Boy ; smelter is expected to be, in t night in Ogden ilrn,,lcm' Mr- Dubose said. 4 expected, to be re-! Inlt'al phases of the giant K'li tide today with- i multi-million dollar British Co-tious dmnagc com- i 'unibia development will cost said tills morning 1 more tnan Uw 1 08,000.000 at first f struck a shoal lost' estimated, the Alcan chlef'said at Sl'ha Point. Skipper' pirss conference. Already I who suffered some $50 000.000 had been spent on the Ben a skiff which ilelP'OJect. Much machinery, which Shooting Accident RCMP suld today tho 10-year-old Port Edward girl who landed in hospital Monday night highs tomorrow At Port Hardy. Sandspit and Prince Rupert, 23 and 38. shape. i The Eisenhower headquarters ! has already given the RCAF the green light to negotiate with i French authorities for one field ' In the Meti area of northeast i France, Just south of thearea ; which France. Germany and 1 nvpmhniirir come together and to be an existing airfield which wl'l need a lot of work done on U there will be months of construction and preparation before it is ready to handle the F86E Sabres which will make Vie Can- ft it at pJ to l ment and the two companies are TIDES ! adians as modern as any outfit ,imre the industrial furnaces of I eonfrontinir the Russian Air 1 Thursday. February 21. 1951 ' 0 investigating the possibility of Willi a ouiwt wound in nc-r iore-produeing paper there. He em-; arm was a victim of on accident, phai.lzpd that they are only in- Interview ln Prince Rupert Gcn-vestigatlng the possibilities. ;cral Hospital disclosed the girl The Aluminum Co. would pro- had been handling a .22 calibre vie'." power for the pulp mill, Mr. i rifle when It discharged acci-Dubosesald. j dentally, said police. U a line aruiuid his 1 11 as cxpccica wouia oe miu, i"n'd, was flown toj'1'"1 na1 lo Purchased. Ki t today by Queen I MOVING SLOWLV K , " ' The plant, which will operate I'alil0" flshlne: r nn small scale at the start, will - ' . ; in the Initial stage produce about ' the Saar hold forth. j Force in Europe. I High 9:34 19.3 feet ! The division, to be command- Albert Deschamps. well-known I 23:16 17.0 (ret ; ed by an air vice-marshal and I Montreal construction engineer. Low 3:22 " 10 4 feet to be fully in position in 1953. Is' (Continued on page i . 16:44 4.5 feet 1