' NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER iy CABS Published ot Conoda's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" jpuPVrt'HW .. " . VOL. XLI, No. 00 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.. TUESDAY. MARCH 11, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS PROVINCIAL LIB3ART, 113 VICTORIA, B. C. ram a festival entries close MARCH 15th E MJS1 I1IT Subsidies Cut; Excess Profits Petrol Boosted Food New Tax; - TORONTO BANK ROBBERY FIGURES i VI! V. . , : i I , v J fy t: "' . ! LONDON (Canadian Press) Drastic cut in imports and new restrictions on gasoline and excess profits today gave Britons a new round of austerity. Should Try a m I ; uut tne Lnanceaor 01 me r,xcnequer loiu tne nuusc r or Ai3rl(Gts f cornmns there wii1 be n increases jn taxes n i tODacco ana nquor. Tory Financial Critic i chancellor Richard Butler. ! Strikes at Abbott Financin? j making his first budget speech, nity of ill I 1 a. . . - said food subsidies will be re-; OTTAWA ift 1 M Marrinn I t m ' f 1 : - u;, ;i ;duced to 250.000,000 a year, a I reduction of about 60,000,000. ' the official opposition, said Mon- sieve Suchan, ,o Lrsso. was cap-ipal but not until ., ambusiicd and Germany Essential rt In tho House of ' Commons i r ooa suosiaies are one iut:u that the Canadian government by which the British should make every effort to re-; ment has held down the cost ot y, "" L t it MATERIAL WITNESS Held by Toronto police as a material witness in connection with the pur,ding of two detectives by lo gunmen Is Mrs. Anna C'fcmero, 28-year-old blonde vfeose car Hater reported stblcni was identified as the one driven by the gunmen. It ws found abandoned three cover markets ln the United ; living. ; ; Kingdom. He is Progressive Con- ! Slashing food subsidies will ; MOSCOW (CP) The Soviet : scrvative member for Toronto- i mean increases in a wide range ; union today proposed an imme-; Greenwood. -of food pfices which may cost : diate Big Four conference to t)..s arc now I alive. Suchan and flieged gunman, kson. 29. were be- ice to have taken underworld hide-re sought on wr-i ! ping attempted . to Toronto poliee face four Detectives Edmund . Tong. unconscious and his is removed to hcsnital after a gunman pumpea WOUNDED OFFICER Sergeant of pressed into tlie stretcher covering, bullets into him at close rang-j. He Macdonnell declared the gov- ! an average of about one smiling j reunite divided Germany ana ernment Is not taking any lead ! sixpence a head per week, j prepare for a peace treaty bar-in the matter of recovering the Among foods which will increase : ring the Germans from alliances was shot through both lungs but continues to fight for i l'. Touts .ind miutlier oilicer were shot as they were about to arrest suspected Toronto bank $2,000 reward was heir capture. robbers. (CP PHOTO I blocks from the scene of the uju ivuiguu." uwuw, . m am.tu . j v. ....... -.v.-.v. fnr, milk and tea. . World War enemies. shooting (CP Photo I His statements brought from , :the Minister of Finance Abbott 1 .., v .n,u.f, rP I Western observers ln Moscow )a Ferry Seeking Today s stocks McRae Uraes P.G.E. erfront Right-of-Way ftmirtt) H. It. 4ttlMinii 4 m. Mil.) an interjection to the effect that j 1 predicted that Great Britain, i British Imports depend on the j Family allowance, given to ; United States and France would Internal policies of Britain and every family for each child un- turn down the proposal which ', not on the internal, policies of der 16 years of age but not in-; included a detailed outline of Canada.- (eluding the first child, will be ; principles which the Russians i Mr. Macdonnell also criticized jumped from five shillings to ; said should be the basis of a. , the government's taxation poll- eight shillings a week. j peace treaty. cies which produced huge sur- Mr. Butler also announced an j West Germany is one of the : plus in the first nine months of , increase in automobile licence ; sx governments negotiating for the current fiscal year. ' fees from 10 to 12 ten shil-! a European army linked to thi ; James Sinclair (L-Coast Cap- lings. i Atlantic Alliance against corn- Hanoi Parliamentary assistant. He announced an Increase in munism an alliance which Rus-to the' finance minister, said the the bank rate for loans in an sia has insisted is aggressively Peace Completion ;i 60-foot mad i-iglit-of-way is offered by t the Alaska Ferry and Terminal Co. ctss to waterfront property in the vicinity VANCOUVER American Standard .2.V 2 Bralorne 6.10 IS R X 03'2 Cariboo Quartz 1.30 Congress 06 Cronin Babino 40 Giant Mascot 97 Indian Mines .20 Would Make Prince Rupert Port for Koroano 200 Houses Needed Here n grain elevator dock. The proposed road through a small portion of city waterfront , government's budgets were "out- ellort to mane money oearer aim directed against her VICTORIA (CP) J. D. McRae (Govt.-Princ standing successes. It was wise ; nan innauon. An excess profits tax, retro- Sal for 2.15 . lCupeit) strongly urged compieuon 01 tne racuic to pay orr debts in years oi pros 55, ! Great Eastern Railway. into the Peace River area in Pcrityj Pioneer Premier Border Privateer Reno ,t.- t Sheep Creek .M4 an address in the Legislature Monday 'nigra, tie ex- 1-65 I ; i ...,',, frU.,f -f iVtn 1 1 ii fViiL. tf.jAr Cross property. The offer was approved last night by council as a counterproposal to the ferry company whioti requested lease of right-; of-way. City's proposal includes' that the company pay for con-; struetion of the road which would be open to the public as a city street. Alaska Ferry and Terminal Co. expects to run a barge service Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko handed the plan to Big Three diplomats in Mos-cow lat night.. , . ,.. ,-. , Final peace with Germany wa pictured in identical Soviet notes to the western Big Three as a key to "o n c e - a n d - a -for-all" easement of East-West tensions. "Signing of a peace treaty with Germany will be conducive to improving iue international state; of affairs "" as a whole, this being- ipi l'SMJU UpiUlUU llldk C.MCIIOIUII Oi WIC i" kino i jr j active to January, will skim 30 j percent ff everything over a 1 standard reckoned on the last j three years' earnings. It will ! have a ceiling- of 18 percent of total profits, The gasoline tax brings the j ! price of the imperial gallon to i 'four shilling threepence, an in Silbak Premier .56 Taku River 07 would result in grain, coal and beef finding its natural Round for Nye Bevan linsun ilcspriik Salmon Gold 03" Spud Valley 15 Silvor Standard 2.35 outlet through the port of Prince Rupert. I - - Mr. McRae complimented Pre- ir Campaign I mlcr Byron Johnson on the personal interest and assistance he crease of 7'2 pence. - "On the fifly-rsary of the found - inNnfiM tr.P) Ane-urin- . ,iiru' to establishing of gave in the 50-unit housing pro- 7ZLV HVrM,i an ntt.emnt. ' . nnnolu" ucm. , conducive I i l oss ?Kkl ln askan Panhandle ports this sum- via i wtrnuiiir: iiiia ject at Prince Rupert but said Attlee's moderates j communlca- cement at least 200 more units are : J censure him for bucking the ! "or , 's '5. the .J mnf'-" on said. highly rerommend 1'iwrt ot this wor- Western Uranium i. 3 95 Oils A P Con 51 Calmont 2 00 C & E 16.25 Cent ral Leduc 3 25 Mercury 30 , Okalta 4 00 Royal Canadian .24 "i lioyalile ' 10 50 needed. rearraa-i"aw,'5l,,'t.' .,i:r ",rn ' Russia put unity of Germany :ilhnr Labor Party's Partv'S views views on on rearma- inn." s.iiii i'lviuie tnree smiungs ahead of a peace treaty draft, ; nw- saying a treaty must be worked , The chancellor announced a ;QUt with tne participation of a i mrrrlinrr of inpntTlP t.flV rftLPS 1 4. . . ... ., '--v.'- The Prince Rupert member ment. The motion was defeated suggested that the Aluminum 172 to 62 at a party meeting in Company of Canada be asked to s which Attlee was at one time consider Prince Rupert as the booed. ; ihirh m emnt some two mil- "c""" shinoing port for all heavy. All Attlee salvaged was a... , . tm' 1 'l Monday. i'm-ss Is on" of the mitarian forces ln "ay; a (oice that nirs ol race, creed nut works for the I of health, the protease and the relief I throughout the i equipment In transit to Kitlmat; watered-down version of restor- i f I and Kemano. : ing standing orders of the party . anJ, ' t. . ,, , TORONTO Alhona 10 Publisher I' -. ft I "The time from eastern mar- , ieaaersnip. .. . neJ f fset tne new 1 kets and terminal freight rates under stanaing oraeis, itwa are the same irom Kupert or can ce csprora nuiu .i.jr City Sells Property A large list of city properly tales was approved at last night's council meting: i IMs 5. 6 and 7. Block 10, See- i tlon.2, for $945 to R. E. Mortimer: on behalf of Karl Mark! and Einar Johnson. j Lot 10, Block 22, Section 5 fur j $275 to A. Van Pykstra. I Lots 21 and 22, Block 23, Sec-' lion 8 for $215 to Holger Mijholm. ; Lot 33. Block 6, Section- 7, for i $100 to O. Rys-stad, Easterly half! of Lot 4 and all of Lot 5, Block i ' : J V, Vancouver," he stated. 4 i universal symbol excess profits. tax. The tax on earnings held ln reserve, now five percent, will be cut in half the rate on earnings paid as dividends. Aumuque 21 Beattie Duquesne 45 Bevcourt 94 Buffalo Canadian 23 Consul. Smelters 38.00 Conwest 3.75 Donalda 45 Eldona . ' 28 East Sullivan 8.50 Giant Ycllowknife 1125 '"no of peace and Under Fire I VICTORIA (CP) Two moves to ! censure the Victoria Daily Times j for an editorial carried lntttrie ! newspaper last Friday were vot-jed down ln the Legislature last night. Members debated for two !; but the resolution, as finally adopted, left loopholes for the ; Bevanltcs. I The party decision avoided ! censure of Bevan and his flfty-; six followers. Bevan had not re-! canted in any of his beliefs and headed off an Iron-clad crack-' down on his bloc. Willi No Carrier is of this province contribute $580,000 c in the $5,220,000 "live. seriptions are the ut finaiiclnir 42 -WEATHER- Svnonsis i Ll- .... . kLiJr.. . O v., on a resolution and Unsettled showery weather is ; hours OTTAWA ff Willi Bruntjcn amendment. in store for most of British Col will fly back to Vancouver to- Krviecs of this out- -ubation and therc- jst imperative that God's Lake Hardrock Hanicana Ileva Joiiet Quebec Little Long Lac Lynx Madsen Red Lake McKenzle Red Lake .13 .14 ',2 .12 .47 Vi .68 .14 1.98 .43 ! night with $50 in his pocket and 17, Section 5 for $750 to A. J. Botrakoff. Lots 37 and 38, Block 15, Section 8 for $45 to Martin Van- i i the happy feeling he is not cached I May Widen ! carrier of foot and mouth dis 1 fellow British Cni- ease virus. But he will leave be fiii 'ft'Mi ti uei derhide iiiue, Lot 27, Block , . 14. Section 7 for The resolution asked that Stuart Keate, publisher of the newspaper, be called before the bar of the House to apologize for and retract the editorial. The editorial said that some members of the Legislature were suggesting that hospital Insurance co-insurance charges , be j umbia over the next two days, j However, there will be some , clearing in the Interior today j and on the coast tomorrow. Fresh I westerly winds are expected to I accompany the clearing on the , coast. Temperatures will coji-j tinue close to normal for mid-i March. Fossen. ith.t , ... 1 "ave $225 to I. T. Fos c will attain Fifth Ave. City Council Considers Adding Four-Foot Strip To "Hospital Street" hind him a mystery as to the j j origin and source of the scourge ! i which has struck at South Sas- j katchewan livestock and meat. marketing industry. j After eleven days of laboratory ; tests'the big blonde 27-year-old j German immigrant was cleared Lots 19 and 20. Block 13, Section 7 for $235 to David Martin. Lots 1 and 4, Block 48, Section 7 for $150 to Joe Cazcs. Lot 11. Block 25, Section 8 for ARRIVES IN CANADA Nicholas Eden, 20-year-old son of British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, arrived in Canada today to become an aide-decamp to the Governor-General, Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey.. It Is expected that once his term in Ottawa is finished he will return to Britain and to Oxford, his father's alma mater, where he has cut short his first-year studies to take the Canadian appointment. This Is 0. United Kingdom Information Office photo. CP Photo) ' 1 Redistribution abolished "for only one reason McLeod Cockshutt 2.81 Moncla 36 Negus 57 Noranda 80 00 Louvlcourt 29 Pickle Crow 1.55 , San Antonio 2.50 Senator Rouyn 18 Sherrit Gordon .". 4.45 Steep Rock 7.20 Forecast North Coast Region Cloudy ; to win an election." ecutor's I The resolution was sponsorea . . ..... j i toriav with showers near noon.: ran 01 W3,iau un iuou uu- ( , -- . .... ... ,. , oi.v, ,tfhi ; Monday onaay 01 of any any suspicion suspicion that uiat he nc $75 to T. Norton Youngs on behalf of A. W. Henry. Lots 19 and 20, Block 5. Section 5 for $50 to Robert Player. i ., rnrram was shplved A few cioucis lonigni anu ycu-: uy oiuncj . d.iu.u ight be the Innocent carrier , P"" La'M,Tf ! nesday. Little change in temper-, Kamloopsi, chairman of , the m iof the virus. 5Jht J, tha 1 further consldera-i ature. Wind westerly twenty in j Legislature's hospital Insurance I Robert McCubbin, parliament-! hp e Lven whether or '' exposed parts this afternoon, ; inquiry board, who termed the ary assistant to Hon. J. G. Gar- j n m B'ven t i otherwise light. Lows tonight and editorial defamatory. perang j--James J. Proud-1 utor for Victoria,! f I Nanalmo yes- ! I'nfBc of driving a1 diner, Minister of Agriculture. 1 - "- 1 highs tomorrow at Port Haray, The resolution was lost on a Sandspit and Prince Forest Conference Draws Many Officials to City gave tire report to the House of ; - , . - . nflvin 35 and 45 : Commons. He said there was no .'"r. ,, East . in abey 0kpv; i Rupert 32 and 45. Bill Brought In of Fifth Avenue evidence of the virus being on Bruntzen's person or effetcs. voice vote. An amendment, calling for recorded disapproval without bringing the publisher be fore; 'the bar of the House, was defeated 17 to 23. - Impleaded guiltv! ' Forestry problems of this district are being dis- ottawa a redistribution " J 1 . . . .u;v, KmrKr biU, following the decennial ccn- cussed at a meeting of r forest rangeis wnitn ,o is i-ino SUSi was given first reading in held at Civic Centre here this week. Sessions opened parliament yesterday. ... . . . . . tit.,.. r..r,i,, niHi: British Columbia gets four ad- , - under a new! Business Man's ance pending decision for on against adding a four-foot strip ! to the 16-foot "hospital street."! Other city streets included ln the paving plan submitted by ! Aid. Michael Krueger, board of ' works, are: Third Avenue East from Mc- Criminal i ls arrested Rat. yesterday Wltll District, rorester mrtit ditlonal seats, Quebec and On ;' fush hour traffic FLASH ! INJUNCTION SOUGHT CLEVELAND The Army f oes I j court today in the hope of getting strike-stalled New York Central trains running again. Army and government officials now want an injunction to order the 6.000 railway workers to get back on the job. Department tario. two each sidinir and will continue until rriday 4 h himself . ana'mo. ..UVi flio' Saskatchewan loses live seau, j .. . , ! 4:;i.. t xrtfi.io iya Viovp tn 10m Vt IVlt UllV. Manitoba two and Nova Scotia, ii ir, ., ' " u r 1 n g ; uiiicitiis ii uui viti-u'cv c iv-.. j tiife, Sj entire personnel from the district for the meetings, ''linient u !!?.! IVvlntinir frnm normal Droce-! - ' Attacker Fined Outcome of an attack February 14 on a downtown street on J. H. Schriaberg, well known city merchant, two men appeared in city police court yesterday afternoon and were jointly charged with assault occasioning bodily harm. One man, Albert Garant, j pleaded guilty and was fined $200 and costs with option of Bridge to Cow Bay. First Street from Second Avenue to Third Avenue. Atlin Avenue from Morse Creek Bridge to junction of Atlin Avenue and Graham Avenue. Sixth Street from Third Avenue to Frascr Street. Eighth Street - from Second it timber 1 did not give i dure of merely discussing prob- of forestry work, be l)nu,. . B c thn 'ne . ... ... .. .... .v.' ii ,.r,oH loen one. B. C. Margarine Color Ban Off location, fire Forcher Island Fisherman Dies George McKenzie, elderly salmon t roller,' who has fished for many years In local waters and was a well known figure, died last night In a cabin at the Canadian Fishing Co.'s camp t Humpback Bay, Porcher Island, where he has been wintering. ( The fish packer Hillside, with ; a Royal Canadian Mounted Po-j lice officer aboard, was dis-' patched this morning to pick up , tlie body and bring it in. ""r i in c. 1 ems wnien rrnn un nurinvi um . ct uiqiuk, r .... 1.. n,Hnn convicted. FLYING PRIEST SAFE EDMONTON A Catholic Church aircraft, missing In I year, a brief course in photo- fighting or mnp making. Igrammetry Is being held as an W. Hall, chief air survey en-: especial feature. Photogram- glneer, Lands Service, Victoria, I 'hose lib Avenue to First Avenue. IDES- i i ii,.r.tin nf a rpenL'nizea aumuuij un Superintendent "--- of works also northern Alberta since Satur- VICTORIA The bill Droviding ' six momns imprisonment, tne . ... . , uk c.ih.. Willie l.ris. briefly discussed the aerial photos for map making, j subject, for tor sale sale 01 of colored coiorea margarine marguruie in in! other, Herbert .v-i.!, Hunter, uum.., pleaded has o e n""m . .qtlmates on v-. side-i ing 7"" King Prt? and ' !Mrh 12. 1952 1 it! timber inventory, etc nuinner in which the pnotos are taken followed by the basic British Columbia was glvn third not BuHty and the se was ad- two other missionaries on 11.11 lcei,! uisinet f orester m. w. uurm- "06 met...:.,,. , ,, 1,,, mathematics and geometry in- reading in the Legislature yester-, ou.ueu u.nu xnucwv ",- on M(.Brkle hard. was sighted today. All had to " " --k ciy ouenea me pruceeuuiBa j artwrd r safe . Street volved This worn was later ui-,ua.v uuu uuw uiuj -v-v (.Continued on page 8) i assent before becoming law. been completed. 20 : 0(j . stressing me importance ui .'v; 3-6 feet ) use of air photos ln all manner