PROVINCIAL LIBRARY A TT ORMES DRUGS ? "" DAILY DELIVERY S i;. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'8 NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone 31 j VOL. XLI. No. 136 PRINCE RUPERT. B.C., TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS Srr7 cAK TAR Iff o udent Party Nears Top Of nfjest Unclimbed Mountain ,,,(1oVA, Alaska it A four-man party was reported on ,..lV ti; have been within 3,000 feet of the top of uncon- 'iCiim Peak when a supply plane made contact with them ', w,M k ago. The 17.000-foot mountain, in Yukon Terri- ii the highest unclimbed peak In North America. Herb Haley. Cordova Airlines pilot, arrived here with the ,, 'that the four-man University of Alaska party was '(f.r(l at the 14.000-foot level. f! 7 n n D3 12)1 mm mum ? tirr4 "! " - g v k 2 " I ,' M-X ,? 1 u 31 Dead, Many Wounded After Two Hour Fracas Escape Plot Uncovered iarpeoiters' 4 r Father of . 4 21 Children In Hospital trike Set One of the best known fisher By The Canadian Press KOJE United States paratroopers today men at Miller Bay Cannery, Albert Stevens, Is in hospital here today recovering from severe Injuries to his hand. Walkout Planned Tomorrow Mr. Stevens, father of 21 By The Canadian Pram children, 17 of whom are still cracked the Communist prisoner war rebellion in a 2V2 hour battle that made shambles of the notorious compound 76 and uncovered a prisoner plot to seize the island. " 1' living, caught his fingers In the VANCOUVER Wednesday was set last night chain drive of the clutch on his strike date for carpenters working on three r construction projects in the greater Vancouver ' Thirty-one prisoners were kill ill II I stretch of about 40 miles upriver from ed and 139 wounded in the bloody fighting. Autopsies showed that 12 prisoners were killed In BE FLtmUED Nine Ontario commumues.tn a i v V, PC Move For Trade Meet Voted , Down by their fellow Reds with crude ug Prices spears. Cornwall, will be swallowed up either wholly or partly by the St. Lawrence River In a project that will create 2,200,000 horsepower of electricity and float the world's ships Into the Great Lakes. Biegest is Morrisburg with 1,575 people. Smaller communities that will be flooded out include Mllle Roche, Moullnette, Wales, Dickinson's Landing, Fartan Point, Aultsville, East Williamshurg and Iroquois. Here Is an aerial view of Iroquois whose 1,000-odd residents are expected to relocate two miles east of the present site. (CPPHOTOi One American was killed and boat on Snday night. His sons rushed him to the nursing station at Kincolith and from there he was flown to Prince Rupert General Hospital by Pilot Bob Beasley of Queen Charlotte Airlines. F. E. Anfield, Indian agent here, was the first to hear of the accident and he accompanied the pilot to Kincolith. Mr. Anfield said the well known ficherman ls resting comfortably in hospital here now. Four fingers had to be amputated. Miller Bay is about 70 miles east of here on the Naas River. tacked In 14 were wounded. The slain American had been speared to death, not killed by concussion of grenade as was first reported. ons Only one American was ser iously wounded. Seven returned area. Carpenters said their planned walkout will cripple work on the new Granville Street bridge here, the Continental Can. Company project in Burnaby municipality, and St. Vincent' Hospital. They are demanding a 50-cent an hour increase In pay to bring the rate to $2.50. Five hundred carpenters already are on strike o" Vancouver Island. Meanwhile, a wooaworkcrs union claim that three companies signed a 1952 contract based on union demands was made last night following its application for a strike vote among 32,000 coastal British Columbia workers. One of the companies said to to duty and others will go back Hospital Begins Spending Modernization Fund But Cost Likely Less Than Estimates Slv, icP) -Justice Minls-.n indicated In Com-M n-iay the government p?.:rd to investigate the uidu.it ry under Federal OTTAWA ft-Common3 Monday night voted 67 to 35 against a Progressive Conservative motion urging the Canadian government to call a Commonwealth trade conference. The motion, technically one pf non-confidence in the government, was supported by Progressive Conservative, CCF and Social Credit parties. It was opposed by Liberals. ;n a few days. The fight broke out when prisoners disobeyed orders to move peaceably into new smaller enclosures for about 500 men each. Prince Rupert General Hos j-s laws, if allegations of pital will begin spending a large slice of its modernization fund BULLETINS i.jiiy hiKh prices can be :m liy facts. u- K iiiyniK to Clarle Oil-CF-Capc Breton South). Food Supplies Running Low In Alaskan Town money In the near future, but expenditures will be some $40, U.S. Army Intelligence officers found a master plan in 76 to liberate all 80,000 Communist ... said he would produce 000 less than had been anticipated. , D. C. Stevenson, hospital ad EXPLOSION IN MILAN have signed the work agreement prisoners held on Itoje. It called for the Reds to seize the Island and its UN garrison and turn its SITKA. Alaska City officials Maritime member asked ministrator, said today a "great was described as a "big outfit Fisherman's . Body Found Body of an elderly salmon fish- MILAN, Italy (CP) At least eight persons saving ' would De accomplished nere, aiarmea over me critically i i., any machinery under weapons against any force from installing the new heating unit, short food supply caused by the by a spokesman for International Woodworker of America (CIO-CCL). ale price maintenance the mainland. Further details Plans have been re-drawn by west coast shipping tie-up, ap-encinecrs and specification will'pealed Monday to Governor were withheld. j'.ii thmusu wnieh the were killed and six injured today in an explosion which flattened a' three-storey residential building in Milan K OdLskirts: It is feared other dead are buried He said also that negotiations Not a., shot was fired ir. .iaTati. was -lonrtfl uw-e- Monflsy i br ..jdmibted ,by ths end f Jure Oruening lor rciiet ..; u, the public to detar- j tor extracts were pend barbed wire-encircled battle They said the entire economy for tender, In the waters off Victory Cove, about 35 miles north of here. RCMP patrol boat, ML 15, is Ing with two other companies; . . t , . ,. . . i,.i. : n, i,., , the base and several others "have mdi- in the debris. It is believed a gas plant in field as 750 Americans of the "Angels from Hell" combat team ' retail prices are In keep-:h production and distri- . nt 'lists. investigating. The man, John Hopman, a cated they wish toslgn on union Ujew Un terms so they can work If the 1 ' lumber Industry workers go on mitfCC DIDTUD A Y Trtn A Y DUKE S BIRTHDAY TODAY strike" Strike deadline ls seti fThe lion demands indude a! LONDON - Duke of Edinburgh observed his former resident of Prince Rupert, fished for B.C. Packers and is by Official of this southeastern Alaska fishing town is threatened by the strike of the Sailors Union Pacific '.AFLj . In asking aid, authorities said Sitka's egg, potato and dairy feed supply is exhausted and only enough meat for four days remains on hand. Other food stocks were listed as: flour, one week; sugar, one week; canned milk, two weeks; believed to have been living Original plans had called for an additional boiler house to accommodate the new unit. Now, the walls of the present boiler room will be extended. Smallsr capacity boilers also have been designed. First job, however, will be re-modellingof waste attic space. Bids have been received and contract will be let soon. Following are bids: Greer & Bridden, $5,586; Mitchell & Currie Ltd., $5,913; and Northwest Construc aboard his boat. 35-cent hourly pay increase. birthday today with a minimum of fuss. Werred To paid health and welfare plan, Mags were hoisted on public buildings and the artillery fired salutes in Hyde Park and the Tower increased vacations and other concessions, used concussion grenades, bayonets, tear gas and fists to subdue the rebellious 6,400 North Koreans. Reds were armed with spears, knives, rocks and firebombs. Brig .-General Boatnerr Koje commander, had given the Reds a chance to move to new quarters peacefully but - the die-hard Communist leaders chose to fight. , Paratroopers stormed through barbed wire fences from several directions twenty minutes after the fighting started. Red Colonel Lee was captured. The rugged paratroopers grab ncouvcr Post -WEATHER- Synopsis A trough of low pressure in the of London. They were the first royal salutes the canned fruits and vegetables, interior of B.C. has brought rain Tributes For Duke has ever received. He did not rate much honor until his wife became Queen. to southern parts of the province through the night and scattered showers to other sec ia'ii (,'iiii kshank, general i.,;.,r icp department. National Railways In., been transferred to inimiver office as district W wilt. ll lie replaced by K. L. tions. Olof Hanson OTTAWA (CP) Two members tion., $4904.50. j Total modernization expenditure is estimated at $S5,00C, said Mr. Stevenson. This compares with the original estimate of $164,000. Prince Rupert citizens, businesses and neighboring industries contributed $62,000 in last fall's modernization fund drive. ATOM BOMB LEAVES BRITAIN PORTSMOUTH (CP) The aircraft carrier two weeks. With this Baranof Island community dependent on the sea-lanes for supplies ,the strike has placed small merchants "under terrific financial strain," the appeal to Guening said. New Buoy Moored Near ""'ii. city ticket agent at Campania, carrying Britain's first atom bomb, sailed bed him by the seat of his pants and walked him "frog-legged" on hands and knees out of the The weather will continue cloudy in most districts today but there will be some sunshine in the afternoon. The slow improvement will continue tomorrow but there will be showers at many interior points in the afternoon, i today for Gibraltar enroute to Australia. The bomb ii'iii kshank, long time compound. Tears streamed down w ( the CNR, came to This fell short by $13,000 .of the piiginal objective. his face. He was clamped in Kupert, f)IKt in 1922 and v,n years was transferred solitary confinement "But with the reduced cost of the heating unit, we will be in Commons Monday paid tribute to Olof Hanson, former Liberal member for Skeena who died last week. Rev. Dan Mclvor (L Fort William said Mr. Hanson was a credit to his country. While serving In parliament from 1930 to 1945. he showed he was a "Christian gentleman in practice." E. T. Applewhalte (L Skeena) said that If he can be held In the same esteem as was Mr. in 1929. A year later will be assembled and set off late summer at a testing ground in the barren Montebello Islands. ROGERS HORNSBY FIRED ST. LOUIS Rogers Hornsby was fired today well away," said Mr. Stevenson. ;irrt as city ticket agent Kemano Bay Department of Transport advises mariners that a black spar buoy has been moored on the Balance of the fund will be m was transferred In TIDES Wednesday, June 11, 1952 (Pacific Standard Time) Forecasts Mostly cloudy today and tomorrow but with frequent sunny periods. A few rain showers. Little change in temperature. Winds northwest 15. Low tonight used for hospital beds, furnish ings, and some equipment. "Ki'Riiin, returning in 1942 'ial imsMMiper represen- "iniiK the war years. 21.6 feet The attic modernization is to edge of the shoal extending High 3:05 south from the unnamed point 16:16 on the west side of the entrance Low 9:($ ;w appointed general "Hi Iui isclictlon over the 19.0 feet and high tomorrow, at Port 1.2 feet Hardy, 46 and 55; Sandsplt and 7.1 feet Prince Rupert, 44 and 55. Hanson "I will feel I have done 21:57 as manager of the St. Louis Browns by owner Bill Veeck and Marty Marion was named immediately to replace him. Veeck said he dismissed Hornsby for the "good of the club." - northrrii line, In 1948. my Job well." provide a sewing room for the linen department, staff rest-rooms and storage and office space for the housekeeping department. These are at present occoupying 3pace of 18 hospital beds. Funeral of Mr. Hanson was held yesterday from Centre & "iiick.shunk will leave as ls Hie nrw man arrives, Hanna. in Vancouver at 3 p.m. " n"xt week. to Kemano Bay. The navigational aid is to be known as Keman Spit Spar Buoy. Approximate location is latitude 53 degrees, 30 minutes, 32 seconds, north; longitude 128 degrees, eight minutes, two seconds west. BCHIS Greatest Social Reform, Says Premier jjfa Roundup Qmpaigning Ends -Choice Up To Voters Saskatchewan Votes Tomorrow REGINA With polling just place at the Civic Centre where B.C. and some from Alberta VANCOUVER (CP) Premier Byron Johnson said Monday night that none of the suggested alternatives to compulsory hospital Insurance "seem to They have been given a maze of a day oit. 145 canctiaates and 24 polling stations win De their workers today put finishing facts and figures; theyve been told the hospital Insurance "A voluntary system would only place the burden of hospital service, back on your local authority, increasing the burden of taxation on your homes." The Premier said he felt abolition of the present co-insurance charges "might Jeopardize the continuance" of the scheme, touches on their campaigns in the Saskatchewan general elec scheme can't work, also that it In the last provincial election here in 1949, Jack McRae, who ran as Coalition candidate, poll Commons Urges Ratification Of Fish Treaty Special to The Dally News OTTAWA The Pacific Fisheries Treaty today was unanimous adopted and ratification urged by the House of Commons marine and fisheries committee. . The treaty is the result of a triparty convention in Tokyo last December on fisheries of meet the problems that confront the people of the province." The Premier, in an address prepared for delivery over the regional network of CBC, de and the Progressive Conservatives and Social Credit each have nominated 47. There are several other independent candidates, Including eight in the city of Vancouver running under the banner of Christian Democrats. Besides making your choice of the candidate to carry on the riding's business at Victoria, two plebiscites are before the electors one on ed 2,971 votes, compared to 2,296 tion. Tomorrow some 500,000 electors will visit ballot boxes to choose between the eight-year CCF administration of Premier T. C. Douglas and the Liberals trying to make a comeback under Walter A. Tucker. al campaigning on the" JlKl from the public plat-to a close in Prince ; "rting last night. candidates seeking the la m the last legislature 1 MeRiie have completed .fM for support on elec-7, 'his Thursday with 'tresses, MiRue is seeking re-elec- Liberal candidate; Tom .,; 18 ,lle Progressive Con-p st andard -bearer; - Hills. CCF and Arthur Social Credit. ors throughout the pro-n:u'e 212 candidates the number on record to fended the insurance plan as! "the greatest social reform in the history of British Columbia." During the present campaign there have been advocated many alternatives," he said, "but none will work on a voluntary basis; that It costs too much and that whatever party gets into power on June 12, its operation will be altered. - The insurance scheme has been a major issue In the campaign which opened in Prince Rupert on May 9. Each party has put to the electors its platform. Each promises great changes. It's now up to the voters to decide which type of government will control the political economy adding: ' "But I am also mindful of the fact that the Liberal party at its convention recommended to the legislature the abolition of co-insurance and the electorate can be assured that recommendation will be Social Credit and Progressive for William Brett, CCF. This year, with the alternative voting, "the Liberals and Conservatives each going their separate way and the entry of Social Crediters, result of the election In some ridings and perhaps the entire province may be delayed. ' A winner must obtain 50 per cent of the votes in his district, plus one. In other words, his total must he greater than the combined total of his oppon liquor, the other on daylight saving time. Result of the election now rests with the voters. In Prince Rupert 6.088 citizens may exercise their franchise, while more than 9,000 in the entire district have the richt to cast balloU. seem to meet the problems that confront the people of this province. "Sure, you can have a volun the high seas of the north Pacific. The Commons committee is composed of all political parties in the House. E. T. Applewhaite (L-Skee-na) said the treaty was the "only possible means" of allaying fears of Japanese competition in the B.C. fishing Conservative parties are running some candidates but not enough so that either can form a government. Social Crediters are trying for 24 of 53 seats. Progressive Conservatives are concentrating on eight. The two dominant parties are running full slates. given serious consideration by the Legislature. ' However, whatever decUion Lj made will rest with the "UIU. 'he tary scheme but I want to say to you that voluntary schemes were tried in the past and were found wanting. or British Columbia after June 12. "inning for the 48 seats ents. Citizens In Prince Rupert have heard all the top politicians in There will be 27 polling divisions in the district. In Prince Rupert, voting takes ' "use, Liberals and CCFers nominated full slates There will be no more speeches. BUT T1