I LIBRARY PROViaSIAL LIBP.AP.r,1 113 DBMES . VICTORIA, 3. C. DRUGS DAILY DELIVERY Phone 81 Ik M It Pacific Fish pact. v: It 4 H 1 -0 t.! NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 1 V CAB Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to rhe Greor Northwest" l)ISPATriH-D VOL. XLI, No. 67 . PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19. 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS Sato u WmsmmW : . j ke-up k.-.:r- ' - ; " ! Ottawa msb ! ! timed Permanent j !, Mj4??l ' Live t NATO j :'-L . iiTn'inied clerk of the f'' JXitXZSiL f ) ! !,I and secretary of . I 0ne nf tiie k-y jobs I ' , - &VV3ZDr: I,:,-,ofJ. W. Pickers- i ' ' . 55pTrW .jr. . ! Leg to the $15,000 a l'r- 'Hwr T i Ls announced today E , : S' TA'-t feSSHfit, ''. vte&mst' sfe , j Of Real Benefit to British Columbia Salmon, Halibut and Herring Protected From Japanese Encroachment OTTAWA (Canadian Press) A British Columbia fisheries expert Tuesday night described criticism of the recently-sicned. Pacific fisheries treaty as a campaign to cause Canadian-United States friction. Liberal Senator Thomas Reid, Hecney, 50. Undcr- 11 Stale ior ,xu.-mai 'A and chairman of the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission, told the Senate that a high pressure campaign is under way by "certain officials of the United Fishermen's and Allied Workers' Union of British Columbia." Some 12,000 postcards had been circulated to be forwarded to British Columbia Members of Parliament in an attempt to prevent parliamentary ratification of a treaty recently signed among Canada, the United States and Japan. 1 to the new lull-AtlanUc Is post as ampins and permanent Jwilurcss, Hih Com-I, Lotid jii. comes home i job. ok ibertson, 48. clerk of funrU and secretary ijtj'i, sues lo London as i sior..T. a job he held Uto 1!M9. Ji.puy. ambassador to , ;uikI.-;. becomes am- ; Italy. i v Rppnintimnt is ef- ', 4 &h 15. the deputy ap-,May 1 and the others Actually, Senator Reid said, the treaty would prevent Japanese fishing of salmon, halibut and herring off the North American coast. In addition, Canadian fishermen, lor the first time, would be able to fish in all Alaskan waters and in waters extending MOVING ixation south from the Straits of Juai Dr. Ball C.C.C. General Manauer ! de Fuca along the United States , coast proper. j "This concession," he said. Dr. Ball to mbargo Soon? will be of extreme Importance to British Columbia, especially as It has long been contended Vancouver that most of the salmon In the ' - Milliliter of duced by the Minister of Transport in Parliament at Ottawa tomonow. Cost of the line, which goes throuRh a convenient divide between the Skeena and Kitimat River valleys, is estimated at upwards of $10,000,000. Negotiations for the right-of-way are being conducted with the provincial government. Town of Terrace is indicated in the foreground. , Gulf of Alaska head for the KITIMAT TO TERRACE This aerial photo shows the projected route of the 43-mile railway which Is to be bunt; as a branch Of fhe Canadian National Railways to connect up the great new aluminum smelter of the Aluminum Co. of Canada at Kitimat with the main railway line at Terrace. Bill to authoriifs the financing of the construction of tho railway is being intro Harry Bowman said Suiit in the Legislature Skeena River in British Colum- General Manager of Columbia bia where they were born and CeIlulo8e Movins Expansin ' taUd- K' ' Schedule" on , "This valuable concession 1 cranted to British , Columbia . Dr. Ralph H. Ball, general i likely know Vr Mm'.h Colum-x its ban on prairie Commonwealth Eiiers Rout logging Truck Creates Havoc I hoplnij very much fishermen may very well bring manager of Columbia Cellulose about a much-needed treaty be- : Co., who has been located at tween Canada and the United : Prince Rupert during the past till have tire embargo i ft .ixed by the end o : Parley Sought High h Scoring Travel-Weary .flip said. "This is fair- States for Skeena River and Al-' year co-ordinating tne local puip aska salmon and similar to that . mill in the initial phases of its - is it there are no furthe for - PARKSVILLE (CP) A runaway logging truck and trailer demolished two buildings in this Van nf ihp ttv hPt.wppn the United ! one.at.ons. wui dk leaving to make his States and Canada for the sock-1 Vancouver April 1 u lauenaers f of foot-and-mouth I Drew Worried About Canadian I (.Market Situation Confidence j against bringing in I Vote For Government i i p iid meal, from the! couver Island town Tuesday and : eye saim0n of the Fraser River. sent six persons 10 nospitai. id aic in critical condition. Compiled From Du p 'veHes U TVio N;wa Today's Stocks -li 1 1"L HUCIl, iUdUCU Willi iu- ... Tired but uninjured alter an acciaent-marreu Ioot pulp ogs thundered 'into fas Mapped on soon Mtbreak ol the disease flicwan. new headquarters. . Wrth Dr. Ball's departure, which was according to original company, plan, local control of the industry will be in the hands ol three key administrators: W. C. R. Jones, mill manager. R. L. Johnson, woods manager. L. E. Cuthbertson, comptroller. Earl thquake fhul. the stores like a tank when iti a Commonwealth Trade Confer-; ence was made yesterday as the House of Commons concluded a wide-ranging Throne Speech dc- (Citirti.v . I. Joliiistiiii t't. I.til.) V: IV. I.' i i. i V' ''d Ui, minister of friHii Alberta. Is com- cai tup iiuin ii'iiuuuu, x.n. .v,. ; failcd t0 n,ake a turn after c0ln. lenders were overpowered last night by Vancouver: ing down steep grade into Eiiers 75-44 in the first game of the best-of-three At oret ,.f tomorrow to ask bate by defeating the last of Hits Sicily illlU tti 1111 Ihn Cll- four opposition motions of non- y-viHWK and dressed confidence In tne government,, SeriCS tor U.U. S oeniOl A Ilieiia UdMcu'iu tnaur opposne muc ui me oiieti. ) Six of the injured were trapped " umi. piuvince i The demana was made by George Drew, leader of the Progressive Conservative Opposition, pionship. S'cond game CATANIA., Sicily ' Walls crumbled and one person was crushed to death today when a T will win be oc played piayn vni-ni telephone, news reached in the buildings for more than half an hour. - Rescuers w'orked feverishly to dig their way into the stores from the rear as moans of the tonight. Vancouver American Standard 27 Bralorne 8.10 B R X 03 Cariboo Quartz 125 Congress 05 Cronln Babine 44 Giant Mascot 90 Indian Mines 20 Fend Oreille 8.50 Pioneer 2.15 Premier Border .27 Privateer '.., 09 Reno -04 Island . . . l)fiy,L Punnrt. t.hnt. nnp nf the 1 wno saia a -serious sauu mi shook his-faces UOWCrlul earthquake this w" country unless markeU P7 A ...V, who finished ana ' "-; - Challengers, Pnn,i(,,n with the '""""f n r.;;,r toric Mount Etna area won a b.-st-of-three semi-i.na ycsterday struck a I .... i GOOD PROGRESS Dr. Ball told the Daily News i today that operations at the I Watson Island plant were proceeding a a good clip and the .extension program is on schedule. ! The new water treatment plant is taking' shape and getting up to the 20 or 3U ioot level. By the : middle of summer it should be In 1 operation. . ' ! The work of increasing the daily capacity of the mill by fifty pervent from 200 to 300 tons is proceeding satisfactorily .. . i, ...j crrB! wrip in ured. 'firitlA acific ... ! boulder on the highway and had nifht. did not arrive in Van OUCllon llKlUOiilg iivvsuics. mm - dairy products. , ; Damage was widespread. ; to be abandoned. Car was driven : by Peter Husoy of Prince Ru- A new .si!hm..,i-i, i n,., ,,vi,p timrtlv hpfnrp Santa Venenna, easr oi rouvcr until 6 p.m. some of t,n, lotor nnrt VinH nn time the was injured could be heard from the! street. J A pregnant woman In au apartment over one of the stores! escaped unhurt. j Police, firemen and spectators' !-tHr to thn nw,. ,,w. i'.i im .a n7nMinii famous Sicilian volcano, mtui iov-. --- - , t ii.. u- inipeit. n,t i " . & ! Passers of the abandoned years aeo, has reared a Social Credit motion criticizing shattered. e land 2.in unt ow,. .v, ,..,w. for fjiim-p" tn Many persons were injured ffli an area of about provide adequate" inducements and homes demolished. removed the injured from the wrecked buildings. . j f 1 15 reported here, for expansion)! food production 300 miles north of and economic and orderly dis- vchiele doubled up with passengers in two others cars to complete the trip. Several uniforms were reported left behind in the car. Attempts were also made by Challengers Manager Angus The Vancouver squad was ahead all the way, leading off! with a 23-3 first quarter storm, j The lopsided win came as a re-1 venge for Eiiers, nearly defeated in an exhibition scries in Prince 1 -WEATHER- Synopsis Cuol Pacific air covered all ic-,i,.ns ,f TtriiLsh CoiUmbii this Women Killed as Rupert last year Macphee and Coach Alex Bill to I tribution of food surpluses. i (Alleged Bookies Vancouver Freed ! Eiiers were sparked by diminu- but postpone the first game, and during the latter part of 1953 the objective should have been reached. There is some delay in getting delivery of machinery and equipment for Installation in the existing buildings. The pynte burner, which "will produce sulphur from the iron pyrites ore from Britannia, eliminating the long haul of sulphur from Texas, is expected to be in operation by late summer. morning. Overnight temperature tive Norm Watt who came e rulcd out ranged irom tn.uy to thirty-five through the game with 21 points ; SCOR1NG Plane Crashes in Florida Course near the coast and fifteen lo Prince Rupert learn was Kept yu ; EilersMoses 8, Llzce 5. For- ' ' In of the balance by tne vancouveruis Mitchell 10, tNTniTVrn ,. , i - twenty degrees many yln Watt 2i, VWUVLIv (Canadian Press) All t twenty- interior valleys. Scattered show- who kept a close checking man-; Munro 13 , wotherspoon 7, Lawn JACKSONVILLE, Florida Two I'US accnsofl nf nnnoni,ln,. f nnr.,t0 a tfi OOft . ! eis occurred at a few pomw to-man acience. 1. Total 77. Challengers Davis 8. Flaten 3, women golfers were killed when u, , . , . , r alon the coast and over tne challengers fought hard but oookmakmc racket in Vancouver were . southern interior mountains. Kilcrs. lall men and sellsa. '"'OCC'llt Tuojsflu m'n-ht T.,t,-fiv0 nmn nnd.CoId air from the northern area U((na shootin); of watt was Olson 2, Scherk 18, Spring 11, a United States Air Force plane, Webster 3, Holkestad 1, Mat- its motor out and silenced, thews 3, Carlson, Morgan. To- crashed onto a goif course near tal 44. here. r.n ih :7 b J ., ; -ol tlle Prince-U expected to too nmt.h for lhe tlred traveN U1. uiree of them nublishers Or distributors ; push slowly Into the central re- . The mlddie stanzas, how information, were acquitted by an Assize j fZtZfrSn Pniii-r in-ir I nnst few days. There is little Sheep Creek 1.62 ; i Silbak Premier 59 Taku River ! 07 Vananda 19 Salmon Gold 03 'i Spud Valley 12 Silver Standard 2.35 Western Uranium 3.90 . Oils-Anglo Canadian 9.25 A P Con 56 Calmont 2.00 Central Leduc 3.60 Home Oil 15.50 Mercury 32 Okalta 3.85 Pacific Pete : 1050 Royal Canadian 27 Royalite 17.00 Toronto Athona 10 Aumaque 20 Beattie Duquesne 46 Bevcourt 99 Buffalo Canaoian ' .22 Vi Consol. Smelters 35.50 Conwest 3.70 ' Donalda ' 41 Eldona 24 East Sullivan ... ,t 8.15 Giant Yellow-knife 11-50 God's Lake 39 Hardrock 15 Harricana 14 Heva It Joliet Quebec 44 Little Long Lac 69 ' Lvnx -14 . Madsen Red Lake 195 McKenzie Red Lake ... 41 McLeod Cockshutt 2.75 Moneta 36 Negus -60 Noranda 78.75 i Louvicourt 28 Pickle Crow 1.60 San AntoYiio 2.45 Senator Rouyn 18 Ontario Railway Subsidy ever, showed a lot of spam Dy j the visitors as they save up j ' three points In the second and , tied the third quarters. However, Challengers seldom got under the basket and had to j ' indication Of any marked The lurv retired at 2:50 p.m. present W May change along the coasi or ovei and returned their "not guilty" the southern interior. Honger board this week Indicates that either Manitoba or British Columbia would stand to gain moot Would Mean Elimination of Transcontinental Rate Increase verdict 32 hours later. The verdict came after 22 days of testimony. Forecast rely on long shots for their Coast Region A few points. Their mainstay through- 6lA n. - 1 from one or another of two svs- 4.,rt vr-essure Is be-ru on llio ... . . 'riimds near northern Vancouver out the game, Don Schcrk, who: Prosecutor Gordon Scott said OTTAWA (CP) Proposed new tpms pr0p0sed for applying fed-$7,000,00C subsidy on rail traffic erai subidy. running across northern Ontario; However, the board has said U the crown will not appeal the I island and the southern Queen garnered 13 points, left in the acquittal, adding: "The crown charlottes today and Thursday, fourth quarter on fouls. I cannot appeal an acquittal based clear along the northern main- Rcfereeing was strict much May Retroact WCB Boosts VICTORIA (P The provincial government is considering the possibility of paying new increased Workmen's Compensation benefits on a retroactive basis. It has been learned that a government caucus Monday appointed a committee to investigate the situation. The main task of the committee is to determine the cost of, making the increases retroactive. About 1500 widows and hundreds of other types of compensation cases would be affected. ' The government has been under heavy attack from inside nd ouUidc the party : . .c.'?r since it announced higher compensation payments would apply , only to future cases except in ! the cases of orphans and crippled 'dependent children .They would be paid on a retroactive basis. could mean reduction of up to, win trv t0 worlt out a COmorom on facts. land. Continuing cooi. wnuis, more so tnan in t'nnce itupcn, f!,m m,,.A,-,t l fwiiahf. rnt.f. itn i... i ,!... it,.u i nwu tnnlcht. ann Allans i,,ol nKunrvnr bpo nir Ihp pamp. . . . . . " v. " . . 7. "v..w .w..a o- eoocis nioviim between easienn i.tnn around evenly. n,mimm,tH commented. T'll1c Davis showed crn07Af1 III! up . ! 30 Xt the hiring each , beyond th I .er TH 0f Slxly. f tr I expected to be ? or i lhc noor of the - in ! near future. .,?.7,!lslaonis amend- could stay on the Ln?" five years or Thursday at Port Hardy and 45; Sandspit, 25 and Prince Rupert, 20 and 40. 10; well in defence and Spring combined with Scherk for 24 points between them. and western Canada. ' should the subsidy be, used to This move would largely elim- cut tolls down it would mean aa inate the latest general rate. In- average drop of $2.03 per ton on urease of 4V percent granted by, Canadian National freight and E. Massie White, alleged to have been the "kingpin" of what the crown called a gigantic conspiracy operating here between 1947 and 1951, told reporters he did not plan to restore his racing wire service from the United States. Orleinallv 33 persons were The Vancouver team realty a little less on Canadian Pacific Board of Transport Commls rolled in the fourth, playing the riet hn t u o, oArrtinff sioners this winter. hauls. TIDES Thursday, March 20 ' Tat Period. Western reciDlents of eooUsi The subsidy as proposed would 1952- . to Vancouver observers, chalk-1 K.. i . thp uy erxain 18.1 feet ing up 25 points to Rupert's 16. would be the largest biggest Den-16.0 feet Normie Watt got seven and cen- 'eHciaries. "'"en, session be rounded up In a police sweep i High cover maintenance of Northern Ontario "trackage" of the two big railways over a 530-mile 8! re u. " '-onsicierable --"oiucTiauie last msi uc October. Charges laia it 'M.i,. 7:54 21:51 1:39 15:04 1iiis ,"Sw would be against seven were dismissed at i Low st'c 11 ,0 SWO.noo. 5.7 feet tallied six. i at a subsidy hearing before the P t a 14-day preliminary hearing. i J 'i