PROVINCIAL ORMES P2DVIIJCIAL L I - n n Y , l!i DRUGS VICTORIA , D. C. J DAILY DLLiVtRY I Phone 81 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEW8PAPER i CABS Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the' Key to the Great Northwest", 'vkhhi VOL. XLI, No. 51 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, MARCH L 1952 TEN CENTS (inducing comic'scctioiu 101 FEi sr. 2a rr ' i' '. ': i ' ' r f , -,( - . M . V ' ' '. If: v.-; i," "''' f King, Quarrels With Fair Wage fcavDt Premier uup Offer Made Huge Hold-up in Reno as Vicious Dog Chews on Bone KENC. Ncv. (P Burglars calmly made" off with $2,500,000 in caih. jeweiry and negotiable securities from a millionaire's homo vvHile his vicious bulldog chewed a bone. The burglars misled another million in securities packed. In v jmi i fit Tlir then was dLscovercd by a wealthy broker, L. V. Redfield. Police s.-ck a pick-up truck believed to have been used to haul away the 500-pound safe. Crisis in Egypt on Even of Talks With Britain City Asrccablc to Paying 13.3 More Wages to Employees i ' k .i.: . O .rr- n (TTi ' it u y An over-all increase "across the board" of 13 3 per cent has trm oilercd to unions iidijoUut- CAIH0 (CP) The Prime Minister, Aly MuIkt PahVia. resigned unexpectedly today on the eve of ing with the city on wage in- j . . , confitlently predicted would lead to a v ' crease demanas for npproxim-i taiivb lie nau Lummcnuj r1" . --m-jei 4 li jut i- (fit l-ll Irr. I . ateiy 25 per cent. The offer was settlement of Egypt's bitter feud with britain. Allin approved by city council last! Grim-faced, he stalked from Trouble at Hong Kong night which, heard the recommendations of the .wage com-111 ttec. For salaried positions, the in- rvpiisp nffprfvt mpnnt' nn nrlrli. CCF Forces Gov't Hand v' ' i tiona' 830 a month, regardless of Quebec Imposes Cattle Embargo c:easc for wage workers. If the offer is accepted, it will viCi'ORIA (CP) The B.C. mean an increase in. the city t..rp Fiidav took 1952'i five Thousand Yelling Chinese Attack Americans And Europeans HONO KONG CP) Five thousand yelling Chinese stormed through Kowloon today, fighting the police, burning cars, stoning Europeans and damaging stores. British soldiers and a police officer, two Americans and several other Europeans were the hour long emergency cabinet session and told reporters lie ha.d quit. Political sources said Malier became involved in a dispute with King Farouk who installed his independent government on January 27, following the bloody anti-British torch riots in Cairo. The elder statesman, Ahmed Naguib Halaly Pasha, also an independent ex-Wafdist, and one of Egypt's elder statesmen, agreed today to form a new government. The Prime Minister was lo have met this morning the British ambassador, Sir Ralph Stevenson, on re-opened discussions payroll of $31,000, said acting exlra da t0 continue dragging i-if vni P.pnrnn Wills . . . t.- jAir 3nce jr Allin Heard ? ir i Problem of iTig in a 60.000 X in British Colli was put beware by the J Frank Calder I ekhns urgently jnbulnncc serv- i . . I j .t, ttie mrone speecn utudw; Thc wage committee reported through ii& eighth clay. J Jm QUEBEC (CP) Quebec yes-! tcrtlay imposed a drastic cm-' bariio on livestock anu meat that will cut down Importations from Western Canada by as much as 50 percent. The embargo Is the result o." the outbreak of foot and mouth disease In Saskatchewan and applies to all provinces. Earlier in the week B.C. and Ontario imposed inter-provincial bans. Tornado Hits .wu uu . y'Yu Tne CCF forcea the govem- "c pcr cent increase in the cost-of- , , .. ,JL,.or,i.. ! , , .. , . ment e to withdraw temporarily living index over the last year. Whole council, considered the oN have rC5tricted lhs phar. Ri generous. . maccutical benefits lor pension- Acting Mayor Hills pointed out ers and social weuare cases in that, on the basis of the offer,, tne provjnce ' lower paid salary and wage earn- j , ers working for the city would j 01 urgent public idenUcal increases. , receive busines3 said the orcler from tnc If the city offer is accepted by health and welfare department the Firefighters, Electrical Work- j wa,s to have gone into effect to-cr?. and Civic Employees' Union, morrow. The order would mean LCoES AC.RD Uonstantine Haun, 6B-;ea' o.e begins larmer who survived. the 1029-36 drought that curred soutnern Saskatchewan into a virtual Oust bowl, sadly accepts another hard blow. His 40-hoarl dairy herd of valuable cattle, infected with the dreaded foot-and-mouth disease, was the first, destroyed. He says he will receive about one-third the value of each animal in federal compensation. Mr. Haun estimates his loss at aimed at settling the dispute between the two countries over the Suez Canal. Talks also were aimed at trying to reach some agreement which eventually would bring Egypt into the western backed $25,000. CP Photo) Robert Ballantyne, United' Stales vice-consul, and Jack1 l-each, U.S. inio.maL.ion officer,; ' were stoned as they stepped from a taxi. They suffered head; injuries. Police cordoned off the riot area ln the British leased main-; land section and went into ac- j tion with tear-gas bombs and ! batons. They drove the rioters , out of the busy business section'; into the Chinese quarters of : Mangkok ana dispersed them j two hours later. j permanent sta-bmlt and. from dentists, nurses' ;crs could be jte areas when I I 1 radio-telephones f, us well a.s a ptedboat .service; iumocrjacks and negotiations will begin lmediate- that 101 pharmaceutical item Coal Price ly on working conditions. now received free by pensioners middle east defence program. If the offer is not accepted, and WcWare cases, would have I . The elder statesman, Alimend Cattle Prices Drop Sharply Tennessee Town KAYhTTKVILLE CP) A tornado landed with blockbuster fury on this Tennessee town unions may apply for concilia-; been denied them. Naguil Halaly Pasha, Indcpcnd- tion. Acting Mayor Hills, also a member of the wage committee. cut ex-Wat'dist. agreed today to form a new Egyptian ment. Mr. Winch said such assistance cost the province $500,000 loving Up f to hopsital. last year and that the restrictive yaid that, ' in order to save time ! The riots began when the OTTAWA Cl -Cat tie prices in i ! Chinese Communist "relief mis- Canada have dropped sharply as, islon" bringing relief supplies for 'a result of the outbreak of foot; rirrlnr nmnlH narm -. citimn nf increased mining and labor the committee had made Its yesterday, leaving two dead, .scores injured and a 300-foot-widc path of ruin in Its wake. Police say 150 were either I very top unci iifem uuiu wit . . s or Chincsn who lost their homes in and mouth disease in southern : costs are reflected in an in The Minister of Health, Hon. a fire last November, tailed to sasKatcnewan, the Departmentlcrea.se of 51 per ton ana up -' Retirement of CM Official We think it is a generous and ; A. D. Turnbull, asked that the i i which is being made in coal ln Kowloon station of Agriculture said Friday. , a.rri,? from; i in the rah of fires that fol-' takes the Hong Kong district border, j Announcement of the disease, ! PrkTs in Prince Rupert. iair offer, especially when we j debate on the matter be adjourn-sec that cost of living has onlyjed to the next sitting Monday.' Residents, including - many, which struck the Reeina area ' F.xample: lowed the itorm. j lliuh winds smashed Into the j F.urfiiM-.ins. were warned to re-J xuj. mm'.-.i . lust, Mruulav .Rmre Aloe MONTf!EAW--C.-R.. Murray. Iberia lump roal gone up 10.8 per cent and we of- but, at the insistence of the m tin' insie id nt fet' 13.3 'pel" cfrif tncreaser-" - CCF; "h'agiecd to'VitKItdlcf 'th'c : A plebiscite main at home today. j then, the ranee of the dron. said ' "ow nak a,.Zc;S the Hoi; : charge "T'Llt centre of Fayctteville with a population of six thousand, ripping buildings apart, tearing up trees and knocking out power lines and communications. A crowd of "between ten and j the department, was from ;$1 122.28. twenty thousand waited for the ,0 $5 per hundred weight In east- Stoker coal Is oliig up from mission train and when It fail-i pi n Canada and from $3 to $5 or 1 17 50 10 l-50- after " clase of office yesterday t, ,i T J astronomical nricps nf nhnrma-' .. . od to arrive, live thousand : ' diort in the west Boat Sinks At Cow Bay a railway career of more th in marched up Kowloon's main ccuticals." j Substantial wage Increases i were involved in a new agree-I ment w hich was leached between mine operators 1n Alberta (and the United Mine Workers street. 44 years. John Pullen. vice-president in charge of traffic for the Na Unconfirmed reports said there have been some incidents in British territory between Kowloon and "the Chinese nf Amerirn Fehrnnrv 1H a locnl Today's Stocks iHirilrM N. I. JollllxMMt ( . Ltd.) VANCOlVI-.lt Anieiican Standard .. .25' Terrace to Vancouver Air Route Get Whipping For Robbery S iiiivnratrd in I . : .Jinbiu leislatuie ! e itpiull, veteran1 oi frrnic. stional indent- j i u tl hat it would ; n-iifiv." he said, j i ol Salmon Arm t si epstakes be b' Tne money raised i in bo used to H- eminent hospital i u. , now showing a i r ( l(ti inn t o the i "on piracy t rial in ; ff l that bookies ho thinks that by . .s men, wc are i Aiiibhii"-.'" he ask- coal dealer explained today. ! A 40-foot logging camp tender Higher labor costs in Prince ; Jt tional system, has announced that C. L. McCoy, presently tra.'-j fic manager for the Atlantic region of the CNR, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Murray. V ' . ' I - ' ,h t' ' ; - t -. t , S is - ' v 1 ;v.js.!' V, 3 J ! 4 ft,' ' -s t f.' ' . 1 S -; V-4. ' f ft .. rt- V J. JV- I f i 'V ' I i . , " r ' i ir-i ; - i . ... i - : iitif M 'ti ' i i -. . ... 1 3 "..ti- -t'. ' t '. r ; v'A ' -f 1 .. t ti i . . ' y f li. VJ.. TJ ... ' HI VUW illULiS Vino a n factor. rinlnr "III"'' "'O" n..n nA Ucrhnr Mnstcp Cant liraloine 5.'J0 And sacks a year ago a good ' william Koughan are looking for .04 sack cost 22c. Now it Is 42c. jthc owner who they believe is VANCOUVER (l Leslie Le-gace, 28, and Edward Haggland, 43, were each sentenced in the police court yesterday to four- i Fred Clouticr, a logger. First Shoot Eerie Event li It X Oarlboo Quartz Contrress CronXin Babine Giant Mascot Indian Mines ... Name of the vessel is Pearl 1.10 .06 .46 .97 .21 -TIDES- Central B. C. Airways, according to report from Terrace, Is about to inaugurate a daily air service between Terrace and Vancouver, application for a licence having bceri made to, the Harbor. Waterfront workers not- teen lashes and three years in iced the submerged craft while the penitentiary on charges of Sunday, March 2, 1!)52 City Approves . Drain and Walk PcnU Oreille 7.75 going to worK mis moiiiiug aou (assault and robbery. The pair High 5:11 19.4 feet notified authorities. pleaded guilty to assaulting! 18:04 15.7 feet Whether anyone might have . Howard Phenix ' and robbing him Low .11:54 6 1 feet been trapped on the vessel was ! 0f $5 i 23:30 9.0 feet REG IN A f' Two hundred Air Transport Board. Two ma-diseased cattle were herded Intolrhlnes would be used. 1 4.-4.1., Omvl,,.,, . f i . 1 1 k rMonecr . 2.10 Premier Border 34 Privateer - 00 Reeves Macdonald .... 5.30 City council last night ap- j proved a drainage job on Con-! not definitely ascertained up to , w -h persons arc d Mi ll conspiracy ; of bcttint; j Mi nuriai pit jusfc uun 4hh"-: i eni.ru' ti u. is aircauy upeiai,-i 1 1 iday. R.C.M.P. constables, arm- ng out )f Terrace west to Prince i ed with 303 calibre rifles, then r,11)(. i r;,st to Prince George lleno tad- and King Edward Street , early afternoon as the door was school grounds to aid the school j padlocked outside and the owner j shot them. The .slaughter was the ' anj south lo Kitimat and Kcm- ! first to rid Regina area of the ano. board in surfacing with cinders, i had been seen uptown 1 A sidewalk, at an estimated ' animals suffering from foot and ! mouth disease. f : ''T-f fyl 'V cost ol I,(UU to oc oum iroiui 'the Steele Block to the junction i , of First, Second and Third Ave-1 nues at Park Avenue, was ap-1 n Imports Police New Council j Within the next, few days C50 more will bo killed at other sites. ! The scene of the first killing Dick Button Wins Again Sheep Creek 167 Silbak Premier CO Taku River 07 Vnnanda 22 Salmon Uold 04 Kpud Valley 15 Silver Standard 2.35 Western Uranium 3.10 Oils A r Con 52 Culniont 2.04 Central Leduc 3.00 Home Oil .. 15.75 proved. For Aiyansh j was both chilling and eerie. Bit-I ing w inds swept across the snow-I C'lvei ed urahic land from the 3 , mmijM ; east. ' The sliooting ended t 1:35 PARIS (CP) Dick Button, of Englcwood, N.J., won his fifth straight world figure skating championship with a brilliant exhibition at the Palais de Sports. Button, a 22-year-old , p.niv 45 minutes after the first Canada Wins From States shot. Mercury 29 -a, e tin Okalta 4.00 j t I'asseiigers on i1 CanaUiun Na- : boat train, leav- 1 yf for Western Caii-1 fcoiti.sh burr will to behave. l ' 3 15 passengers on 12 bucly Glasgow "lie policewoman join the Edmuii-'y were chosen ? Ulasgow officers p' the Edmonton Roger Mercer Chief Womlei fill Music featured At Banquet Roger Mercer Was elected chief councillor of the Naas Kivcr village of Aiyansh when the first polling under new Indian Act regulations was held there' on Thursday by Indian Superin-terdent F. E. An field who re- Queen's Birthday Officially Dated i Harvard senior, won Deiore a STOCKHOLM l Edmonton ; crowd of 13,000. Mercury's: Canada's 0 1 y m p 1 c I peter Firstbrook, an 18-ycai -hetkey champions, Friday troun- i 0id Canadian from Toronto, fin-ted liic United States team 7 i.sned seventh, to 1 in a nexhibition game played , : Itoyal Canadian 22 : rtoyalitc 17.00 TORONTO . 1, Athona .11V Aumaquc 20'. g Bcattie Duqucsne 45 , lieveourt .93 Bie first police Im- in a snowstorm. At times the puck was stuck in snowdrifts. OTTA.WA -Official announce-; turned to the city yesterday by ment was made in Ottawa Frl- Queen Charlotte Air Lines, tlay that the birthdny of Queen; Mr. Mercer succeeds Anthony t'H to Canada 9"'cewonian Mar's, i .. Ellxabcth is April 21. - '- mic iirsi one ! Adams, last year's chief, who re-j Lll(Q$ SoCldl Other councillors are Hubert! Greek Spies Condemned Canada and ob same -WEATHER- ' 'u in the I, Alen n.. McMillan, Daniel Goun, thpraim j j Johnson, Frank B. Tait and Gus: Credit Gov't . . uvt. are mai - 1 w bring their Guno. J Basil Wright was appointed ; Synopsis ricn.su nt weather Is In for British Columbia resi IJnrralo Canadian 21'a C M & S 37.40 i Corvjvest 3.80 IJonalda 47 Kldona 27 Elast Sullivan 8.70 Giant Ycllowknifc ...... 10 65 Ood's Lake 39 Hardrock 13 ' llarricana 12 i Ileva 12 Jolict Quebec 50 Little Long Lac 69 V'a Lynx 13 Madsen Red Lake 1-95 McKcnzic Red Lake ... -40 McLcod Cockshutt 2.70 E. D. Hougen, former local chief constable. Other constables , , tiff Samuel Haizlmsquc. Felix : 1" h,. dents over the week-end. A storm a,.e in the Gulf of Alaska has weak-; r. ATHENS (CP) A court-martial today sentenced to death eight members oi a 29-member spy ring. Four others were sentenced to life imprisonment. Eight of 29 persons accused of spying and high treason were women. . "- onion as soon as e he necessary ar- "iiinigrants were ?a-,cn,ers on tlic A.mia when she Davis. Godfrey Adams and Peter;- ", ' "Zn.ZTZXZ cned rapidly and coastal rcgioivs cla yton for the Social Credit government the council is are expected to remain ...yu... j scc-ctary 0f of Alberta and its '" business like I consiaeraoie ciuuu "Samuel McMillan with George T. V ? 77" IT ,f.' ,.,,. ... . i atnniiiistrauon. une tnuig i-nau Williams as assistant secretary. !., tT ii riimiur Mr. Haugen mentions partlcular- .33' New Governor To See Canada Moneta ily is the way the government there cracks down on fraudulent promotions. ! " Mr Hainan Kenc fnr this nart 'mage in F Ucjht JACK McRAE WOULD SEEK RE-tuECTION the interior but there should be sunny Intervals both days. Temperatures remain near normal for early March. Maximums should be in the mid forties on the coast and in the mid thirties In the interior. Forecast North Coast Region Sutjny I with a few cloudy Intervals to-I day and Sunday. Little change I in temperature, wind light. !of British Columbia and aLso thei OTTAWA Speaking Friday. the ; Northwest Territories a share in ! Canada's newly' 1 n a'u g u r a ted VICTORIA Speakinu in VETERAN PILOT Ken Saunders of Edmonton at 59 is one of the oldest active pilots In Canada. He is shown in an early open Wright Brothers biplane, with four-cylinder engine and a top speed of 45 m.p.h., in which he learned to fly 37 years ago. His pilot licence issued Oct. 27, 1915. is No. 353. He flew in he First World War and was awarded the Distinguished Fiying Cross and the Air Force Cross. He' now is Federal Government Inspector of Air Regulations for Alberta, Yukon and the Northwest, Territories. He now logs about 200 hours a year in his modern plane. (CP Photo) Negus 61 Noranda 79.50 Louvicourt .28 Pickle Crow 156 San Antonio 2.50 Senator Rouyn 19 Sherritt Gordon . .. . 4.25 Steep Rock 7.15 Silver Miller 160 Upper Canada 1.69 Golden Manitou 6.35 Thv8Lin bruary I by the Fire De-S?- Only seven tecd- Mst dam-; ngle unit, a house tu' believed to have v smoking in bed .30 ambulance calls Throne Speech debate in the ; the boom which oil has brought Governor General, Rt. Hon. Vin-Legislature Friday, J. D. McRac.jtc Alberta. i . I cent Massey, said he hoped, dur- MLA for Prince Rupert, inti- i He leaves by this evening's ! Ing his term of office to see as mated that, if accorded the 1 train on his return to the Alberta i much of this country as possible, nomination, he would be willing I capital after spending the past. There was much he had not yet Lows tonight ana higns tomor- mw At Port Hardy Sandspitlto run for re-election at the week here combining business travelled through ana mis in land Prince Rupert, 30 and 44. forthcoming election. jand pleasure. i eluded parts oi me noi ui. i '