PROVINCIAL in" MORROW'S lid TIDE5 vi; c. i, September -5. i,Jj3 he Slarflird 1 imei SALVATION ARMY RED SHIILD APPEAL Quota $3500 TO DATE: $1,900.00 2:29 21.7 feet H35 23.1 feet 8; 27 3 7 feet 21:03 13 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada' Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupeir, the Key ta the Great Northwest" VOL. XLn, No. 223 PRINCE RUPERT. B.C.. THURSDAY. SEFfEMBER 24 Ift.lS pripp rtur rrg 1 s. u iji A Lj ' ' r . ur w f- Wtr " o L J j a) J2)S buMn) 0 U .... . Steel, Equipment To Arrive Shortly Steel and material for construction of the permanent rail-barge ferry slip here has been ordered and will begin arriving shortly. 359 POWs Surrendered By Reds riy T. A.-.Mcliil.rt IMrs rANM.U N.JO ill. Th" Coiiiiiiuiiists today Ktir- f -v -"it yyf , x t . r , I fi, : .i V; ' , ' if f f I This was disclosed last night i r-:--': . J.e-i-il..'S by J. A. Argo, assistant vice- president freight traffic for Canadian National Railways. Here on an inspection trip, Mr. Argo, whose headquarters are in Montreal, said the per reruloml to neutral na-1 1 service has yet been put in operation. Mr. Argo, who began ' liU career with the CNR as an engineer on the company's Ontario lines, hopes to' make another trip here and take in the Ketchikan trip. He said he was "very pleased" with operations which he inspected in B.C., I ..-LD I f. ii s Vfiilw. Itaiy. hworted by Iiuir gondoliw,. manned by husky Venetian' a wliile and gold B(.n(lla parrying lh- cltya municipal and religious order icentrel majestically clown Venice Rrand can d. Thousand of persons watch the "Re(?atta m.su.nr ReKutta. on water-borne grintlstandu along the canal's edge. The reaatU .nual event in the picturesque city. tion.s custody war prisonersone Hriton, 2:5 Americans, and 'MTy South manent steel slip will be ready by next March. ! . Work at the site so far has been confined mainly to rock-blasting and this should be completed shortly. Meanwhile, equipment for the new Ketchikan pulp mill will be handled by the temporary slip opened last May 14. The new slip will be capable of handling 20-car barges, while the present slip is onlyj large enough for four. iuseds' Actions in Demonstration i Koreans whom the Reds 'say a.sked to remain be-Ihind the Iron Curtain. I The Ani' i iiiins rode in open ! ntisslnn-b'iiit trucks loudlv singing th" Commiinisl "Intel -nationale." I d to Court bv Crown WitnpP Panel Truck Recovered From Water A' panel truck was hauled out i "j-Trf .... jj "Arise, ye prtoincrs of starva.- ! Xmt Already some 250 car loads miis''l lor five per tion, arise ye starvelings of ft ci ii'Oirand 4110 jx isoiis. There wa of material have been sent to want," chantea the tanned, 5frt Willi bonis incm-ia Krcat deal of catcalllnH and Ward Cove, six miles out of Ketchikan, where the $45,000,000 ai uni.iu-f ul assembly ! invtrlive all of which was di-mered awav in cross-; rrcteri uo.-tinxl. ih tw.ii a... of the water at Seal Cove this morning, little the worse lor a sudden plunge which nearly Ketchikan Pulp & Paper Company is constructing a mill. DUE TODAY The Dolly C, which has been making twice-weekly trips from here to the .Alaska city, was scheduled to arrive this after he -told Baft that "this wa.i neither the time nor the place u do It," Bait said that "If the RCMP would get rid of Wasson everything would be okay." The witness said he Introduced Batt to Inspector Taylor." He said i hat he saw the accused, Clay-Ion Jarvls, throw a rock at the city hall. Under cross examination by Mr. Hogarth, Sgt. Stewart said that the reason that Batt mtn-tidncd Constable Wasson wa, took Its Prince Rupert driver for a midnight swim. . An Armour Salvage & Towing Company barge this morning lifted the truck out of about W ITHIN 900 MILKS of the North Pole, in sheltered Craig Harbor on Ellesmere Island, two Arctic supply vessels from the transport department transfer passengers, cargo and fuel oil. The CD. Howe passed them along to the d'Iberville which was proceeding some 250 miles north. The d'Iberville, its hull rusty and scarred by northern ice, returned Tuesday to Quebec from her two-tiionth supply tour of Arctic pasts. Montreal Student Travelling As "Ambassador" to Germany $.n at Crown witnes.-es ; Mayor Whalcn's pica for the and a half in County , crowd to o homo, the mob be-. the di-fence exict to runic angrier, stones were .i.se late this afternoon, j thrown und the mob finally dU-i Hie unlawful assembly j persed by tear gas, Sj,'t. Norman jljcfore County Court said. I 0 .Fulton are Clayton: Under cross examination by Jo.rec Klewm, John Mc- .Mr. Hogarth, SRt. Norman said 1 B;lU "'"I Arnold, that he knew of no reason whv healthy-looking men. The South Koiean prisoners screamed "American imperialists, get out!" at U.S. reporters. .The Americans looked happy and contented. The Communists quoted them as saying they love their country and some day will return when the American people have achieved "freedom." "We hope to pl:iy our part in uchleving this and we know the noon but may be delayed by nrai.1 H- 30 feet of water, near the De- Meanwhile, officials of the Al- '""c' " " "SP" ouuomB aska-B.C. Navigation Company,! Trtn!t ,v,i,.v, i. u The truck took a sudden nose- Lrl 8h f down a uteep 10-foot bank w Pat 17; T'tZ ??tT?l to the ocean midnight because the week before there nad been 64 arrests, gl.cut i - .. . ... " y i MONTREAL (! A 24-year-old sador of goodwill to Germany. miLsen. The charges , the mob should have gathered .lademoi:.slr.it:onout-'in fn.nt of Uw city hUl und :ty hall early August 2 , :lm no ne had enllghtenrd :es were thnun and ' Wrn s anv po.VSJble reasons finally rti-persod with j tor ITie demonstration. I RCMP Kt. Stewart told court 'WW. to he rullivi l i thuf. Hull. in. in Iho Inn. -T. aiivimj w oti F I Tiisnnv. $ Thu driver Mirhapl traffic between the two cities. Atamanchnk.. 1400 First Over r ABC is under contraci to the arU." sa d s Un?rt;:KJ, WZL M Montreal has sulled for C'ermany as Can- had been looking for a Canadian R,i,. .llri waq rtrafwH nri I It atla's ideaI studpnt (student "ambassador" for some sned signed while v.ti.le at neai neai by by K Kacong icsonr- ! After a country.wjde search, time. Their idea was to send him pulp company for all towing. In look Street, jumped from the truck just as it started down the bank, narrowly escaping a eluding Incoming equipment and outgoing pulp when the dousing. many of which were made by Constables Wasson and Irving. When It was put to the sergeant by Mr. Hogarth that possible excessive force used by Constables Wasson and Irving may have been the cause of the "rebellion" the witness said that it was possible. Const. Wossou had been called to Inspector Taylor's office and the matter PLAV MV PART Paul Poifras of Montreal was se- on a year's tour of Germany to The Briton, Identified as a lected as the young man most (see how the people there live, marine who had served seven ! suited to fill the role of ambas-j work and play. 'l yesterrlay morning : front of the crowd but not lead- Harold Whalen andiing It. Bait, he said, told him iieruiteiident V. e. An- I that "we (the crowd I have come i'.r I up to discuss our rights." When ekl said that he saw . 'L He doesn't know exactly what miJi is in operation. Mr. Argo was accompanied by W. A. Whyte, general freight happened. However, he said he thinks he left the truck in re agent for the railway and steam verse gear "when he parked it ship company in B.C., and was talking to RCMP ln-fTaylor. head of the years of a 12-year enlistment., was quoted: "I am determined to play my small part in fighting for th" better sort of world I believe fi'Pert RCMP sub-dlvl- discussed, he said. "nt of the city hall. CCF Member Wants Water Out of Whisky Golf Range Readied For Drivers ed by defence coun-Willa !-' Ray. Mr. Anfield near the bank. When he returned to the truck and was about to start it, it started to move backward and plunged down the bank. -The windshield was forced out, the roof and grillworK dented, and considerable water damage was done to the When Mr. Hogarth asked if it, in . wasn't "ridiculous that Sgt. Nor- Allied "explainers" are to bo man didn't know about such a gin talking to U.S., British nn-1 reason for the demonstration," j south Korean prisoners at th" With the co-operation of the German ambassador to Ottawa, Dr. W. Dankworth, and .heads of universities throughout the country, 9 search was started for Uie "ideal Student." , i : Requirements were ability, character and background. First a big list of names was compiled by the sponsors. Then the long process of elimination began. Finally Paul was chosen. He sailed on the German cargo liner Birto Hugo Stinnes. Part of Hatt Indicated he would siifrse the crowd. An- Sgt. Stewart said that he didn't i question by Doug Ho- iiiresenlin? McKenzie, Would-be golfers in Prince camp a mile above Panmunjom Saturday, telling them tnev have the right to be repatriated if they wish. VICTORIA Leo Nimsick (CCF-Cranbrook) wants the B.C. government to "dehydrate the whisky it sells through the liquor control board stores. know whether it had been brought to Sgt.. Norman's attention or not. He said that Const. Wasson had been transferred. 11 said that he did not j Rupert now can get In some "..ie at : thr cnnn ! ......... f Iho CAntra taken on an inspection of operations by Arthur . Kemp, freight ' ageht' here..i ( .j ' VISIT KETCHIKAN Mr. Whyte and Mr. Kemp left for Ketchikan on the Prince George while Mr. Argo had to return to Montreal by train. He had been recalled on business. The assistant vice-president said the CNR Is "vitally interested" In the railway's operations here and indicated that construction of the permanent slip will mean greatly increased trade between here and Alaska. While some material and equipment has been shipped from here to Kitimat for the giant Aluminum Company of At the same time. Communist "ha!en told the court; where the drivlntr ranue has The member, speaking dur- ! his year will be spent at Munich Inspector Taylor testified as representatives will visit 22.600 "'most struck by a been revamped he addressed the With the thought in mind that i t Bait's actions, saying that ; North Korean .and Chinese pris- "nffi"e at the city ' Prince Rupert may soon have a jr ,ne accused agreed to try ; one s w. ieiu.se rcp.ur. '' he asked the , ro d golf course, the Civic Centre staff "d "P".se the mob, he and the j The Allies today boosted the imnmved the nracttce ran ire. accused shook hands in a dipio- number of missing United N.- Chemical Plant Blast Kills 10 TONAWANDA, NY. (API At least 10 men were killed Wednesday as a series of four explosions blew to bits a chemical plant building here and rocked the northern suburbs of Buffalo. Twenty-seven persons were ing the throne debate in the 1 University, the balance in large legislature, was making sug- ! German engineering plants, gestions in connection with the 1 During the summer holidays government's promised new Paul will stay with German f am- legislation. Hies in various parts of the "Dehydrate the whisky," he country. said. "Take the water out of It." j Germans here hope' he will I sil siiirt l.o , i,Ji h .m.M avmnoKinm I matlc manoeuvre. He issued the , turns soldiers for whom tney in the orders for lor tear tear gas to w be uc used; us,uni.n..u demand an accounting ..... from the crowd after nrd It it is Is now now ooen open for for practices oractlces. ! ioruers gas 110 '" nl'l I i v tt : bv an ppolntment Al Hurst, prin- i and described the heat generated ; Reds by 17 to 3.421. Three Cannot Booth Memorial High by a tear gas bomb after It has j dians are included in the o.igi- " and ad,!li!Vrl thnt einnl Canada , project, no regular nal list ! sec M( K' n. ie :it M.n K, h.l n.,H woll.lt nnwn irnirinir I exploded The Allies conceded at a meet unocr cross-exanunamm uy "Do I understand you want stronger liquor," Premier Bennett asked. "Yes," the member replied. If people- had less water In their liquor they would buy only 13 ounces at a time instead of 26. ing of the armistice commission secretariate that some American help Canadians to understand the German way of life better when he comes back. That, they think, will lead to Improved relations all round between the two countries. A German official in Montreal said Paul's trip is "just the beginning. There will be more to PoWs on the original list submitted Sept. 0 had been repat defence counsel he said that no one had come to him with any concrete evidence that would suggest a cause for the disturbance. He maintained that the crowd was uglier than those he ! enthusiast here, will give irt-In the nfleni.,,, , istiuetlon on request, and is in-l; Nniinm, head or ; terested In new pupils. W det;,, hiocnt, snH j The driving range set,-u) in-'l(nt idcniiry eny t.f ; eludes V new. more adaptable ''used. He estimated j'sc.recri that can be drawn on " Fulton Street; short notice. ry hall as bid ween; The improved golfing facilities $2,500 Allocated to Improve Grounds at McClymont Park An Improvement program at. be improved, either by drainage McClymont park, which may and removal of stumps, or by' riated. come as time goes by. ; are a part of the over-all pre- h D: eventually cast about $6,250. will filling to raise the level. The p (-- parauons oeiug unueriawii i "WI itlin fuf fonlrn In a n I lelnutlon APprovcd I ot a big increase In activities fi.llnwitiir flip memliershln drive. Plans to be Made By Clubs Tonight Plans for the coming annutU general meeting of the Prince Rupert Basketball Association will be made when last year's executive meets at the Civic " R ,rp' -The family ! The big drive for members will '-c,.t:il)ll..ied on j be staged Monday. October 5, J1 In British Co-1 with a porchlight canvass of the P"wi!ly tlirough-! city, to be undertaken by teams 1 r nnll!ni ..f parking area next to the adult swimming pool will be expanded to accommodate 20 vehicles, and log guard rails will be installed. Present paths will be widened and a new walkway between the uppef and lower levels will be built. Tha proposed project may also include provision of bathhouse cubicles and bleachers on opposite sides of the adults' pool. get a start this' fall. City, parks commissioners, at their monthly meeting, authorized the city works department to undertake some $2,500 worth of work at the park this fall, after giving tentative approval to plans of the project submitted by G. E. Beaton, works superintendent. Work will start immediately on a new dry rock retaining wall which will divide the present had experienced in Vancouver riots during the depression or at the Kstevan coal mine riots. RCMP Constable Riddell testified that he saw McKenzie standing on a panel delivery truck shouting "Come on let's get them" and later In front of the city hall. He also saw Jarvis in the crowd waving his arms and shontlne and Jnnasen standing with two young girls opposite the city hall. Constable Simpson said he saw Tnnn.sen nl'-k up a tear gas grenade and throw it back. When arrested Jonasen had a blistered hand, he said. Constable Crouch said that he questioned Jarvis after the dis Wiii.'!uw,lM'.'lw iw"wqjpwwpwiiu. n imv I.)-..".... SWIM .V; ,,ft ) t ( T " . linn z u, l.i iriiratuwin'to v.. r 'ticiny i.f r:....M.i i tnnMiltf.r rit-nn t.ivu l.ifinu In the Centre at 7:30 tonight. ' '"li 1 I I'l 11 Civic Centre !'t III, h, u .v week 11 The Centre Is hoping for an increase in membership over last Also meeting at the Civic Centre tonight to elect officers for the 1953-54 season is the Prince Rupert Badminton Club which has scheduled Its annual lir.,i- "j.'v.-m.Hin or r',li't'.tl A.SSOei,,,!..., sloping park, and landscaping Tne commission nas only $2,500 available for the project this year, but hopes to budget for the remainder next year. general meeting for B p.m. in ! will be undertaken year's total of 2,500. Ship Reaches Kitimat Today the Common Lounge. The children's playground will persal of the crowd and Jarvis " m two or three told him that "military law had not been declared in Prince Rupert" and later dared him to ar U S. Withdraws Offer to Pay For AAiGs During Peace Talks Nher-. rest him. When led away by a '"recast 't ,TI. ... .. friend, Jarvis told Crouch, the witness said, that "my sympathies are with the crowd." Constable' Miller said McKen 'her ni?0"!1 zie gave his name as Clifford Mahone. He said he saw the accused George Flewln both down on "Skid Row" and also on Ful Canada's newest port, Kltl-mnt, welcomed its first deep-sea vessel today. A sjiokesman for the Aluminum Company of Canada at Montreal said Wednesday the Sunwhlt was due to reach Kitimat from Montreal. The 8,900-trn ship Is loaded with heavy machinery and raw materials tor the gigantic aluminum smelter. . . The cargo Is part of a 30,000-ton shipment seven 8aguenay Terminals ships will pour Into the centre from St. Lawrence ports this year to get the 80,-000-ton-a-year aluminum project rolling by next summer. - .v w auuwers .'"MlnesK Pri WASHINGTON (AP) The United States today offered to return to Its "rightful owner" the MiG-15 jet plane flown into American lines by a North Korean pilot. At the same time the Far East command withdrew for the duration of peace talks the offer to pay $50,000 for MiGs delivered to the West. The statement by Gen. Mark Clark, UN commander, had noth- United States of America tc grant asylum to those seeking freedom remains unchanged. "However, during this perirx of armistice discussions the offet by the Far East command on 2V April. 1953. to award $50,000 foi undamaged MiGs brought to ou; side Is withdrawn. "When the rightful ownershit of the MIG that recently lander at Kimpo has been establish we will offer to turn it over U that owner." ton Street when the crowd was running after the tear gas ment to the Korean pilot wh delivered the first MIG last week. Defence department officials, however, noted that there was nothing in the Clark Statement to make it retroactive. On that basis the Korean would get his money $50,000 for the plane plus another $50,000 bonus as the first to take up the U.S. offer. Clark's statement, released simultaneously here and in Tokyo, said: The traditional policy of the machine gun had been fired. Under cross-examination by ,lt'e change In tem- .S'r h F,'Way f !1 ee R m Sa"d- Mr. Hogarth he said that he did WHAT, ANOTHER? All right, National Sweater Week began September 21, but at least the promoters have something here to promote. Wool merchants, holding their annual 'convention at the Nevele Country Club, Nevele Falls, N.Y., chose Christine Christy, 19, as the Sweater Sweetheart for this year. not see the 6-foot 2-lnch McKen zie standing on a panel delivery to ana Jlng to jiny directly aOout pay truck near Frtzzell Motors.