PRO MC.-'... 115 1M SORROW'S V Id i I 't i 3. ORMES I V5 y TIDES- DRUGS t ,:,uaru Tinie DAILY DELIVERY 3 I'S 19 S fri t If. H 20 4 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA S NEWSPAPER , 15 BO lift Phone 01 S 9 1. 39 3 9 lift Published ot Canada's Mott Strategic Pacific Pert "Prince- Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL, XLII, No. 1 ' PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. FRIDAY, JAKUAB7 2, 1953 . PRICE FIVE CENTS o) 0)o Saifeife, Wag 1 jard janges iilicized jor Leaders tpose Plan mi CI SFk l Ik II hlilSl terra to V " . VKi: (CT)- Personal Income Jumps 5 Per Cent VICTORIA (CP) British Columbians drew more money in salaries and wages for 1952 than any other, year, "a Department of Trade and Industry n.f.'.sages by; (ulun.bia labor; HO CAR CRASHES REPORTED DURING NEW YEAR HOLIDAY An evpn dozt-n New Year's Eve over-enthu.sia;itic celebrants appeared in police court this morning after "a fairly quiet holiday tinip," according lo RCMP. Not ore car accident waa reported, police said, "and on the whole, Prince Rupert residents ' were on their best behavior." , Magistrate Walter Vance, now recovered from Illness, held court after an absence of two months. review reveals. ' . Labor Ile- Mi'il m part- - Total salaries and wages mounted to an all-time high of $1,680,000,000. Personal income In B.C. Js estimated up five per cent over 1951. the previous record year. Total business volume also AKOt'T ROM AM CATHOLIC fnithlul crowded thp Montieal Forum to al U-nd Christmas ir.nlniKi.t nia, cl-braud by Msgr. J, C. Chaumont, auxi!Ury bbtiop of Muntreal. Here a jjortum of the throng. boomed In 1952, as meas ired by money passing through banks. The review estimates an all- ,,an CongpA.1 , a iid JLU"r i,i,i Uid Sir ijl to Victoria VI- i i jr'.ai y n." .(ftt.v. rpir-? . i in the pro-.it Uc chaiur I u oy Uf go-, '. n.il uiiiav- j .ijtav''in' rf- time peak of Sll.000.000.000 in First Rupert Baby of 1953 Enters Soldiers Shake Hands To Welcome New Year Corporal Shot Through Heart While Returning from Patrol I5y BILL BOSS CtniMluin Prats 8UJT Writer Explosion Kills 40 in Chile VALPARAISO, Chile 0 At least 40 persons were killed and 500 injured when 20 - tons of blasting powder exploded in a flaming warehouse New Year's Eve. Officials said the death toll might reach 100. Authorities said a firecracker tossed by a New Year's merrymaker might have touched off the fire that enveloped a highway department warehouse just before the blast. It was the worst disaster to strike this city of 200.000 value of cheques .cashed in B.C. for the year, a boost of more than $1,000,000,000 over the previous 12-month record. British Columbia's basic in World at 7:50 p.m. New Year's Day dustries operated at slightly lower levels in 1952 than In i i MiHT.t of the , Flrt baby ol tiil In prince Orotlu Ciisar Store. A dresa khlrt and tie for father', . and laiK.r Rueri was bom at 7.M p m New Free trip from hospital for j from Art Murray Menswcar. 1951, but in other sectors the IN KOREA. United Nations troops in my part provincial economy showed ex .r wnl (.gut Ycara Iay to bete winner of mother and baby and S5 credit A trlft certificate fur any iren- ceptional strength. Industry tn ICA l more than $75 In jkIzc in the in taxi fares for father's vlAiti ulne Ford part or accessory from , of the western sector disnatC'hed 18 Datrols into the Minister Ralph Chetwynd said. '-hi capable ol ; m Daily Net baby eonU-rt. to hospital from 69 Taxi Bob Parker Ltd. ,,u i :u.i , : j i: r , 'Considerable activity tn the hydro-electric and oil and gas Dipeline industries presage a Iind New Year's Eve. Outposts tn the valley be-, 1. 1 1 .. j u.. j Chile's second largest since the devastating 1906 earthquake. iTeacher Group great future industrial development in British Columbia," he said. imi tuns luuiuic-u iy niivrij Nations troops and those ahead, manned by Chinese Commu- SOMEONE LIKES WATCHES IN AL MANSON'S STORE It's getting to be ft habit. A bad habit. That's what Al Maivson, city Jewr-ilery store proprietor U thinking after the New Year's Eve robbery of several watches from nla window display. ;! Criticizes r .. ni.tibill Collar Baby u n eight -fou.ld. 7, t'ii.i vt lt'ourme son of Mr and Mm Roy ,.t i iomo'lna h.'Coswan, 1013 eighth Avenue jEsurt. , ! ac oppiMC ai H Ls She first baby born here . r irid A fe'on New Year Day for several . . :,ion a f.ii- r t Itivo'.mi-fU Lt year baby contest win-! J.'.n U,e ji.aii'irf "rr ui nilVf ker iim birthday iV-ial pace- ; Saturday. Jan 3 8h Is the P'i-,iient of the "htrr of Mr. and Mrs. Frank , l (.,.,f t-x s'"ne i:'!' "t"i',, lbt nf 'or .' 'rent fl. '.'r"."t tne omnfr tM "V'T, nMi, counted the hours of their Fire Damages House Here on listening watch. They silently shook hands as School Boards IJS53 hit Korea, then resumed : lh,lr VANCOUVER 7 A charge ii New Year's Day r-iaioon ana section positions that many school boards in B.C on one regiment's battalion-i are not bargaining in good LUth wide telephone hook-up 'C" ; was matje re by the Provincial t will nave .7 . . v 1 '.J u i kt1r .,1"V""l'm,,il f lhto V"f serenaaca oy a Vancouver en-; Executive of the B.C. Teachers A house fire early New Year's Day caused more than $1,500 damage to furniture and home ft Mr ortrt Urm 3lonH .T jml'l i tertalnment team. Lorraine Mc-: Federation, following a thrw-day IU -o'rtance The bg plate glas window wa br oken for the second time . in a month with a klruilar amount of watches as the thief's fustlooV , . ,,. J Kt N'.f here rail it a ' 'niysivry, aimast a duplicate of the first break-In." Damage of near J00 Is covered by insurance. Sedgman, McGregor Accept st or i . ; nof Dl.lk 1 .. n . . x- rt Pleased tor Hern what the baby and parents get: j A pair of baby hoe from the ' Family Bhoe Btore; A bahyi layette from The .Strk Khoppe. ! A hiKh chair from Cordon At ; Anderson Limited, j A sliver btiby cup from Oecrge I Cook. )ert!cr. j A birthday cake from Vans ; Bakery. i AUisier, a Dionae sinser accom- meeting. Spanled on the accordian by Karl ', m its statement the executive Karleen from a command po3t'qUOtcd a memorandum to all 'of another outfit, momentarily 'school boards from the Trustees' ! in reserve. ; Association, dated Nov. 8 to the ; A corporal and three men. 'effect that: "Any Board faced -after four hours on a standing j with (remands for Increases .patrol on glare ice as brightly j should refuse to give way. and flit as mid-day in the full moon, should do everything possible to started for home at 12:30 a.m. j protrs-Jt the negotiations. An enemy sniper who appar- i "if it appears that the teach-'ently had vatched for hours erx are likely to force the Board j opened fire at a range of 200 into arbitration, the Board I yards. One shot struck the j should notify the teachers that iviaua, urn eiAi.il ivcuuc ami. The blaze, which Fire Chief Earl Becker believes started in a chesterfield, was confined to the inside of the house but had been burning for some time before the alarm was turned in at 3 a.m. by the home-coming owners. Considerable damage was done by smoke and one wall was burned out. Offer To Turn Professional i Co-operate ill Industry I.OS ANGLLES C4c Kia.' nier announced Thursday ni;:ht Frank Sedgman aiid Ken Mc CJrrsur, worid'i top amaU'ur ten-1 5U :) - Oiganuifd labor ( A ca.v of baby food from Blatn i'u h, ro-onerate with, grocers Collections By Customs Down Sharply j for the general LT. t DR. DONALD R. SAXON of Yorkton and Saskatoon, Sask., and Victoria, B.C., has been awarded the Distinguished Cross for devotion to duty while acting ' as naval liason officer in the islands off the west coast in Korea. He was with the Canadian destroyer Cayuga at the time. He now is executive officer of the destroyer Sioux. pairoi. tu corporal reu wun ;they ate requesting a reduction bullet through his heart. in teachers' salaries." The bullet pierced his armor-j The Federation executive said ed vest, his pnybook wallet, went , local teachers' associations now clean through his body and!are faced with the problem of A baby Jar. tray set and thernis !ars have tumid proics-i mometer from Ornics Druus ' .uoiial j A b!'X cl8ar '"f ,MwT from He said they have accepted hi . u .if common mnc m I: . by the heads $100,000 oiler to tour the Unl-; to bii(Set labor The WEATHERMAN Says Synopsis Three separate storms are headed eastward across the Pacific Ocean towards the coast emerged through the vest. arbitrating in 40 or 50 of ine 77 Thus, before 1953 was 45 mln-j school districts in the province, utes old. the war claimed this (The Public Schools Act requires force's first sacrifice of the year, i that these arbitrations be com j led States and "other places on Revenue from Canadian Cus- hlrh I decide " I trims collections in Prince Knperi ! Kramer said his ofTer lo of 583.747 30 in 1952 fell $85.-!Sedi?man and McOrvsor was as a MS 44 short of the totai collected ; team and that It was S100.000 or . ln th- ureeedinir vear Pensioners Cheques Total 536,000,000 pleted by Feb. 14. "In some Instances offers previously mSde to the teachers were abruptly withdrawn by the local school board, obviously Ontario Oil Search Planned 40 per cent i;rov: ri cript.s. which M-rr 1 5 H wi-e:iter December collectloas totalled of British Columbia. Nearest of i n.' hi.;, were lasurd ty ; B-i.'-'oiiuli, prejiiiliiit of n.cuiijiT Trades and B1'! of Canada, and '"-l:'-r president of the f!Ur Canadian Coll- '-' i labor.'" said Mr. . " .11 be only too pleas- these storms, some 500 miles ' The loor H1 loe'lorl the two $38,662.87 compared to $46,351 C2 Strike Stops 3,500 Buses In New York EDMONTON (CP) Overland jfter , "Tlph f Trustees' west of Vancouver Island, is sending a flood of mild, mobt VICTORIA Nearly $30,000 000 ' Awi ralmns. Kramer and I'ancho for the same month hi 1951. was paid to British Columbians; Segura. j Less business on waterfront tinder the federal Old Ae Ho- M(ii;man ano Mctiri-gor oouj shipping ln the fishing industry air over the coast. . . Not much change is expected tn coastal weather today .and curity program which completed scored resounding victories ln aC(.ounl(.d muiniy fr this drop. ment said. Executive members said teachers have not shared in the standard of living gains made by other occupational groups within the I.-..,, .I- l...l...lru ..... U t , I r,..!t, rt,n nliiv tliia wnelr Industries Limited of Edmonton has announced completion of arrangements for the immediate development of what may be the "largest potential oil fields of all time." In a press release. Overland eai It hoo nhlatna nil roMrvn. NEW YORK CP A New Saturday. ' ' :-'' i . . .... . , custom one mis saw .. . . - i ur R. Hone, PRaini me nc.si uiirni ironi tor - Forecast i i ( ni a ouwnv D vwums-s w,wv 7; lr7 w 7 t egioidircc,,; Allied Wales to retain the! Peak month tn 1951 was June u.J weaeirelo rVeemt.er cheques ; tnphy for tlu? third straight ; which netted $72,410.57 in cus- j privately-owned buses that or- idlnarily rumble along New -..h our various gov- ,ltal.rd $3138500. the .year toim revenue. June, 1952, than 800.000 ;tons covering more Hi .it hhLhin t.ulul . ... . v. j -c om: - i,r in nnrt irill'tr lllfiv. . province. "The end result of such an uncompromising stand," R. R. Smith, BCTF president, said, "will be to drive young people away from the profession. The Trustees' Association could hard- .,, ; . : z . :b rj,.n."..reru!j.r, !"r,v,r.?;, " 'z ;,: h. prlod but resuKea: Bay basin of North Coast Regit n: Gale warning continued. Rain today and Saturday. Remaining mild. Southeast gales 40, shifting to southwesterly gale 30 this evening. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Port Hardy, Sand-spit and Prince Rupert. 38 and 45. northern Ontario. I In only $57.778 03. York's streets with 3,500,000 passengers dally. Other forms of transportation still operate, however, and the first day of the strike caused comparatively little. Inconvenience. . iif-uiui iiimr- ;'Ht) in janoiir), i:i.w. n- iiiin.ii.eu - th rrcelv- court play drew praise from all is the only possible inontli. 89.325 pensioners ' and happier lives can cd a total of $2,773,000. Dwcm- ( quarters i by all of the people " ber iviisioners numhrred T7.3'). In singles play. Sedgman. the H ,l.r Sll(1 the labor The report ni.to reflected ttv ; world's leading nmatvur trouneed -i Vic .Selxas and MeOregor trlm- "Uk... ..r M.H....HIV e..n!o.oed Increase In rtiltis 'ly have chosen a more effective method of aggravating the present serious shortage of teach t .. ..... v I ... ers. lis ffilnmhhl IHipiiliillon. uuring-men tour ii.iu. n . ,. '"'is as well as U"il'ilV iie It w, .,,,.1,1 .... ,.wi i it a n..nvinner runic nlavcfl together to ' ' r - w activities aimed n't to British' Columbia from other ; same two Americans in the do'.i- R Hie finest tvw of iirovinces as romparcn wlt'i, Dies event - -1 IT 2 loss was the most Canadian-US Relations Strained Since End of War VANCOUVER J A University i two countries "are no different, of British Columbia history pro- and re considered, at least by i hn moved eisew ncre in ' v P mid aclviinrlng HlUre," one-sided in Davis cup history. '.he Dominion. frs Make Choices King's Death Top World Story ""' Kln George VI was Press poll which asked them U), developing story Browing out of :-!r.'w.,Sirv ,liBMithinme the six top world news discovery early in the year ol feasor said Americans are "benevolently ignorant about Canada." and most Canadians seem "malevolently informed" about the United States. Speaking before the Pacific branch, American Historical Society Prof. F. H. Soward said relations between Canada and the United States, once "unique the Canadian government, as more difficult than heretofore:" New role of the United States in international affairs Character of the problems which confront the f ree world. . Canada's altered position. America has become the colossus of freedom in the western world. Bold decisions have been Churchill Boards Ship For America ' SOUTHAMPTON & ' Prime Minister Churchill sailed Wednesday on the liner Queen Mary for talks with President-elect Eisenhower on Korea and other world problems. The 78-year-old British leader, who is also scheduled to call on President Truman later before he takes a two-week holiday In Jamaica, was accompanied by Mrs. Churchill. The Uner is due In New York on Monday. Shortly before his departure, the Prime Minister spent two breaks In the Canadian som. focrt-and-moutn nipaet tor Canadians. 'n's wer ei,.rt..H wnr! Thev'were nearly unanimous KBuiivwBo wwc i" ,". here and there a'al.so ln listing Oen. Elsenhower's place. " a train was wrecked election among their six top and pleasantly easy," have be- The top selections: World News: 1. the King's come worse since the end of the; made, and "that it could have i',,ry or an atom bomb ! world brenks. ln third place was election; Second World War. u AH 111 nido giCapt Kurt Carlsen's long effort; death : Eisenhowers h..7 EiUt-rprlse, 4, last January to save the batter-jS. the flying nf ,f ii ti. , ...'.h wou'eH freighter freighter Flying Flying Enterprise Enterprise, iouk's ouster from Egypt, s been achieved without momenta of friction and minor errors la judgment Is to expect altogether The problems which will con JUrv tinue to cause real concern riots; 6, Harrow frnm the nhvlons fact that '. too much of human capacity.' iiU!jHHp,H. ! Tnn rBniirilan story was the ; Prison camp M b. crime yarn that; train wrf1-01 6 " reportinir xe the! Boyd ooyu ganga h, iriillnirl C anadian New 1. Uic Boyd a decision made in Washington j Despite many similarities, dif-may affect Canada just as vitally ferences must spring up from the todav as one mode ln London ! disparity between a super-power ! hours d!scu?lng with Foreign THE HEADS OF CANADA'S two Social Credit governments, Premier E. C. Manning tlcft) of Alberta and Premier W. A. C, Brnnett of British Columbia, meeting in Edmonton, agreed on the "desirability" of pushing both provincial boundaries northward by some 350 miles. They also decided to make a joint submission to Ottawa urging construction of a 277-mile rail line between the B.C. owned Pacific Great Eastern and the Northern Alberta Railways. . . courageous unas-i begun m mtinn - 1 - , mid-mouth out- who typified lu'of Toronto Dctec "ve Edmund gang lf Jt 5"M u,i,ty under throng, e . r. 1 .. . W . . ... H Q and a middle-power which was not only a democratic North American state but a member of the Commonwealth. ini,',a , , I?";. :..Z:.:::J m double, Canadian dollar: 5. Social credit llICiCa VSmUl 111 MIC JJM said. Frof. Soward gave three Tttt-ons why relations between tie I Secretary Anthony Eden British proposals on the Anglo-American problems he will lay before Els- lenhower. ttiii 6tty ncwKnn. "in was i..t,..i, uswa Dyiana ii,ain .unn".. and In a --- life - sentence . , win in ln ur- B.C , o. PC ti unset upsei oi of N v.u. o. ' i Boyd. The ' Ubemta. Edwin vousd a Canadian for gang leader