PROVINCIAL LIBRARY PROVISCIAL LIBHARI, I viCTC RtA.B.C .VICTORIA, B. C. 113 KiEtRMES DRUGS DAILY DELIVERY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Greot Northwest" Phone 81 VOL. XL, No. 209 PRINCE RUPERT. B.C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1951 PRICE FIVE CENTS re mm JV 1 i 4 I J u U V VIM or Congresses To M.LA. Proposes Force on Douks bate Wages, Living Momentous Convention Gets Underway Here Associated Boards Meeting Hailed as Pointing Up New Era Seventy Delegates With President W. J. Scott in the chair over a gathering of upwards of seventy delegatesfrom various parts of northern and central British Columbia By JOHN LEBLANC Cuiadmn Pre Stall Writer I'AW'A, (CP) Wages and the soaring cost of jjl I the dominating theme of Canadian Opposition Members Wil Press Question At Coming Session OTTAWA, (CP) Government action to hold down the cost of living will be demanded by opposition parties in the House of Commons when Parliament meets next month. This was emphasized Wednesday in statements by George Drew, Progressive Conservative leader; M. J. Coldwell, CCF leader, and Solon ' - ,v :v r.v:k:. wo bitf annual gatherings tnis month. gild Labor Con- I Labor, no ainK ill 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I MR T0 and Alaska as well as government representatives and observers from public service bodies in other iSinHi.liiiiX ana van-j - '(xpecud to lay down ii i . ,,. ,. (i. -iiiuuu.-. j ! lyjiiiu iniru MOW union members i MIMV IIVIVV. i .... i V KAMLOOPS-In" an address Wednesday, Sidney Smith, MLA. spoke s'rong'y against the plan to establish the Sons of Freedom at Adams Lake near here. The Doukhobors, he declared, had become a curse to the Kootenays and If it was actually the Intent to locate the radicals at this new location, then such action should be opposed by force. George Hills Alderman by Acclamation George - Edwin Hills, I , - ! oiiiy canuiuaie j.ur io- month term OI altlerman parts of the province, the annual convention of the Associated Boards of Trade of Central British Columbia got under way this morning at Civic Centre. Low, Social Credit leader. 'joo'mi'iiibcr 'TLC is to! A throe-man nominating com- (rtHiniK meeting in "" iwuim una uiuu- Miinclav. ine's "i " ..i-u d..ius u. . ('f'-.-iii" 350 000 un-1 1 rate convention here to nomi-j 'if'n Sept. 17 at nate members for election of g, " Each convention j new executive. j Df jci'ii iuu anu iuvu Committee members are three! past prsidents of the association, I caraimns by I ne con- i c e 0 r - 0l!s,,)n, Vanrlerhn.if i a the relationship t chairman; J. T. Harvey. Prince- 1,w.-lu.u,.,Wptrti and f. M : tout oi tore Canad- reU(Wa ! ; "X If ' S f- i " , I ' x- 1 """ ' 9 ji ji - I 'f - y' ; Vr.' H j! Dockrill,! Election will be held at end of! (invention tomorrow. ! Young Girl Is Tennis Champ FOREST HILLS O Maureen Connolly, 16-year-old, scrapper from away back, thrilled a crowd of 25 on se ;hen fought her way through a broll- ing third set to defeat Shirley Flj of Akron, Ohio, 6-3. l-6. 6-4, 1 Indians in Lead Again NEW YORK Cleveland In- riiarl. I,,,) haeir into first in in Spnt oeptemDei pmhpr 11 16 hv-fW-! Dy-eiec-iof and became me youngest owner tfle wom.en.s crown ln tne tions, today Was declared j United States tennis cljampion- elected by acclamation, byjships- BULLETINS Returning ' Officer R. W.l Long. Nominations closed j at noon today. Two candidates have filed j nomination papers to run for the i three-month term aldermanic j vacancy. They are Michael Kreuger. chemist manager of i Prince Rupert ishermen's Co- operative Association liver plant,! boost offer of 20 cents , . th tieht American'11 wase and Eric Faure. manager of theu .,ague raCe Wednesday night by Consumers' Co-op store- ' Kaien- to 2 defeating Detroit Tigers 5 Mayoralty candidates are T b nind Ear, w Iour.hit ivuhro, uiijao and H. F. (Bert) Glassey. ' j .h... f candidates were as follows: New York Yankees who were de McLeod ,fJT-H- S' Wha;ifTaTer4 toVln NYorkb; Ee" ALLIES ESCAPE UNITED STATES EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN KOREA-An Allied unit tonight fought its way through encircling Chinese Communists and reached safety after an 18-hour battle on the western Korean front. It is estimated that 3000 Chinese, reinforced by tanks and artillery, had attacked a United Nations unit in two spots. Allied eye-witnesnes paid the final escape of the United Nations force was a "mad dash" by armored vehicles and foot troops. BRITISH GOV'T ON SPOT BLACKPOOL Britain's Trades Union Congress today called on the Labor government to nationalize buying, marketing and distributing of certain consumer goods. State control, 8,000,000 workers said, would help cut the cost of living. It is understood the resolution had milk, meat, fish vegetables and fruit in mind. QUEBEC FIRE TRAGEDY SEPT ILES, Quebec Seven members of a family were burned to death in a fire which wared through their two-storey frame home today. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Leger Lapierre and five children. When first noticed, the flames were shooting out of the windows of the house. len, John T. N. Youngs H. S. Whalen, J. N. Forman. G. D. Frizzell P. H. Llnzey F;ter Gamula. H. F. Glassey J. C. Thomp son, Mrs. Mary V. MacLaren Eric Faure, Mrs. Norra E. Ar- nold, Peter Forman. G. E. Hills Kenneth Harding, George Viereck. They were commenting on Prime Minister L. S. St. Laurent's radio broadcast the previous night. Drew said In a statement Parliament will have opportunity to vote on the question. He added that between now and the time Parliament meets in October everything possible should be done by all Canadians thronphnnt the whole nf r!anaria imr,rpae lmnn momhor ni Parliament that the people want immediate action and vigorous action to hold down the cast of living. I. W. A. Refuses 20-cent Offer VANCOUVER Officials of the International Woodworkers of America (ClOi have rejected an hour for 4000 workers in the northern interior of British Columbia. Stewart Alsbury, district president, said today the union will apply for a conciliation board. He said the 20-cent offer was -de without -any extras." such compulsory cheek-off and better holidays with pay. "This is an absolute breach of faith on the part of tha northern operators," he said. "It is a complete double-cross." . Earlier, operators had offered a 19! -cents hourly wage boost, plus extras asked by the union. Sedgmanls . Title Winner FOREST HILLS, New York (Pi ;ank Sedgman, long overdue ' from Australia, finally took his place among tennis champions Tuesday when ha brought his big game to its absolute peak and slaughtered Vic Seixas of Philadelphia 6-4. 6-1. and 6-1 in the final of the US national championships. It took the big. fleet Aussie ! nnlt, minnt'l. In konnma ih. - - ftwS the cup slnce Fred perry 0f 'England, j took it home in 1936, and the first Australian ever to win it. STOCKS Johnston Co. Ltd.) Royal Canadian .ll'i Royalite 19 00 TORONTO Athona .07 Aumaque .25 Beattle .41 Bevcourt - .51 Buffalo Canadian .. .17 4 C M & S 167.00 It was hailed as a gathering which could be of vital significance in connection with the guidance of the destinies of this area In the new era of industrial development which has come to the port of Prince Rupert and ail of central and northern British Columbia. President Scott was joined In the Inaugural proceedings by Acting Mayor Harold Whalen and Vice-President T. Norton Youngs of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce. Both Mr. Whalen and Mr. Youngs welcomed the dele gates and extended best wishes to the convention for success in its deliberations. Said Mr. Youngs: "We are at the crossroads of Industrial development In tnis area. Much may depend upon this convention and the resolutions that are parsed. It should be an historic convention from whicn it Is to be hoped ail will benefit." Telegrams and messages were received from many persona who found It impossible to attend In person including Premier B. I. Johnson, Hon. E. C. Carson, Hon. H. R. Bowman, Hon.i W. T. Straith, R. C. Steele, MLA; Hon. R. W. Mayhew, Frank Calder, MLA; Senator Gray Turgeon, R. O. Winspear, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, D. M. Morrell, manager, and others. PRESIDENT'S REPORT President Scott offered his report reviewing accomplishments or otherwise which had been achieved on representations of previous conventions. The great Impetus which had come to industrial development In this area brought with it new and greater problems, Mr. Scott's report observed, and he noped tne Associated Boards might be Instrumental in helping to meet those problems. Mr. Scott paid especial tribute to the assistance ot the secretary of the Associated Boards, Duncan Kerr. The report was adopted with an appreciative vote of thanks on motion of F. M. Dockrill who commended the able manner in which the affairs of the Associated Boards had been carried on during the past year and described the report as a document of Interest and enlightenment wmch might well be a model for 'future such reports. H. G. Perry, chairman of the tne floor the 'convention started consideration of a long list of resolutions with which it nas t0 deal. At noon there was a sea food luncheon under the auspices of the City of Prince Rupert at which Ralph D. Baker, president of the Vancouver Board of Trade, was featured speaker. DELEGATES Registration for the convention went into full swing yesterday afternoon as 46 local members and 16 visitors signed In. Three or four visitors are still tO COme. Visitors registered are: Hon. E. T. Kenney. minister of lands and forests, "W. H. Crocker, Prince George. Walter Johnson, Seattle. Duncan Kerr, secretary, Associated Boards of Trade of Cen tra' BC . of Terrace. R. A. Robinson. Burns Lake. Frank M. Dockrill, Telkwa. George Ogston,. Vanderhoof. , Larry Eckroyd, Vancouver. Harry King, Terrace E. B. Harkness, CNR Industrial agenti Vancouver. John Kill, Terrace. Ralph D. Baker, president, Vancouver Board of Trade, Van - FEATURED SPEAKER Ra'ph D. Baker, president of Vancouver Board of Trade, is a visitor to the city for the Associated Boards of Trade of Central British Columbia convention and featured speaker at today'? luncheon. Mr. Baker l president of th-a Standard Oil Co. cf British Columbia and has long been one of Vancouver prominent business and industrial leaders. BASEBALL- American Cleveland 5. Detroit 2. Boston 4. New York 2. Washington 1-7, Philadelphia 4-9. Chicago at St. Louis rain. National ! St. Louis 2-6, Chicago 3-6. j New York 3-9, Boston 2-1 1. j Philadelphia 2, Brooklyn 5. Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 3. Pacific Coast Seattle 4, Oakland 2. Los Angeles 6. Portland 8. San Diego 0, San Francisco 3. I Sacramento 2, Hollywood 3. TIDES - - Friday, September' 7, 1951 (Pacific Standard Timei High 4:55 16.9 feet 18:54 19.7 feet Low 10:41 7.7 feet 23:44 5.5 feet Alaska-Prince George Rail Link Mooted Here SEVEN RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED Extension of rail service from Prince George to Alaska was urged by a Prince George Board of Trade resolution today at the annual cortvention of Central B. C. Associated Boards of Trade in session here. prooaoiy will be ioi- iv jui.'.i action uy uie and other (roups be- (tmnii'iit later in the : or hou.iecieaning of icvancrd stage, that : joaaig scrap of the n.s liiceiy will take a .a Stic wase-costs Issue However, there will d outbieaks. CL. which lias .spear- anli-Communtst e fill be a final kick m big leftist unit re-alter a three-year mil come from the a.nl United Fur and j.-kers' Union, expell- CCL executive since nwistwn. Ail appeal a orkiT.i will come cisivnitioii but it is tnruvn out. X, there may be some m status of the left- meinoer Canadian the United Textile Oi.ion iAf'L-TLC. f been nudging the ilean-up in that uu-"ongress has been re-jpttiwn us member-nil at least bar sus-er6 irom the conven- PIAV BK DMiKtl) "iw arc that Red sus-a number of other i!i be barred, under l pontm given the w a year ago. ''nitons are Ukely to "un on Uie question ";"-l on paKe i m Safe pig Blow 'or.&d tropical he Caribbean Sea, 'm Bone from its "filed westward to-waters alter by-irul Jamaica. Jamaisan capital, t rain squalls. f OF THANKS Acting Mayor, City ,ni Hi? citizens of : e to ac-n gratAul thanks ,;siof flowers engraved en-s; The sincerity of '"" can only be tne Jobs ",ay we express our h""onnR s with a anl the presen- ncjivid Uil tiophies to T and La ra Mitchell. ltpi Pu'p Woers ,urs at Vote 0n Convention visitor Hon. E. T. Kenney, minister of lands and forests and MLA for Sktjna, arrived in the city i yesterday from Victoria to attend the annual convention here of the Associated Boards of - Trade of Central British Columbia. Mr. Kenney will be one of the speakers during the course of the convention. Will Robmson, Terrace. George Murray, MP, Cariboo. A. G. Ford, Smithers. W. T. Burns, Smithers. H. F. Bird, secretary, American Automobile Association, Vancouver. Jack Graham, Vancouver. Mrs. C. Newhouser, Terrace. Charles Adam, Terrace. Mrs. T. Fraser, Terrace. Local representatives registered are: W. F. Stone, G. C. Mitchell, F. H. Xinzey. secretary, Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce; Philip M. Ray, W. J. Scott, president, Associated Boards of Trade of Central B.C.; A. S. Nlckerson, C. G. Ham, T. M. Christie, Crawford Moore, A. E. Smith, G. A. Hunter, Scott McLaren, Clark McLean. E. T. Applewhaite,1 MP for Skeena; Harry G. Ferry, J. G. Notman. D. W. O. Stewart, C. A. Berner, ' T. Norton Youngs, Frank J. Skinner, R. S. Collinson, Art Murray, Earl R. Gordon, R. E. Gladding. W. A. Armstrong, J. C. Gilker, J. S. Lindsay, Dr. J. Munthe, N. R. Young, Fred Scad-rien. Dr. L. M. Greene, A. L. Bell. W. Crluckshank, Don Forward, D Radford, A. D. Vance, Robert Le Marquant, J. T. Harvey, Orme G. Stuart, George D ob, Alex MacKenzie, ' Edward Boulter, G. S. Keariey, William Scuby, Geoff Hill. H. S. Whalen, Acting Mayor of Prince Rupert; A. P. Crawley. Leather Synopsis Southeasterly gale winds and rain are expected over the north coast today as a storm moves , jnto that regjon from th(? Pa . Th- iirantha. n:ill ha CtinriV ! and warm over the remainder of ) the province tomorrow. Some light rain is expected later in the day tomorrow over the south coast and northern interior as the weather disturbance moves across those regions. Forecast j ... North Coast Region Gale j warning in effect, j Cloudy today. Rain in north-1 ern section ln late afternoon and over region tonight. Cloudv with ' , showers tomorrow. Little change! i in temperature. Wind southeast1 ! 20 this morning, Increasing to southeast 40 this afternoon,' GRO.MVKO SEES AGGRESSION SAN FRANCISCO-Thwarted in his first attempt to stall the Japanese peace conference, Russia's Andrei Gromyko came back to the speaker's stand late Wednesday and vigorously attacked the treaty which United States. Great Britain have in- nifphinff P"c"lnE- . The victory gave the tribes- i men a full game lead over tne third-place Boston Red Sox. Wvnn turned in a beautiful !ritrhinu- nprfnrniHnrp for fiievp- I" ' e " land in winning his 17th victory against 12 losses. Ted Williams slammed his 28th home run, singled and drew two bases on balls In four times at bat as the Red Sox downed the Yankees. Total irrigated area in West Pakistan Is 21,000,000 acres, larger than any other country in the world. TODAY'S .(Courtesy K. II. VANCOUVER American Standard 12 Bralorne 6.50 B R X 03 '4 Cariboo Quartz 1.30 Congress 07 . Giant Mascot 1.20 Indian Mines 28 V4 Fend Oieille 11.00 Pioneer 2.05 Premier Border 37 Privateer 12 V2 Reeves McDonald 5.00 Reno 04 Sheep Creek , 1.75 Silbak Premier 56 Taku River 07 Vananda .14 Salmon Gold 03 Spud Valley 23 Silver Standard 2.47 Western Uranium 4.70 Cronln Babine 64 Oils-Anglo Canadian 7.25 A P Con 51 Atlantic 2.95 Calmont 1.60 C & E 16.00 Central Leduc 2.20 Home Oil 17.75 Mercury 12 .Okalta 2.80 Pacific Pete 9.10 Princess 1.15 vited fifty other countries to sign. Certain great j powers," Gromyko said, "are helping to prepare for t-. ti i mi. j e j t a new war with the I ar East." The dour-faced Rus- si'-m o-illoA .lanan tlio snpyrhpjifl nf thp sirro-vpssinn 1 1 Convention Committees President W. J. Scott appointed Harry King of Terrace and A. G. Ford of Smithers to the credentials committee at the annual convention of the Associated Boards of Trade of Central British Columbia today. Walter T. Burns of Smithers and A. P. Crawley of Prince Rupert comprise the audit Of first seven resolutions ad opted by the convention, the mooted rail extension to Alaska was most thoroughly discussed. Main reason for the resolution were given as an Important step in defence of the Pacific coast, and opening of a vast territory 0f northern British Columbia for industrial and agricultural development. H. G. Perry, chairman of the resolutions committee, explained that already two resolutions calling for such a rail extension had been passed by US Congress. The Prince George resolution urges the Provincial government to work out a policy with US government and US private interests on the rail extension. George Murray, MP for Cari- boo, sugg&sted that the resolu- tion' ..couid very well leave out" rpfprPMCP t.O Alaska "We are Interested first in Canada, and in this part of Canada," he said. Extension of a railway north of the northern Canadian National Railway line should first connect with the Peace River district, "where 30.000,000 bushels of grain this vear will be shipped east." M. Dockrill, Telkwa coal (Continued on page 4) FISH ARRIVALS " Cape Spencer, red cod, 12.000 Conwest 4.10 Donalda 46 Eldona 20 i East Sullivan 9.20 Giant Yellowknife 11.15 God's Lake 36 Hardrock .11 ' Harricana 08 'j Heva 14 - Joliet Quebec 48ij Lynx 15 Hi Madsen R?d Lake 2.20 McKenzie Red Lake 47 McLeod Cockshutt 2.75 Moneta 30 'i Negus 73 Noranda 75.25 Louvicourt 20 Pickle Crow 1.70 San Antonio 2.62 Sherritt Gordon 3.25 ' Silver Miller 1.62 Upper Canada 180 Golden Manitou 7.00 Bobjo .13 IBPS.&P.M.W. Special Meeting 1:30 and 8:30 Conciliation Board Proposals couver. j shifting to southwest 25 about Co-op. Miss Elizabeth M. Winn, asso- midnight tonight. Low tonight! Gooney, red cod, 12.000 Co-clate vice-president. Affiliated ! and high tomorrow Port Hardy,' op. Chambers of Commerce, South-' Sandspit and Prince Rupert, i F. Doreen, bla?k cod, 15,000 eastern Alaska, Juneau. I and 58. v Butedale.