1 1 -ORMES 113 DRUGS VICTORIA, B. C. ... . X DAILY. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER . I V CABS Published at Canada' Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" I Phone I,) IHSP.VITHF-U VOL. XLI, No. 26 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS DELIVERY 81 L " . 1MtW mm mm w DR PRINCE' RUPERT 0IY MI j AS! JFIili f J mmisxer rroooses i J percent Ji Egypt mi i mm: Test Vote Is Coming Up ISrilish Austerity Plan l!uns Parliamentary Gauntlet Ton in li t i iimciil Shows f . . - , i " i k ' Vt "I'll'.. .'"t..-i K AkUIiIc Altitude High way- Connected Landing Strip Here Surprise Announcement of Local Federal Member (! reeled With Knthusiasm Rest news yet in Prince Rupert's long campaign iiin and wesi . An Egyptian For-' spokesman indicated hiit Egypt would join Y: '' Defence Com-( urn ill dispute with snivfd lo this eoun- I .. , J " ';! 1; A'i ?v LONDON 0i Prime Miniver! Winston Churchill has asked Ion a vote of confidence on the government'!! austerity measures. It Is rxpected it will be taken to1 night. Should the Labor motion, by any chance win, Mr. Churchill H tll'h. I U mm it V cini.ui sum im. the establishment ol an airport in tne lmmeuiau: would have to resign but the Con ' . ..::.,:... r u :.. ,.. t,.A.,.r r.1 T A n. Jm.V, If . ..- ... . .., :- Premier. Aly Maner vicinity ul luc iilv taint; vuvin(y. v-i. i. t-L3ji v naut, seivuwvc ujujoijijr ui luuurcu 4 y ' 'f i v. v ' "C EPtian Ml' f'- Skeena, is in receipt of a communication from 0 Hon. Lionel Chevrier, minister of transport, disclos-, yesterday Labor members o t.rem.cr yesterday met t t y v f f Ottawa for a local landing Parliament demanded a vote ol wdovs of four pow- "'h J non-confidence in the Conserva- nu the British and field has tinned front TUgWcll Island, Which WOUUl tiVe government for proposing who last October - - cuibs Britain's social i v navc involved a water ferry on costly that Egypt join the t(,rvi,.c jrm the city, to Ridley .Wrested in was that Prince Ru- services as part of the drastic new Middle East de- i.sland, which can be made read- pert .should gel us snip, no mat-'economy program, muwl to defend the Uy accPS.,ible by means of exist-; ter where it might be as long as: The motion was filed In the lug highway extension and u;lt was convenient to the city. It House of Commons ju.st before na! defence offer was smau bridge. Ridley Island lies; looked like Ottawa was now the start of a two-day debate on n by the government JUJ,t a(.rosg Porpoise Harbor from' convinced of the necessity and I the Spartan proposals made on i -4 y--; 1 CANADIAN APPOINTED Rt. Hon, Vincent Massey, newly-appointed first native-born Canadian governor-general, is shown In robes of Chancellor of the University of Toronto. He has been Chancellor since 1947. (CP PHOTO) Powell River and Alcan nearbv Port Edward. 11 mites i advantage oi on air strip ai t uesday by R. A. Butler, unan distant by highway and eight by! Prince Rupert and that this was cellur of the Exchequer, to put railway. ! to be made the air centre of this: Uie country on its feet finan- Mr. Chevner's communication.! part of the province. dally, particularly the Ridley Island i t Norton Youngs, president of i The motion was in the form of r mu.iiii(iii iiu.iciu as ousted from of-v by King Farouk. .inures in London said n was ready to make lo the Egyptian 1 . -cling if the Cairo ; is willing to co- it li western defence aspect, came -as a complete and; the Prince Rupert Chamber of ! an amendment to the one by the plea-sant surprise and early en Proceeding With Project For Kitimat Pulp Mill Powell River Co. and Aluminum Co. of Canada are proceeding with preparation for the installation Commerce and Tor some years I panic Minister asking the House chairman or the chamber s aviu-j f0r approval of the Butler plan. tion committee," received the: news as the '"biggest yet" and thusiusm was expressed -also gratification that the Department had been, apparently mak BRIDE-TO-BE? Press reports say that Baroness Ravensdale, 56-vear-old spinster daughter of the late Marquis Curzon of fkcdleslon will become the bride of Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, 'Canada's newiy-nppointcd Governor-General. Despite vehement denial by Mr. Massey's family, it has been reported that Mr. Massey will wed in England and after a short honeymoon in the the "nearest to achievement" oi ing thorough Investigation into ;i,c, Premier Aly Maher id yesterday that he the local landing field situation.! a local airstrip. It waa "the most The Ridley Island site would i positive reaction" we have evr be more adequate than that at i had from Ottawa. The Ridley Tuixwell. It would permit of a Island idea looked good to him Loggers' Wage Demands Are Given Hoist of a pulp or pulp and paper plant in the Kitimat area in addition to the huge aluminum smelter project. ed to accept any pro-tin might have for the ul i he situation In li Sievenson culled on uiv yeu-rday, lor .. the mi'c October. The only reason the Tugwell sile i had been supixjrted was that it seemed to be the most economlt-1 runway up to B.bOO feet long. The minister aLso suggesU a weather station. The outstanding advan r - KemaTto ' would -provide" pov.fr for both enormous plants. The fifty-firry companies are on a Today's Stocks l. Juluilun lit- i.iu-J (Cuurloy H. nano basts on the pulp and paper project known as Hecate Development Ltd. Engineers and economists are actively studying the project and formal application is being made of the provincial government for a forest management licence covering large tracts ot timber in the Kitimat area. lor development. Robert Kelsey, local commercial flier and instructor of the Prince Rupert Aero Club, also received the news with satisfaction although he had been thinking in terms of Digby Island of late. He had always considered I lie limitation imposed by the maximum 100U or so fc t for a runway at Tugwell Island. The 9000 leet, he felt, would meet all requirements. VANCOUVER (CP) Wage demands for 1952 will not be decided on until the March conference, the fifteenth annual convention of the International Woodworkers of America ruled on Wednesday. Decision was taken to send a resolution on wages to the wages and contracts convention called for .south of France, will arrive in pttawa In time to assume his viceregal dut ies by Feb. 28, date of the opening ol Parliament. 'CP PHOTO) . ....i..j...' Christian Democratic Party Launched in B.C. VANCOUVER (Canadian Press Plans for a new political party in British Columbia were unfolded here Wednesday night. Announcement that the Christian Democratic Party has filed application for a charter under the Societies Act was made by James Cederberg, executive member, and F. V. Peters, coi-responding secretary, both of North Vancouver. They said In a press release f I I "I that the party is open for mcm- I CXTYTitC f"lC Iber.-hip to everybody "who be-I CI I CIvW I 111 J ; lieves in Christian priciples" and VANCOUVER American Standard Bralornc BRX Cariboo Quartz Congress Cronin Babine Jpute .26 6.00 .04 1.15 .05 .54 tage, of cour.ie, is that Ridley Island would be accessible byroad from Prince Rupertsupposedly an extension of the Port Edward road. MINISTER'S LETTER Mr. Chevrlcr's communication to Mr. Applewhaite Is as follows: 1 re(i to the proposal to build un airport in the vicinity of Prince Rupert. After carrying out extensive preliminary investigations my engineers favor a single strip development on Ridley Island. A site exists there which would permit initial development of a runway 6.000 feet long and 200 feet wiUo with possible extension lo an overall length of 1 9.500 feet. To reach the site it would be tied I " , ... ii Giant Mascot wi Indian Mines 22'2 Yukon Has Pend Oreille B.bO March. The convention, however, adopted in principle a resolution that a fifty cent hourly pay boost be sought and wages and contracts convention decision iM B V Kit (CPl ..Seit.lemeiit. 1 85 Pioneer Premier Border .36 .08 "2 Privateer Reeves MacDonald 6.00 By-Election Vote Light .04 will make, a final decision. ! Delegates approved a motion ! to incorporate the cost of liv-i ing bonus earned up to January ' 1, 19I2, into the basic wage and: 12,000 Fire small turnout at the polls! that another cast of living fig-; A is willing to apply litem to socuu, economic and political sphere of British Columbia." Wo believe in private initiative and the highest development of the individual which can only come by multiple ownership, New Bishop VANCOUVER - Rev. Thomas Greenwood of Yellowknlfe was Wednesday elected Anglican Bishop of the Yukon. Election was announced following a meeting of the executive committee of the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia here. Bishop Greenwood succeeds Bishop Walter R. Adams wh-j resigned last December. ure be sei payable irom janu- was indicated this morning r dispute on the Kc- j ncl Job for Aluminum ida has been reached, minci il today, indred workers who If the job two weeks sent, back under the aburers' Union (AFLI ' "0 leplacement wdrk-liad refused to work, ted to start working f the American Fcd- Labor said the men '"ii to work on the f pay. $1.60 per hour, nt t the dLsptite fol-'"''citi'c of the AFL !rs of the Int when only 100 persons had voted' ary 1. A resolution was refened back Garage f I5li Elkins and Jim Irvine Krstroycd Word has reached the city of . $12,000 fire in the garage of necessary lo build a bridge and four mile's of road. These are expensive Items but the final resull would be an airpurt readily accessible by road from Prince Rupert. Very few of the other reasonably good sites In the urea possess this advantage. It is proposed now to carry by 11 am. In today's by-elecuon at the Civic .Centre. At noon, 50 more hud exercised their fran- to resolutions committee for study on standardization of wages throughout the logging management ana control oy us many people as possible," the re- Reno Sheep Creek Silbak Premier Taku River Vananda Salmon Gold Spud Valley Silver Standard .... Western Uranium Oils , Anglo Canadian ... A P Con Calmont C & E Central Leduc Home Oil Mercury Oksilta Pacific Pete Royal Canadian .... Royalite 1.67 .62 .06 .19 .04 .19 2.50 3.25 9.55 .55 2(K) 17.00 3.10 17 00 .241j 4.15 1200 .23 17.50 Robert Elkins and James Irvine !o.lf).e s;lid and sawmill industry. This would on Lakelse Avenue at Terrac ichi.se but. Returning Ollirer K. w. Long said voters "are just ! coming in by ones." I Last, December, a heavy turn mean some loggers would receive a cut in wages, onp delegate said. IMON SHOP Loss is reported covered by in- . s u ranee. The lire occurred on Monday and started from the use of an out was seen with it.7 voting oy Plane Missing in Gulf of Georgia 11 a.m. Year before, the count was 100. 1 '"ii of Mine. Mill and A motion making a union shop acetylene welder. ; - WEATHER - Synopsis A trough of low pressure is i'kers here yesterday. ' , ! ; - S - 1 e.'t v u s VANCOUVER P At first light today, flying boats and rescue launches began an all out search for a Chipmunk training plane. The bv-election today is called I a 'ntt',OT urmalM " car as. uala ?M , t Piusspcl- was Butted with lass including i to elect two aldermen for one Several resolutions dealt with stored tires A small car was d tw-Kar retWely an following resignation of newly overtime and hours of work. One dragged out. j eke ed airmen T Norton ' 200 days guaranleed : Office and stockroom were; Pav Per vear for '08gprs- ' av. ; Youncs Youngs and and Allan Aiian Arms, Armstrong rung , , 1 ; two resolutions were ' passed The Terrace fire department First, lo vote tooay was eiic cailillg lor deletion 0f an cx. reported to have turned in Janes, city telephone supcrlnten- u . h f fe and another sood job in quelling and her Royal Commences out a' complete engineering survey of this site and establish there, ut the same time, a weather reporting station. Il, as a result of these further Investigations, the site proves suitable, the question of when the government could uct, and th manner In which the municipality might participate and assist In providing the land, will require active consideration. Tugwell Island, seven miles distant from Prince Rupert, would have permitted a strip 5800 feet long with po.ssible extension to 7.300 so Ridney Island, -in development capacity, being maintained off the coast and from time to time distuib-ances move out of the trough and cross the province. The next in this series is 800 miles southwest of Vancouver Island and is expected to reach the coast early Friday morning accompanied by gales and rain. The effect of this type of rte-velooment is to cause a continu missing in Xlvci Gulf of Georgia; with two men aboard. An oil ! s'lek was spott.ei: today. I Nothing has been heard from: the plane since it broke radio ! dent, who arrived Dctore a.m. overtlme ciaUseS and protection confining the flames. ' A't It"' Dllkp lif Rlinhnnrh acquired a ...lit. tl,o tirt-w,!-f frntrnl : Polling clerks are George for "he right of any number or j The garage was Dawes, Mis. S. Madely, MrS. all of a crew who refuse to work ' ear or so ago by 1 ''ay on another lnnir Elkins and .r ! s to Kenya In Africa Louis Cromp and Mrs. A. Thomp- overtime." Irvine from W. H. Spencer son. Miss A. A. Wrathall is dep-l ' fWslralia and New Zea- LOWCl 1UI-U jvnwiua uu vib""i its seaward flight. The aircraft j , headed out over the open waters ' i of Georgia Strait.. j K and Queen, Princess would have considerable uty returning officer. Candidates are Mr. Youngs and Herbert F. Olassey for two-year term, and Mr. Armstrong and H. M. Daggett for one year. and tlie prime Minister Uiuichill were among 'I of nearly 2,000 at the Canadian National Is Planning Big Vancouver Development I Aboard the plane, owned by the Aero Club of British Columbia, were the club instructor, Harry W. O'Reilly,-33, RCAF vet- ' eran and Flight Lieutenant Jack ous sweep of Pacific air over all but far northern B.C. Temperatures will remain In the forties on the coast and generally above the freezing point in the interior, forecast North coast region- Gale intermittent rain today. Cloudy and mild tomorrow with showers along the mainland and sunny periods over the outer islands. Ridley Island figured in early " 'c the royal couple discussion of a possible lanoms irdl I'Miie tor the i Min 1 field site for Prince Rupert but at Id IJIelf i Welch of West Vancouver. VANCOUVER. A huge new industrial develop- j The plane which carried only TORONTO AU'.oua 0'J Aumaque 22 Beattie 20 Bevcourt '3 Buffalo Canadian 21 Consol. Smelters r 198 00 Conwest 3.90 Donalda 50's Elclona 20 East Sullivan 9.00 Giant Yf-llowknlfe 11-00 God's Lake 38 Fardrock 13 Harricana 1 Heva 10 Joliet Quebec 49 Little Long Lac 70 Lvnx -12 Madsen Red Lake 2.02 McKenzie Red Lake 41 McLeod Cockshutt 2.75 Moneta 38 Negus 68 Noranda 83 25 Louvicourt -25 Pickle Crow 1.56 San Antonio '. 2.45 Senator Rouyn 18 Sherrit Gordon 4.45 Steep Rock - 7.85 Silver Miller 165 Upper Canada 1-70 Golden Mauitou 6.85 ames Take ""uui m Kenya, Hie five months tour fy 30.000 miles. during the war, its consideration seemed to be dropped and efforts had been concentrated y ; ment for the Vancouver harbor is announced area m-10 .clock last niKht was on , Seven Lives Wind southeast (20), Increasing to 45 over open waters this even during recent years on Tugwell Island. Lately there had been, some discussion of Digby Island, j by Donald Gordon, president of Canadian National; a routine practice flight. Railwavs. Neeotiations are now on with North and I My Minister ing and decreasing to southerly VALLEYFIELD, Quebec (20i early Friday morning. Lows APPLEWHAITE PLEASED ii.ni-' i M,s-oliva Tctiault ancJ, six ' h" , West Vancouver. v,iih, wnro h.irnwH In MaKing PUDI1C trie CUIimium- tonight and highs tomorrow at Port Hardy, Sandspit and Prince dbor Dies ON WAY AGAIN cation he had received from the dval yesterday when fire razed Large deepsea facilities and Close Down Bank of Iran Rupert, 40 and 45. ivunisLui, mi. nppicwuain. thpi one-storev frame dwelling oocks wouia oe esiaoiisneo on UVER p, vealed that he had been aware James the North Shore. at St. Timolhee. 11. 64 fieri,.!,, that the Prince Rupert landing '1 Rrili.-u Ot TIDES - - The father and two children L.IUII.-U1, iiku uvi... v,ii t,o -.-an oiumoia, died in hosDll.nt rw- of. Vancouver Harbor Board Rail- TEHRAN ffiThe British-own-way and Second Narrows bridge ed Bank of Iran ftnd the Middle would be taken over. East announced yesterday that it An industrial area would be ; will close Its doors in Iran, after BELL. A BELLA. Water has been pumped out of the Alaska freighter Alaska Cedar, which limped into Bella Bella in a leaking condition and, with temporary repairs effected, the vessel is expected to continue her interrupted voyage from Al- February 1, 1952 I1 deniv a.rir.b ..Lr'"" Friday, High escape, .... . u. .B active consideration at Ottawa for months but he had bee un-; The Bti'ed ttl"e,. house and restaurant. hi r,t announcement. combined ' a ""wo wnue on 5:11 a I. winer carpenter, he I'er in the B.C. labor 20 5 feet 17.5-feet 5.9 feet 7.0 feet from the ministerial level. The! St. Timothee Is four miles east established linking up with ex-; July 30 after 63 years of opera Ridlev Island site was news to 1 of here and thirty miles west of , tension of the Pacific Great tions because of Iranian govern 17:35 11:34 23:29 Low Hi' it V ' t . - ; ! ,'! , , . f nr . . . II' . t 1.. f... I -4.Vmi .n L !, 6.he a ap i aska to Seattle tonight. j him but what lie was most in-! Montreal. - i Eastern Railway rrom Squanusn. ment restrictions. T