14s Daily VDelivery Phona Si PRC. JClL PROVINCIAL LI3.1A3T, 113 MORROW'S VICTORIA, E. C. -TIDES- Mm :,i-.,iV. June 17, 1003 MLardard Time) 4:50 17 8 Tci t 17:48 17.C feel NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S "NEWSPAPER .... 11:20 5 2 ri-ct 23:01 8.5 feet Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XLII, No. 139 PRINCE RUPERT, BC, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1953 PRICE FIVE CENTS Imim fo) 4l ' ' Jm fairs Dmi' amieEfl7ir .IHlairlb!? 4 Seamen injured But Danger Lessens Uy The Cajiittiian Press i VANCOUVER. The fire-swept 517-ton tanker Argils drifted helplessly in mid-stream today in the upper reaches of Vancouver harbor, but the danger of a major blast in the cargo of high octane gasoline ti" rL'rl ' u ' ;,v ! vfA A I ) :. .'jl n. ' i k ( ' 4 '4 , appeared averted. The tramp tanker was towet" r nc mile offshore after an en -srine explosion late last night ent flames racing along tlv clerks. Her forward tank contained 18.000 gallons of high octane fuel. (The Argus, operated hy Frank Wnterhonse of Canada l td., makes monthly trips into Prinre Ituprrt for Imperial Oil. Her l-st trip here was a week ago.) Four seamen were Injured In thp Initial explosion, but einht 4 Fateful Talks May Give Peace 0 Meeting Tonight To Decide Truce Queen Resumes Her Busy Life ot her crew members escaped in jury. I l l lrrn II and her husband. Phil p. the TJuke of Edinburgh, walk with Lt. Gen. Imuud Herring of Australia during the ec-emony which saw the Queen present Coronation :.; to representatives f the Commonweal!) contingents. The Queen showed no signs of ip following the beetle days of the coronitlon. rotlt INJI KKO By noon, flames had dwindled MOI L (CP) Fifteen C ommunist planes bombed Kimpo Airfield and Seoul's port of Inchon today, touching off hHKe fires visible for 40 miles. It was the biggest Communist air raid of the war on Seoul's environs. Kittle Fishermen Remain Idle to a pencil-shaped column and firefighters were hopeful ail was under control. Home 25 small-size explosions rocked the ship riutiriq the night. The fire started in the stern of the vessel. r All-Out West Coast Tie-Up By The Can ad I an Press MUNSAN. Senior day of a coast wise tie-up, but agreement with employers. "It's a case of no contract, na fishing," said a union official. Operators want to cut prices, while the union seeks a con truce negotiators meet in iwfcotiatlons between a Joint negotiating committee and the operators was scheduled soon. The sockcye season-B C.'s A deck cargo of oil drums popped like gigantic fireworks as orange flames shot Skyward from the doomed ship, which was piloted to the cora-oarative safety of midstream hy her heroic captain. " Unialcci 2,000 fishermen d idle in Pucet Sound n Wjuhington today d-week-end oKniug of tho season. It was reported fishermen refused to CELEBRATING THE CORONATION of Queen Elizabeth, more than 6,000 officers and men of Canada's Active and Reserve Armed Forces took part in the Ottawa ceremonies, a third of that number being RCAF personnel. With a fly-past of more than 100 aircraft, a highlight of the proceedings was the spelling out of E-II by F-86 Sabre jets flying in perfect formation. Tourists in Kayaks AnsverXall Of Roaring Rapids on Yukon biret -',-h veM1 - 'Mvn.- tract -n- at"-4t -th& '.052. i In British Columbia, salmon the Fraser Klver yesterday. Each ( day of fishing lost may mean .cause of absence of an fishermen entered tlMir second Cant. Bill Boyre inade sure several hundred dollars to each of the 1,500 fishermen affected. The dispute concerns the The bad cold. was caught by union's asking .price of 23 cents Miss Hull, a lab technician. She his crew was safely ashore before he stood alone at the helm as the vessel was towed into the stream from her berth at the loco refinery of the Imperial Oil Company at 'Port Moody, 12 miles from downtown Vancouver. IIOl'SKS SHAKEN nd the companies offer of 20"2 rnts. Other salmon prices also DAWSON, Y.T. tt The challenge roared by arctic rapids got an answer from seven Americans who are roller-coasting down the Yukon river in something new in the way of a summer cruise. The six women and one man are In dispute. In Prince Rupert, a special meeting of all salmon fisher S3 WIN KINSMEN CONTEST HE-BREAKER NEEDED Judges of the Kin.smrn photo contest which ended June 6 um ed today there were 83 persons of the 2,000 who entered e correct answers and that a tie-breaker will be necessary 'cidc the final winners. The tie-breaker will, be in the form of a question concern-tlie Prince Rupert Kinsmen Club, Bill Bond, contest man, said totluy. It will be published In the Daily News '!..y Hie actual photographs and answers will be displayed In indow of Van Mm studio later this week. (Winners on 5i Houses for miles away were shaken by many explosions and blasts were heard for at least came as far as Dawson in a five-foot, single-seater kayak but will finish the trip by automobiie after treatment here. TRAIL BLAZER They call it a trail blazing voyage. The idea, they hope, can be developed into a tourist trip In following summers for travellers with a yen for the unusual. Mast members of the party have had considerable experience in arctic travel. Miss Rucker and Miss Robinson have been doing scientific work at Point Barrow ,the most northerly tip of the Alaska peninsula, and Miss Hunter is manager of the Fairbanks office of the Alaska Travel eight miles.. Rosenbergs Denied Last Life Appeal WASHINGTON (CP) The United States Supreme Court Monday refused to stay executions of atom spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. The court also refused for the fourth time to review the trial of the condemned husband and wife whose case has attracted A. H. Dove, Imperial Oil mar told of their experiences with the white water when they stopped off at Dawson overnight on a 712-mlle kayak voyage from Whitehorse, Y.T., to the Alaskan community of Circle. Fairbanks, Alaska, is their final destination. Highlight of the first part of the trip, they said, was shooting the Five Fingers rapids of the ine superintendent, described men has been called for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Civic Centre when officials of the negotiating committee will address members of the Onion and the Native Brotherhood. The piesrntatives, Guy Williams of the Brotherhood, and Buck Suzuki of the union, will present the latest stage of ne-.otiatlons to some 500 fishermen who are expected to attend the meeting. Meanwhile, however, there will be no fishing allowed with exception of trolling, which does not enter In the dispute, and "Wissihly flshinK for food purposes. At a meetiiiK yesterday at the ship as a "floating bomb." Uninjured sailors ignored the danger of being blown to hits in the early stages of the fire and remained aboard the Argus lo close the gasoline and oil tanks and valves and open the firefighling carbon dioxide jets and rig hoses. Panmunjom in a few koth- for the fateful session which could pave the way to a quick end of nearly three years of fighting in Korea. The meeting was set for 11 I cm. Wednesday (7 p.m. PDT tonight). It was requested by United Nations command. Approval of the armistice agreement by negotiators would precede the official signing by military commanders of both sides. Staff officers drafted the finishing touches for the truce agreement as fresh Chinese regiments smashed into weakened Allied lines on the east-central front. LINE OF FIGHTING Only a line of demarcation to separate .the two armies stood in the way of an armistice. But that line changed almost continually along the 40-mile front where United States and South Korean infantry battled perhaps 40.000 Reds. In Washington, State Secretary Dulles said the demarcation line Is the only remaining problem. Hopes still were high for an rrmlstice within a matter of days, but Dulles warned that the big-scale Communist offensive could become a serious obstacle to a truce. Dulles also revived speculation that the Eisenhower administration may seek a broad Far Eastern settlement with the Communists following a Korean armistice. Yukon. It wa "such an exciting Service. jjacy to 'Socialism' Ruled It by Judge For Uncertainty The strange flotilla approach ed Dawson 10 days after depart ing from Whitehorse and got some amazed stares from Daw-sonites who happened to be Chief Engineer Walter Huska was coming along the road to the ship when he saw a puff of NIPMi (CP) A will lcav- Mr. I-onc y's .next-of-kin. "'t s:i,H00 "for the pur-1 In 'his will, Mr. Loney Proniotlne and nrotia- fled that the Rift to socialism smoke, then flames. "I saw two burned men climb adventure" in fact, that they hoofed back a few miles and did lt a second time-. The only setback on the first lap of the trip was one bad case of the sniffles. Those who set out from White-horse June 1 were Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wood, Florence Rucker, Florence Robinson and Cella Hunter, all of Fairbanks, and Susan Hall and Muriel Thurber, both of Seattle. Six of them shared three 10-foot flatboats, which resemble Eskimo kayaks. The boats are world-wide attention. The Rosenbergs are scheduled to die Thursday night In the electric chair in New York's Sing Sing prison. The latest refusal by the high tribunal apparently ended the Rosenbergs' last hope of escaping death through legal moves in federal courts. Their lawyer, Emmanuel Bloch, had said In advance that a new effort will be made to get last minute executive clemency. Meanwhile, Communist Poland, has offered to receive the Rosenbergs if the U.S. will lift log up the engine room stairs, then another leaning over the North Pacific, union and Brotherhood members elected pro tern strike committees. These will be confirmed or re-elected at the Wednesday meeting here, said Parkin. pump-room hatch. He was In I he doctrine and teach-! be distributed within five years f wialiMir was ruled in- His lawyer applied to the court J here by Mr. justice P. O. j to rule on distribution. In Court of Queen's i Mr. Justice Duval said the gilt j was not Illegal but socialism w-js ; r"'ed that the estate left not defined in the will. j n Allieit Lonev of Winnl-1 He found the will "vofd fori lured loo. "We put a blanket around him along the waterfront at the time. The travellers camp on river bars whenever the fancy strikes them, visiting river settlements, taking pictures and investigating historic sites. Only once did the mariners rbandon their means o travel. They found the Wind too strong on Lake Labarge so they hitchhiked across the 32-mile stretcii of water on the steamer Whitehorse, enroute to Dawson on Itf first voyage of the season. I don't know where lt came PICKET BOATS Picket boati also will be as- "uld be distributed among I uncertainty." from and then took him ashore. "The engine room was full of ' signed to patrol waters In tie Skeena and Naas areas. completely covered except for the cockpits and are propelled, Any fish caught commercially flames and black smoke." DIVED OVERBOARD Crew member Gordon Warren, their death sentence and let when there aren't any rapids around, by double-bladed by either gillnetters or seiners during the strike period will be them go to Poland. (See feature story, page 8) burned on the face when flames declared "hot," said Parkin, wno Indicated there was "co-opera shot up the companionway, dived overboard and swam around be hind the ship to shore and tion of the closest' nature" between members of the union and the Brotherhood In the question safety. Famous Lady of Fatima Statue Arrives Here As Catholic Priest Continues Long Pilgrimage of a tie-up. Officials said that, although the danger was not past, there was hope the flames would die We nre not anticipating any preat differences, said Parkin. Here's How Vote Transfers Went in '52 In Prince Rupert, some i.auu away without igniting the gaso line. accept some of the numerous other invitations he has received gillnetters and 200 seiners are including those from China, Australia and Japan. -WEATHER- -- ' i tr .At.; ; Ji' v - 1 V ' - 1 . VV 4r' rf - - j ' i I . . . Carved in cedar, it Is one of three identical statues created by the prominent Portugese involved In the lie-up. Last year, several Brotherhood fishermen were prepared to fish regardless of the fall tie-up. Parkin dismissed such a possibility this year. 'They were hard pressed by the companies last year and owed a lot of money. We have the Brotherhood's fullest co-operation this year." sculptor Jose Thedim. The Lady Snyopsis A weakening weather system bringing' cloud and a little rain will cross the north coast today and move through the northern Interior tonight. Bunks of cloud, By STELLA de WINTER A Pilgrim statue which has created world wide interest has been carried over 150,000 miles by land, sea, and air, is currently In Prince Rupert. Receiving an invitation to visit this city . from Bishop Jordan when they met In Ontario two years ago. Father Patrick Moore has brought- this famous statue of the Lady of Fatima to Prince Rupert. Father Moore said in an interview that he has carried the statue all through British. French and Dutch Guiana; New Guinea; and from Alaska to Chile. "It has been wonderful to see the respect, reverence, and goodwill shown to know the facts of something that actually happened." He hopes soon to be able to They had finished their lunch eon, when out of the sky, a bril . liant flash of light appeared ll the east. Fearing a storm the; were running excitedly to gathe the sheep when another flasl this time more brilliant than th first, literally rooted them to th spot. To their utter amazemen they beheld the most beautlfi lady they had ever seen. It wa said Lucy, a lady dressed all i white, more brilliant than th sun. Six times in all, monthly fror May until October, this lad appeared and talked to the chil dren. The children told of thel wonderful visions, and th sculptor made the statues ex actly as the children describee Lucy, meanwhile, hm been carmelita nun ever since and i still living in PortugaL VICTORIA (0 A common pastime these days in British Columbia is trying to guess how the transfer of votes will go when counting of ballots resumes June 30. Here are some figures on how the vote transfers went in last June's election: Progressive Conservative transfers of 59,910 votes in 1952 went: 32,106 to Liberals: 17,112 to Social Credit; 10,692 to CCF. Liberal transfers of 32,270 votes went: 12,485 to Social Credit; 12,268 to Progressive Conservatives, and 7,517 to CCF. - CCF transfers or 25,820 votes in 1952 went: Social Credit, 18,263; Liberal, and 2,265 Coni servative. Ringleaders Shot in Riot of Fatima Is dressed in white, and her gown Is edged in gold. A golden star glitters from the hem of the gown, and a thin golden chain around the neck is holding a small golden ball. A rosary Is held In the hands, and a golden crown on the head. Explaining the history of the statue, Father Moore said that on May 13, 1917, three little shepherd children had taken their sheep to pasture near the Portugese village of Fatima. It was just another routine day in the lives of Lucy, 9, her cousin Fran SANTA FE, New Mexico 0 from this system will invade southern B.C. today but the sun will shine at intervals. Tomorrow will be cloudy in general and widely scattered showers will fall in southern districts. Forecasts Cloudy today and Wednesday, light rain showers today, not much change in temperature. Winds light, becoming westerly 25 late this afternoon. Low tonight and high Wednesday at Port Hardy 47 and 62; Sandspit and Prince Rupert 49 and 58. piEN OF ROME turn to a special task once a year that Two ringleaders were shot to Jilres ail of their agility at scaling sheer walls. To these men f the chore of keeping the ancient Coloseum free of weeds. I Pky piant ufe finds room to grow In the crumbling walls. death Mohday during a riot in New Mexico's state penitentiary in which Deputy Warden Ralph Tahash and 21 other guards were held hostage for more than seven hours. cis, 8, and his sister Jaclnta, who been estimated that It would take a relatively snori ume 'he weeds to completely cover the historic landmark if the were to be abandoned. . was only six.