PROVINC " w PROVINCIAL EI33A3I, LIBRARY 113 168 PRINCE RUPERT-WffeMES VISITING SRRlNERS ' H-' h i-'f 7k f ORMES DRUGS ' 14? , V III- DAILY DELIVERY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER STAR V CABS Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone 81 8,i ' it VOL. XLI, No. 133 PRINCE RUPERT. B.C., FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS listen km t li (BD)irsDpln II liplii " i! i ... ii Setter Late Than Never PORTLAND. Ore. (API James Walker waited for his i v,f railed at the University of Portland commencement f,rNS Sunday. II, hull! i received his diploma when the ceremony ended, , in ufcum he hud failed, he turned in his cap and gown F wiiii. home. B,i university officials later discovered that Walker's name ; ,-1 dropped from the list accidentally. To make up for tl,ey stat;ed another ceremony for Walker yesterday. T;. entire faculty, in caps and gowns, turned out for the Mi'aii commencement. Walker's mother, Mrs'. Rose A. n a, the proud audience. U o) fr 7 15). J (P ' " ' ' "' L" "" ' " . - - ' -- - - . , . h-a-Day Progress "tor m m u u u u iter u iu s vi u BC Telephone, CNT May be Purchasers By The Canadian Press OTTAWA The federal government has decided to sell the telegraph and telephone system in British Columbia operated by the transport department, J. C. Lessard, Deputy Transport Minister, said 4 ' 1 k Skeena Highvay . i v . - .:.v... t i . .. ' . - ' t ' " i , , I ' Thousands Flee Red Germany Score Campaign Waged BERLIN l Thousands' of frightened Germans are fleeing to the west from the Russian zone of Berlin. A scare campaign by East German Communists backfired, and West Berlin's crowded refugee stations in the last three days took in mote than 1,510 East Germans. The night across the zonal frontier has increased. In the last 24 hours, Coburg frontier station reported between 300 and 400 East Germans arrived from areas where Com yesterday. New Housing Proposal by Lumber Group Government Considers J 'fc He told the Senate committee that two commercial companies have shown interest in buying the system, valued at between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. They are the British Columbia Telephone Company and Canadian National Telegraphs. The .government- will make a stipulation that any commercial firm buying the system must northern Trans-,'ia' lt ;i the Hiuhway between 'if and Prince Rupert is (r,,;B at the rale of about s a day. t w,i dw-liwd today by L. I divisional engin-,,11!, public Works Depart-'." provincial govern-i i,o h;n ju.st returned ; Motion trip. ;idv annul 3o miles Of ,;m has been completed jf Terrace and all work well under its i-roule are awlv speaking th hlgh-sir, g'i'.'(i condition between 4,1 Tin.icc, he said, add-i,ai Miiee graders now are oui,! wtrol. Extending Limits May Hoi Help Salmon ... OTTAWA '(Pj Stewart Bates, 44 OTTAWA (CP) The Canadian lumber trade has proposed to the government that it help lum maintain the service to the public comparable with that now maintained, he said. munists are creating "safety liAIM) AOROl'MJ The tug Idaho struggles to free the ore carrier, James Watt, from a gravel Shoal in the St. Mary's river channel, about a mile below the locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. The 7.000-ton vessel went aground in a thick fog and five tugs and a United States coast guard tender were used before she was freed 24 hours later. The James Watt, owned by the Nicholson Transport Company of Detroit, was the second ship to go aground in the river this year. (CP PHOTO) belts' 'to Isolate their zone from The Transport Department op the west. erates a telephone and telegraph network on Vancouver Island deputy minister of fisheries, told the Commons committee on Thursday the proposed North Pacific Fish Treaty is necessary for conservation of the west coast's salmon resources. He appeared before the fisheries committee to reply to a brief presented last week opposing the ratification of the Canada- Many refugees are youths who feared being drafted into the pre are moving as P'l.vsible because of t,j ivelv short construction new Ea-st German army Reds have announced they are forming. Again today, Russians barred American and British motor and to northern British Columbia In areas where commercial companies cannot operate at a profit. One factor in the government's decision to sell the system was bermen create a $1,000,-; 000 company to finance new housing. Resources Minister Winters disclosed Thursday. He said the proposal is under government consideration but there were certain objectionable features to It. One was the request that the government guarantee mortgages and th far the weather has been United States-Japan agreement. All of First Canadian Troops in Korea Return i!.imcn ;i lime cum,, mm The brief, from United Fisher Board of Trade Campaigning Successful Special to Tho Dally News men and Allied Workers Union h,if lice 1 1 no delays, cmi! df the highway be- !,Tv?e aiid Skt'eng Is pro- patrols from the Berlin-West German super-highway, ignoring repeated Allied protests. ,i i In the heart of West Berlin, I Russian tommy-g unnets and ;.Gernian Communist, propogan- other was issuing of tax-free (TCL) of British Columbia, asked that Canada's territorial waters be extended. "Mr. Rates said under tbe-treaty ei;, Mud the engineer bonds. ,i KiiUi the department Rocky Greets Them "VANCOUVER :driinCeSiitiK- STEWART r-.,Boa.rd. oLTfi The proposal was made by the- j.Mv.r j-i jH'iriif set up. to I .-Gnti; Missing Japan" -waives its-existing rights I caniDaienlnir hs come to irul-t that the industrial development in British Columbia is opening up a tiew territory where commercial firms might operate at a projit...., .,. .... " He said In'" reply' to Senator Gordon Isnor (L-Nova Scotia) that the development under way at Kitimat was one such factor. The Aluminum Company is building a multi-million dollar aluminum plant at Kitimat. National Retail Lumbermen's .'ti mi Minacnig uie wc- to fish for salmon, halibut and gent of 1,031 leathery Canadian tion by inauguaration yesterday nnn a Pnnce Rupert and veterans came home Thursday to In Liner complete the return of all the original Canadian brigade in Korea. dists still stubbornly held out uv against the British army's siege on Radio Berlin. Western authorities are investigating reports that East German police kidnapped a 67-year-old German from the British sector of Berlin last night. Reports said that Richard Kleins was knocked down by six police- by postal authorities of first clas air mail service here. Queen Charlotte Airlines carried its first sack of air mail officially when it landed here on Us scheduled flight. herring beyond the three-mile territorial limit. Without the treaty, Japanese fishermen could take any species on the high seas beyond its limits. "The Japanese are excellent high seas fishermen," he told the committee, and there now Collision Thousands lined the streets Council. Mr. Winters told the Common's Banking Committee he has been in touch with the lumbermen but no final decision has been reached. The lumbermen's proposal, he said, was to raise $100,000,000 by selling 25-year bonds carrying four per cent interest and float- Exstew, a fleet of private a ami d' 'P.irtmental equip- lie unikiiig together In i operations from var-frok jul'.s in the locality. Itst'K it piles were placed In teiuiis previously with a p-ram in mind." and hundreds more leaned out of windows of stores and office buildings to watch the, troops march by. v" t ..." :r H-." 1 -1; ; i. . , i Sit .' ... ... if 4 1 '. "Me ' ' ... , i ' - Si 4 . .. ; k ' V . i, '" .. c I I t I f-l - , t -. - I j ' ' ""' v. t "' .r V) "t ; : s - j- ! v 4 4 . ; ! ' -:t'':I J I : ,1 , . , , M r 1 ft' EDEN MOOTED ' PARIS (AP) Britain's foreign! were "revolutionary techniques , men and dragged Into the Com HALIFAX ffi Tlie liner Scy-thia, outward bound for England with 800 passengers, collided with -1.1 1IT.. 1 iU Fnn.! WEATHER - - The crowd, for the most part Sii i h said funds have j ng if anOWed, 3 v2 per cent tax- silent, was smaller than the '"( lur repair of sev- Svliousis line coiner wuuaua ui wms issjr free bonds to maintain opera munist zone. Whole families are dodging Communist bullets in the "zone of death" along the 600-mile border between West and East Ger throng of 10,000 which welcomed A ridge of high pressure is well, Gulf of St. Lawrence Thursday. tie bridge on the iii Terrace and Tyee home another shipload two Sundays ago. Most people were at work and the parade went by established off the coast and 1 One man is reporuia missing, omrraiiv clear skies are fore-! The Wabana's propellor was tions. . A credit company would undertake to buy the house for a prospective home-owner on a 20 percent down payment, with the many. Many or them are iarm- available for high seas fishing. British Columbia fishermen themselves were leaving their customary grounds at river mouths to push into open water in search of salmon. Extension of territorial limits would help further consideration of some species, but no one knew where salmon went in the Pacific and it was hard to say if extending the limits would help protect them. secretary, Anthony Eden, is being boomed for president of the organization for European economic co-operation in elections Friday. British members of the 18-nation organization, said representatives ol several othef countries have expressed a preference for Eden to succeed the Duth foreign minister, Dirk U. Stikker, who is not a candldata this year. shorn in the brush with the 19,- half an hour before lunch time. ers dispossessed by the ' cast for today in western B.C. A nn i n..ill.,U 1 ! .iah nff IPnma Brig. John Rockingham, for mer commander or Canada s United Nations Brigade, was on However the north coast will I w"wn come under the influence of an. th Gaspe coast, large Pacific storm and expected Marine radio said there appar-to be cloudy tomorrow. There is ently were no other casualties. company -financing the nrst mortgage for the remainder. Most "offensive" feature, said Mr. Winters, was the tax-free During hot weather food should be stored at or below 50 F., es- the pier to greet the men as the U.S. Navy transport Gn. M. M. rk will he started as soon ittnais ure available." reaisiinre "numerous lm-'nt itioierts in operation - Terrace and Telkwa." i 'tn'iii'le elimination of i) ii. stalling culverts, re-W' ''I iiinicrous bad curves wwrs. and regradlng of iho worst sections. "" iirp spaced all the was the north-central '"y Hiem and if the f k,','i Rood we'll be able bond proposal, enabling wealthy ! pecially meat, poultry with dress considerable cloudiness in the i The radio said the Wabana Patrick docked. A great roar went up as the men spotted him. was taken in tow by the tug interior and showers are likely hi the eastern part today. Clearing ing, cream-filled pies and sauces. All oods should be protected from flies and Insects to prevent contamination. people to buy bonds and avoid taxation and violating the democratic principle of tax-burden distribution. RiX'ky River and is heading to skies are expected here tonight Quebec for repairs to her pro- I nellor mid rudder. Scythia Is Lieutenant-Governor Clarence Wallace, of British Columbia, made one of the shortest welcoming speeches on record. The speech comprised two sentences: "All Canada is proud of you. That is all I am Cheering Crowd Hails Visiting Gizeh Nobles sailing under her own power Neither ship is taking water. "ete our work by the end pmbt-r.'' ' - ' , HiS r Lady Baden-Powell, world head of the Girl Guide move followed by sunshine tomorrow. Forecast ! Variable cloudiness today mostly overcast tomorrow with intermittent light rain 4n the northern part. Wind westerly 20 today and light tomorrow. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Port Hardy, Sandspit and Prince Rupert, 45 and 56. A colorful group of 106 Gizeh Temple Nobles going to say." A thunderous cheer arose when Brig. Rockingham said, "Believe it or not, men, but I'm glad to ment, was reported to be among passengers aboard the Scythia. Cunard officials at Montreal nii Quebec said many of the ewsprint and their ladies were welcomed by the cheers of hun see you back, too." dreds lined on the docks at 2 p.m. today. others are business folk. "I want you to know of the ice Rise And as the Union Steamship very high regard in which I hold you, and your families for sup Chilcotin flowed alongside the porting you," he said. BULLETINS Ho Pin Money docks right on scheduled time a thrilling parade of marching snous The first troop train rolled out Job's Daughters gave a mag Kington For Convicts by Canadian Pacific Railway for Toronto at 1 p.m. (PDT). Two others left by Canadian National 8(IieiiUitivc;s com miU.ee nificent display, stopping near the gangway. Thursday that recent ln- FISHERMEN TO STRIKE The Prince Rupert Shrine LONDON (CP) Britain's pris v's m Canadian newsprint Railways for Montreal at 1:30 and 2:30. ' band was out In full color.too. VANCOUVER (CP) British Columbia salmon Vanguard of the Nobles, who on population or some Z4,uuu men and women will have to struggle along in future without fishermen co 0n strike June 22 if no agreement m are visiting Prince Rupert on a any ready cash. nrices is reached, a United Fishermen and Allied two-day ceremonial convention, was the colorful Gizeh Temple Patrol and Pipe band, first on Instead of receiving currency Workers Union (TLC) spokesman said here today. of the realm for their labors, they will have credits entered in Tot Smothers, Family Overcome By Gas Burner VANCOUVER tCB A ten-year- s uiKtmibiodiy will have is iepercusions" upon united States newspaper '"''!s "nil the reading pub- ' !PvU-d there was no im-J solution to either rising Pi'lK-r or the shortage of win, the result that newspapers may have ur merge. '.' '4 American publishers of 7 price Increase is estt- f 1 ' is. X - ! , ; . sc- . r-A . i v -s.i ' .- a prison ledger ana De permu Deadline was set after the union rejected the operators' proposal to cut salmpn prices to fishermen this ted to purchase approved ar ticles and necessities in the year. The deadline date also is the opening ot the listed ledger balance. The new policy was introduc the gangplank. Later it led an inaugural parade through the city. Meanwhile, laughing, red fez-capped Shriners called out, "Hello, Sweetheart," and "hello, honey, we're back again," shouting to the crowd from the ship. The ramp and dock were crowded with spectators and welcoming Prince Rupert cltl- first big run on. the Skeena and the Naas 'Kivers. ed to reduce the risk of traffick old girl was asphyxiated and her mother and two brothers were overcome by gas Thursday in ing with its consequent tempta ,il wO.000, 000 a year. CANADA BUYS U.S. RIFLES ;t)i)rt tions to staff and to eliminate their suburban suite. reviewing the news. the possibility of bullying and Dead is Grace Johnstone. Her blackmail among the prisoners. mother, Mrs. Vivian Johnstone, OTTAWA (CP) Canada has purchased 10,900 Garand rifles from the U.S., but has suspended all further orders, Lt.-Gen. Guy Simonds said today. The Criminals, described in a re-lzens. Many had cars on the and brothers, Arne 4, and Colin, dock, featuring this sign: cent report by prison commis 5, were revived by the fire department inhalator squad. Fire department officials said Chief of General Staff told a press conference this i.iiiun was issued by an 'J5t sub-committee house "'i' committee following '"'''li increase In tho base "'anadian newsprint, of-'; next month. 'crease raises the cost of V;"1 'o $126 a ton at the Mn history. -TIDES sioners as "prison barons" were said to be operating extensive tobacco and gambling rackets from which they realized big profits. one burner of the gas stove was turned on. M:.aMtov..M '"" , i nc means Canada will not take delivery of more than the 10,000 U.S. 30-calibre Garands which it originally ordered. s HUGE TELEPHONE BILL TRIPOLI, (AP) The Libyan Commenting on this a member cabinet yesterday decided to for- of the Prison Officers' Associa "Jump in, Nobles." Then the Nobles fell into the parade behind the pipe band and the patrol. Tonight, an open air concert will be given at the Court House grounds, beginning at 7:39. . At 9:30, the Armories on Sixth Avenue West will begin to resound with the merrymaking ot a ceremonial dance to which the general public has been invited. Some 600 people are expected to Sittenil tion said: "We know of places where these prisoners bet on bid any Libyan citizen from travelling to Israel. Many Libyan Jews have already left for Israel but there are still many Jewish merchants and workers SL'BWIY BLAST VICTIM Hreman jacK ru ecu, wuw u ice in the' air by one of the three explosions that shook Toronto's unfinished subway. Is attended by comrades. Seven were hurt of cooking gas from a main. In the blasts, blamed on seepage The flying body of one fireman broke a street lamp 25 feet from the pavement. One of the heavy timbers tossed in the air landed, foreground, in a subway opening at the downtown Intersection of Yonge and Oerrard streets. tCP PHOTO) BONN (CP) Russia today demanded Britain nav IS ftnnOCin marks ($4,600,000 fnr TTH tplpnhnne horse races and football pools for quite large sums. Other prisoners get into debt to them and sometimes commit serious June 7, 1952 Standard Time. 0:02' 21.2 feet 13:12 18.1 feet 6:49 2.2 teet 18:43 7.5 feet ' ' ' ,. ... , , ... . . , I left in this predominantly Abar- caoies to .nerun, a unu.Mi musman aiwiosea uniay. Moslem country. offences to vod payment," St - -- t . r . I ' ii ri- 'i