ate = af vou. XLVI, : after -as Masset, who. pleaded » ality - police ’ — yemanded - EB ie . : . Fs No,” 208 ae ee ap eae gy AL Nl tps Peo Boe at Pirie ree oe Need 3 ‘the same water + supply and dis-} tor receive complete endor- ye iled “Dudoward, “ofl, in}, police court. this morning to as- saulting a policeman, was re- manded by » Magistrate E. T. Ap- plewhaite for sentencing Novem- ber:3. RCMP told the court that a constable was breaking. up'a fight in front of a local hotel when Dudoward pounced on the constable, striking him several times on the face. When police put one of the combatants in the police yan, Dudoward opened the ‘door of the*police vehicle allowing the prisoner to cscape, the court was told;. Terrence’ fof: reconsideration Onsultatio: room. ‘and Jecture room.. |. OPENING DATE ‘for. Prince Rupert's. new $99, 511- firehall is” yet, -parking -to: be: announced.. ‘Fire ‘department | is’ awaiting - ‘finishing - work...’ by. contractor. ‘after ° ‘architect. visited firehall - recently... New..- building; tor -Feplace | ‘the nearly-50-year-old firehall on - Fulton ‘Street, will feature. three: bays for firefighting. vehicles and am- - bulance, ‘modern, hose’ ‘and practice tower, quarters -for‘the fire. 1 chief: and his” wife, quarters for on-duty firemen, a recreation . —Stafi Photo by 1 Dick Ayres. |To. LIST REASONS ith enginecrs an Study, oO ter: 1a te. plans. - Last night « “eounci consultants - Associated Engin: eering: Services Limited. ‘The money ‘bylaw, which - may be slightly .less,. depending. ‘on receipt of concrete undertaking from Ridge Holdings Limited: for a-new subdivision, will be voted on at the December 17 civic elec- tions. Neither of the two suggestions from Mr, Whalen last night were thought practical by council. One would save the city moncy momentarily but would threaten the Fern Passage line with ser- jous breaks due ‘to additional. pressure and the second entail- ed a larger capital expenditure which would outweight a rela- lively small saving in power, Therefore the council decided Also. remanded this. morning | for’ sentence until November. 3, | was James Cameron .McIntosh, 29, who pleaded guilty to theft of a pair of socks from Universal Sidi. e sald a clerk spotted Mc- Inftosh) in the act of taking the socks yesterdny. Theodore Wesley of Rupert was remanded ‘until Thursday, without plea on oa charge of assaulting Gerald Me- Prince that its original plan of con- structing. a pumphouse at Sha- watlon Lake, laying of new pipe from Shawatlan to the city, a new high level reservoir and a new waterfront main, On instruction from council Mayor P, J, Lester. authorized the appointment of a committee to. publicize the details. of the bylaw and reasons why council feals the bylaw is the city’s best solution to its water problem, Intyre of Prince Ruport. Joseph Thomas Calder, 19 and Charlgs John MeNail, 18, wore until Thursday on charges. of breaking and enter. Ing into a house at Arrondale Cannery, Both pleaded guilty. ovew: elonirae qeenerenetons Unions to fi ght wildcat strikes LONDON im—i3riush Jabor une jons announced a war on wildent atriWes today as now. walkouts hamporac services ranging from traltis to bugbonts, | Lenders of the Trades Union Conkross: callod ‘for a govern. mont-backed Investigation Into thoesunorticial strikos, Latest of those KLoppod rostau- rant-ant service on sovoral atate. owned braina Monday, seh bon "ORMES _DRuGs LTD. DIAL 2151 Also planned is a public meet- ing at which members of the council will answer questions on the bylaw and also small meot- Ings at which Mr. Whalen will explain the ongincer’s roasqns far suggesting the proposed water systom, Prince Rupert has now gone 284 days without a fatul brut tic necident, S : rejected. ge Ss . ‘two ‘further, alternatives supplied} i it. by D.-A:. Whalen, Pprofessional’} | engineer. of the city’s: firm’ of. the proposed Ww lines. ; The move came’ as a ‘result of meetings of a. city delegation with an official:.-of the Air Transport Board and CPA pres- ident Grant McConachie in Vancouver Friday-and Saturday. ‘The city delegation was. com- posed of Mayor P., J. Lester, City Administrator R. -W. Long and Chamber of Commerce scerctary E. T. Applewhaite, REPEATED STAND _ In his report to council, Mayor Lester said that on Friday al- ternoon when the group met Mr. McConachie, the CPA president outlined his company's reasons for wishing to discontinue the Canso service November 1, The CPA president reiterated his previous stand that it was beconiing increasingly difficult due to niaintenance and opera- tional problems tnvolved, to en- sure that the Canso operation was carried out with the high degree of safety. . Pilots to fly Cansos were also difficult, to obtain, Mr. MeCon- achie told the city delegation, VITAL TO QC, In reply the city representa- tives told Mr, MeConachie that: @ The Canso- operation was Important to the people ‘of Prince Rupert and also the Queen Charlotte Islands; @ That the Atty Transport Board and the Department of Transport rule on safety and would therefore rule on the SiO ty of tho Cunso; @ That it was CPA's respon- albillty to preyide sorvica and pilots, @ That tho city planned to I prote ont the proposed curtailment, ALD. LARGE RAPS CAPITAL PRESS FOR ‘TOTAL IRRESPONSIBILITY” . Alderman. R. G, Large roso up at Inst night's Clty Coun] meoling to cnalignte what ho lormed the “total — trresponsl- billy of the public Pross,” “Ho told counell that at tho annual meotlnig of the 3.0, Mod- jenl Association In Vistorin he and two othor doctors had bean naked to pore for a plature by a photographor of a Victorla after. Hoon prpor, “Ono of us'was asked to hold his hands apart ns if to indents tho size of {sh we hud caught," Ald. ‘Large told. Connell, . “When the pleturo appoared in the paper,” ho sald, “the enption tndarnoath stated. that L had admitted that wo cortainiy got a lot of ralnfall Iy Prince Riu. per,’ He wont on to hasure counel] that he cortainly hadn't. anid such a thing and that as a mite tor of frat the rainfall In Prinao Ruport hadn't oven boon mon- tonad, “T Just want to go on racord,” Ald, argo anid, “as not anylng anything about rain In Prince Ruport.” t ! | he. ‘Air ‘Transport Bona ‘opposing : ithdra wal of. the Canso flight. to and from Sandspit, as. proposed’ ‘by Canadian Pacific Aine of CPA services to-.the ATB. MET ATB OFFICIAL On Saturday, the mayor, Mr, Long and Mr. Applewhaite. met with an official of the. Air Transport Board -and. cited -the city’s reasons for wishing -:the Canso service continued. The city group. reminded the. ATB- representative that in many cases public. carriers are asked to continue non-profitable "(Continued on Page 5)" See — CITY BRIEF | Alderman. :.Norman . Bellis, goly sO that. the. motion could be LPR RIOT SLD POF |gcinded a. ‘motion to place a ref- erendum before the. voters ‘ask- gthem ..whether..or not. they shed: age meters. Anstalled nany issues at the December ACivic ‘elections: «: + owever, the former~ pattle es between. the supporters of meters. and ~ ‘those ainst them, remained firm. “Alderman T. Norton Youngs, an opponent of parking -meters, roposed a motion to reconsider the, parking meter’ bylaw in- the ocess of being drawn up.: “The motion ‘was ‘seconded by but iscussed. “pst Ald." Bellis stressed that “we i or thre thing coming;.u is. the. water, bylawe? oe ‘Ald: Youngs repeated hig stand that” (a). the’: people © ‘shouldn’t have to make:a‘decision as it’ can. be , decided: by council: who’ the people elected. to make such de- cisions, and (b) that ‘he © still » jthought that the: RCMP ‘should! ‘enforce the. one-hour. . parking bylaw -properly or:-(c) a special constable should: be. appointed, to enforce the parking bylaw. _ Alderman Gordon E; Carlson also repeated his contention that the: yoters should. not have to vote on such an issue. After passage of the motion to reconsider the. preparation of a bylaw calling for.a referendum on parking meters, a second mo- tion to rescind the motion to hold a referendum, was passed, World News Briefs ‘MOSCOW (@—Soviet Russia said today that. Lunik III's history-making transmission of pictures of the hidden side of the moon heralds photographic surveys of the solar system. Tass, the official Soviet news agency, said the successful operation of the space vehicle and its picture-taking apparatus: “opens up broad prospects for studying the planets beyond.” + + NEW DELHI (Routers)—Prime Minister Nahru conferred today with Indian state governors under the shadow of growing tension betweon India and Communist China ovor frontier disputes and armed clashes. ‘Nine border policemen were, reported killed and 10 taken prisoner by Chinese troops in bordering on Tibet, Ladakh, a Kashiniri province +‘ * SANTA MARIA, Calif, m—A twin-ongined DC-3 airliner With one ongine ‘aflame crashed moments after taking off from Santa Maria airport Monday night. The co-pilot was killed but 17 pagsongots cucapod serious injury, OTTAWA. (Esmond Butior, the first Canadian to serve On Queen Biizaboth's porsonal staff, js returning to Ottawa - ns secretary to» Govornor-Gencoral Vanier, ' Tho appointment of tho personable 36-yonr-old bachelor as head man of Gon, Vanior’s houschold was announced from \ e * HAVANA (M—Iidol Castro promised a wildly cheering crowd of sovernl hundred thousand Monday night that he would once again hand over the enemics of his revolution to : military tribunals and ring gctuads NEW YORKIE (m—Handweilton dooumonts—labolled for in- Governmont House, fovmation only—Mondny bequonthed one-third of actor Brrol Flynn's Jamaica proporty to jis teon-agod protoga, Bovorly Andland, Tho documont, fled In Surrogate'’s Court, was nelthor klgned nor witnossod, It purportedly was drawn up in Cuba 10 montha ago and provided for the possibility that Miss Andland might: havo a child by Flynn, although thoy were e td @ WASHINGTON (A second major stool firm today agreed Lo 0 sottlomont sinilar to that signed yostorday by tho United not married, Steelworkers Union and the Kalsor Stool Corporation: of Dotrolt which algned a the Detroit Stool Corporation, It was contract calling for na wage inoronso of 22% conts an. hour, over two years. Tho Dotrolt company ia not © mombor of the ~ Induatry-wido ateol Group and waa not affected by tho 105- day stool atrika, -| Monday. “The catch: was - - expected to = reach 1,400,000. CASES . but indus-| . of TL try” spokesmen : now say it may|:~ ; ‘tbe 1,100,000. 3: agg LT “sockeye: and pink salmon: Rivers: Inlet. in.. ‘northern..- BOC. beginning when the. strike ‘was: called, though ,| 1958, the cycle year. for the spec- “DOWN TOO. Catches of ‘pink: salmon on the east coast. of- ‘Vancouver’ Island and: the Fraser river. were’ down to:.458,000° cases compared with ta ‘haul: of - 750, 000 cases during |; the cycle year 1957, provement with a total, pack’ of. 211,000 cases, ‘the largest in five} years: : ‘The chum * season also. was, not up to expectations. 2 An“ almost total. failure. of ‘the chum” season. in: Alaska waters during’ the. summer saw. “many " . thei resubmission. 20F” ‘the : Subdivision . firm talks of 15 units — Present credit, restrictions. will allow Ridge Holdings Limited, to. complete bnly, 15 units © “this time,” a telegram informed City Council at its meeting last night. The wire, dated October 22 and signed by J, C. Browning, pres- ident of Ridge Holdings Limited the firm which proposed build- ing 75 housing units for sale and 40. duplexes for rent, stated: “OWL arrive Prince Rupert this weekend. Present credit restrictions will not allow us to complete only 15 units this time, Would you. consider in- slallation of septic tanks to service first houses?" " City Administrator R. W. Long to whom the wire was addressed, said. that “this weekend” re- ferred to. meant Jast weekend and that up until council meet- ing time, he had received no word that Mr. Browning had re- turned tothe elty, Counell will form a commite tee of the whole to meet Mr. Browning as soon as he arrives. back in the city to find out “just where the city, the proposed Midland subdivision and Ridge Holdings Ltd., stand,” U.K. battered by hurricane LONDON (Reuters) — Hurrl- cano-force winds and rain carly today battered Britain and dis- rupted shipping in the Channel, Gusts up to 75 milos an hour uprooted trees, blow off roofs and blocked roads and rail lines through southern Britain, In some parts of London and other British elties, flood waters ware ovor a foot doop, causing chaotic brattic conditions, ' Brey ee t Seek two cars | TORONTO ()—-Constabla Nel son Shorwood, Investigating the thoft of a car from Toronto, stopped at a farm in. noarby Trafalgar Township, Ho quas~ tioned a. man, placed him in his wanarked police cnr,’ turned to talk to the owner of the farm and! Whoosh! ts Pollce now have another atolon cnr Investigation undor way, ‘dn ae é€rmen‘on the Skeena “River. ‘and | were. the hardest’ hit-” by.’ the]. o ‘| walkout.. . Their: Season was just}. “A .total sockeye; catch of. “956,- oe 287 cases. was. taken’ ashore. al- |e fishermen anticipated | the season ‘would ‘be better than. _Coho> salmon "showed. an. im-|" : mod ° Ss aaa semen rte” LA ce aaa '| starting. a-prescription: insurance: sociation’ decided ‘Monday: ‘at its. __|fall: council meeting to ask its} 4 health’ insurance committee: to: investigate: the . possibility... of service’ in B.C.’on:a pilot basis.- -The plan would be tried: out: in a. representative community and, if successful, be expanded to _|to hunters not to use army am- cover the whole province. The committee is to make its report at the next meeting in March. The: 10-man. council studied a report. on a similar plan called Prescription. Services. Incorpor- ated, which has been operating in ‘Windsor, Ont., for more than a year. ; “Warning issued VANCOUVER ()—A, warning munition was issued today by provincial game director Frank Baer. r, Butler said it is illegal to use’ unaltered army ammunition and the use of altered army.am- munition is dangerous. ‘Crackers dangerous VICTORIA ())—Medical health officer Dr. Elizabeth Mahaffy has warned parents to supervise the use of firecrackers by chil- dren at Hallowe’en to prevent death or injury. She said Mon- day parents in neighborhood Mayor's plan on credit — hacked hy city Prince Rupert City Council Jast night endorsed a resolution that it is in accord with and will support a proposal which would lead to cheaper credit for local govornments, ; City took the action after Mayor P. J. Lester recommonded that council adopt a resolution based on a proposol by Mayor Robert Simpson .of Arnprior, On- tario, that tho federal govern- mont make some provision for lending monoy to municipallbles at a lower interést rate than thoy can securo elsewhere, Aynpriow’s Mayar Sinipson made the proposal last wack to tho Canadian . Fedoration of Miyors and. Municipalities of which he fs prosidont. Mayor Simpson polnted out that municipalities find thom. solvos In sorlous financial con. ditions becnuse of “the tight monoy" situation, Councll voted to Inform the Canadinn Fodoration of Mayors and Municipalities that it not only backed the move for choa- per credit. but also supported | per re _ VICTORIA. @-—More. than 26, - 000 students. in: the Greater. Vic- Schools will’ be: ‘closed: ‘on: Van- couver: Island © as 1,000 secondary elementary .- ‘teachers -meéet. at ventions, . Lote, $986,000. bylaw zer, school trustee, told.a meet- ing, of ‘the. Langley Board of” Trade .if a $986,000 school: con-| struction bylaw is not accepted . Students, will have to go on, Shifts in district’ schools. . Appointments. made VICTORIA () Appointed Monday to ‘three-year terms on the board of | management of, the British . Columbia / Researah Council were Deputy Trade Min- ister T. L, Sturgess, Deputy Ag- riculture. Minister W. A. McéGil- livray and P. J. Mulcahy, veny minister of mines, New. water system ROSSLAND M—Ald, William Wacleson told’. a Chamber’ “of Commerco.: meotlig here. unless the city expands its water’ dis- tribution systom it will goon. wba Itself without the facilities: urged acceptance of a Syla which will soe repairs mad: ‘to the system. | Administrator leaving .PENTICTON: ()—~E. BY. Mace Donald, hospital administrator here for the last nine yenrs, has beun named assistant adminis- — pital. Defence contract: VERNON (Tho Depnrtment of Doefenco Production "as nwarded a $12,480 contrat’: 0 Bulmana Products Limited — for canned woods, any " WEATHER = o Variable cloudiness Wednes- day with ai fow ehowers along the mainland, . Little chango = In tomporature. Winds westerly, 15 reaching 25 {in oxposed arons,. Low tonight an and high Wodneaday and TIDES— Wodnosday, Octobor 94, 1950 (Pacifig Standard Time) Mayor Simpson's plan, TUG eee 10:86 = 10.8 foot 92:80 10.0 feot Low erboeerens 04: 14 6.3 fect 16:51. 6.3 foab toria area get: a-day:off Friday.” teachers meet here. and. 1,000... nearby. Sidney for, annual: con- ' LANGLEY «)—Dr. J:SN> Pen-— trator of the new Burnaby. hos-