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\nti- polio shots

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Telephone 6767 '

for adults Friday

Ir riday i is S-Day in Prince Rupert.
. “S” is for shot and it means polio shots for all
Prince Rupert:vesidents between the age of 18 to 40

years of age inclusive | as

myelitis. ..

‘myelitis and Rehabilitation,

‘Prince’ “Rupert einaeien” chib?

as a unit. of the British Columbia’

Foundation: for Child.Care, Polio-
is
joining Kinsmen clubs through-
out the province in appealing. to

all’ residents to obtain Salk]!
vaccine for the prevention of
polo.

Free Salk vaccine is now avail-
able for.all B.C. persons up to the
age of 40.

The Kinsmen anti - polio
drive will be staged at the
Skeena Health Unit Friday.

May 22, between the hours of
10 a.m. to 12 noon; 2 to 4.p.m.
and 7 to 10 p.m,

Ww. A, Gordon, chairman of the
Kinsmen drive in Prince Rupert,
said that there will be registered
nurses and doctors In attendance
atethe free polio shot clinic.

7

$1,000,000 IN AED

“We have been assured the
complete co-operation of the
Pkinee Rupert Medical associa -
tien,” Mr. Gordon said,

Te sald that supplies of the
“safe, effective Salk vaccine have
been made available by the
Provinelal Department of Health

Beacon out

“Phe Garein Rocks Wercon
No. 583 on Hist of Ights situ-
afed off the southeast end of
Moresby Ushinc, Queen Char-
lotte Islands, is not burning
but will be attended to at the
frst opportunity, N, A, Bele-
tov, district marine agent for
wthe Department of Transport,
_Ténortedt Aoday.

_ Protection against. polio-|

 

to-"dbetors™ “and “local - nealthd
Brits, ”

Mr. - Gordon urged those per-
rsons who have not. had three
polio vaccine’ innoculations
against the ‘disease to take ad-
vantage of the free clinic Friday.
“There is no cure as yet for
polio,” Mr, Gordon said. “It has
long ceased to be a children’s
disease.”

Last year 200 more Cana-
“dians in Manitoba alone were
afflicted by polio. Manitoba
docs not maintain a vaccine
service, mainly because of pub-
lic apathy,

“Not enough persons took ad-
vantage of this precautionary
measure” the Kinsmen drive
chairman said. ,

FULL CO-OPERATION

The B.C, Foundation for Child
Care, Poliomyelils and Rehabili-
tation in co-operation with the
Kinsmen clubs of B.S, has spent
more than $1,000,000 in this
province to reduce the crippling
effects of pollo and other
discases,.

The Foundation, whose annual
Mothers':March campaign helps
to provide funds for pollo pre-
vention and treatment, urges the
full co-operation of citizens, par-
tHleularly expectant mothers, In
obtaining vaccine as a protec-
tive moausure.

In Prince Fupert BR, C. Bar-
bour ds the area representative of
the B.C, Foundation for Child
Cure, Potlo and Rehabilitation.

The local Kinsmen are staging
thelr drive at the same thme as
units In Burns Lake, Tolkwa,
Torrance and Kitimat,

 

 

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- Senate warned to meet
"general strike threat -

ARTLINE? ON The ehilr-
man of the Bonate rickets com.
nfitiee urged today that Congrogs
mat hond-on Jamosa R, Hotla's
yy" ont to cuba goneral strike i
ble United states if lnbor untons
ie subjected Lo pntl-traat law,

Domocratie Benator John LG
MeClollan af Arkansnsg snd. lvoe
wil) Intraduee soon a bil to ape
ply tho antt- trial Wawa bo trainee

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further dole, Antl truest huws
havo boon almed dn the ‘past at
monopalles in busthnoss in Indus.
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Horta, prostdent of the Lowms.
tors union, told a Brownavilie,
Tax, audience Tuesday that or-
ginived Inbor'a answor to such
logialation should be to have al
Ite colleative-baurgaining con.
tracts axpire on tha samo dite,
ane thon sterile,

NATION-WIDE WALKOUT

“Wo ann call a primary strike
all neragss the nation that will
atralghten out the — employors
oneo and for all,” Hoff paid,

Hoffr has been working to ar-
giunive n conference of various
transportation unions, Ho spoke
nt a dtatrict convention of tha
International Longshoromeon's
Association but indlanted ho waa
nuaBeating a strike by all Inbor
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. ‘WON'T HURT”,

afternoon and evening.

Ronnie Gauthier, 6, assumes his: father
“Maurice when Dad got his first polio innoculation last Friday.
‘ Mr. Gauthier is president of a Vancouver Kinsmen club, which:
along with other B.C. Kinsmen ciubs is sponsoring the anti-pollo 4
drive in the province in co-operation with the B.C. Foundaton.
‘for Child Care, Polio-and Rehabilitation. Prince Rupert-Kins— -
men’s club free anti-polio clinic for persons 18 to 40 years of..
age, will be held at the Skeena Health Unit Friday morning,

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. =, WEDNESDAY, “MAY 20,

  

‘ the winter high of 538,000 in Jan-

_ ament figure for this year was 77,-

   

 

WORLD BRIEFS

 

 

:

British.

 

MP Charles Gibson said:

“Keep your sentimental moutn
shut both inside and outside the
House of Commons. Remember
we have a bullet for your head
if you want it.”

Gibson reptesents a South
London area in which a number
of Negro immigrants from The
West Indies lve. Competition
between immigrant Negroes and
poor whites for jobs and hous-
ing has resulted in race riots
in Britain and a Ku Klux move-
‘ment,

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CAPETOWN (Reuters) —Heli-
copters and motorboats ranged
over tain-swainped Cape prov-
ince and Natal today in rescue
operations with as many as 75
persons feared death In South
Africa’s worst floods in memory.
Thirty-elght bodies have been
recovered.

Air force hellcopters were fer-
rying relief supplies to regions
of Bast Cape and Natal along the

cee ne Ae seme pe tea tn team Mnemeneutgta it evga tas

Pair given
remand
for sentence

A Prince Rpuert fisherman
who police sald “fought all his
way to the cell” was today ra-
manded In’ custody by Mrgls:
trale E. ‘T. Applowhalte,

Herbert, David) Roberts, 25,
pleaded gullly toa ghnrgos of
drunkenness and obstructing

n police officer, He was arrested
enrly this morning.

Tho RCMP told the court Rol-
arts tind record of 27 convic-
Llons for slmilay offoncos, He wlll
be sontonced May 22,

Also remanded in custady un-
til May 27 was David Garneau,
45, wn local plumbor, who ploaded
guilty to stealing two sports
shirts from a elty clothing store.
Gameoau was upprehondod by
Ww osAlOSMAN Who saw hin love
tho store, “C was drank. and
don't remombor muah about it,"
Garnony told the court,

Patrick Augual Kelly, $2, of
Plpoline Rond was Mned $2.60
anid costs for discharging a fivo-
Arn within the alty Waites,

Kolly testified that he had
flrocdl Lhe wonpon to searo away
dogs that porsiatontly claturly
hia garbage and “howl all
night." We did not realize he wna
Inaldo the alty Umits.

 

Klan letter threatens’

An anonymous letter to Labor}

iday. that at April 18 there were
{445,000 . unemployed compared
: with 525,000 a month earlier and
45,664,000 with jobs against. 5, 552, -
os 00 in March.

inonth of rising employment for

| 959

The government reported to-

‘It was the third. successive

Canada: since unemployment hit

 

‘tics estimates, the government

{sons registered for work with Na-

‘4 iously.

7 ures contain an unknown pro-
4. portion

  
  

Wary.

£-The post-war: peak of unem-
ployment was 597,000 in March of
Jast year. The April unemploy-

 

000 below that of April, 1958.
“Those with jobs in April num-
éred 127,000 more than a year
arlier.

Besides these bureau of statis-

-released figures showing that at
‘April 16 there were 733,729 per-

{ional Employment Service com-

pared. with 795,547 the previous

month and 811, 719 a year prev-
“The employment ‘service fig-

of persons changing

from job to job.

.The government described the

‘increase in “employment between
‘March and ‘April as “significant-

Total of employed |
in B.C. up 11 ,000 |

1 OTTAWA (CP) —Canadian employnient | in “April
{stepped up at a fdster-than-usual pace while the job-
less dropped off by 80,000.

Night Calls—Business 6768, Editorial 6769

 
 
   
  
  
  
 
 
 
  
   
 
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
  
   
     
  

 

employment: between Mareh ‘and

jobs. which went’ up by 70,000—
about double the. usnial seasonal
increase—from 4,933,000 to 5,003,-
000. ‘The figure ‘for "April of: last
years. was, 4,846,000..° |...

Farm jobs moved up from: 619,- -
000 to 661,000, smaller than in
past years because’. spring ‘work].
in agriculture began. early this

at. work.on farms.in April were
30,000 fewer than in April, 1959,
reflecting a: year-to-year down-
ward trend.

regions shared in the general up-
swing. . There were particular

regions, where the early spring
advanced the start of many non-
agricultural activities.

The government said improve-
ment affected all but a few dis-
tricts wheré road conditions cur-
tailed some. industries. Unem-
ployment was lower than the
previous year. in. practically | all
local areas. ©

The April. ‘unemployed repre-
sented 7.3 per cent of a national
labor force of 6,109,000.° The
month before, ‘it was 8.6 per cent

 

 

ly:greater” than the normal im-
provement. for, this time of year.
Besides ‘those’ “without: jobs; i in

 

 

P.with death:

LONDON n—A member of Parliament who asked the. govern-
ment to. protect: persons threatened by the Ku Klux Klan ‘has
been warned he will die if he does not keep quiet.

 

Indian Ocean. that have. been
swamped by 10 inches of rain
in the last four days. -

+ q +.

PANAMA CITY (7—The Unit-
cd Nations economic conference
for Latin America Tuesday post-
poned creation of a Latin Am-
crican common market. The
commission had hoped to lay
definite plans for the proposed
common market at this meet-
ing - but delegates passed a
watered-down plan providing for
further studies.

re fe

MOSCOW (Reuters)-—Russian
officials said Tuesday night that
final plans for the Soviet-alded
firs stage of Egypt's massive
Aswan Dam project now are
complete and will be sent to
Egypt shortly for approval,

rF e &

SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters)
-~A flu epidemic raging uncheck-
ed throughout five Australian
states with more than half the
population hit in some areas,

‘he dee

LONDON im — Russian today
ahmed tts glant TU-144 Lurbo-
prop set a world distance record
for passenger airliners, flying
4,225.25 miles non-stop from
Moscow to Khabarovsk, oastern
Siberia, in eight hours, 22 min-
ules.

ee ne pee etre tenndincty tetnenet enon pa anaremeste RN DiemeteiaH

To boost capacity

MONTREAL (The Alum
lniun Company of Canada Lim-
ited announced today that the
capacily of its sheet alwaninum
mill at Kingston, Ont. is bo be
Increased by 10,000 tons a yoar,

OTTAWA «(fh -- "Iwo MPs of
dCforant political porkuasions
aereod Tuesday that tho white
man Js suspect in Indian ayes but
thoy used the contention to
nolnt UP opposing viewpoints on
tho question of onfranchislng
Indlans,

Tho moasure of agreement wis
reached botweon Frank Hows
ard (COF-Skeonn), who ins
campalgnod in the Commons for
tho Inst throo sosslons for: the
onfranchisomont of Indians, and
Goorge OC, Maulrflold (PO-Portage-
Neopawn), physlolnan and sur-
geon, whoso medical practioa In-

 

 

cludes Indlans. of two resorvi~

  

Sci: the government. ‘reporte a:

pared with 29,000 a month earl-
ier and 32,000 at the same time
last year.

' The largest part of the rise. in

Vessel lands —
27,000 pounds

The Kaari 2° was the
only vessel to sell her catch
on the Prince Rupert hal-
ibut exchange this morn-
ing.

She sold 27,000 pounds
of halibut to Pacific Fish-
eries for prices of 19 cents
for medium, 18.2 cents for
large and 12 cents for
chicken size.

 

 

New proposal
to be opposed

‘GENEVA (f— Wesb Germany
and France were reported today:
to be putting the brakes on U.5.-
British enthuslasm for a prompt
opening of secret talks with the
Russians over the Berlin crisis
and prospects for a summit con-
ference. .

Some cautious moves appar.
ently wore going on In the Big
Four forelgn ministers confor
ence concerning the start of sec-’
ret negotiations.

When these do tako place they
almost certainly will determine
whether # summit conference

 

52'000 on temporary layoff com-|

‘yup 22,000 and 18,000.

of. 6,077,000. “In April of §1958, it
was 8.6 per cent of $6, 059,000.
“regions

 
 

{ showed 89,000:
area, 185,000 in Quebec, £11,000 in
Ontario; 35,000 on the Prairies
and 31,000 in British Columbia. .

In employment, the . Atlantic
area had 459,000 at work in April,
up 18,000 from March'‘and 24,000
from 1958. Quebec. had 1,532,000,
Ontario
had 2, 139, 000, up 32, 000 and 31,-
000. The Prairies had 1,012,000, up
29,000, and 28,000. British Co-
lumbia had 522, 000, up 11,000 and
29,000.

BOMBAY, India (#—Judge N.
V.-Rao‘sentenced 16 persons to
death Tuesday for fatally beat-
ing three brothers in a dispute
over the precedence of bulls in

 

‘April camé in’ non-agricultural |.

year with a corresponding early |.
rise in -farm employment. Those | .

In non-farm employment, ‘alll’

gains.in the Atlantic and Prairie)

athe: Sabantie oe

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RUT CHT PR ee aa

work jis done in Ottawa he’s
retire.

Belgium or Holland. :
‘He said the. eport was: Ha.
- people.”

Saanich.

 

ciliation board award.

A hospital. board | spokesman
said today. that the .board had
rejected the wnanimous report of
the conciliation board which rec-
ommended wage increases total-
ling $10 a month over a year, im-
mediate coverage: by Unemploy-
ment-Insurance, a: health | plan
and free coffee for members of

Union.

“fias already voted‘ unanimous--

ly to, accept the conciliation
board’s report. —

Main points of the report to
which the board objects is the
instigation of Unemployment In-
surance and a health plan, which
are not allowable under present
British Columbia Hospital Insur-
ance Service hospital financing.

The board feels that coverage
of hospital employees by Unem-
ployment insurance and a health

plan on a 50-50 contributory.

basis would increase the ‘hospi-
tal’s deficit to an even greater
degree than itis at present.

The wage boosts of $6 per
month retroactive to January, 1,

 

a festival procession.

. VICTORIA ()—British Colum-
bia's new Government House is
built to last for up to 300 years,
Provincial Works Minister Chant
sald Tuesday as the new $1,500, -
000 mansion was opened to vistt-
ors for the first time.

He spoke at ceremonies mark-
ing the official opening of the
building by Lieutenant-Governor
Frank M. Ross,

After unveiling a commemor-
ative plaque, the lHeutenant-gov-
ernor told an audience that In-
cluded cabinet ministers, mem-
bers of the legistature and their
wives: “This house has a little
bit of the past, something of the
present, aud yet it contains
nothing that is too extrema.
“This house {is bullt for our
Ifetime and long after we're
gone.”

 

 

1959 and $4 per month effective

New government house

built “fot 300 years

Ross with a gold-plated key for
Ais official residence and, smil-
jing broadly, said: “I hope you
and Mrs. Ross live in this beaut}~
ful home for many, many years.”

As the plaquo was unveiled, the
Red Ensign of Canada was run
up on the new 80-foot flagpole in
front of the stone portico—all
that remains of the ald govern-
ment house which was destroyed
by fire two years ago.

Mis. Bennett, wife of the pre-
mier, presented Mrs. Ross with a
painting by B.C, artist Mary
Hamilton of the Chopin statue
in the Luxembourg gardens in
Paris,

The press will be taken on @
tour of the mansion tomorrow.
‘Ite first official guests will be
Queen Elizabeth and = Prince
Philip during thelr two-day visit

 

 

will be held this suminer,

INDIAN SUSPECTS WHITE MAN

Howard urges greater enfranchisement

tions within his constituency.
Thoy spoke on nv private pill hy

Mr. Hownrd to reponl a provis~

lon of the Indian Act raquiring

Indiuns to algun away thelr ox-].

omption from bax on Income
fram rosorvalion Jands if they
bovoma citivens with voting
rights,

Debate oceupled the whole
hour allotted to privato lexis
tlon with no declsion bolng
ronchod on the bill,

Mr, Howard anid the Indian
has an psychologien! attituda—
in which he was jualtifiod after
his “ashamoful” oxploltation—

 

that ho is surrondoring tmport-

.

‘ "

ee et Be mb tw,

Premier Bennett prosented Mr.

int Nehts in signing away tax
exemption even though ho may
novey have Income from resorvee
tion lands.

Some sudplujon would be re-
moved, My. Howard siud, if the
Commons took a step Lownrds
gronter onfranchisomont of the
Indian by removing this section
from the Indian Act,

Howovor, Dr. Fairfield sug-
goxted that the “defensive” ate
titude of the Indian may enuse
hin to “look for tha Joker” In
any white man's proposal for
grontor onfranchisgemont.

to Victoria, In July.

agreds that the Indian should be
given the franchise but there
ware Important problems to cone
sider first: One was education
und the preservation of the Ine
dian cullure and way of Iife.
Anothor was the Indian's luck
of: training in local — soll-
gpovornmont,

 

Princo Rupert has
now gone 125 days
without a fatal traffic
neeidont,

 

Denno RN, GAundlock (POQ-
Lothbridge) said he heartily
ae Ae oh BG wh De

AWAKE HTL a ba Ree ee HOR Oe

 

 

 

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PROVINCIAL, LIBRARY
VICTORIA, B.C.

Local 5 of the Civic Employees

Phe. Civice= -Employees Union|.

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Ye MOTRIN.

 

PRICE TEN

 

‘ne CPOLOLLOP LED PLOLOLEIODLE ILO POIDODEDL ELE OOP OOODD reecconcscbecote:

~ DEFENCE. MINISTER PEARKES-
_ NOT AIMING FOR SENAT ORSHIP.

VICTORIA «)—Defence Minister Pearkes is not looking
toa senatorship or an ambassador’ 5 post anywhere. When his”

 

coming ‘home to Victoria | to.

That’s what the 71- -year-old defence minister said’ pitts.” .
day when reporters questioned him about reports he may.be’~ |
going to the Senate or may ‘become Canada’s ambassador in 2

pure figment. of the newspaper

“When may work is ‘dotie, i will return to Vancouver’ island .
- as. I always -intended, " said’ the, -veteran - MP. for Esquimalt.

b etapa ote

rosercorccorererters, anererereese corencce onccccoccrosrerates Kototrsr

H “Hospital, union
meet tomorrow. —

Hospital board and civic employees’ union repie-

sentatives will meet:at 7: 30 tomorrow night-in ‘an. ef-
fort to resolve differerices arising out: of'a recent ¢con-

 

 

 

June 1, 1959, plus free coffee or
an alternative of $5 per: month to
each. employee ‘is equivalent::to
the $15 a month increase. ‘grant-
ed members of Local 510: ofthe
International Union .of ‘Operat-

that there are between. 50 and 60
civic employees working: at the
hospital compared to: five operat-
ing engineers. . .

committee said “that “the board
planned to meet. with. -‘represen-
tatives of. the. union’ ‘tomorrow
night to make counter- -proposals,
to ‘discuss ‘the ‘differences - be-
tween the two parties and ex-
plain “the hospital's position in
the matter.”

Members of Local 5° of the
Civic Employees Union working
at the hospital ‘include. nurses’
aides, ward maids, kitchen help,
cooks, housekeepers for: nurses
home, scamstresses and order-
lies.

WOPPPEPPOPOLOFEOD OPPPOOPOOCO POLLS

Michael Blagg
joins staff |
of Daily News

Appointment of Michael
Blagg, 29, as senior reporter
and deskman on the Prince
Rupert Dally News editorial
staff, was announced today. by
editor J. R. Ayres.

Mr. Blagg has almost. five
years experience in the ‘jour-
nalism field, in Ottawa and
Vancouver. ile has heen:
staff member of the Vancou-
ver Province, the Ottawa Citi-
zen, and latterly the Encyclo-
pedia Canadiana,

Ile first visited Prince Ru-
pert while a student at the
University of British Columbia,
working as a steward on the
coastal steamers during his
summer vacations.

POPPOPIIEPIIDO LIVE ODD ODEO OOLO IG

Forest fires
cost $24,093

VANCOUVER ()—Forest fires
have cost $1,428 a day or. $24,003
since British Columbia's 1950 fire
senson started three weoks ago,

Pigures released today by the
B.C. forest sorvice show there
have been a total of 360 fires in
the province's five fire districts
since Muay 4,

WEATRER—

Cloudy with sunny perlocs
Thursday, Ulltle change tn
lempernture. Wings Heht,
variable oxcept westerly 20
ovor the southern Charlottes.
‘Low tonight and high Thurte
day 40 and 60.

TIDES—

Thursday, May al, 1050
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