COE EE a PR ‘VOL. XLIX,’No. 23 nn i. Cy a ad summarizing a career that for’ VAST IMPROVEMENT. : Arrange si ; of the: Canadian 3 “Goglordi denies — payola’ VICTORIA (Highways mia ister P. A. . Gaglardi Tuesday heatedly denied in the B.C, Leg- istature that the Social Credit government is getting “political payola” from the privately-own-. ed B.C. Electric company or any- one else, ‘He challenged CCF Opposition leader Robert Strachan: to prove a-icharge made. Monday that other partics, including the gov- ernment had to leave distribu- tlon of power In the: province to BCE becase it “Is the main source of their political payola.” “Mr, Strachan ‘added that a ccr government would sto it. ‘Mr, Gaglardl, first: minister to step into the- throne speech de- bate, sald “we've been Hstening to this type of trash so long it doesn't rogister," ORITICIZES, NEW, TAX "Whgh Bhirrefe (8O—Skeenn) wis erltlen! “of the department of mines, Minerals: were being forgotten In favor of gas and oll, he -sild, Also. the. new bax: and overlond jules Imposed ‘by the] transport: . departinent ‘provin= elally on the trucking industry |. wis threatoning the éeanomie well-helng of the Skeona area, ‘Yoday Iands and forests ming ister Ray Wililston : takos the floor with a major ‘speecly on power, And the house will go Into jis feat nteht. sitting at whtehs three private mombors wil) spenk, — Attorney-ganeral Robert Bonner, neling govern mont leader during. tho absence of promler W, A, 0; Bennett, ts geheduled to tno’ Part 1h) tho dalato Thursday, ; | ORMES DRUGS LTD, co DIAL 21 51. 8 4 + RITZ KREISLER, the :: ‘man who could ‘make: a violin’ sing or ey or laugh, is 85 today. New. York City was scheduled to honor Him ‘ata city hall.ceremony, giving him’ a medal and a scroll synonymous with the violin.:- Age: has weakened his hearing: and viston but, he is still alert and his stalwart frame, massive head and: shock of white hair give him a dauntless, jook. He says his: ‘durability is “a present from God.” — Jinsa:“inost, unfavorable light. ” y }said the. chamber ““lyecelved a request” for cee ye “Telephone 6767 half ‘a century made. his name made for a. \ publie showing 21 bor ‘Chaniber™ ‘member. T.. B.; ‘Black mg said the film ‘“was very good in-| | deed” and he extended. congrat- wulations*to Dr. R. G. Large:-who acted:as ‘advisor in ‘the film: pro- duction and also appeared: in the film, : “Ald. ‘Youngs said ‘many people he mct in’ Vancouver had. seen. the film and had “made favor- -fable comments on it.” Secretary E. T. ‘Applewhaite | Ahad already Prince | Rupert retail outlets from a Van- | couver candy manufacturer, as a-result of the film. The secretary was instructed Lo write the CBC requesting the », {film and’ arrangements will be made to have a public showing, free of charge, when it arrives. MLA William H. Murray will be asked to represent the -Prince Rupert chamber when the B.C, Chambers of Commerce hold a meeting with the — provincial cabinet February. 8, The mecting. approved a change in the’ venue of its monthly dinner mectings, voting to meet. in, future at La Gone dola cafe Venetian Room, Feature of Monday night’s meeting was the showing of a RCMP. Identification Branch film on the “Musical Ride.’ The movio was shown by RCMP Cpl, W, A, McKenzie, traffic patrol officer from the Torrace ROMP detachment. Hoe was Introduced by. Staff-Sgt, W. J. Currie, NCO in charge of the city RCMP | Brotherhood’ although: it’still re- @ Published at Canada’ s Most Strategic Pacific ‘Port —— And Key to the Great Northwest _ Charges follow | union violence — VANCOUVER (CP)—With speakers ‘branding the Seafarers’ International Union (Ind.) an “enemy. |of the labor movement,” PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, Vancouver. labor couneil: Tuesday night? closed its ranks in opposition. to, the SIU.. The. accusations’ ‘against the SIU came at a- “VLC meeting ‘|-which decided to: 1, Seek a meeting with of- ficials of the Canadian Labor}|« Congress, B.C. Federation of La- (CLC), Canadian Brother- hood of Railway. and. Transport Workers (CLC) and National As- sociation of Marine Engineers (CLC) to organize a jurisdiction- al campaign against. the SIU; 2. Urge scamen.to quit. the SIU and “take their rightful place in the legitimate trade. union move- ment;” 3. Prepare. to place experien- ced organizers at the disposal of the CBRT to help in its jurisdic- tional. battle with the SIU. for control of more than: 1,000. coast seamen. CONDEMN BEATING - The council also condemned the brutal attack last Saturday on Richard © Greaves, 55, pres- ident of N.A.M.E., who suffered severe injuries ‘when two thugs burst into his. office and kicked and beat him. : Greaves, . whose union . has merged. with. the40,000- member tains’ its Own. namne,is'a, key man ‘grade “said. “following coast seamen. . We. intend to. do An overall “salary increase of $24. per month over o two-year period has been granted janitor- engineers in union negotiations with School District 52, it was learned at last night's school board meeting. The ineredse was approved al a special meeting Januray 21, at which - the | “janttor- -engincers, members of the International Union of Operating. Engineers Local 510, were granted salary increases of $13 a month in 1960 and $11 a month in 1961, Last night the board was in receipt of a letter from union representative M. B. O'Toole in which he thanked the trustecs for the amicable manner in which negotluttons were carricd ou The enblrea nogoliations were dotachment. hole annual marathon” tulks the oxploslon-wrecked Yubarl The order to pull out the ' dn the gag-and. amoke-filled “northern Japan calliony. hopo.” Ld i wes saab hnlbahanal 4b Dd vel on dot hea 8 HM A gland nae Wena ations ae Mintle hy eh sid aah ol A Be ti 0 Cl ba Re ge surgeon enn followed py 420 carried out by correspondence, ° World News Briefs MOSCOW--Soviot ‘and, Japanese officials loday began about salmon fishing In. the north-wost Pacific amid: signs that tho discussions Will be’ Juab as probtr natod’ and ditions as yy. in the’ past, LONDON—Latest medical: e vaminelions show that Quoon Elizaboth’s baby can be oxpected on St, Valentino's Day February 14, fronds of tie Royal Pamily sud today, ALGIERS (m—About .100 rightists who holpod stage lant wook's Insurrection in Algiors have signed up with tho foreign legion to: nyold logal investigntions, sourcos: horo said today. They were die-hard followers of jailed Insurgent Joador Plorre Lagaillarde, who marched out of the bartlondad in- mon, SAPPORO, “Jnpan—Polgonous gases todiy forcod YORLUO ‘partion to suspond search for five minors still missing: In conl mine, teams come a fow hours’ aftor ‘the rescue of throo miners who survived more than 60 hours underground passages of tho oo + COALBROOK, south Atrion—Mino officials roused today “to give up hope: for tho 435 minors entombed in Olydexdale “gollfory hora slnea January 21, A sovlor official anid roports that nl tho mon wore dond - woro premature, and “wo doplore thaso who havo given up 1 ‘ og ’ hats fas ie! “Tuesday’s| of . meeting: “We are. contemplating oo lending additional men to help the-CBRT in its drive to organize | all we can of a Jawrul nature. to see. that the SIU is. cleaned: ou of B.C." 5 The | 130, 000- member tion already has thrown. its ‘sup- ‘port behind the CBRT. and, has added $1,000 to the $2, 000° ‘reward put up by the Brotherhodéd’s. na- tional headquarters,’ for:: ‘arrest tackers. also add $1,000. Norm Cunningham, with the attack. “ENEMY”. OF LABOR. Arland .of ,the ion (CLC) described. the SIU as “ment.” “Tt serves no other. purpose the idea. labor is gangster-rid den. ne Commenting on this, Mr. ‘Cun-f ningham | said: ‘proud | structure. Pee PREMTER W. A. CG, BENNE Ieft hospital Tuesday night af- ter recovering from a kidney operation. two weeks. ago. He told reporters he felt wonder- ful and would be back in tHe legislature to read the | budget speech, . Snow storm paralyzes Maritimes © HALAIPAX (mmr windpneked storm sweeping across the south- ern Maritimes held the Halifax Motropolitan area in a paralys- {ng grip today. It was the woral storm of the winter, A weathor office spokcaman sald the snowlall—which might total 24 Inches before tho storm onge—could sot an alle time | ree ord, clogged groan streets and — slx moro . Were: expected, Urban transportation ayatems.' wore stopped, Only a handful of cars braved the drifting snow and] those motorists who did got on tho-stroats wore soon abuck, All schools and some wnivar- sitios wore closed, Naval dockynrd workers wore belng pleked up by navy bonts ‘and: taken to work, Somo firms wore. urging tholr employees to atay, home, Princo Rupert has now gone’ 385. days without a fatal traffic accident, : — “federa- and conviction: of. Greave's’ vat- f The. labor council “still | Was. considering whether it” will | : stu port. , agent here, has’ consistently de-|* . nied ‘his union ‘was . -connected During. the VLC meeting, . Bill ° International | United Automobile. Workers ‘Un- | “an enemy of the’ Jabor, move: | . than to give the general public! “Tf Arland’s un-{E ion pledges to do as good job, for : its. members as our. union hasf for ours, they will‘have a mighty : 03) 1960 — wee Ft. CP Pa! Pe ‘ REE RETA er IE It ye PROVINCIAL LIBRARY VICTORIA, B.C, Night Calls—Business 6768, Editorial 6769 AOE ETRE TOTTI TE ETS ‘ Qaearmesninan tener om vy ry Lahaye PNA ye DEC au 40 SS x x Tea pace pew eng eR ean eee Ont.. ‘United Church, By 0am, 18 inches of anow In officially accepting th ‘ine strament: thes board’ instructed secretary- -treasurer. Mrs, M.M. Roper to write Mr. Kraupner ‘ex~ pressing .the board's and school’s appreciation of his “most: -gen- erous donation.” In a letter, to the school board Mr. Kraupner said that. 1960 marked the 32nd - anniversary of his ‘and.Mrs. Kraupner’s arrival “in our adopted homeland, Can- ada, as well as 24 years of res~ idence in Prince Rupert.” , He said that for some time he and his wife had considered dif- ferent. way of showing, “our - UN asks : UAR. arm y to leave ported asking the. United Arab Republic’ to withdraw Syrian Army units from a violence- splattered § demilitarized zone along the Istacli-Syrian frontier, The Israel! government, had demanded action. by tho UN, to clear the zone, scene of four days of clashes,“ Premier David Ben-Gurion warned that Israel would resort to. force should the UN: be un- tho area, An wnonsy conse-fire was ob- served niong the frontier Tuos- day, but thore were. reports of scattered mortar and machine- gin firo during Tuesday night, A. UA.R, ‘spokesman: in Dame ascus sald two Tsrnell patrols | | wore drivon..out of the demill- Cioo vono now ‘tho Bon of, Gal- 00; There. were unofficial. reports | - Yof ‘troop movements on both sides of the tonsxo border, | Keypt — Syria's partner in the UA.R-alao was voported THs Ing troops an Israel's southern afink, UN officiuvla sald Tuesday night however, that thoy had no confirmation of nny troop activ- ity an the Rgyptinn«Ternell bor- clor, ‘A 6,000-man © UN Emorgoncy force, how made up of Canadian, Danish, Norwegian wid Bravil- inn troops. has beon policing the Egyptian-Iarnol! frontior slnce J\i060. tnvasion of Baye In “GEIGER: COUNTING—_Rev. Gordon: Geiger, ‘minister of Lucknow, - looks .at, the boy. ‘triplets | born' wife in Mount Hamilton. hospital - Wednesday, Doctors | ‘believe ‘|: A E them to be the biggest yet. born: in’ Canada. ‘Together : they » Weighed 21. -pounds. The Geigers now: ‘have. six children. The. newest additions are Jolng | ‘fine. ° — ey “ ae Gift, of ati electric organ’ -| by city businessman Hugo Kr 3 | Seniok High schoolwas*accepted las hight grea ; deal 08 appr ciati ee ‘by ” District. 52 sehool| JERUSALEM (m—- United Na- ; ions officials today were re-| able to evict Syrian troops ‘from. _—CP' photo gratitude: “tor. ‘the patronage: and |) recognition ‘we -have » received in our community over the last °24- years’ and. have finally -decided since we now have a new high school, to.make a:lasting gift to this school’ of a Baldwin’ spinet electronic ‘organ .complete with percussions, chimes and an ex- tension spepker.” ‘ ’ He said that they came ‘to the decision. because of the effort now being made in District 52 schools to,educate “our students in the fidld of music. and the playing of: different type of in- struments.” a Mr. Kraupner ‘himself is an accomplished organist. Mothers: collect —_ $1;750 te aid “childcare drive Marching. mothers collected a total of $1,750 for the Prince Rupert Kinsmen club's Mo- thers March in aid of .the Child Care,’ Poliomyelitis and Rehabilitation Foundation, W. A. Gordon, chairman of the drive said: today. Mr. Gordon ‘said that’ the Saturday night drive by 60 mothers fell short of the $3,000 objective but that donations | were still to be recoived from the Chinesa Community, Port Kdward and a number of bus- inesn gonceriis, : ‘On; thotnight of ‘the Mo- thers March the Kinsmen club mombers operated a motor pool and tho Kinettos wore out in full. - force ‘diuvassing, ». - POPPOPODOIIOPLIDI ISG TT VOS kooping: track changed to 7:90 pan, to 10:30 school! atudonts for tho ynat Lreveronvoonvonveresrensenneoeoees and acc ssories donated | due - to’ the’ disastrous” slide of .1951: ‘continuing, to." af- fect ‘the*run. Ve Biologists | “estimiate” a ‘sockeye! return. of.. about: 750,000. fish: in}; 1960, increasing. ‘to 2,000,000 in. 1963. A return of 2,200, 000 -pink salmon is ° forecast, for ‘the - 1960) season. The ‘committee: | ‘tentatively | recommends 2% days a week fishing from July. 17-31 this year, three days a week from July 31- Aug. 28 and four, days § a week after that. . To Oly mpics . KELOWNA--Mayor Px Fr, Park-| inson said he will launch a fund- soon drive to send Dr..George Athans to the 1960: Olympic. Games in Rome as coach for: Irene Mc- Donald, who will represent Can- ada in the women’s . diving events. Miss McDonald: lists her homo town ns Kelowna, |: we Arena’ opened | FERNIE—Mayor James White has ‘officially .opened Fornilo’s new arena. A crowd of 750 "was on hand, and later saw a: hockey. game Jn which Lethbridge Sun- nysides and Fernie. Rangers played to a 3-3'tie, . Worker killed. PRINCE GEORGE—: OO ico Ballantyne, 38, was killed’ Mon- day while working at the Lloyd of here, Murder, counsel : KAMLOOPS—The' federal :de- partment of Indian affairs \s ox- pocted to appolnt counsel for Tom Paul Ignace, 21, of: Chase, chrgod with murdor: in’ the ROCK 'N’ ROLL DEFINITELY OUT DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD TOLD ‘Booth Memorial High school principal TA, ‘Dunford is if! the muaste tronds and has noted tho: decline of rock'n'roll and the swing toward “sweet! music. > Mr. ‘Dunford told District 62 school board Jast: night thab. tho. juor: high school. will have a ~Briday, Vobrunry: 12, but the muale to. provad: by. tho school’s music dopartmont. Rook ’n’ roll i. Outs,» : Hot sud that muale teacher V. R.: Frlosen "ig ‘aware that. the Muses: to bo of good calibro," | “Hours for the junior high school: dances. have also ‘boon. Vilentino's dance next be played will bo ap- pn, Instead of. 7:30 to ile pm » Bohool: bonrd chairman W, J. Scott oxprossed the hope that. the change in music styles would not reduce attendance 'at the dances, which have been popular with. the Juntor, high two. yours. a ‘Babine Jaccident, °°: : ae Brothers sawmi}l 40 miles wost | injuries Tecelved. in side a hotel. . The 34-year-old tathe children drowned at 10:36 ‘Tuesday when a pickup tr 6 c. was driving; left the toad’ plunged » into: ‘Star ‘Creek : ie Terrace, (ogg Dead is Hartford cyrus: savers : eid of Terrace. .His: twli “brother . Wilfred. escaped serious “injity by leaping from the vehiole:ag:dt left the Columbla Cellulogd @ Road 12 miles cast of . ‘Torvadden He waited on the road fore ere than nine hours before he a ride to- ‘Torrace to ‘reports: he Next.: of : ‘km and the: have been. notified. and:; quent will- he held. ™ . Minor fined. i | Bingd: $10and costs, o fault five days. was Jac Paul. of the Dominio who plonded guilty before: M. istrato B, T, Applewhalte) lico court . this. mornings a. charge of hetng 0 minor acasion of. Nquor. . | my WEATHER=' *Ooonsional light valyyeit evening. Cloudy: -THir . with rain. beginning: fe Vs afternoon, Little. change cin -. .. tomperatuye. . Winds ).66 orly’ 18. tonight inoreaaln, 80 Thursday - morninity to and ab and Algh: tomer and TIDES- Thursday, Feb, dh _(Paolfic Btondard i High . - aenennn a ae “Low. veent 00: 03 13306. a nr gigs