a2, ghee —~ here VOL. XLVIII, No. 127 ‘WEATH ER “MAN KIND ~ ~ Huge ta wd attends 2 holiday festivities The perennial luck of weather held out most of part in the annual Elks Flag Day celebr ations for Dominion Day. The sun broke through threat- ening clouds just prior to the big parade. A sharp shower around 4 p.m. failed to halt elther the Prince Rupert-Powell River soc- ecr game or the Rupert-Terrace baseball fixture and all out door activities were over by the time the downpour hit the city around 9:45 pom. $,000 PRESENT Speaking to about 3,000 people at Roosevelt Park during — tho presentation of the Miss Prince Rupert beauty queen contestants Canadian Broadcasting Corpora eepg rere See gets mentee ne aestnttin: sey nee saat wept ca metas — UFAWU ballot favors strike Shoreworkers and tendermen of the United Mishermen and Allied Workers' Union have voted honvily in faver of rejecting u conciliation board report, it was learned here today, The volo was conducted by the union on the basis that oa volo against the report would pe considered a vole fora strike. Results were as follows: ten- dermen---87,6 per cent ta reject; ennnery, net and reduetion plant workers--89 per cont to reject; fresh fish und cold stornge workorsa-—22 per vent to roject. JA separate vote by fisher: qen wis M8 per cant In faver ofa “ne contenet—noe fish" ‘wollay. “Tha vote followed nv deelsion of ihe Misherlos Assocation of B.C, to post fish prices dn len of negotiating prices, ak a Te} sult of charges that a combine exlatod In tho flahing Andustry. ORMES DRUGS LTD. DIAL 2151 ra et wt ak aS SPL Ws the Elks Lodge with the yesterday as the city took tion commentator Eileen Lauric won a blg ovation when she sald she had been to Prince Rupert hatf a dozen times and hadn't had to use her umbrella yet, The day, packed with excite- ment for young and old began with a parade at 10 am. through downtown Prince Rupert and ended at Roosevelt Park, Crowds as many as seven or elght deep lined the parade route as the purple-jacketed Elks stan- dard. benrers led the way, Heading the marchers was Elks Lodge 342 Past Exalted Ruler Donald Crowe, riding a horse. FOURTEEN FLOATS Next. came the green-conted and capped members of the Prince Rupert Civic Band under the direction of Joseph Arcduint the Prince Rupert Girls Drill tonm, and the Prinee Rupert All- Stars and Powell River football teams, Following up were apen con- vertibles carrying the’ beauty queans, Lwo fire trucks, 11 floats, nN Terrace boy riding a Shetland pony and Elks members garbed as “clowns,” “boars” and “apes.” Prize winning fonts, nounced by master-of-caremoan- los Harley Lewls from a decarat- ed platform in the middle of the baseball diamond infield were: Mirst-—-Miller Bay Reereation nssoclation: second — Columbia Cellilose Company Ltd third— B.C, Forest Servieos fourth— Kinamen club; fitth—Prinee Ru- (Continued on Page 4) Seon — WEATIER port of the closure, snid Into adjoining faollities, Published at Canada’s Most: Strategic Pacifi ic Port — And Key to the ¢ sea rescue piane that sank in Prince Rupert harbor Tues- day now stands on Seal Cove - air base, above, for inspection of an RCAF investigating team which arrived here yesterday. A nursing sister in the plane was drowned as a result of the accident. Below, one of eight survivors is taken by stretcher from the Lulu Island, a fishing vessel that went to the stricken ‘plane. —Staff photos by Charles Giordano. _ the mishap which occurred when [| _.the amphibian. air sea rescue}: craft was landing on a. mercy _flight.to. take a Prince Rupert further vn.4 Confidence of mayor borne out Mayor P, J. Lester yester- day lived up to all his own advance publicity yesterday afternoon when he won “in av breeze” the Dominion Day “miracle sprint” over ai frus- trated aks Counnission Chatrman Arthur Murray. Mr. Murray was frustrated on twa counts, first by the mayor setting such a rapid pice he was hard to cateh and secondly, by — over- enthusiastic onlookers imped- lng his progress to the extent that the parks commission chariman finally tripped and fell, Mayor Lester, smoking a cigar and jogging confidgntly up and down before the start of the race, arrived in the city AMbulanee, Roth men, dogged ino shorts and T-shirt, got off to a fast start, hut the mayor was lead. Ing hy the first turn iid never looked back,, He was, hyinded crutches on crossing the finish tne. but dan't need them shortly after- wards when presented a trophy by Etks mastor-af-ceromonien Warley Lewls, PREGO EPA O LEV ERED OVIPRLEOOO RO PCCCRCC~eR TEED LCDI ORIOL RLOLDLE aes NURSING SHORTAGE FORCES WARD CLOSURE AT HOSPITAL A shorlago of nurses hn foreed the Prince Rupert Gonoral Hospital to close part of the wost ward on the third floar tomporarily, The part affected containa 17 beda, Hospital administrator Bt Knight, who. confirmod ra- 0 Yoropanad Jn two wooks' time, “maybo sooner,” Mr. Knight anid that no pationta had boon dlsohnarged ag a reaull of the action, on Friday afternoon, Ho anid 14 bods wore amply at tho time, Pationts In the ward have been moved ward would probably be POG FO PLODIDIIDD POD OLEID OD ID ODIG OP OPLIVOFOIG IDO UDO OOIDD0OL909DGIIN ' 4 8 A gig! ah Pp bit ys abate ligt gt fos ne ' 4$15, or In dofault of PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.,~ “THURSDAY, JULY 2, afternoon of un air force harbor, " Killed in the -accident whieh [. occurred about.a mile and a half. north of the Stal Cove air base, was FO Muriel Kerr of Sarnia Ont. : There were eight survivors of boy to Vancouver medical treatment. Taken off from Seal Cove ina second RCAF Canso two anda} quarter hours after the crash was Halibut sales 275,000 Ibs. Five vessels landed a total of for 275,000 pounds of halibut in! Prince Rupert this morning. . Sales with prices in brackets for medium, large and chicken- sized halibut were as. follows: flown re be RCAF Dragging operations were still béing carried out today for the body of a 34-year old Royal Canadian Air Force nursing sister and an, RCAF team is making an on-the-spot investigation following the crash Tuesday. twas still in “critical condition” ‘Hardy, took off. ‘14330 Tucsday after what eye-wit- 1959 Lanso in Prince Rupert 44- -year old Frederick Watmough, who was injured Monday in the ‘explosion of a dynamite cap. He when the second Canso, rushed ‘to Prince Rupert from Port .» ‘Canadian Press reported from Vancouver this afternoon that the boy is now in “satisfactory condition.” Te accident occurred about nesses describe as a “perfect landing.” Darrow Gomez, ‘foreman at the Seal -Cove B.C. Packers Ltd., plant was working on the dock at the time of the landing and rwatched the Canso come in to land. PERFECT LANDING. “He made a perfect landing,” ‘Mr. Gomez said. “The plane was taxiing. in. at high speed when suddenly it ny , BOvri a Ha wers s mye nge ae AVECTORIA, “B. Ce we ae ° it toridls 6769, Ic nie LIBRARY pee Vf. DEC 31/29 i “s . as ess oo ges Ron re 3 FE By seemed to be jerked around to its left, the wing tipped and then it ‘:/mosed down.” Neekis sold 70,000 pounds tof Pacific Fisheries (19.2; 19.3; £3). Western Girl sold 75,000 pounds to British Columbia. Packers|which was dispatched to the £19, 1; 19.2*° 13). “Ze Brothers ; ‘to Atlin wisher and the Lois* N- with 55,000! pounds made direct sales to the Prince. Rupert Fishermen’s Co- operative association. . Freighter here loading pulp for U.K. port Saguenay ‘Terminals — vessel MV Sunriver is in the process of loading 1,500 tons of pulp from Columbia Cellulose Comp- any Ltd., and 100-tons of chemi- cals from the Edmonton plant of Canadian Chemicals and Cel- lulose Ltd. The 13,000-ton freighter, skip- pered by Norwegian Capt. Oscar Aanensen, arrived at the CCC dock at Watson Island Monday and is expected to sail Friday night or Saturday ‘morning. Cargo ls destined for Elies- mere, England, via the West Indies, eer eae ae na Ifa ene Mareen Amn Sasa cere Royal bonus VICTORIA —A special Royal Visit bonus, ranging from $5 to $25 cash, was announced 'Tues- day for British Columbia's 72,300 pensioners and welfare reelpl- ents, Old nge pensioners, old age issistanee cases, and heads of families receiving social assist- ance will be paid $25, and. each of the Intter's depondents will be paid $5, (Veer eeaeute a rimwate Mtl eetantreinen ee Vi eRe © RR i ENON Youth fined Howard Trovor Hill, 19, of 528 Bighth Avenue Wost was fined payment sentenced to seven days in jall, whon he ploaded guilty bofore Magistrate BT. Applewhalte In elty police court this morning to a charge of belng a minor in passeasion of an intoxfennt. CHIP PIPO SIDE IOOOELOORIODOCOLO LE: Light out Richard Polng ght in Ob- Korvatory Unlet (No. S78 on chart of lights in not burning, N. A. Bekotov, district marine vgont for the Department of Trangport sald today, Wo said it will bo attonded to at tho first opportunity, OPPS LOD PODP PLO SOLU ORIOL ODOOODONT Prince Rupert has now gone 168 days without a fatal traffic accident, id. 22 09, pounds. “ The Signal with’ 53,000 pounds | ‘Mr. Gomez. said he Yan to get help and got hold of George Clif- ‘ton, skipper of the Lulu Island, scene. lighthouse tender Alberni, skippered by Rayner Monon ery and the McLean No. 2 cap- tained by W. J. McLean. {ACTED ON HUNCH Sign of what looked like a mis-} hap was also scen by Provincial mines inspector David Smith,! the time. Mr. Smith said Tuesday night that he saw the Canso send upa huge sheet of water. On a hunch that something “had happened”j * he notified RCMP subdivision in the basement of the court house and the RCMP boat Nanaimo Was dispatched to the scene. Mrs. Albert Dalzell of 2125 Seal Cove Circle told the Dally News that her 10-year old son was watching the aircraft land. SPINNING IN CIRCLES She said he rushed in the house and told her the plane had crashed and that it was spinning around In circles, Mrs. Dalzcll said she got her binoculars and saw the plane spinning and sending ai huge plume of smoke or spray. She sald the next thing she saw was four or five men stand- ing on the wing. Mrs, Dalzell immediately phoned McLean's Shipyard Lim- ited who dispatched a vessel to the scene. Crew of. the Canso were scrambling Into a Hfe raft when the Lulu Island reached the sunken plane, only the tall and top of the wings of which were showing by that time, The elght crewmen were wrap- ped in blankets and three of them wore brought ashore by (Continued on page 7) —Seo “INVESTIGATION LAUNCTIED” New bishop to be chosen Synod mootings of the Ane giicnn Dloceso of Coladonia will be held hora tomorrow to elect iw new blshop.of tho dlovese in succession to tho Jato Rt, Rev. H. a. Watts, |Tho Most Rov, Harold i, Sex- ton, archbishop of British Col- unbla and the Rt. Roy, R. &. Donn of Kamloops, bishop of the Cariboo, will roprosont the pro- vinainl synod at the meotings, Mootings bogin tomorrow morning with Holy Communion in 8t, Androw's Onthedral by Arehbishop Soxton at 0:30, Ba- tween 40 and 60 dolegatos aro expected, Chatrman, will be the Von, .Archdencon ©, A. Hinch- Wffo of Torrace, f ‘ Also quickly-on the, scene were no teh * ries ‘C19°T; “19.2 13): fines Department’. of-/Pransport |- the WILL GO ‘Armor Salvage tug Naskeena | mpteee who was in the court house at; Mrs. Normar MeLary. -Sbe. is robe, presente ater, acter being resent Prince Rupert at 4. sponsored by Local 708 of the: Iyvernational Brothzrhood = ci Fyip, Suiphile and Paper Mu} Wurkers, Miss Cruminy won tic titie of “Miss Prince Rupert” over seven other contestants, before a huge crowd jamming the Civic Centre auditorium a4 purt of t vo dances being stages; to wind wo the Elks Flag Daz ced bratigvps for Gominion Day. Hiding the agony of suspend) fo: the clght beauty queens wai Bileen Laurie, Canadian Broa. casing Corporation comment + tor if Vancouver, who headed ia Judging p.nel of two women and twoocnen, Other svoman was the city). Good Citizen of the Year, Mrsy W. D. Smith. Mig Crummy was crowned ly Elks Lodge 342 texalted Ruler i. M. fiby, given ai fus-trimmid satin robe to wear and presentad with w large bouquet of flowers! And & corayre. The sintlig winner syvas alka pre esc nited with a $100 cheque by |; Mayor P. J. Laster on behalf of the Gity of Prince Rupert, MAVOR CONFIDENT Whig muking che presenta tlon the mayor expressed contt- dence. in the pewly-crowned Miss Prines Rupery by saying that fhe Miss PN" The chonouncement of the win ner follawet two days of jodaing, tenslan and aipnens anee *s Tor the! olaht perils, They: wore guests of the BIKA Lodge pnd Order of The Royal Purple abo oa dinner ato tha La Gondola Cato Tuesdar ght, rode iy convertibles In yeritor- day's Duminton Yay paradt ward introduc rd ton huge crowd wp at Roosovels Parg after the olo- brations were declared oper, ate tended oo further meeting with the dps nt) welock ‘ast wdgeht and spoke briedfy tn tury th the large crud in We auditoriyar at ‘10380, Under ‘ho revised rulos. of the Miss PNE contest, the elrls wore Judged us 0 busts of 50 par contl for boa and figure; efi per cont for qmnenl doporatiant and palso ani 98 par cent far abillty irs Ge tei ‘| Miss PNE coy: te t is wane Anne: nea ni svt “duuatorset 4M. wl tion in Vancouver this A‘ douat. 7 ‘ “pinches «ail and: pounds, as Usen da f and Mice “Noratr showt ‘here: in fut ie tied sat namee Ma oo Be , Severfeen-vesr old Burry Ai i ine Gi Huma rep- Natioiigt Exhibi- ¢ Pac tic. 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