. ° ‘ v y . wee : i wae 4 . Bo oa, 4 . . . oe a Sp betners canna aged see nate ttoneth peatoms page PROVINCIAL, LIBRARY. a ne pic’ 31/ 4 4 a es Published at. Canada’s Most Strategic Pacif ic ort —- And Key to the Great Northwest XLVIII, No, 134 ~ PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, JULY 13, 1959 “2 Night Calls—Business. pee ede RE EE HR an oe Tre 4 2 i 4 4 : : 7 eae a et THE REMAINS of a 19538 car oo $$$ lie charred among 4 ‘knot of |o 10 4 eee pr gee TE RG Ss trees off the Kitimat-Terrace 2 Be sx oe: mower ee eg At PES tess off he iumat-Terrace |” (” aE @YS rally set White, a Kitimat: salesman was oe —_— - ve me cy MBM PS killed and two others injured. | - o Be Me Og Bs The car left the road-at a [9 -."Py ww . t ee sharp bend,: plunged into, the a Or _ omorow hig . : , or trees. and burst into flames. | meee, fo PE Poe got SERRA Staff photo by Grace Brown. . Another $200 in lieu of labor has been turned over + PLPC PL LLOO LO OOE : . to the Civic Centre swimming pool trust fund, M. BE. Young policemen : for $28,000. to finish the swimming pool, said today. _ SO Sdsets a oo “JUNIOR COWPUNCHER Clar- “ence Wesley, 14-year-old rodeo --Mr. White was employed. by Bob Parker. Limited in. Kitimat and had lived there with his wife and five children since. December Apes... Hee was formerly, of Van-. COUVER. ee ee An inquest was held in Kitimat sh't Young porsen_.__ | Thompson, campaign manager for the Centre's drive copy teddy boys 0. to! s Bg -).Mr: Thompson. said: thatthe’ _: GONDON (Reuters): —-Scot-:'|'5, na ¢aising committee “had-re-] ee au ttcalae 2 ~ LONDON (Reuters) S0o' * + fand-raising- committee Had-“Tre-+complete pocr 233 Jand Yard. is. training. baby- | ceived a $200. cheque from. Scott ah ‘faced policemen. to infiltrate.jxrcLaren, ‘local. chartered ac- gangs of teddy boys, Britain's’ | countant, because he hadn’t been toffish young toughs. able to work on the pool when it} e" phoriday= pays and WCB 1,000; ‘palance due on” insulation: 1,800 for:a “total. of $40,242) 0 "Calgary Stampede.: The stam-. -& pede ended Saturday... 8 : Tf wo Mee 0 eP. photo. |. Soe pe VANCOUVER (CP)—Salmon fishermen voted A 34-year old father of five was killed instantly and two other men were injured early Sunday morn- \ing when the car in which they were riding left the Terrace-Kitimat, highway, ‘plunged into trees below — ——= the road and burned, os 2 Be et Tt was the second fatality on rownings "| the newly-paved. road within the 2» |last yearn 2 Fo aE Dead: is Denis George White, ee @ ge SS ear salesman. of Kitimat. | inquest - "1 "In “fair condition” in Kitimat ™ =...» |General hospital are ‘Peter Juba eos pee Vand Roderick Shreenan, both of parm fj Kitimat. 0 | com e e _ | "ROMP at Kitimat said today ee aoe that the three men were heading : voy os ltoward Lakelse Lodge.at Lakelse Death by drowning was the | when the car. failed to negotiate verdict of a six man jury Friday | 4. turn. plunged’ over the bank night inquiring into the death and: larided among a group of of five persons who. died after | trees. . ee . oeing trapped in the. cabin’ of|° The vehicle was. travelling |the gillnetter Lorna Kay when | north about 21 miles north of it capsized June 28 at the en-|Kitimat when it failed to make trance of Port Edward harbor. |the sharp turn and shot off the | The. five,’ Jonathan Derrick, road glancing off .a tree. before 32, skipper of the vessel; Rosa-.}it came to a stop about 100 fect bel Derrick, 28 (wife); their, two } from the edge of the highway.’ sons, Benjamin Derrick, 6, and The car immediately caught Arnold Derrick, 3, and. brother fire and was completely demol- of the skipper, Herbert Derrick, |ished. ve _ an 15: along with seven others who |. ‘Mr. Juba and Mr, Shreenan -|survived, were on their way to were taken to hospital by Kiti- -\Cassiat Cannery when the mis- |mat ambulance. a hap occurred.. co ” Peter Martin, one of the sur- -\vivors, told:the jury that all of \in-Prince Rupert and. were head- | them=had been.attending church. Ling. home’: to Cassiar*. Cannery and Sunnyside Cannery. °°) |. He’ said that shortly after they left the netloft floats at -Port Edward the vessel tipped over at 2 p.m..today.: © ‘Mining firm a PPPD CE oe : ee eas ‘ . Pye oo a ; t4 Newspapers reported : today ‘bei ‘built “by - wl a : eo! wf . voto in the. course ‘of mak pape p y | was being built by volunteer oo . oo | Pr emi er | during the weekend on a price agi eement offered by| at the entrance mang Boar that they. will dress in ex- |labor. | Cabinet to hold — ats . the fishing companies during negotiations-Thursday. | Mr. Martin told Coroner aggerated teen-aged styles, | However, the main drive for) | mae yg mix with the gangs and re- | funds will be staged at the end The United Fishermen ‘and Al- promises - ‘sports aid KELOWNA (CP) — Premier Bennett says the British Columbia govern- ment would provide finan- cial aid for any properly organized bid to improve the quality of B.C’s athletes. "Sport isan essential part of community life and warrants as much assistance as any of the other so-called arts," Mr. Ben- nett told sports columnist Eric Whitehead. of the Vancouuver Province in an Interview here, he premier sald: “Tt's about iimme, particularly here in B.C., that we vame up with... # whole new crop: af champions that would be as good.as anyone lnethe world, They're here, it's juat-up to us to tnd and develop them,” a a This could be done, ho sald, inrough “better covching, better facilities, nancial ald in train- ing and travel” ' Whitesnid said he asked the premio “You moan that if the proper organization wore sob Wp to handle a large-scale athtotic hdd program, your government. would provide substantial finan. ein ald” “(Pate oxncbly what Domean,” Mr; Bonnett raplied, . “Mind you, T wouldn't want nihtetos Just inking Joyrides ‘or ghVernmont monoy, Bub wo'll holy.any program that has tho Might idea handled wy ‘thos right Dien.” a -Pyinee | Rupert has “row gone 179 days ‘without a fatal traffic accident... : wae! feet dae boner gee cane dae RMES — MPS d ew Yate ud ayn DRUGS LTD. cos DIAL 2151 epeb ie for lied Workers Union (Ind,) and the Native Brotherhood of BC., representing Indian fishermen, conducted a secret vote among members on the offer. Results will Hikely be known Tuesday. The union asked members to Kitimat: man fined $100 A Kitimat man, Werner Ger- hart. Weise, 36, was fined $100 or in default of payment, sen- tenecd to two months in’ jail when he pleaded guilty in city police court Saturday Loa charge of contributing to juvenile de- Hnqueney. Also appenring before Magis- trate B.'T. Applewhaite and fined $50 or in default of payment sentencea to 80 days in jail was Alice Sowan, 42, of Prince Rup- ort. She pleaded guilty to oa charge of causing a disturbance by swearing, Five vessels land halibut Five veusels from Aven 3A Innded a total of 861,000 pounds of halibut in Prince Rupert this morning, On the exchange, the Grant solel 60,000 pounds to Pacific Tisherios for prices of 21 conts for modium 21.1 for largo and 12 chicken alze, Tho Good Partner sold 47,000 pounds to 3.0, Packers for 19.0, 20 and 13. The Silver Bounty with 144,000 pounds and tho Pacific Rover with 95,000 pounds modo direct alos to tha Prince Ruport Tishe omnes Co-Oporative nssocli- on, ; BO, Packors had one direct uvlo of 35,000 pounds from the Anthony, eee sare enmerapD poeen POTN To meet Queen Cadat Sorgoant Due Turcotte, of 1498 Plagott Place, js one of $2 Lop alr endots in British Col- umbia who has boon Invited to Imeot tho Queen this ‘month, Bat, Turcotte, a membor of No, f50 Royal Onnnadian Alr Cndot Squadron, Princa Rupert, will be prosantad to the Queen ab theo Govornmont House Gardon Party in Vielorla on duly 17%, reject the offer and “continuc” with strike plans," _ The union said the offer was practically identical to the prices posted by the fishing companies after negotiations. were suspend- ed by the Fisheries Association of B.C., cannery operator represen-~ ative, because ofa combines re- port. The combines report charged the union, the brotherhood and four canneries with price-fixing. A two-year moratorium on the combines investigation has been ordered by the federal govern- ment. CANNERS' OFFER The union sald the canners' offered the following prices per pound( union demands — are shown In brackels): Sockeye 31 cents (32); Cohoe 20 (24); red spring 20 (31); white spring 8 (24) pinks 10) (13); summer chums 8: (12); fall chiums @onhnstona Strait-Fraser area) 128, 612), “north Caution and West Const Van- couver Island) 10. (12), (Queen Charlotte Islands) 8 (12), The union is also demanding six cents per case to be paid in the salmon welfare fund which provides death benefits to widows and orphans, an inerease of from two Lo three conts, It ds also seeking: “A stronger clause regarding the 48-hour notleo allowing the companies to torminnte opern- tlons,” Tho right of union locals to survey bonty rented to fishormen by campanics, to assess sonwor- thiness and rolinbility of on- ginas, © In connection wit the latter tha union seeks to “make the companies responsible for*brank- downs which arg the fault of the equipment and not of tho fishor- yen,” a PPPREPOPOODOO OSL DSPDOPD IODIDE ION of Cape PP ODPOOE George J..Dawes that the 32-foot vessel turned completely over mand he was the first to sub-. merge shortly after which he and another survivor Paul Rus- sel assited in saving the others. All seven survivors clung to the overturned craft until they were found by the gillnetter Canyon Reef, which took them to Port Eaward. -Mr. Martin said he and Mr. Russell gave artificial respiration to 18-year-old Cora Russell and Randy Goode, 2, while they were perched on the rudder of the vessel, : RCMP told the jury that the boat was brought into Port Ed- ward bythe RCMP launch Na--| naimo and then pumped out. so the bodies could be removed, Mr. Martin estimated the speed of the vessel at the time of the accident as cight knots. RCMP said there were no in- dications that the gillnetter had struck anything. Members of the jury were: Paul Peterson, foreman; Dick Bakken; Michacl Hrehirehek; Mario Petri; Frederick Hargreav~ es and Martin Bjorndal. . eceaeerenpesare eer cinte ete Te Caen SOC New bank site . being cleared Domolition of two buildings bogan this morning on the north- west cornor of tho: junction of Yulton Street and Third Ayonue Wosth, The bulldings, whieh anee housed a elgar store, cafe, shoe store, bieyclo shop and photo- graphic studio, are belng torn by Galpin Construction to make way for a now building for tho Canadian Bank of Commerce. No announcement has yet been made as toa when the new bank building will be crectod. PPOODIPLOPO POI EDIE ILI TD SIBERIA BRIDGE PROPOSED TO SOVIET DEPUTY PREMIER NEW YORK (—Bonnator Warron G, Magnuson, Democrat of Washington, Sunday proposed to Soviet Firat Deputy Promior Pro} Kozlov that tho United Statos and Ruaain jointly bulld oltlvor a bridge or a tunnel betwoon Alaska and Sslborin, ‘Magnuson anid ho discussed with Kozlov the possibility of apanning the Russian at the Sovi tho facing Borlng Strait, during a talk with t United Nations dolegnation's hend- quartors, Thore waa no invmediate renction from Kozlov. Tho sonntor sald auch a lnk “would make for ron cosxlatonce, Ron) American familtes driving in| Amoriean-: mado cnra, with tho kids plod in, will do moro than av aunt conference,” CPGIROIODIGI OIF IHIDD IDOD IAGO GIPIDIDOIODILI9 FOF CL IOGODIG OOO FIOEPOIN ’ ‘rejects offer VANCOUVER (—A $1,000,000 offer for its iron ore claims on the Queen Charlotte Islands has been rejected by Silver Standard Mines Ltd., the company says. Managing Director R. W. Wil- son said at the company's annual meeting Diamond Drilling has started on the property on Moresby Island, the southern of the two large Queen Charlotte Islands, He said a magnetometer survey over the property indicated a po- tential of some 750,000 tons of direct shipping grade-orc, Damage totalling a possible $1,000 was caused to two cars in collision al the intersection of Third Avenue and McBride Street early Sunday morning. Driver of one of the vehicles was Roger McKone, of 1127 Sec- ond Avenue West. The name able at press time. Police jnvesti- gation is continulng. of the other driver was not avatl. port back to the yard. Teenage pair sentenced for break-in One city teenager was given an indefinite term in the indus- was nine admitted Motors Limited carly Saturday morning. The two, !4 and 15 years of trial school and another placed on probation for months when. they breaking into Rupert age, appeared before Magistrate Bm. T. Applewhaite in juvenile court this morning. RCMP said the two youths stole cash totalling $70 from a cash register In the office of the gar- age. They gained entry through a window in the sales office, ROMP sald. wt of the month when a large num-. ber of canvassers will endeavor to obtain $28,000 in. pledges from city residents, firms and com- panies. A canvassers' rally is sched- uled for 7:30 tomorrow night at which the 25 or more direct- ors of the Civic Centre will each bring three more canvas- sers to the meeting. Plans for the campaign will. be outlined to the new drive members. Fund campaign is necessary because Civic Centre has nearly exhausted all its funds and work on the pool is likely to stop very shortly. Items for which funds are re- quired to complete the pool are; Plumbing and Pipetitting $7,- 000; electrical 3,400; tile for sides and floor 1,700; windows 1,887; painting and plastering, finish- ing 4,000; chlorination unit 1,100; materials 1,000; heating and duct work 2,000; labor (4 weeks) 5,- 000; equipment-—tnstalled 4,550; engineering and supervision 3,- 000; fire door 500; extra tile to VANCOUVER ()—A variety of strikes throughout British Col- umbin has sapped more than $22,000,000 from tho province's economy during the last week. But, say economists, the ren] pinch has yel to ba felt. , Tho tle-ups have placed 20,000 men on strike, Anothor contemplate strike action and 4,000 have beon put out of work ns a direct result of disputes, The tie-ups have also kopt company and union lawyers busily fing and fighting 13 ap- plications for court Injunctions, Today olght mon have been or- dored to appear Court hore for failure to appear In court to give ovidence In an Injunetion application, — — in the woek-old walkout by 27,000 woodworkors which has offocv- tively shut down tho $400,000,- 000 consinal forost Industry, hore ig no algn of new talks in the dispute botwoon mombers of the International Woodwork~ ors of Amoricn (COLO) and Yorost Industrial Relations which rop- rogonts about 126 companies In- valved . ‘ The workors sook n 20-por-cent Increase In the baale 1.73 an peg Poste ert ge Oath dls ye ode Geet woe 11,000, in Supremo’ Largost and moat costly atrikas SHIPPING TALKS RESUME Strikes cost hour ware, More than 600 members of the Tnternatlonal Association — of Bridge, Structural and Ornamon~ trl Lron Workers. (CLC) have tled up projects valued nt. $00,- 000,000 Lhroughout the province. The stealworkers struck in ob- Jeetlon e-em ployer demands for a cut in worker travel-time alldwanee and the right to lm- port 60 por cent of its. labor force, The workers also seck a 62-cent-an-hour Inereaso In their basic rmte of $2.50. Moro than 230 coment masons here have halted work on $6,000,- 000 in construction, Members of the Operative Plastorers' and Cenient Masons’ International Association CLC seck to have jurisdiction of thotr work writ- ten into contracts, Also Involved Is a demand for QV. 36-cont-an-hour wie Inerense in a btWworyear contract, The, omployers Rave offered ff 24-cont hourly Increasa over ‘ the prosent $2.40 during the noxt two yours and no change in agrooments, A atriko by members of the National Association of Marino Engineers (OCLC) begin with da- manda for 0 20-per-eent Increase ! ° Lhe Bla tito. Gagtab td Sa gta en a ad ite Gabe goat ae gw hoa a ok Pay: B.C. $22 million inthe basic rate of $330 month- ly, It broke into a Jurisdictional dispute when lhe CLU-expelled Soafarers’ International Union (Ind.) attempted to take over NA.M.E, jobs. with Northland Navigation Company. Tho strike tied up Northland’s 11 ships and halted rogular freight service to more than 100 up-const communitios, Fresh food had to be rationed in these centres. Samo supplies were Lak- en in by small fish boats. Beer parlor brawls. betweon the two wnions followed and 13 SIU men face trial this week on charges of carrying an offensive weapon, Talks botwoon Northland and NAM. were to resume today, Sot to strike today ara 650 auto mechanics In nine major gar- ges hore, Tholy dispute centros around retronctive pay slaims and Saturday work, Proparing to strike In support of a seven-hour day domand and no loss in pay are 1,100 cloctri- clans, Tho mon havo rojected an offer of a 10-cent-an-hour in- gronse over two years, And fabout 10,000 mombers of the United Wisharmen and Al- * ’ t ‘he Kitimat sessions Special to The Daily News _ - KITIMAT — The British Co- lumbia cabinet, headed by Premier W. /A., C. Bennett will hold sessions -here’ Tuesday, ‘July 21. A formal cabinet session will be held in the public safety building ‘Tuesday morning with cabinet ministers placing themselves at thé disposal of delegations in the afternoon. Premier Bennett and his cabinet ministers will be guests at a municipal banquet in the Canadian Legion hall Tuesday night. Mr. Bennett will. be guest speaker and Attorney- General Robert Bonner will present Kitimat municipality with a Canadian — Wighways Safety Conference award for having completed 1958 without a fatal traffic accident. , Monday night, July 20° the cubinet will meet informally with the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce, Pr oe ae es OP EPP OPOOPOOODORPIDOLOROG OOPP OOH last week lied Workers’ Unton (Ind.) alsh contemplate strike action, No date has been set, o The fishermen voted in favor of a strike in a government vote, Thoy seck higher fish prices. July 24 tho shoreworkers, seok- ing a 20-per-cont Increase insthe and $2.21, and toendormen, seck- pasic range of botween $1.32 ing a Yy-cont-a-pound bonus, will enst ballots in a governmont vote, WEATHER— | Mostly cloudy loday and Troscday, rain boginning this evening, becoming showary Tuesday afternoon, Little change in tomporature. Winds Hight Increasing: to- Hight. lo southenst 26 then veering Lo westerly 26, Low Lonignt and high Tuesday fO and 62, TIDES— Tuesday, July 14, 1050 (Pueifia Standard Time) High Govnvece 07:98 16.3 focl 20:03 10.5 feet LOW scone O1:81 6.2 fect 13 ‘80 6.8 fect : vt whe pte hag t tegen abt lah ah We ke ENN