VOL. XLVIII, No. 40> we MODERATED | a4 , temperatures from: now’ until oY CMteaégy™ Telephone 6767. ° iv NOL : aid eo es 1608 THIS Petia : } . VANCOUVER: ry » EDMONTON 7 MEGIhAS OD. 7 AIP ER ot oe TORONTO: «oR. 1128 | tOMTAEAL 2} Vo MAUFAR OC ye eT ped ye, oemanl of “PRECIPITATION FOR THIS PERLOD “IWANCOUVER © 296, _ EOMONTON Qed: #REGINAS Ee OTE ae Me BY .- MONTREAL : ALIEAX . “ com IN EAST--Prince Rupert ‘can n expect ormial: 1 rainfall. and ws mid- March, - according ~ ‘tothe ° ‘United States ‘weather. bureau’s:: long-range’ forecasts. But in | Rupert, and endorsed strike ac--| i the east; there will likely be: temperatures much: below. ‘norma! + for: the entire. period.’ ‘Map. shows : Slight precipitation. for most: , Of: Canada: o~ Assets..j Fisherman — ML. Hanberg dies on boat — _ A well- known city “fisherman, Melvin L. Hanberg, ‘43, died last night aboard the fishing vessel Oldfield at Bella Bella, RCMP at ‘subdivision reported today. A: resident of this ‘city for more than’ 18 years Mr. Han- berg of 252 Ninth Avenue East, had .sailled with the Oldfield, skippered by: Carl -Rosang, for 13 years, The Oldfield fishes for the’ Prince Rupert: Fishermen's Co-Operative association, The remains will bg brought to Prince Rupert aboard the. fish- Ing, boat and Coroner George J. Dawes has been notified and will hold either an {Inquiry or an Anquest. Ab canes ret nenp maenen rota tetalh ' aaron Gi ity logger injured A city man employed by Muv- Donald Logging Company at Shames {s In satisfactory con- dition In Torrace hospi today after bolng struck by n falling snag yesterday, Injured was Alfred Ww. Dyer, 001 Alfred Street, mechante with the logging compuny, who was struck by a limb of a falling tree about 2:90 pin, He was rushed to ‘Torraga hospital by ambulance. Mrs. Dyor has gone to Torrace to be with hor hus- bond. : Prince Rupert has now pone 42 days withoul a fatal wruttic weeident, i a d nnneeneeeeeeeeat i eePareateMareteretaratarareratyt a*o%e"e “ORMES | POP Le o DRUGS LTD. : ~ DIAL ce " 21 51 Solera ae" e*e" a ataParetar ete" ee "ee |B ‘the “endowment” ‘savings-in~| surance plan, ‘the -total’ climbing ” ‘| from: $73, 000 to $188, 000. Mr. Viereck said, and combined assets now | ‘execed | over $5,500,~ 000: | The cr edit conimiltee reported |e that 472 loan applications fora total. of $683,767 wére approved. Loans. for home buying totalled $337,764, the largest. ever, | Since incorporation the credit union has made 2,445 loans total- ling $2,000,000. Elected ‘to the board of dircct- ors were Ian Currle and Ceorge Eyford, for three-year terms; and Henry Thompson for once year, Dan Delaney was elected president, Arthur Ogilvie vice- president and Jan Currle scc- retary, A. E. Field was re-olected to the supervisory committee, Vot- ed to the ercdit committce were BE, Asheroft and W. H. Fudger for three years terms, Mr, Grie- sel was re-elected president. Scott McLaren was re-elected auditor, George -f. Hills” was was chalrman of the nominating c conmnittec, ‘lalso= ‘promised: The year was. avery good one, ; Publishied ot. Canado’ é Most Strategic | Pacitic! Port - — And Key to , the Great Northwest “PRINCE. RUPERT, BC THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26,. 1959. in’ March '8* SO” ‘the. dispute. can be “|| placed. ‘before » members - of. the legislature: while: they: are Stal, in: : session.. employees. is “said.. to” be over- | whelmingly in. favor of strike action: to back association’ de- 2 mands. for collective bargaining| - | wt rights as enjoyed by, other labor . groups... - Civil. ‘servants. met Tuesday night. in. Nanaimo... ’ Forks,: Cranbrook and Prince _ tion. : ‘Similar. action was tak-, {en at a meetin in- ‘Van re. ables with maps ‘show’ average | temperatures and |- Be couve r ‘ é Precipitation “for” “centres in various: areas. Te Monday night. to: ‘live up to terms of a bargain it made with -the association in | July, 1957) “At that. time the: as- ‘| sociation Tl strike threat on the understand- ing. there. would, be a Ta=per= | called”: off its first cent pay increase. : cos The: provincial | government, 44/1957, that’ the pay increase. oat ‘The vote: the: second ever: tak- Ro = en: among ‘provincial government: “Grand |.: Civil servants. ‘have | said the] -| Social Credit ‘government failed |. Consumers” Credit Union i eh ximberley, B.C; who for. the: c VANCOUVER: (CP)—Sectetary Ed O'Connor o: of| : the B.C. Government’ Employees... Association | | Wednesday that ballot . provincial civil: servants. are: beginning to pour in. ‘|: “He said.the count will be made | ‘the strike. vote” of: 11, 000 investigation was. ‘handed: over: “to Professor A. W.-R.: Carrothers of the * ‘University of. B.: ‘law ulty.* “ “Professor - Garrothers “handed: in his. report: to the governm: 1 some. ‘weeks: ‘ago, ‘but its’ conten have. not been’ disclosed. : “Hei “Thomas G. Masich, 23 £ in Rhodesia SALISBURY, Southern Rhod- esia’ (%—Prime Minister | Sir Edgar- Whitehead declared a State of emergency throughont Southern Rhodesia. today and banned the African Natlonal Congress as an illegal organiza- tion. . Whitehead ‘acted to prevent the spread to Southern Rhodesia of National unrest generated by the congress in nelghboring Nyasaland, which js united with Southern and Northern Rhod- esia In the central African fed- eration of the Commonwealth. LOS ANGELES (# — Warner Brothers studio has litfed its year-long suspenston of onetime child star Natalie Wood, now 20. She was suspended following it dispute over her $750 weekly sal- fury shortly after her 1957 marri- ize to actor Robert Wagner, 29. Studio spokesmen said Tuesday the ugreement was “amleable"” but give out no detalls, ‘Special to The Dally News VANGOUVER .—~ Process ¢en- gincoring for the’ bleached kraft pulp mill of Celgar Lim {ted near Castlegar, hus heen completed during tho winter, and detailed engineerjng by TW. A. Simons Utd., consuting engln- cers, ls now progressing rapldly; vopatrudtion work will continue ut the mill site next month. Colgay Ltd. {a a sfater company to Columbla Cellulose Co. Ltd, Becuuse of design changes wl- foating the Jocation of basle facilities Including the wood. room, pile driving scheduled for last November wis postponed. Tho, Fraser River Plo Delving Company Limited of New West- niluater will stort driving 900 woden or stucl plies starting carly Inn March, Colgur's plunsy tnalude a $00- ton pulp mill and an adjacent sawoilll at an ostlmated total cost of $60,000,000. When Colyur Ulnmited was issued Tree Farm Gicenca No. 23 in the Arrow Lakes District, It "undertavk to 9 OORT NE Se AE FIRM ENG OS eth aot TD An eee oie te butld au pulp mill which would produce at Icust 300 tons per wy. Durlny 1950 about 30,000 man days of ongincerlng work are scheduled in Vancouver. A fur- ther 130,000 nian cays of con- struction work will bo done on the mill sites with about 100 men boing required by mid-May, The lubour force will gradyally build up through the reat of the yeur levelling off slightly during the winter months. Peak employ- ment of ubout 1,100 workors will be reached In milde1060. Construction and alte prepur- ution to date for the pulp mill has cost more than $1,000,000 and during 1050, $4,000,000 will bo spent and av further $10,000,000 committed for material and equipment. A large proportion of the fubricatlon work on items such as structural steal, evap- orators, tanks, ote, will ba dono In British Columbia, Tondors have been called for vonstruction of a ea to house 600 mon and work wi { bowin in Ea. tier ‘all's within: the ‘Centre: and ‘also: Ww. be . ‘director’. of:. mission playeror nd ‘Program. this summer, an Still active in: “sports” himself, Mr. Masich has: ‘studied sports organization, and ‘operation of playground and community cen- tre programis. , In Kimberley Mr, Masich cow. centrated on a strong track and field program and acting as both orgunizér and coach produced a number of provinelal and Cana- dian champlons, Mr. Masich was named B.C. track and field coach for 1958, when he headed B.C, athletes attending the Canadian ‘eglon sports training program In Toronto. Agreement to hire Mr, Masich wag reached by the Clvic Centre board's personnel committee February 3, ’ ane ae eipartemete intron 2 Ae teeta rane et em tt Fined $10 John Frederick eid of Prince Rupert was fined $10 in city po- lee court today for driving more than 100 miles from this city when holding a restricted driv- ing Heence, No further restriction was im- posed by Magistrate E. T. Apple- whalte. Construction of Celgar pulp mil near Castlegar to start next month Mareh on 8 bunkhouses, a cafe teria, reereution room and statt house, Later more bunkhouses will be added, Sturting in) May, work will bogin on the foundations for ull the pulp mill buildings, followed In June by the Installation of underground servicos, a twoebay uddition to the existing pulp warchouse, erection of the chip stlog, and structural work on thea woodroom, the recausticla- ing plunt, the waste Uquer and chemical recovery, the power botler, the precipitation bulld- ings, the pulplng prowess build- ings, the machine rao building and the administration buliding, shops und stores, ; Clouring of a 1S-acre sawmill site to tha weal, adjavant: to the pulp an mill alte: will olva ‘begin 1 ‘i Location of the anwm near tho pulp mill will, allow for:com- mon use of sorvices and facilities, Engineering goveine the detalls of the aawen | dealgn ts in Bro: _Night Calls—Business 6768, “Editorial 6769 _ Fnoviwetar, sana " ~ VICTORIA. Be Ce “said qe oA young 1 man 1 who: last wear was’ ‘named ‘top. Brit- HE ish Columbia track ‘andj; field coach is” coming: to. Prince: Rupert’ to be- ‘the a Civie. ‘Centre's. recreation “ e: ‘Parks: -Com- Dee RCAF’ Station St- ‘Huber ‘Commodore : in the RC. F Was.'given: to” Mr. McCurdy at Baddeck in ‘rec- ognition: of his outstanding contribution to Canadian avia- tion over the past 50 years. a —RCAF photo. PPPPLOOPROOE PLPC OOP RCN captain's ~ court-martial decision upheld OTTAWA O—A navy cap- tain who gave the order “as- tern’when he meant to suy “ghead” and thereby ran his warship into a jetty has lost his appeal before the court martial appeal board. In a judgment just made public, the board disallowed the appeal by Lt.~-Caidr. Thom- as... Owen, 39, of Leadon, Ont, and Dartmouth, N.S., captain of the minesweeper Thunder. Cmdr. Owen was convicted Jan, 30, 1958, by aw aaval court murélal of negligently hazacd- ing the Thunder at HWatiftax Nov. ¢, (57, only a month alter he lad taken contmand of the ship. The Thunder was berthed at a jetty and another Jelly run at right angles astern of the Tajnesweeper, When the ship was ¢loaring ler berth, Omar, Owen guve the order “slow astern, both engines” when he had ineant lo say ‘slow ahead, bath” and the ‘Thunder rum- med. into the Jetty aft, cauning xomie damage but no injurios to uny of the crew. VICTORIA Vue Liberal party, Legislature. ying of the Sommers case. oS" Bivery The" honorary | et are’ ver of Baines ‘Officer R. Ewe . a . Hans: Peter. Meister, 1228 Park ‘Avenue, ‘was ‘fined $500 and ¢ costs: in’ reity police court. today when he pleaded guilty to driving without due care and atten- tion, Melster was the driver of the delivery van which struck and killed George Thomas Kustas on the night of January 14, His driving licence was also suspended for a year. Imposing the fine, Magistrate it, T. Applewhalte sald he could not understand the charge -~ brought against Melster, “It would be pure cowardice on my part if Y did not say here and now what [Tt have been thinking," he said, , “In my opinion, if it was an ungvoidable acelident. no charge should’ have been laid. But i it was un avoidable ac- cident In which «a man was killed, I would have thought the prover thing to do was lo lay a charge of oausiiughter, on which the accused might have been acquitted, “Ax it ls, he ix now in the po- sition of having pleaded guilty to this lesser charge. “f£ hage uo wubhority to criticize the fegisti- Lion, but U'de feel it is my priv- Hege to point out the unfortun- ite elretunstances in, which the necused, wll the relitives and the hiagintbeata find themselves at this particular tue.” sated Mer, Appleowhalte, "L have a lot of aytnpathy tor a lob of people--tho relatives of the decensed and the uccused for the mental agony he fas gone through--but © do not think I ean allow that to duathuence me two much.” Representing Melster, Janie K. Shaw suid Mr. Kustas was on the centre af the crosswalk oui POPPOPPPLOOPDAVOP DDI O DEO DVD OD OD OE DODDIDOD DO EVO PPD PROBE POD IODOODVOOD LEFT SOCREDS OVER SOMMERS, MEL BRYAN JOINS LIBERALS | CP—Vormer. Soclal: Credit Bryan, announced in the Legisluture yesterday he has jolned member, ‘Mel _ Mr Bryan, who represents North. Vancouver. and who hay ‘boon altting: as an independent since b.“Ung the: Soctul _ Oredit. party lust yeur, becomes’ the’ third Libaret. An the, B, G, There are 38 Soclal Credit, 10 cos and one Labor members fe alyo in the Sa-member, house. - Mr. Bryan left. the government alda In prateit of tts ‘hand - Member. banged. hls | ‘deuk after. ‘Mr,’ ‘Bryan’y shor aa announces, Premier Bennett, with whom he often tangled ::| clsiature, thumped! his): desk ‘aa hard he OWNeNE, 46, wea @lected: (n.'1968, 30 a very rainy night when Melster’s van struck him. “He was entering the. inter-_ section at.20 t6-25 -miles.‘an hour. It Is‘ quite clear from that fact, and from that fact. alone, that his speed under the weather conditions and cir- cumstances was excessive.” Mr. Shaw said Melster had been perfectly frank about the whole matter and had made no attempt to evade responsibility for the accident. "Tt was one of those things: whith can happen to almost anybody if it so happens that. although they are within tke speed limit they. are. driving a the weather conditions.” He. said that if Meister’s licence’ were suspended, he would lase his job at Rupert Cleaners and Laundry Ltd. He pointed aut also that Melster had. no previous convictions whatever excépt for a parking ticket. . Cpl. J. N, Cummings of the RCMP said he would differ from Mr. Shaw only on one point: the Mighting af the Intersection was fairly adequate. There wis Nght coming from stores nearby ‘as well as from the street lights. | 13 engineer-janitors — given $30 pay raise Thirteen engineer janitors employed by School Olstrict 83 at Terrace have gained a two- year contract wage Increuse tot- ailing $30 a month, M. B. O' Toole, president of Local 610 of the Internatlonal Unton of Operating Bngineers, unnounced hery today, Mr. O'Toole, together with In- ternational representative Bd- wurd Callan of Vancouver mat in Terrace yesterday with Labor Relutions Board conciiater G, A. Carmichuel, Distriea $3 schoy] board chairman CC. W. Michiel and members of the board's pore sonnel coniunalttee. Mr. O'Toole sald that the Terrace engineer-janttors had asked for wu 18 per cent wage Govt. to control | horse racing “VIOTORIA | ‘W——Altorney-geu- erul Robert Bonner has intro- duced legislation in the British Columbla legiskature to place al! horse racing’ In -the’ province Under, the control of a three- govern, control and regulate” the Industry,. Mr. Bonner sald., It ‘Will Licance racetrack operators, rainers and jockeys also. assess fines for viola~ a ‘Feguiations, - Increase und had accepted a total increase over two years of 10 per cent. They will receive a $923 2 month pay boost retroactive to ‘Jan~ uaury lof this year and a further $8 per month increase in 1960. Princess dies LONDON (¢Reuterg)—~ Princess Arthur of Connaught, 67-year-~ old cousin of the Queen and 17th in Itne to the throne, dled today of pneumnonta. She was oa trained nurse and spent 1 years working In hox- Pitale as “nurse Marjorie.” She opened a nursing home in 1940 and ran tit as matron until her retirement tn 1940, |WEATHER— Clule warning continued. Raln Friday, Ulttle change lh temperature. Winds tne creasing to southeast gales 60 overnight. Low tonight and high Friday 38 and 45. TIDES— ‘ Yriday, Feb. 37, 1960 (Pacific Standard Tinie) | High, ase 08: en LOW ores MBO rigesiny ‘ttle too fast having regard to. :