VOL. XLVIIl, No, 247 ae { co Rn nn ECE EO ene \ e, Telephone 6767 : ot of TAY ae oF et Sap 1 " KITCHENER’S WORST BLAZE—More than 200 ‘firemen from eight fought a fire in downtown Kitchener, Ont., which ¢ Three. business: ‘buildings were destroyed before fire was brought under control after: six hours. secant cane tee nn te oh B. c. ROUNDUP | ‘* . aused damage estimated at up to $2,000,000. hs AIRE eHe Nia surrounding ‘communities + —CP. photo. | -VANGOL VE GB. tne Skeena- ‘Salmon Management aad has predicted that 1960 will be another meagre year for catches should improve steadily in subsequent year's, _ The committee said. the’’1959t- catch: of 190,000 sockeye and 745,000 pinks was especially low because of the two-week ‘fishers |. men’s strike at the peak of the season. The total suckeye run was reported at 1,000,000 and the pink run ct 2,200,000. The report said the good sock~ eye escapement of 870,008 will do much to restore the cycle. The pink run was little more than half that expected, due to poor ocean survival, | Mining output up_ VICTORIA (Figures releas- ed Monday by Mines. Minister Kiernan show ,the ~ estimated totul value of irlbish Columbia's 1959 mineral. production wus $154,400,000, an Increase of some $7,500,000 over, 1958, No explanation VANCOUVSR (P—~-Immigration officlauls were stil. today on the reason for their refusal to let David Hume. Me- CPLPLEDOP PLAID VALE OLOVOPEDEDOV ELF Bingo draw With several people requir- Ing only two or three num- bers to whi the $500 flrst prize in the Elks "Mareh of Dimes" house bingo for B.C... Chils dren's hospital, the number to- diy winws redueed bo one, Drawn was Nedd. Obher anupbhers drawn te dite wer Belts Webs eI (iets. i “AH T-2K; CG; Note; v Ws Pott WR; Nedly Ned; fy aah Very Nepty Geddy Ce Ady BT; Noddy beans G50: 0-75; 12h Neds Onli; PeLRy Bey 1-20; OBR, GAT Wehy O-T8} Neodhs Webs Pe28; Weds T-07; G16; 0-07; De 1h wd WelR, Tomorrow one more WuNber wi be published in the Dilly News, However howd KOMMeOne Inuke the Jether Mo for Elles, they are asked bo Lolephone yo73, anyliing, day or night. Cards are sul] avaliable in Nhown slores, pevovacaeceeeeeseaeeet sssceseren 2 etre nen sein ORMES | DRUGS LTD. DIAL 2151 Aight-lipped |. Lloyd the Skeena river run, but said officials in Ottawa were in- quiring into the case.. He declin- ed further comment. “ Chan nervous wreck ‘VANCOUVER -«h — The Sun says Weldon Chan, wanted by immigration authorities for de- portation to Hong Kong, is a nervous wreck from seven weeks of dudging polec, speaking to no one und always expecting the Jaw to cateh him. Bu he. told me. he won't give himself up,” the newspaper says in a story datetined Somewhere in Basterh “Canada” and writ- ten by its Ottawa correspondent, Alex Youne. Hearings adjourned VANCOUVER “-~ Mrigisttste O, Orr Monday adjourned pre- Iiminary hearlng into two mur- der charges until) Dee. 28. ‘Me charges arise fram the Sept. 2 death of Vaino Alto, 69-year-old Night watvhman, Charged ‘are Store, 26, and Chadwick Campbell, 34, both of Vancouver, | No car | VANCOUVER (Pmm Barty Ma- Tolland, 23, of iaineley, wus Ol- dored by Mugistrate O »Orr Mon- day not to own or drive a car for one year as part af proba- ton terms ruled following dite convictlon of theft and posses- sion of stolen foods, The mag- isbrale told Metellnand he lad dabts “everywhere” pnd couldn't pay them and he had used a ear ta commit a arhne. PU eo ae OT TERE BUYER REED ES PEROT R SEO ROE Pope may make peace appeal VATICAN GUY — Vatican sources suid Monday Pope Jotw ik expected once nein to Inclide in hls annual Chaistoua mes sage Ww ple for ponce, Ib will be brondenal abd aim, PST Wednes- day by Vatienn Radio In hookup with tho Thalia Radio and net- works of vatious other countrtes, Prince Rupert has now gone 840° days without a fatal traffic accident, cf Garvie. return to Canada from ic the United: States. wv ee, Less construction Philip Bird, district. superin- VANCOUVER ® — Value of tendent. of immigration here, B.C.. construction in the first 14 months of the year were runnng $4,981,799 behind the 1958 fig- ure. Permits‘ were issued for construction amounting to $217,- 901,298 in 45 B.C. centres, com- pared to $288,883,097 in the sim- ilar 1958 period. Granted increase NANAIMO’ -@-—Bmployees at Nannimo Creneral Hospjtul have been assured oa three-per-cent siulary increase for 1060 and further three-per-cent ta 196d. The contract, signed by the hus- pital board, covers clerical, staff, cooks, Maids and orderiics, Triplets’ family to get special visit from Santa VANCOUVER ( — Sixteen brothers und sisters, including new-born triplets who went to hospital ina banana erate when thetr mother losb a race to hos- pital with the stork, will have A speahal vist} fram Santa Claus, Sante'’s sleigh bas (aken the form of a Canadian Paecifie Alr- lines plane and Als helpers are al here instoad of at the Narth Pole, but he'll arrive on gehed- ule. - . The telplets wore born Decem- ber fO and tb ta Mr. noc Mrs, John RW. Fehr, Lhe Cirst was born Ina car that was speeding Mrs, Fehr to hospitals the next two nl home after the cnr give Vp bhe mea, Tho briplels and thely 18 bro-~ bhhers and sisters ive at iso~ luted and remote Takyslo Take, Hot far fram Mrancols Lake, Tholr ploneer-stylo homo has no olectrtelty, Is 10 milos from the nenrest telophone and there Is no sehool for the children, Losasons ave taken by correspon. danac. The funily asked for no help nnd worg willing, na before, to necept Ohristmnas with few frilly, But tho story of tho triplets, and of tho family, veachod hore nnd ws tollowed by the first of many calla by. the statft of the Vancouver Province. Tt wont to on depnrtinont store, | sionary phase.” 5 PRINCE, RUPERT, BC., TORBAY DECEMBER 22, Proj ject “millions of dollars. - OTTAWA (CP)—Canada_ and the United States -have agreed on construction} of 45 new gap-filler fence department spokes- radars i in this” country, | Economic ‘expansion: ‘hesitates — “OTTAWA -O—The economic expansion during the third quarter -of .the year after marking up a ‘solid 5-per-cent production gain over last year... A. report Monday by the bur- cau of statistics attributed the pause: partly .to a major - British Columbia forestry strike. and to: uncertainty in the United States. because of the steel-strike there. But it added “the historical. jrecard suggests that periods of* ‘ hesitation are -not uncommon _ during the course of an expan- The bureau said gross national ?. , production—vaue of all goods. and services “produced—reached an annual rate. of: $34,724,000, 000 during. July-September. | - _This represented a- gain of 3 per cent from the second quar- | ter, the smallest rise since bus ness recovery began early. 1958. Howveer, all of the rise. was! -4- duc: to | higher: Prices, ewith |! rig SOR 4 _| change in the: “physical. “volume of production.” Gross national. production. jn: the first nine ‘months of the year. averaged » seven_per. cent ‘above 1958 evels, estimated two per cent and physical output up five per cent. ‘The budget forecast of Finance Minister Fleming last spring “pre- dicted a seven-per-cent rise in gross national product for 1959 to a total $34,500,000,000. Freighter loads top 1959 cargo | of pulp for U.K. The biggest cargo of acctate pip, 2,638 tons, to be shipped from Columbia Cellulose. Com- pany Lid. Watson Island mill this year will sail tomorrow. for the United Kingdom aboard the Norwegian freighter Sunpolyna. The 13,000-ton Sunpolyna, which arrived last week from Japan, is skippered by Capt, O, Rusvik, The response was pgoud, Two more were called, They'd be delighted to help—how old were the children? | A reporter called Dr. Thompson, who lives Feht's district. Dr. Thompson, who officiated ab the arrival of the two of the triplets—the third made it with her father and nolghbors to as- Slab--guve names, nges and sexes of the ehildron, Ho: added a foot- note that there wasn't ao finer famlly around, SHOPPING RUSIT In a two-hour rush the gilts woro solocted and Canadian Pa- elfie. Alriines sald they'd be glid Trevor In the to frolght the provents to Prince Choorge, , Prom thoro a chartered plane will take over and land on the Inko hestde the Felir's hone. it miy oven pick up Mrs,.Fohr at hospitit-en xoute to onsure she'll bo with hor family for Christ- mas, Otharwise, Mra, ,Pelhy will travel home by ambulance. Tho gifts ave many and varied —Iinoluding Inyettos Yor the new- born Lriplote, They're Inbelled: ‘To Mr. wd Mrs, Poh, and Androw, Benny, Cornelius, Johnny, Margaret, Potor, Jacob, “Martin, Diedrich, Anna, Bva, Mary, Erdman, and the threo Nttlo onos—Christina, : e stimated cost of. the. project -| Was not given but dt will run: into a ‘millions of dollars. va oyercome one-of the chief loop- country's B hesitated |° nounced. with prices up an}: ‘kind made by a B.C, government iolficlal, ‘Legisintive Buildings in Victorla and go direct to 31 communities |, Das Ogre PRA 1959 to cost ia said today... Ss ‘Siting work for the gap- -fillers s started, the spokesman.said. “The gap-fillers ‘are intended t to [Bales in -the Pinetree. radar: SYS-, ‘{teln: Inability to detect aircraft ‘| with any degree of accuracy. ‘be- low an altitude of 2,000 feet. Nort. “ American Air ..’ Defence} Cbmimand;. “said | recently that NORAD is ““convinced that the subsonic attack on the deck— that, i is, at low level—will remain a hreat’ indefinitely.” ” P, ‘he 45.gap- -fillers: are in: addi- tion’ to seven new. heavy. radars to. be built, five in the West and two in central Canada. The two itt central Canada will be erected al Moosonee, Ont., and. Chiboug- ama, Que. Location of the five in. the West has not yet been an- The United States will bear ‘tywo- thirds of the cost of the new radars and Canada one-third. This was how costs were: divided ae Gén:. ‘Laurence: Kuter, chief ‘of - Ete abag R pote yyy aged GOING HOME AT LAST—David Bleth | Kisses‘ a: young - friend ‘goodbye as he leaves Children’s hospital in-Toronto after spend- ing all his 44% years there, He was admitted. to” hospital . as! an infant for treatment of a breathing tube weakness: Girl getting kiss is Andrea Brown, | also BM aie a aa RN “COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS” | —CP photo. {when : Pinetree’ was built about ‘eight years ago. “Pinetree now extends from Vancouver Island. to Dawson Creek,.B.C., and from the neigh- 13 |borhood of. Winnipeg to the. Bast Was. taken here in ‘August ata meeting. of the Uz ‘Ss. Defence Sec- retary ‘Neil McElroy ‘and’ De- ‘fence Minister Pearkes. — Since that ‘time, planners have been: working- out the number of gap-filler radars required to spot hostile low-flying bombers. e or 9 Civil servants to get call from premier Several hundred provincial government employees in Prince Rupert ‘will hear Premier W. A. C. Bennett britig Christmas greetings tomorrow morning when he speaks simultaneously to some 10,000 British Columbia government employees: through- out the province, The call, belleved first of its will originate: at the where public address systems wilt relay it to employecs, Known as a “conference long distance” call, the message will be transmitted to employees as fav east as Golden and as far north, as Dawson Creek, Government Agent Howard Harding sald here today that his instructions from Victorla were to have all employees assemble in the County Court Room at 10:30 tomorrow morning where they will hear the Premier speak to them, Mr. Harding also sald that A. Ww, Janes, elty telephone superlne- tondent was given porsonal in- structions and was In charge of Installing the equjpment for the “eonferonce long distance,” call, CLOPPE PPE GDL OP LODO PDO VO DIOP DOE OD Yuletide spirit evident in court Magistrate E. 'T, Applewhiaite vroady has the Christmas spirit, at least ho had this mornings When an olght-time loser on. intoxication. charges oume bee foro him. today, due for a hoavier sontence than fast time, Magistrate Applewhiatte looked on hin with compas. sion. Wo told the min, whe inst appeared in polleo court Decomber 10 and was sone tenved: to seven days, that “yolely in vlew of the dime of your and ignoring the Mega morits of the caso, J sentence Katherinn, and Holonn—na Merry Christmas from Vancouver. ' you to two days in Jail” NPPPPPPIIPIIPPIPIIODIP ODDS wus onraged to found guilty this morning vessel. Sentenced in city police court by Magistrate E. T. Applewhaite was Guido Brion, 24, of the New Royal Hotel, who pleaded not guilty to assaulttug Earl William Hoikka, ofthe CGS Alberni, with an eight-inch hunting knife. The charge arose after a party in a city hotel room during which Brion entered the room looking for “his girlfriend.” Hoikka told the court that Brion .entered the room and left when he couldn’t find his girlfriend. He said that when Ae himself left the second- storey room, he was confronted by. Brion, who threatened him with a knife and “got a ham- merlock ou me.” He sald he ‘didn’t feel the cut or notice the blood until he was on the first floor of the hotel after he and Brion had wrestled down the stairs: Gerald Richard Warren, also of the CGS Alberni sald that he had left the rqom before Hoikka and had run back up the stairs to grab Brion and tell him to drop the knife. On .his own behalf, under questioning from defence coun- sel Peter A, Gibb, Brion sald he see Holkka kiss his girlfriend In the room and that he had left to fetch his knife, Mr, Glbb contended that Holk- ka cut his head in the tussle down the ‘stairs and that Brion’s knife was too dull to have a cute Gty un fred $100 A city janito1 was ‘fined $100 0 or in. n defauilt, 0 ‘ment sentenced to two months in jail after he was ily harm to a seaman off a Depar tment of Transport ting edge. FOR PATIENTS UW's to be turkey with all big noon-day meal, enrols, tho hospital with gifts for the PRPOM POIPIOPDDDLO GION CHRISTMAS PLANS COMPLETED Prince Rupert General hospital on Ohrlstmus Day, Hospital administrator Edward H, Knight sald today that dleticlans and cooks are in a fostive mood proparing for the Oranboerry Jujco cocktail lo sharpen up appetites will be sorved first followed by turkey, cranberry sauce, dressing, gravy, Whipped potutocs, buttered mixed vogetubles, relish nnd plekles, Frozon strawberry sundac, tea, coffee, milk, frult and nuts will top: off the modal, Tho Hospital Women's auxillary has also completod its Yuletide plans and tiny Christmas trees, donated by the: British Columbia Forest Service, will be placed jn the wardg and gifts given to tho childron on Ohristmas Ove. Membors of tho nursing staff will provide background muasle by singing Tomorrow night the Salvation Army Js scheduled to visit My, Knight sald that as in yoars post, all floors will bo decorated ‘with huge Christmas trees, NWODNIIPIIOIIIDI DIO SAID IDIOD EL ISODO LOND IL ODD PI DIOP IODOI FOND OL ON of assault occasioning bod- oe Brion himself. said “the knife was so dull ite wouldn't - cut salami.” | The Crown maintained that Hoikka’s wound was a clean cut, confirmed by. Prince - Rupert General Hospital where Hoikka went in a cab after he had re- ported the incident to police. In passing sentence Magistrate Applewhaite told Brion that he did not “take a light view of anyone brandishing a knife for]. any other purpose than a do- mestic reason.” He told the accused that he was fortunate that the extent of ROVE HCTAL | - | VECTORTA, us 2p “hin-a, back’ room.-The parents‘and | one son were’ ‘sleeping. ina _All of. the dead‘ date “glee front» _ {room when the. fire “broke;sout. °°. : | about 6:30 a.m. They’ ‘ascaped rye Pe Jumping from a: window. Police said the -children*and * | thelr grandmother didn't hayea chance: - ‘Lamothe’ Saemipt an a M VICTORIA @—Personat fn- come in . British~ “Columb: creased ‘by elght’ per’ year, ‘trade. minister r pers nal income ae total was. estimatéd™ at. $2,790,-. 000,000. compared with. $2,567,- 000,000 last year and: $1, 128, : 000 in 1952. _ ; : a _. The 1950 ‘labor | ‘foree, tegehed oe 570,000 compared. with 559,000 last year. ve Average industrial wage was $79 a week compared with $05. 88 a year ago.) | Average wage | in: the. ‘loggitiz , industry. was. $96; in . the: cone struction industry. $88;. in’ manufacturing $83; in. lumber and planing . mills #765 and in trades $70. ae WASHINGTON (A— Canadian and American scientists senta four-stage rocket into space at Wallops Island, Va., today to record radio signals emanating the injury was not more serious. from the stars. Pair safe after crash- landing =: VANCOUVER ‘(-—Two Fatr- banks, Alaska, men who crash- landed a private plane ln moun- talnous northeastern British Co- lumbla Saturday reached safety Monday, exhausted but uninjur- Ce Bush Pilot Bob Cooper and businessman Don Anderson spent two nights in the opon and walked 25 milés before reaching # ranch, Andérson said Monday jn a telephone interview from Fort 8t. John, B.: “tT took the alrplane trip. Just AT HOSPITAL the trimmings for all at the patients, oe 13383 exhausted for the ride.. And if Bob Casper was the pilot, I'd do it again any time. It was the finest tending I've ever seen,” . Wi DE SEARCH “Tho return of the two. “men. ended a two-day search In’ whieh 11 RCAF planes searched -thou- sands of miles over rugged mountain country 600..miles . northeast of here. | Their Waco bi-wing craft waa reported missing Saturday after it failed to reach Watson: Lake, . Y.T., on a 700-mile flight’ from — Prince George. The -two;. men were en route to Falrbanks.- " Cooper, » bush pilot with "4,000 hours flying time and ownér of Coopor's Flying Guide Service in Fairbanks, crash-landed..; the: plane on Bagkey Mountain, about 40 miles north of Fort St. John, after a fuel ine blockage caused the motor to stall, Me Vet wy WEATHER— Mostly cloudy with 2 ia ‘showers Wednesday. ' Not much change in tempera- ture. Winds variable 18. Low tonight and high Weddnes- day’35 and 42, TIDES- =. Wednesday, Ded, 23, 1960 (Pacific Standard Time) High... 07:08 18.8 foot 10:27 «=—s-:16, 6 foat - Low soseteouce 00:29 6.9 feet ‘83 feet Wt db iyt Vota