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“HALIBUT NOT IN SOVIET PLAN
~ RELIEVED WESTERNERS TOLD —

“VANCOUVER @—Canadian

“to a fisheries’ conference. displayed noticeable relicf Wednes-.
day when a Russian said halibut is not included in a seven-
year Sovict. plan to increase’ fish production. ..

‘Alexander. Ivkin,: secretary.

. the’ Food Industry Workers Union, was speaking to delegates
. from Canada, United States, Japan and Russia at a conference
-'sponsored. by the United’ Fishermen and Allied Workers Union

Ind. of British Columbia. ~’

. Canadian and US. “fishermen: ‘dex ive ‘a ‘major. part of. ‘the -

- income from .the: halibut fishing.

..) Mr, Ivkin said the. Soviet plan, ‘started this: ‘year, calls
‘for a, 60-per-cent increase in producton, mainly through | ‘auto-
‘mation that should. release 50,000 .workers for other. jobs...

. Meanwhile a fishing» industry «spokesman. said here that -
50 ‘seiners have ‘caught 52,000 tons of silver herring off- the -
British | Columbia, coast. during the current season, a spokes-

man” for. the. fishing. industry’

The: most“productive area has been the. lower east: coast. -
. region’ ‘where the 40,000-ton | quota’ ‘has ‘been. extended ‘to_

55,000. tons. A. total of. 6447. | tons |
“waters,: ces

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wo loggers. killed
in separate makes

AS ‘Dunean logger. and-a Canadian National Rail-
way employee were killed in two separate logging mis-

haps yesterday morning in the Prince Rupert. sub-| contempt in that the union of-

   
 

 

division, RCMP said today. |
“. Dead are Fritz Goepel, 29, who

-unloading logs from:.a CNR flat-
gar when: some-15'of them, broke
loose from. the ‘pile: and pinned

Yyarding engine for the. Slaney
‘Logging Company when a log

‘of Vancouver.

died after, being crushed beneath
some logs two miles west of For-
estdale. near..Burns:...Lake -.and

Donald’ Her ext. Green, 40, . whol

wufwad killed” by? a, jrating oe at} |
Work. Channel,.
horthedst: Of: Prince; Rupert.

about. 60 Miles

*ROMP’ said’: ‘that..Goepel nd

him:to:the ‘ground: ‘He js survived
by his mother in Germany.

Mr. Green. was operating a

sipped. from a choker « and
crushed him near the machine.
.He is survived by his - wife
Mary, two daughters,. Arlene in
Duncan and Mrs. ‘Diana McAr-
thur. of Honeymoon Bay on Van-
couver Island, his father Herbert
Green of Parksville and two sis-
ters Mrs Wg Mossey of Parks-
ville and: Mrs. T, W.. Cochrane

An- inquest has been set for
7:15 tomorrow night at Ferguson
F uneral Home under Coroner

‘Enrolment —
fairly. static.

“School enrolments are holding
up extremely well In District 52
with the exception of a change
invConrad Street and King Ed-
wiird school populations whieh
have changed due to transfers
to: the. district's: remedial class
and the mensies, Over the
month sehool population drop-
ped 10 from 2,400 on September
30 to 2,390, Oclober 31, .

This was roported to District
52 school bonrd Iast night by
Superintendent of Schools J. M.
PHiNpson,

October cnrelment figures
with’ September fgures In
brvakels are as follows;

Pelnee Rupert High school 282

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till: neluol H70 (6771; Conrad
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Five die: in: crash |

BT, CLIOPHAS de BRANDON,
Que,  —— A Wheoler alrilnos
NQ«4 ernalod, In flames dn a
farm pasture near here Wodnes-
day nlaht, carrying flyo orew-
members, Mehdi wo women; £0
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‘and United States delegates

of the central committee of.

said here Wednesday.

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George J. Dawes.

Duncan, for’ burial.

 

12-1 MAJORITY.

‘ficers, had’ not: fully obeyed ‘his

order.to tell the-men to return |.
= {to work on: the, Second Narrows

‘Remains will. be. forwarded oP itte here... F

All three appeal - judges ‘said |
the ‘judge had “vigorously cross-
examined” striking members of
the ironwor kers union Many. of
the men regarded - him: as both
prosecutor and judge. °

“That, of course,’ was not the
position in Jaw. or fact but. .
the misconception . undoubtedly
suggested to some people a mis-
carriage of | justice,” the appeal
court ruled, in handing down ‘its
decision Tuesday.

The high court ‘dismissed, by. a
two-to-one-™ ‘majority; the. con-
tempt. of court conviction and
ordered a total of $19, 000 in fines
refunded.

“It would have been better if

another judge had _ tried: this

summions,”. the | Appeal Court
found.
' The. judges were also “obliged
to disagree” with “many”, of the
reasons. Mr. Justice Manson gave
for convicting the, ‘union local
and its officers...

“Mr Justice ‘Manison. had found

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The union officials uyere | ob- |:
-|liged- to “comply. in. good: faith }

 

of thie ‘court order and. ing, i ‘union
‘lawyer’s disagreement with: that
order was “sufficient, compli-

with : the. court. order, . but: not}
obliged. to do. so gracefully.
a reluctant compliance Wi
itself no contempt.” arn

Co ons' truction ,
continues
to decline

Construction | in. Prince
Rupert is down-more. than:
$230,000 | from. last. year
Building: Inspector’ J. CG.
Ewart, reported. today.

  
  
  

 

 

 

 

 

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after legal

The 30-year-old. German, who
toed for.a time in Montreal be-
fore being deported from Can-
ada, plunged to — his death
through the trap at Wandswor th
prison gallows shortly before 10
a.m,

He thus paid the penalty for
the fatal shooting of London de-
tective Raymond Purdy, 43, last
July 13.

The slaying occurred soon
after Purdy and a colleague had
collared .Podoa on a charge of
trying to blackmail Mrs, Verne
Schiffman, model and television
actress.

CLAIME D MEMORY LOSS
During his trial Podola claim-
cd, and his lawyers tried to back
up with expert medical -testi-
mony, that he had lost his mem-
ary of cvents that led to the
shooting.

The prosecution claimed Po-
dola's supposed Joss of memory,
or hysterical nminesia, was faked,
After nine days’ of evidence a
jury decided that Podola’s claim
was false, A second jury found
him gully of murder and he
wis sentenced to be hanged,
Tn Sweden, 20 professors and
students ab Uppsala University
appenled Wednesday to Home
Sceretary R. A, Butler to pardon
Podola, Thoy sald he was ob-
viously nosilck man and such

ler han

| totalled,

Valuc. of building permits. is-.
sued up to October 31, inclusive;
$1,472,104, a
$238,452. from October 31, 1958)
when a total value of $1, 710, 556.

 

 

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LONDON Guenther Fritz: Podola, “Berlin-born: petty. thief
who turned. killer, was hanged today . ‘for. the murder of a British
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treatment of mentally ill per sons
was reminiscent. of the middle
ages.. —

In West Berlin, the mass cil-

culation newspaper B. 2. urped
that merey be shown.

After the first execution date
of October 16'.was set, Bulle:
sent the case to the Court of
Appeals to establish whether the
trial judge’s charge to the first
jury was true — that the onus
of proof on the question of fir-
ness to stand trial rested on the)
defence, not the prosccution,

The Appeals Court upheld the
triad judge, putting a new ruling
in the Jaw books and Podola's
name down in English legal his-
tory.

On “Tuesday, Butler) turned
down a last defence plen for
tnercy, The West German gov-
ernment made an unsuccessful
plen to save Podola on the
ground he was a West German
cltilzen and that country has no
death penalty.

A crowd of about 40, including
the death penalty, milled around

outside the prison walls as Po-
dola died,

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 Numbor of crusnders vguinst

The denth penalty has been
abolished dn Britahn except in

Vv polleeman remains a capital

permits bad, } urcha
! However, the. $771,600 in resj-

‘dential permits issued’ ‘dan the
‘first 10 -months of .this year: ‘is
$258, 250 higher, than. the same
period in 1958 when. the | = total
Lwas: $513, 350.

‘Showing’ a: decrease. is ; the val-
uc of permits issued in October
of this year which was $75,260.
In October 1958 the total value
of permits sold was $93,155.

Of the $75,260 worth of per-
mits in October 1959, $67,810 was
for residential construction
while the balance was taken up
by commercial, industrial and
Institutional and government
construction.

There were 48 building per-
mits issued Jast month compar-
ed with 42 in October 1958,

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Newborn baby
given overdose

VANCOUVER . — Police sald
Wednesday a St, Paul's hospital
nurse admitted giving an over-
dose of stimulant to a 20-day-
old baby who later died,

-Polee «withheld the nurse's
name bub said “she has admitted
misrending the doctor's report
and. giving too much digitalis.”

Officials of the coroners office
sald an mtopsy showed Tuesday
the child, laura Lee Gutenberg,
dnughter of Mr, and Mrs, Tony
Gutenberg, had a: congenital
heart disease and “would have
dicd of natural causes: In any
event,”

An Inquest will be held,

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water.

“MAYOR P. J. LESTER cut a ribbon stretched across the gieam-
‘ing Civic Centre Swimming pool last night to mark the official
opening of the $200,000: building. The pool. was christened seconds
later. when nine selected) swimmers. dived in the clear blue jt
Staff photo by: Charles E. Giordano.

RONALD GILCHRIST
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on ‘the board, was clected chair-

nual meeting of the Prince

ation Match 26.

-He. told the board that he was
relinquishing the post because of
persona] reasons and because he
had found that he was unable
to give to the hospital board
either the time the chairman’s
job required or that he. would
have liked to. ,

Board, member R. W. H. James
was elected vice- chairman..

DEFICIT DOWN

In a report given by finance
chairman Derrick Ratcliffe it
was disclosed that the hospital's
final operating deficls for the
year ending December 31, 1958
was $18,584,

This is nearly 50 per cent less
than the $27,577 deficit reported
at the March annual meeting
which also covered the period.
up.to December 31, 1958,

GIVEN ALLOWANCE

However, since that time, Mv.
Ratcliffe, said, the British Colum-
bla Hospltal Insurance Sefvice
had made an additional allow-
ance to the hospital of $13,702
which reduecd the deficit by
half,

Mr, Iateliffe had goed news
for the board in reporting a
ninesmonth operating surplus
of $4,270 up until the end, of.
September compared to 1958's
nine-month deficit of $28,577
In September itself, the hos-
pital also operated with a $3,-
873 surplus as against a
monthly deficht of $3,583 in
Sepltomber last year,
The hospital showed Its frst

Sentencing
suspended

Loslic Kristof, 20, of 2380 Fifth
Avenue Bast was given a ones
your suspended sentence by
Magistrate EB. 'T. Applowhalte In
alty police court this morning
on nan charge of possession of
stolon goods,
Kristof plendad guilly to the
charge Octobor 28 and Wars roe
manded until today for sontence
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Wo was charged Witt
possoasion of rings an¢
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now gone 2938 days
without a fatal bratfle
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a Dr. McDonald, who will remain
man-of the board after the an-|

Rupert. General. Hospital associ- |

”

J.K. Shaw Tew. chairman
2 of city, Hosea board |

it pure J ames K. Shaw last night was elected

Hospital

  
   
      
   
     
    
 
 
  

  
 
 
    
   
    

        
     
     
    
  

  

JAMES K. SHAW
wee new chairman,

operating surplus in recent years
in August when it came out “In
the black" by $397.

PATIENT DAYS DOWN

The surpluses are primarily
the result of a drop in patient
days.

The. hospital's patient days up
to September 30 totalled 22,775
compared to 24,571 In the same
perlod last year, for which
BCHIS allows a patient-day ad-
Justment, -

As a resull, the hospital made
uw saving in food and medicnri
costs but receives funds for oper.
ating the hospital on the basis
of having all the beds full,

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- FRALTUY SIGN

VANCOUVER .(P) — James Sin-
clair, spokesman for the Fish-
erles Assoulation of B.C., said
Wednesday, Britain's Ufting of
trado restrictions Is a “vary
healthy sign” for the flahing in-
dustry, As of Noyember 9 Brit
ish controls of fresh and froz Z0n
salmon are Hfted.

RAIL UNI ON WW DEMA NDS:SLATED

: | helped ‘with their. Sernistent en

” By GRACE BROWN |
Daily: News Staff Writer

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“800 ATTEND OPENING IOS Pen SSA SRS

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swimming » pool.

; “People who have: been here
many years longer than I have
‘told ‘me that at least 20 years |
AgO,. even before = this: present
‘Civic Centre was built, ‘a: move
was underway to provide Prince
fRupert : with just this sort of a
pool,” ”. Mayor Lester said.
“and: here, thanks to. the et.
forts | of - literally | hundreds. -
people and: many organizations,
know that.Il am expressing your
views when I say that the people
‘of Prince. Rupert owe a. very |
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couragement -and faith that” ‘it
could’ be done.”,

“To all of them I offer my per-:
-sonal thanks and, I believe, the
thanks and ‘gratitude of us all, se
the mayor | said.

It was a proud moment . for.
everyone as he cut the red rib=

bon. . -
‘The -colorfully- -garbed Civic
Band, under the, direction of

Joseph ‘G.:. Arduini, provided

| snappy marches and appropriate.

sea-faring melodies.

The members of the City
Council, which approved . the
provision of money to complete
the swimming pool, took their
bows. ‘. .

And above all, the representa-
tives of clubs and organizations
which launched the project just
three years ago, came forward
with greetings.

The Kinsmen club was the
pace-setter.

In 1956 the young city club
pledged themselves to raise $20,-
000 for a proposed Civic Centre
Swimming Pool, by . staging
perlodical “Giant Bingo Nights,”
with cars and:$1,000 cash prizes,
Following suit with pledges
were the Gyro and Rotary clubs,
Biggest individual donation
was given by the Columbia Cel-
lulose Company Limited, in the

   
 
  

‘unteers” began in 1957."

‘}amany. who. have helped: to make | ,
{2% .

  
  

 

sum of $30,000,:and a elly by-

the 1957 civic elections. . -
The ‘Clvic Centre assoclation
used tho last bond amounting
to $15,000, for its pool. |
However, possibly the biggest
donation given to the Civic Cen.
tre Swimming Pool, cannot be
valued, except perhaps: morally.

Under the inspiration of, for-
mer Ctvle Centre. association
president, Dr. Morris Way-

man, and former - resident .
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TO BE PRESENTED THIS WEEK:

MONTREAL (The long-awaited contract demands of
130,000 Canadian railway workors will Nkely bo served this
wook on Canida's major railways, ib was learned today.
Sources indicated tho contract proposals will be delivered
to the railways within 48 hours—thus launching Oanada’s

biggost slnglo labor talks Invol
MN express ageney,
Tho 18 unions bargained

ving 15 unions, six railivays and

for almost all rallway workors

in Canada except those who actually run trains, Tholr ranks

Ineludo olectriclans, clorka,
ropalriven, frelght handlers

tolographors, shop | and, brack
and olorks,

In tho past, tholr domands: have involved millions af

dollars and have set the paco
employees.

for contracts for other railway

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tho unions sottlod with the rallways for a serlos of wage In~
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law of $104,000 was approved at

‘ples contributed . more i.-the
16, 1000 hours of volunteer: ‘lab

° This _tity- wide drive for

  
  
 
      
 

-Today the finished: product is

valued at $270,000. wot
. Also to be. recognized - ar the
many donations: which -we:

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en both.in material:and services

by. city _ and - out-of-town=firms ao
“th:

master . of. ceremonies . for.

ga’ = x e
| ming pool, dating: back. to: 1938:
when: he ‘said: that, cservice: élubs:

 

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-} ganized: ‘the: ‘Prince: Rupert: ‘Chyic yy

Centre “association, - to. make
plans. to. ‘purchase a. civic: centre:
| building, ‘which was. to”
a swimming ‘pool. ae
Part of this plan was” realized
in. 1945 when. the = ‘association
bought.’ the - war-time: <¥MCA
building. . .
‘But this building did
a swimming pool id |
dream was still to -be.:re'
Alderman Youngs said’

“Many plans’ were, discussed.
The. earliest actual. -plans**:on
paper were, I. believe: prepared
by the late Robert Gordon; -the
founder of Gordon's - Hardware,
who was always an enthusiastic
supporter of the swimming. pool
idea,” he said,

“We who-are here tonight: ‘and
in days to come will reap ‘the
benefits ,of good health.., “and
clean -fun,:. in this’:
pool”.

Alderman. Youngs ‘then.
duced Civic Centre president: Dr.
WwW. T. Arnold who expressed.
thanks to‘all concerned in: ‘bulla
ing the pool,
Also bringing greetings was

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Labor. MP. 2

awarded .
Nobel - prize

‘OSLO Routers — pe ‘Noel.
Baker, British Labor member of
Parliament, was named today as
winner of this yoar's Nobel’ Peace
prize, fats
Nool-Bakor, former Lauber gec-
retary for. Commonwealth, rolne
tlons, Is one of the purty"s chief
| speakers. on disarmament, on
“lwhich he has written a book,
Thy’ award, worth $42,600, was
nnnouriced by the Nobel commit-
tee of the Norwogian Btorting
pariiament.

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