tr, VOL, XLVIII, No. 125. Telephone 6767 eo summer, their cars duc to the lack o commodation, , DROVE ON ¢ Another party who had had..intended to stay in P Rupert but were forced to on, he said. . , there several days. ’ “Fhe situation tight,” Mr. Lundstrom satd. - Be. I, Anderson of “never ‘seen space so tougt the four years he has resided in Prince Rupert, MAKES APPFA L * Jocelyn Bolton, the Prince Rupert Tourist cau and curator of the museum, has:appealed to local residents to make rooms available. “We have had a number of people calling lately who desperate for a place to overnight,” “she. reports. we have also received other plaints in this regard.” Mrs. Bolton asks residents .T0OmMS avallable to : fice at 5637, *,. Of telephone number PO ot a Bang CaP LO rae “> “These: tourists: just requ a _and. room to sleep in. : ; “POOR PUBLICITY” ‘bedroom, no meals, just: a clean. visitors, especially as there campsite even in our areca. “We have checked = with turn checked with the authorities. No one is Habl Aa Heence fee if they only ren to two rooms.” Hazen Bonser, manager Brawler. rokretiey ! " 1 manded in custody by In city police court thi - ents asked ..to house tourists; ~ hotel space tight — Ve local hotels and other a “We are telling our tourists ivy to keep out of town because we ay = juxt’ haven't got room for ass «= them,” reported Karl Lund- i) strom of Ellis Air Lines, de _Mr. Lundstrom said that with- fe in.one week five carloads of Am- erican tourists had to sleep in their car here while in Ketchikan “¥eb- another family planning _to-stay.over in Prince Rupert visited Kitimat instead, staying is. terrifically OE ‘ Canadian Pacific Airlines said that he Rad secretary of phone her of- leaving particulars Mieco ATE a “It is poor publicity for our city that we cannot help these Chamber of Commerce, who in owner of the Prince Rupert Ho- Antone J curissen, ruilty to charges of causing a distur nd obstructing a police officer, . , Visitors to Prince Rupert are experiencing in- cyeusing difficulties in obtaining accommodation this rus This situation was evident today after a check of concerns, | tel, said the hotel had been “packed” for the past month, More people are travelling this year, due partly to Alaska’s be- coming a state, he said. “We've been getting more of the executive-type,” he noted. fac-} As for the many the hotel has left in good humor,” Mr. Bosner said, ef neglected ‘to make reservations were being turned away. ‘The Prince Rupert Hotel has extended its accommodation somewhat by adding cots to the Banquet Room. FULL SOME: TIME Jerry Sherman, manager of the Savoy, agreed that accommoda- tion is tight “But I would be very surprised if anyone had to sleep out of necessity rather than choice.” . He said the Savoy has been full for some time but added that accommodation had been found for those it could not put up. The situation in’ some other hotels as reported this morning: Bayview, principally a resi- dential hotel,—always full! up. Has had inquiries from tourists but has had to turn them away. Commercial—full up for a month, has been turning people away. New Royal—full on weekends since “sometime back in April.” Ocean. View--full Saturday night. .The manager. could not rince drive 1” in Bur- are stay “And com- with _ ad- other-nights! °” DE -, Old Empress—full up “off and on, mostly on weekends.” . St. . ElLmo—"the telephone’s been ringing all weekend.” Has had to turn away a lot of people. ’ Parkside Motel: “Full up for a month.” The crews of 12 small cabin cruisers that berthed at Prince Rupert Rowing and Yacht Club elty| Friday night were unable to find ¢ for} hotel accommodation. tone! Asa result three youngsters in \!the party slept on. the floor of and| the club lounge and others bunk- ed-in their boats. , asks crowd: ire a is no the for aid during arrest 25, of Prinee Rupert was re- Magistrate E. 'T, Applewhaite Smorning when he pleaded bance by fighting arrives here The ferry boat that. wil pAssengers to and from the 7 y port, on Dj , " In port this Morning, ot ferry fled up at the formor cag dock site and will remain | jing The vexsel left Vancouver oN Vor Thursday night. under wht A) Towlng tug, . She tow also Included a HANdeh with pontoons for landing facllitios, ‘rere arestentaperemerteninns aaperacn wena omit floncll no only a ny : gol He ltives of 27,000 British Coly pangs WOU WorKord nd 197 pea iiber companion, Wook nway ilons wore Oxpoctod t Atport ferry a Into operation next year to carry Bhy Island arrived The former North Vancouver Be eae UNO the airport js opened. from the Pacific Maatlor, a Strate wo Talks resume VANCOUVER (With a strike rosumead today between roprosen- conatal RCMP told the court that Jeur- issen was fighting with another person in front of a local eafe and while belng arrested put up On considerable fight during Which he struck an ROMP con. : Shiblte, Police went on to tell the magistrate that the crowd at the time of the fracas was ina frenzy and “no one knows What could have arisen” ag a result of jt Jourlssen was shouting to the crowd for assistance, police sald. Ho will wppenr July 6 for sone. tence, . 4 Also In police court today, Hare vey Johnson, 22, of Prince Rue port wes fred $75, costs or in de- fault of payment sontenced to 30 days in jatl whon he aleo plonded Kitty to causing a disturbance by fighting, . 1 go nit dry- Were hare tow KCOW forry Drownings equal traffic deaths hy Tho Canadtin Prown Woekond: drownings vied witt traffic donths aerons Cunuda thls 1 NGe 0 be mbia -. ORMES DRUGS LTD, DIAL at oe Wookond as (Ne acaldontal donth toll mounted Sunday night to at lonst 60, Tho toll includes five Parsons drowned ynonr Pringo Rupert and alx burned to denth ub Skideguio Indian Mission, Traffic doathsa, which wsually clalm tha high ost proportion of the total, took at lonst 19 Nvyoa, equal the numbor of drownings roported in a Canadian Progs HUTVOy, , ) rince Kuper Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port —— And Key to the had to turn away, “they take it] adding‘*that only those who had PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1959 “af: be. reached. for-information:. on. _Cniser fleet from Seattle By GLADYS BALDWIN Twelve small cruisers with skippers: from six different. States berthed at the Prince Rupert Rowing and Yacht Club Friday night. Spark-plugged by Donald Froggate of Renton, Washington, ex officio leader of the group, the cruise is sponsored by the Alaska Sportsman, an Alaskan magazine, Boat crews are mostly families and drawn from as far away as North Carolina and Georgia. The cruise began in Seattle. Mr. Froggate had planned the trip -himself and mentioned it to Robert Henning, editor ot the Alaska Sportsman. When asked if he’d like company, Mr. Frog- gate sald “sure,” Letters were teceived From all over the United States and one from Nelson, British Columbia. When the June 20 take off cnte came along, 13 boats officially Started the crulse, Milton Larsen of North Dakota dropped off at Westview with engine trouble. Only other difficulties en- countered have been minor ones and according to more than one volce in the group “we've har a wonderful trip so far." Durlng one minor repair job, In Queen Charlotte Sound, the doctor In the party, Dr, Dwight, Il, Findley, of Medford, Ore., skippered a 25-foot Owens craft, put the delay to good use by fishing. Tis catch—a = threo- pound blueback, Dr. Findley'’s ernft ts the large Mesb and the only one with an Inborrd motor, The resh are around the 23 foot slue and all outbourds, ‘Rour ship to shore radios are carried and they tre spread out sO that one is behind, twa nround the middle and one in the faster bonts, If the, distance lengthens out, too far betweon the lendlng bont and the one bringing In the ronr, the Jead boat stops lo Int. the other enateh up. Avornge speed ts about 18 to 19 knots. Two hours are spont cach tino they stop to gis up. At Prinen Rupert no hatel aocomodaiilons wore avadinhte NO the party bunked tn (hote boats with the threo young. stars in the party trying ont the floor of the eluh louse Mt the yacht olub, Tho crulse got undo way vgain nt 6 o'clock Sabtirday morning, Prince Rupert has now gone 165 days Without a fatal traffic accident, i . 4 : Lo ‘as [| QUEEN ELIZABETH, a bit on the annoyed Just prior to the Quebec state power project, the Queen and’ Yesterday they spent three .is shown above was flashed at carly pressures of the royal tour, smilingly Three Rivers the following day. highlighted by a‘series of ceremoniés at the hours-in. Kingston. Same smile as ,.vho. gives his impressions of meeting the. Queen in.an illustrated’ “SlOry“on.-Page- Bindi Hea DEPRES os = side the day before, ‘dinner,: reportedly because of waves at crowds at Today after a busy weekend, St. Lawrence Seaway Prince Philip are at Toronto. ily ‘|{members ‘{family, another child Morse, 10; Great Northwest Night Calls—Business 6768, Editorial 6769 eight of them children, in Six persons perished in an early-morning fire Saturday at Skidegate Indian Mission on the Queen Charlotte Islands and five -of ‘another: family drowned early Sunday: morning in a gillnet fishing vessel one mile south of Port Edward. Killed in the blaze that ‘took the lives of four children of one and a neighbor were; William Morse, 14; Brenda Lorraine Morse, 7; Roberta Morse, 4; Angeline Ara son, 4; and Ralph Young 38. Drowned after being trapped in the cabin and below deck of the Lorna Kay gillnetter were: * Jonathan Derrick, 34, skipper; “| his 29-year old wife Rosie; his brother Herbert Derrick; 13; his young sons Benjamin Derrick and Arnold Derrick. SIX RESCUED _ Rescued after they were found ‘clinging to the overturned vessel were: . Arthur Derrick, 24; Paul Rus- se]l.22; Eva Russell, 22: Cora Rus- sell, 18; Randy Good, 2 and a unidentified baby girl. _ The blazing five-room house of fisherman Robert Morse trap- ped four of his children. Daily News editor J. R. Ayres, con! De Fe CR. photo: Boy injured by explosion Fred Watmough, 14, of 739 Fifth Avenue, is in “serious condition” in hospital after ®% dynamite cap exploded to- day. He sufferea multiple lac- erations all over the body. RCMP were still investigat- ing the accident at press time and could give no further de- tails. Motor boat operator fined A charge of operating a motor vessel while his ability was im- palred by nleohol brought a $150 fine to a elty man in police court this morning. James Innes pleaded pullity to the count before Magistrate #, T. Applewhaite, RCMP told the court that Ine hes wis operating his fishing vessel] Saturday whilo Intoxteated and when apprehended gave polee considerable diffloutty. Pollee sald it was “very fore J funate” he did not eause an Kecidont with hig banat or Injury to another parson, Four halibut boats land 220,000 Ibs. Mour vonxola Inndod va total of 220,000 pounds of haltbut tn Princo Rupert this morning. On tho oxchange the Tor 2 solcl 48,000 pounds to Atlin fish} orlox for pricos of 19.2 conts for Medium, 109.6 cents for lnrgo and 12 conts for chickon-slye hallbut. Tho B.C, Lady sold 83,- 000 pounds to B.C, Packers for 10.1, 19.5 and 19, Two other vossols, tho Cove- nant with 40,000 pounds and the, Mnargarot 1 with 60,000 pounds, made direct Inndiiwe to the Prince Rupert Mahorman's Teachers support city | on CBC's TV film issue ine Aranson and Mr. Young found’amone “the ruins: ~ wife was visiting neighbors. INQUEST SCHEDULED start Saturday under Coroner G. The remains of the family including a four-year old playmate Angel- awere, CORA RUSSELL ... Survived sinking persons saved were all out on deck, she said. Those drowned were trapped below and had no chance to escape. mo She was unable to give further details of the tragedy, even through an interpreter.. _ The fishboat is owned by Cas- Siar Cannery,. Mr. Derrick’s em- The Morse children and Angel- sleeping in upstairs bedrooms. ‘Mr. Morse was fishing and his An inquest was scheduled to The British Columbia Teachers’ Federation has added its voice to requests that the CBC should do a second T'V program on Prince Rupert, it was learned here on the weekend, ° M. Robb, at which time the bod- ies were to be viewed and a jury sworn in. Police had no further details of 120 miles southwest of here.” All those who drowned in the the fire at the reserve which is taken home. PROVINCIAL LIBRARY VICTORIA, B. c. ing tonight. -| situation. - ORDERED TO MOVE ployer. A company ‘spokesman ‘said‘the six“who were saved were |: from another cannery on the}. ine were believed to have been|Skeena River and were being. tae ope 27. PRICE TEN CENTS Trailer ‘petition — for Mayor _ Owners of 24 ‘trailers. ordered to vacate by July 1 today petitioned Mayor P. J. Lester and’ City Council for a special meet- It had not been determin | Press time whether the meett: would take place. (Normally.24 hours notice ‘is required before Special meeting can be held,) Also planned tonight is a-spec=> ‘{ial meeting of'the executive of the Prince Rupert’ Chamber of Commerce to study the trailer. Thursday. it was reported” that operators of three city trailer courts had given orders to 24 | trailers ta vacate. by July 1. | Their action followed a city council decision not to extend the 120-day limit on trailer park- bylaw due to come into: effect Wednesday. oo se _ The operators maintain: that the 120-day limit: makes it un- economic to do further improve- ments to'their facilities. Unless washroom facilities are brought up to.* specifications” trailers leave. eS re Verne R. Knutson, one of the ‘trailer owners who drew up -the All of the survivors were taken to Miller Bay Indian Hospital and all were released shortly af- terwards with the exception of two-year-old Randy Good who is being held for further observa- tion. ' CORONER INJURED An inquest on the drowning victims is scheduled to open 7 o’clock tonight at Ferguson Fun- petition, said the trailer owners have decided not to move, despite their orders to do so, “NOT GYPSIES” “We have no place we can go to," he told the Daily News this morning. “We're not gypsies.” Among those living Le trailers are families of men Island. . ote The petition reads In part: A letter to this effect has been received here by the Prince Ru- pert Teachers’ Association. A letter from the Federation to W. W, Inglis, program director of Television Station CBUT, said in part: “Is there any chance that CBUT could sponsor another pro- Bram on the city portraying its favorable aspects RECRUITMENT DIFFICULT “In these days of teacher shor- tage Prince Rupert finds it diffi- cut to recruit teaching staff and the teachers consider tt unfair that your previous unfavorable program will make recruitment still more difficult, In a letter of reply, Mr. Inglis sald: “Tecan assure you that the CBC film was not intended to portray the disadvantages of the city of Prince Rupert. “It merely intended to point out a problem which existed in the city last summer. I refer to to the riots resulting from the centennial celebrations.” STORM OF PROTEST The correspondence followed showlng of a TV film on Prince Rupert over CBUT this spring, Tho telecast was followed by nr storm of protest from local or- manizabions and citizens. Tho B.C. Toachers' Federation wrote Its lettor to the CRC on Its own initlative. Eartler it had received a lettor from the Prince Rupert Teachers! Association condemning tha TV program. The lotier fron the loci) aaso-~ lation expressed concern that tha flan might affect recruitment af teachors hore. Jt asked the Fedoratlon to bring to tho attone tion of. tencharg soeking posts that Prince Ruport teachors were agalnat the film, ve . Local toachors sawsthoe flinvat n showing at King edward We- montary school in the last wook of May. ' @ Laing acquitted ST. JOUN'S, Nfld. W— Barle Ronald Laing Saturday was ace quitted of a murder charge dn tho death of a Nowfoundland polico« may during a March 10 fight at Badger belweon police and plck- 32-foot gillnetter were inside the wheel house and below. deck when the craft tipped over short- ly after it left Port Edward on It is expected there will be a viewing of the bodies after which the inquest will be adjourned until a further date. eral Home. “Immediate enforcement of the Trailer Park bylaw will im- pose very grave hardship upon us and our familics and we -request Edward. SAVED BY GILLNETTER of the water shortly after midnight. RCMP at Port Edward that the Canyon Recf got in touch with them rushed to the scene from Prince aim, She dragged the foundered boat to the Port Edward net- lofts floats. All five bodies of the victims were still in the vossel after tt Wis pumped out by the ROMP and Nelson Brothers Fisherios employees, Only one survivor, Miss Cora Russell, was available for com- mont, VICTIMS BELOW DECKS Between sobs she sald that she was on deck when the aecidont occurred, She wand the other five ‘Ship service uninterrupted “There will bo no Intorruption of sorvice for Northland Navign- tion Co, Ltd, R, B. Finlayson, local mrnager said this morn. Ing : Mr. Minlayson sald that oan Ingunetion had been obtained In Vancouver to halt pleketing of the shipping firm's vessels thore by momborg of the Natlonal Assoclation of Marine Engincors (CLC). who are In a jurisdiction« al dispute with the Seamon's Intornational Union, BSchoduled to arrive hore at Which will bo bringing all typos of gonoral cargo and porlshablos, She is slated to gnll for tho Quoon Chnarlotto Islands tomor- Co-operative Aasoulation, oling loggors, row morning, , its way back to Cassiar Cannery. The 11 persons had been at- tending a revival mecting at Port The survivors were taken out by the gillnetter Canyon Reef who spotted them said Immediately she landed with the survivors. The RCMP boat Nanaimo, was Rupert, arriving there at 2:10 6 p.m. was Lhe MV Skoonw Princo: Further casualty early Sunday morning was Coroner Georgé J, Dawes, who fell and cut his head while clambering over a boat at the ‘Port Edward dock. He was brought. into Prince Rupert Gen- eral Hospital by city ambulance and released the same day. Port Edward RCMP commend- ed both Nelson Brothers Fisher- ies officials and employees for the “excellent co-operation given the police’ at the time of the tragedy. MM appeurs well, rested after surgery NEW YORK (@ — Marilyn Monroe, smiling and appeare ing well, was discharged Frle . day from hospital where she underwent surgery Tuosday, She was accompanied from the hospital by her husband, playwright Arthur Millor, She entered the hospital Monday for the surgery, das tribod as of a gynecological tature,, , The glamorous star bad a special wive for two works mont iuoan apartment house woross the street from the hospital, They had posted, a sign in a window, roading: “Wo Jove Marilyn, Nick and Mike," . SPPPOIIDOI IL OPEBIPEDIDLODIIDOOED Two injured in car crash: Two clly mon wero taken to Princo Ruport Goneral hospital carly Saturday evening when the ear dn which thoy wero riding struck a trea on Wantage rond, Louls Ugsang and Istvan Sventi wore released from hospital shortly aftor boing troatod for facial Incorations, ROMP say chnrges aro pond- the opportunity: to discuss this matter with our representatives, if permissable, before City Coun- cil.” : ee: . Pair fined — for fighting Two Port Simpson mon were fined a total of $85 Saturday morning when they pleaded guilty before Magistrate B.T', Applewhalte in city pollee court to charges of causing a disturb- ance by fighting. Fined $50 or In default of pay~ ment sentenced to 30 days In jall was Lesile Campbell, while WU- fred Campbell, the other man in the brawl, was fined $35 with an alternative of 21 days, : Ponalized $5 or three days was Leslic Saarie of no fixed address who pleaded guilty to trospassing on CNR property. Ephraim Johnson, of Porcher Island, charged with operating a motor vessel while impatred by alcohol pleaded not guilty and was remanded at tha request of the Crown until 4 pm. July 3.. Willn Ray appeared for Johnson, Mrs, Ray asked for an adjourn- niont of a charge of causing wil- ful damage against Willlam Parker Odoll and Ruby Bloanor Ducoward Odell, Tho case was remanded tintil 10:30 July 4. No ploas were ontered, Rain overnight, Mostly cloudy ‘tuesday, Nob much change in temperature, Winds southerly 15 Tuesday: Low tonight and high Tuc day 68 gznd 63, TIDES— Tuosday, June’ 90, 1030 (Pacifla Standard Mima) ing, x Wigh WONG core 00:33 16.3 foot 91:30 18,1 foat LOW scenes OFSL 7,0 foct ... 1818 Ah. foot DEC 31/9 r BF persons istrict over weel Blaze fatal to six: five die in sinking | Fire and drowning took the lives of 11 persons, two separate tragedies ‘in the Prince Rupert area over the weekend. ing included in. the new trailer, _ vould ‘be required bythe city, to.. working on the airport on Digby. . ier SEN vageeraee pert AW ALE Ree thee ee oe in the...