VOL. 53, No. 7 Prince Rupert Dai Business, Classified 3203. lay News Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port ——~ And Key to the Great Northwest PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1963 Advertising 320? News Desk 3204, Sports 3207, Social 3205 PROVINCIAL LIBRARY VICTORIA, EC 45 DEC 31/62 ae eee A ee rae mentee gee mee manane: senmmegranas ? t et ae PRICE TEN CENTS INSIDE VIEW of Prince R upert ’s Airport terminal on Digby Is- ‘land shows off the building as probably one of the most modern dn Canada. Although it is only being utilized at present to any ‘great extent by Canadian Pecific Airlines, and Pacific Western Aitlines, it is expected that ene day it will come in for some heavy domestic traffic. Photo shows up-to-date furnishings and facilities comparable to any in North America. — Giordano Photo ~ Perrault predicts gov't will settle _ out of court with B.C. Electric w "VANCOUVER ( ewil) make an out-of-court settle- BC. Electric on suggestion of Major U.S. investment firms. *“T would suggest that the pre- ‘mier was told if he wants to tidy ‘up the situation in B.C. he will work out a settlement with BCE shareholders,” he said in a press conference. SUIT DRAGS ON . 1 Meanwhile,: final argument in the B.C. Supreme Court suit ov- er provincial government expro- priation of the giant B.C. Elec- tric power-transit utility — al- ready nine months old — may continue into February and pos- sibly March, legal spokesmen said today. The suit, launched by BC, Power Corporation, went into its 114th sitting day Wednesday with the court hearing argu- ment on the question of the value of the BCE. Still to be de- bated is evidence concerning the validity of the government Ieg- islation under which BCE was taken over in Aucust, 1961, B.C. Power secks to have the a Coach gives times for hoop series | Conch Don Wartwig of the: Prince Rupert Rainmakers bas- ketball team announced today, th “times for the series of guines Friday between Rupert! Rainmakers and Terrace High.: Tho girls’ hoop team will play at Band the boys will tangle at 9. uy . e Report car mishap No charres are contemplated by! police in aw minor motor ve- hiele aceident which occurred Wednesday at 9:10 pam. in the 2000 block of Graham Avenue, A ear owned by Hugo Kraup- ner, 326 McBride Street, was parked in the block when It was atruek by a ear driven by Mrs, Ernest Worne, 2026 Grahrn, Damage to the door on the driv- : Liberal | _ leader Ray Perrault predicted: = Wednesday the B.C. government: ‘adio court declare the legislation in- valid or alternatively to set as “fair price” for the big utility, y |now merged with the former Ment with shareholders of the: B.C, Hydro Commission into the B.C. Hydro and Power Author- ity. PROPOR PI LOD PPPOE LO DD sential to religious salvation pers, would be no trouble today.” station operated by Department of Transport’s tele- communications and electronics branch, has moved into the new alrport terminal building, The official enange-over took effect Tuesday, Russell Neill, of- ficer in charge, said today. Since there Is no roadway from the old wireless station two and ‘Impaired driving brings $75 fine A fine of $75 and costs was Imposed on Melvin Clarence Steele of Terrace In city court. today when he was found guilty of driving near while being Im- pnired, We pleaded gullly before Magistrate WT. Applewhaite, Wis driving privileges were al- os side was under $100, so suspended for three months, COTPOT TOIT CLOT PFAPDOPIOC LE GD CLPPP LIC POD OC LOI OCSLODCPDGOEPCOCODOPCOCECPS Rupert Rambles DOPE SEO DEGLI LODIODIEIDIIODV EIEIO LO DP DDVPEVD OOOH SOD ELOVODDOOIOLOESD The announeement yesterday that Capt. Rueben dacebsen is to take comneind of the Alaska Perry System vesse, Malaspina his brought many fond) mem- ovies ta Rupertites, Well-known local florist Laur Mitehell tells ws today she went to school here with Mr. daecobsen. Art Murray and wife Anne notified The ORMES DRUGS LTD, DIAL 2151 Dally News last night that Mr, Jneobsen is a former Rupert man, Laura tells us the skipper left here at about age 15 to take up residence in Seattle, Many longtime Rupert residents will uso probably remember Mr. da- cobson's sister Atlee, + * & The offlelal opening of CFPTK- TV, brondensting to Prince Ru- pert, Terrace and Kitimat, will Inke place January 1 in Ter race, Ib was learned today from Manager Vred Weber, The fune- (lon will start off with ao ban- quet in the Lakelse Motor Hotel banquet room nt § pm. and guests will move to the studio uf 8 pn. fora live broadenst of the aetual opening, Representa- hee of The Dally News will at- end, The provincial government paid a total of $171,000,000 to B.C. Power, former sole owner of BCE, but the corporation claims the assets of the utility were worth $225,000.000 at the time of expropriation. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Billie Sol Estes, introduced mr es. “that famous former financier of the world’’,.:told a. sparsely attended gathering here that repentance Is es- The now-bankrupt rancher from Pecos, Tex., con- victed in. November of a fertilizer storage and mortgage swindle, passed the collection basket at the end of his sermon at the Cnurch of Christ here Wednesday night. He told the gathering of about 80 Negro worship- “if mon had followed Christ’s simple plan, there Estes is free, pending an appeal of his conviction for swindling a farrmer. He wos accused last year in a wide- spread fertilizer scandal that touched off investigations in the U.S. department of agriculture. SRP LPOD IO DE GODOC LL ELODIE DDD PHO EBLPLD PPP DOLD DODO DOD LE ECLOPOLOCOCPL OPS Marine-aeradio station moves into new terminal at Digby The Digby Island muarine-acr- 2 half miles away, all equipment the , and records had to be transport- ed by water. The task of moving took about a week. The new quarters provide the service with much more room than it had formerly. The station is staffed by 10 radio operators and two technicians, The station serves the entire Prince Rupert area. Other sta- tions are at Terrace and Sand- spit. Gov't employees elect officers Mrs, May Galbratih was re- elected president of Prince Ru- pert branch of the B.C, Gov- ernment Enployees’ Assoclation Wednesday. Vice - president is Nat Tones, secretary is Miss Olga Zabud- ney, and treasurer, TWubert De Burgh, Exeeutive members are R, G, Parmer, Mrs, Doretgen Ber- gen, D. W. Lockman, A. R. Tot. tager, John Wallden, The lection toak place at the annual meeting ino the Civile Centre, oer) point of discussion was a@& proposed publicity drive to aequaint the publle with pre- valllng salary and wage rates in the provincial eivil service, B.C, government employees — recelvo $47 to $55 na month Jess than po- Ing rates dn private Industry, the meoting was told, Alcan subsidiary for home building MONTRIEAL (@ -- Aluminum Co. of Canada Wednesday oan- houneed the formation of Alean Dealan Tomes Ltd, a subsidiary to develop ita expanding Intorast In the home building tleld, eo mee ae oe PIRPDDDO DE PE LOD COC LOD DPI P OOP LOe BANKRUPT BILLIE SOL ESTES NOW PREACHING REPENTANCE t PPO MAN REMANDED WITHOUT PLEA Ronald William Jago, 646 Fulton Street, was remanded without plea when he appear- ed in city court today on a charge of robbery with vio- lence. He is alleged to have threat- ened Freeland Austin Lowe, no fixed address, with a knife or a sharp instrument, and to have taken $40 in eash from Lowe. The incident is alleged to have taken place at Jago’s home Monday. Magistrate E. T. Applewhaite issued a remand to Friday. PIPL PP PIPL ODODE LLDPE LOOP LOD OVOP OO off sharply in November OTTAWA | Fish landings | | to oda o ¢ IN PORT FOR VANCOUVER (CP) — ‘bers have voted 99 per cent Fisheries Commission, The meeting wili disc Queen Charlotte Islands. January 13 to enable the me City wholesalers said today: that sugar has gone up in price’ steadily since Christmas and is’ now 60 to 70 cents per hundred | pounds more than a month ago. ' While there has been no in-; crease yet in prices of jams, jel-| ies and candy, they predict! these will be increased soon: Spokesmen for candy and jam! industry across Canada said' Wednesday that higher sugar’ Prisoners have extra task now @ — Landings of; making plates Oakalla Prison Farm who now | turn out provincal- passenger tar: f and truck licence plates at the ‘rate of more than 1,600,000 .a l year, have an extra chore this year | ‘They've been called on to fill inicipal plates which the gove- ernment is issuing on a reciprocal 'sea fish and shellfish by Cana-|agreement with municipalities. } | dian fishermen in the Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics said today. In the month landings fell to! 73,332,000 pounds from 130,982,- | 000 a year earlicr, However, | landings in the first 11 months of 1962 were up seven per cent: ut 1,833,922,000 pounds, com-! pared with 1,718,055,000 in the, corresponding 1961 period. | Landed value of fish. caught | in November declined per. cent to $2,907,000 from $3,886,000: the previous year, But in the 11. months the value from the same month in 1961, 25 000. On the Pacific coast landing: in November plunged 70 per cent to 20,571,000 pounds worth $480,- 000 from 67,461,000 pounds valued at. $1,001,000 a year carer, This placed the cateh for the V1 months at 569,344,000 pounds valued at $45,619,000, a rise of four per cent from the com- parable 1961 figure of 549,083,- 000 pounds worth $38,577,000. Dee eee renter te teernrarere Sean te te reyes ster nt etree meamen, Toastmasters have openings for membership Prince Rupert Toastmasters Club st has a limited number of openings for membership, W. G .MeCiruther, president, said today, Men 2f years anc older who aro interested in public speaking are invited to visit the elub which meets Thursdays at 6 p.m. at the Rupert Motel. Besides fostering good speech the club gives experlence in con- duct of meetings and provides speaking opportunities, Mr. Me- Grather said. The club was chartered in 1068 and belongs to the 3,600-club Toastmasters In- ternational, Anyone wanting further infor- mation Is asked to eall executive members: Mr, MeGruther at 2212; A.J, Beliveau at 8021, J.J, Kally at 6123 or davob Vatiden- brink at ged, ot Ot November} ‘showed a sharp 44-per-cent drop | rose 16 per. cent of $108,021,000 from $93,1 15.- | to hold hearings The municipal plates will be good in any municipality enter- ing the plan and funds will be shared pro-rata between the! province and the municipality. Previously municipalities is- ; sued their own civic commercial | plates for trucks and inter- | municipal truckers often had to: buy plates for several different ! municipalities. | Oakalla ofticials said this ex-' tra order is going to be a bit. Jate | because it wasn’t placed until: September and steel, paint and | new dies had to be ordered. The | dies were not available until the latter part of December. | Compensation board 4 TRERRACK---Representatives of | the Workmen's Compensation | Board will be in this distriet the week of January 27 bo condnet 5 hearings and medical exanina- ! tions, Requests for these must be! received at. the Board's head of- | fice at TOT West 387th Avenue, ‘Vancouver 13, B.C. not later than | Friday. ' Making the trip will be lL. M.: MeLennan chief claims offieer, | hand Dr. A, CLR. MeCranigie, med- ical officer, By an experiment that seems to be proving a complete sue- cess, Les nnd Vi Powell of Skeenna Crossing may have created the perfoet year-round drive-in the- atre for northern elimates. Let it snoaw——the show still goes on, and patrons ean sea the movies In indoor comfort through a new design the Pow- es have given thetr Peaks Drive Tn al South Waselton., The Powells opened thelr car drive-in dn May oof last: year, Then they began thinking how to beat the weather and keep operating all winter, "We wrote round to try to fet information on designs, Mrs, Powell told The Dally News, “Bul People sald only ‘try your own POIOLPIOLD OD DLL 9 DODO DLO L DOL DDE OL FDOP OOO LPL OLE LOL LPO OLOOOUORCOOOORE - FISHERMEN VOTE TO STAY prices in the last two weeks will | esse i | | | | VANCOUVER (—-Prisoners at jan order for 150,000 special mu- ! BIG MEETING The United Fishermen and ‘Allied Workers Union Und.) said Wednesday its mem- in favor of remaining in port to attend a January 15 meeting of the North Pacific uss the granting of fishing rights to Japan in Canadian territorial waters near the The union said its members decided to delay sailing n to attend the meeting. GPFPPLIPL IDOL I LOL DIDO LOD OL LODO POP COOP OLOOOCOOE CLEP EPOOCOCOODOOCOORDO ? Price increases iikely In jams an d candies force an increase in their retail prices, One manufacturer said jam, jelly and marmalade prices will rise three to four cents for a two-pound jar in the next few weeks unless sugar prices show signs of dropping. I ! o | 3 PRESIDENT TSHOMBE Tshombe bows briefly to UN ELISABETHVILLE (Reuters) --~ President Moise Tshombe of Katanga, bowing to the United Nations after a brief period of house arrest, today led a UN armored column out of Elisa- bethvile to clear the road to the vital railhead of Sakania on the Rhodesian border. ssearted by eight cars filled with newspaper men, Tshombe istopped 12 tines along the road to tell his troops not to resist the UN forces following behind, UN leaders in The Congo re- seinded the house-arrest order on Tshombe announced in New York Wednesday night after he promised the UN troops free- dom oof movement on the 137- mile road to Sakunia, In Leopoldville, UN headquar- ters announeed that UN troaps Had also resumed an advance westward from Judotville to Kol- wezi, the last Katangan strong- hold, as the UN military opera- tion in the secessionist province apepared underway again. Couple think they've invented perfect drive-in theatre for northern climes ta adapt northern wpyone attempting drive-in) theatres winter conditlons. So the Powells went ahead and Installed view rooms, seating more than 100 persons, with 26 feet of plate glass, proper heat- Ing by propane furnace and ven- Giintion to prevent misting of the big: viewlng windows, ramp theatre floor and chairs, The viewhng aren is above pro- jection roam, labby and eandy counter, Visibility is ideal, customers have found since the view roonw to Daily Smile The average miin's He ts now divided between worry yet in The weatherman said today the worst is yet to come in the cold spell which has already given Prince Rupert its The Digby Island station re- ported today that the mercury rose only to a high of 32 last night about 10 p.m., and that the low was 13 above zero at 4 a.m. today. It was the lowest re- corded temperature of the sea- son. Daily News records show that the last time this range was reached was early in 1957. In January of that year the low was 12.5, and in February that year the low was 8.9. 12 ABOVE ZERO Several thermometers in the city registered 12 above last night. The only consolation might be that the mercury is still far | ‘many years and was collector of houstoms |White Rock in 1956, Mrs. Grim- not heard of Iden’ They had aver two tubes TV and dinner, above Prince Rupert’s all-time: ‘low of minus 6. Prince Rupert people scuttled ! from houses to work and stayed indoors as much as possible. Sea- gulls huddled around warm chimneys. LOCKS FREEZE Motorists were experiencing difficulty both in starting cars and getting into them. Locks were freezing—a common com- plaint owing to the factor of cold combined with humidity. J. Furnaces were stoked with ex- tra vigor throughout the city, and fuel merchants heavy runs on stocks. Ciyt utilities were still func- tioning without hitches, city hall reported. It was estimated that the cold spell would have to last a week at least before there. would be any adverse effect on utilities such as wa- ter and power. The Highways Department said Highway 16 between here and Terrace was in generally good winter driving condition. Despite sanding, there were some slippery sections, however. At 6 a.m. today Prince George reported 38 below and Penticton reported two above, At)’ the same time coastal temperatures ranged from 15 to 25, Lows tonight are likely to range from 15 below in the southwestern interior to 45 below at Prince George. Coastal mot sight lowest temperature in six years. The coldest night in British Colum- bia so far this winter will be followed by still colder weather tonight. from five to 15 above. “The entire province will be engulfed by Arctic air by this (Thursday) afternoon, said the weather forecaster at Vancou- ver. “As the cold air spills over the mountains to the coast it will cause northeasterly gales down the mainland inlets.” In Quesnel, the Assizes were suspended Wednesday when the temperature dropped to 15 be- low outside and nearly as much inside owing to an inadequate heating system. The session con- tinued later in a hotel dining room. The cold weather was the win- ner against the Cariboo Hockey League forcing cancellations of games between Vanderhoof Bears and Prince George Mohawks and Quesnel Kangaroos and Wil« liams Lake Stampeders. $ 300 radio stolen in night raid A spate of break-ins which Started in the city in December and continued into this month, has extended to residential Prince Rupert. Police said today a home oc- cupied by Stuart Murray at 737 Second Avenue West, was en- tered overnight this week and a large radio valued at $300 taken. HEARD NOISES Murray told police he was awakened in the early hours of Wednesday by noises at the front door of the building, which he is occupying in the owner's absence. Upon investi- gation he found the door ajar and the radio gone. The door had been forced, he said, Several warehouses and of- fices downtown and at Cow Bay have been broken into in recent weeks, and in some instances lows were expected to range cash and goods have been taken. Retired customs collector F.W. Grimble dies at 72 A former collector of customs here, Frederick William Grimble, died at White Roek last night at the age of 72, Born in Norfolk, HKneland, Mr. ! Grimble came herein 1915. He worked for the Canadian cus- toms and excise department for when he retired to opened December 26, foot. overhang keeps the windows, “CRYSTAL CLEAR" “Tn a snowstorm, the sereen looks as if it ts eneused in plngs, yet the pleture is crystal clear," suys Mrs. Powell, A seven- snow off So the drive-in is operating Tuesdays through — Saturdays, with several benefit shows on Monday nights as well. Others in the theatre business have shown keen interest in this venture by which movie- Boers can Wateh films projected onto an outdoor sereen, in Indoor comfort, without havings to bat- tle to keep warm ino thelr cars and see through frosted wind- Screen, ble died there threo years ago. Mr. QGrimble was an active member of the Rod and Gun Club here and served as secre- tary for many years, He ts survived by three sons, Terry at White Rock, Lester at North Surrey and Fred at Port, Edward; three daughters, Mrs. Darwin (Dorothy) Smith in Wrangell, Alaska: Mrs, Colin ‘Audrey Allson) Mays in Vic- torla, and Mrs, Dwain (Joan) Anderson in White Rock: no sis- ter, Mrs. Arthur Silversides in Prince Rupert, a brother, Her- bert, in Grimsby, England, and 17 grandchildren. Funeral wil) be held in White Rock Saturdny, WEATHER Mainly clear and cold. tn- erasing cloudiness Friday. Winds Heht tonight ond southeast 16 Friday. Low to- night and high Friday 10 und 30. Daily News Readings Temperaturo awh noon... 21 Barometer, rising . 8049 TIDES Yriday, January (1, 1063 (Pacific Standard Time) High os... 02:31 20.6 foet . 14:16 22.7 feet Low 0... 08:17 7.0 feet 20:61 22 foct ans