eg ae ee ee ely ew! BO ee eee Be iene PE ye ee OE pee oh gthig Published at Can VOL. 53, No. 29. Business, Classified 3203, Advertising 3201 ada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port — PPC FR 89; CC ORC COCO CCE OPO DIL A POOLE LLDE ODL LO DPCP L ECOL OOVOCOEOOOOD YOUTH SUFFERS BROKEN PELVIS IN AUTO MISHAP ON HIGHWAY _ Alfred Hunt, 20, of 516 Eighth Avenue East, is in _ satisfactory condition today in Prince Rupert General Hospital, after receiving a fractured pelvis and lacera- tions in a motor vehicle accident Sunday at 1 p.m. on Highway 16 near Prudhomme Lake. RCMP at Port Edward who investigated said they had no details of the accident. POPSPOOD C00 OD POOP POLL OO LIPCE OOP CLEP OLOOD OD PRPEDILPLOPOL SP OO LOOCCOOCOE Canada records trade surplus OTTAWA (-@) — For the sec-'pulp with sizable nickel 7 RY Tory gains, ond time in a decade Canada‘and aluminum, crude oil which had a trade surplus last year,: took a big jump, then iron ore, due largely to a striking in- copper and uranium. crease in business with the: The United States beca : / / : ame an United States. Trade with Bril-| even greater market for Cana- ain went down. ‘dian products in 1962, taking 59 _The Dominion Bureau of Sta-'per cent of all this country’s tistics today reported an over” exports as agains 54.5 per cent all gain in total trade of eight. in 1961. Britain's share dropped Per cent to $12,616,100,000. EX- ‘fractionally to 14.7 per cent eee pavaneed a7 per cent to Sales to the rest of the world $6,347.800,000 while imports rose fell by five per cent with de- at a slig ; rate Coy . Slightly faster rate of 8.6 | clines in exports to Japan, West per cent to $6,268,300,000. . : All three figures are record Germany, France, Belgium and highs , Luxemberg as well as to East- Net. result was a Canadian |?" Europe and Central Amer- merchandise trade surplus of 1C4- Gains were noted to Com- $79,500,000, the second one in a Munist China, Australia, The row. In 1961 the surplus was Netherlands, Ttaly and Wene- $124,100,060, the first surplus 74C/@- since 1959. , On the import side, the US. The devalued dollar—pegged Supplied 68.7 per cent of all the in mid-May at 92% eents in: Merchandise imported into Can- ada last year—a slight increase from 1961. Britain’s share of the Canadian market fell Slightly to nine per cent. terms of the U.S. dollar—was. attributed by the bureau for part of the increase in both ex-: port and import values. But it’ said “a significant gain” also. was recorded in the real physi-. ~ PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1963 wo UG ae ty Three GORDON CHURCHILL ... defence in rags after KODIAK, Alaska (@) veleran Kodiak fishing boat skipper walked into the police station here Sunday and _ told of surviving a shipwreck in which two persons died. “Lucky” Eckenberg said his vessel, the Barracuda, went on svsrnicr ror sum Man fined $350 for kootlegging Newsprint remained Canada’s: biggest-selling product in world: markets, despite a slight de.: cline in sales. Wheat was next,; Leon Clarence Jamerson, 725 followed by lumber and wood: ‘of unlawfully selling liquor, and was fined $350 and costs by mag-: istrate E. T. Applewhaite Satur-: day in police court. Jamerson pleaded not guilty! and was defended by W. N.: Poole. The defence contended Jamerson had not sold liquor ; Hlegally. Crown testimony showed that; he had sold liquor to a seaman, off a German fteighter while: in Prince Rupert February 3. lraqi rebels hold control BEIRUT, Lebanon im -- Iraq's rebel regime fought Communist U.S. resumes underground nuclear tests -WASHINGTON (tm) USS. underground nuclear tests have been resumed after a 13-day suspension called by President Kennedy to spur the lapgeing nu- clear test ban talks by Rus- sia, The US, Atomic Energy Com- mission said that tests were re- newed Friday at its Nevadet test site, and that there was more than one explosion. President Kennedy January 26 suspended testing in what was}holdouts in) Baghdad and the seen as an effort to spur the} major port of Basra today but nuclear test ban tulks between} appeared to be in control of the U.S. and Soviet representatives, But he warned that the United States would keep its establish- ment ready for resumed tests Five days later Russian broke off the talks but asked that they be renewed in Geneva this month, country, To prove that overthrown Pre- nier Abdel Karim Kassem really Is dead, the rebels showed his body on television, Travellers suid he was trled ino the rubble of his defence ministry office by The 17-nation disarmamentia drumhead court Saturday, talks resume in Geneva Tues-| foreed to sit on a sofa tnd mae diy, thine gunned, Fraser Street, was found guilty, the rocks in Monashka Bay about 10 miles north of here and sank Thursday night. Two other persons aboard, Mike Brehken and Agnes Shrump. were washed overboard. Eckenberg said he made his way ashore, recovered’ the body of the women and left it CPPDPOELO DL PLO OPP LPC LE DEL OL DOPOD OD GOODS STOLEN FROM BOAT Another in a recent series of breakins and thefts in the city occurred early Saturday morning. A boat owned by Thomas Sumner, address un- known, tied up at the Heme Oi) dock wag broken into by thieves. The thieves gained access by prying a padlock from the wheelhouse door. The thieves took radio, valued oat $60, an clectrie razor valued at $30 and a small quantity of liguor, Investigation by RCMP continuing, PPOPLICLIPEDIELO LOL OPVIO LPO VOL PVOO DS Office minimum al is The board of Industrial rela- ions will held a hearing in Van- couver Mareh 19 regarding re- I J PIPPI OVI OPEL IOP ILGIEIOALIO PLO DLL DEE BODULVDODODOOOVOVOVEDOUOUEOODR %O4 Today's News Briefs POCLOLEVELIVLIDE CM ODDO PIG PE PLODDIELLODOLO LEG ODUGOUDEOCOOCROEUOOOOUE Golf pro slayers’ convictions upheld OTTAWA -® —— The Supreme Court. of Canada today up- held the capital murder convictions of two Rdmonton men scheduled to be hanged June t for the slaying of Edmonton Frank Willey, Boll professiounl de % + + Defence policy must be flexible says PM OTTAWA (ln Prime Minister Diefenbuker said today Canada's defence patley could not bea rigid one in view of changing world conditions, We indicated that the BOVeErNMeNL'S position would not be entirely established until after the NATO ministerial conference in May, POPE IIILIGIGIGIRIGELE DE IUIY PL OPOVGV OLE PODO DUNO DELO POOP UOREVOV OE Rupert Rambles WGEIPIIE OLLI GL OOUOVI EL OVEOTVOLOOVE CIPO PPIID OE VODUPUOV LOO OUVOOVOOES Oliver Take public campsite is; dads, One of the plenie talles one of the datest targets of van-/eomplete with benches has been uprooted and carried off, tow DRUGS LTD, Proving there's really nothing fo dolng the twist wis local ho- telman Henry Montesane who was really cutting the rug Sa- lurday night ato the Italo-Can- DIAL adian Club's annual masquer- ude ball, Jerry Sherman and 21 51 Wife Vay--drossed as heatnieks eo-bde othe best of the danee vision of the male and female Iminimum wore order No. (146) with respect to office oc- ecupation, A.W. Erdal, industrial relations offieer at Terrace says, The hearing will be held in the department of Jabor board room abt 471 Dunsmutr Street, and all Interested parties are in- Vited fo attend, Written submis- sions may be addressed to the chairman, board of Industrial relations, Purlhament Buildings, Victoria, Careless driving brings $50 fine Herbert G. Fallow, 124 Fourth Avenne ast, pleaded guilty Sat. trday in police court toa charge of careless driving and was fined $50 und costs by Magistrate &, T. Applewhialte. Fallow allegedly drove lessly on Third) Avenue Mebruary 3. ec emme eceetren emee os erage peer trem oon tom et e e Daily smile Handsome Junior Partner: “Are you doing anything Stnnday evening, Miss Jones?" Miss Jones caflutten: CHIC. West “Not a i“ well, thing, Mr. Smitht WP Then try to pet daoon time Monday morning for oa change Fish boat skipper A | wage hearing set. 34 | iad | SENATOR McCUTCHEON .., trade dee walks into Kodiak SUIVIVING snipwreck ina place protected by rocks. veterans affairs bolice said the fishing boat He did mot find Brehken's | - kieper hadn't eaten for four body. / Gays and it was a “miracle The Coast Guard was noti- he made it pack.” He had fied and sent a helicoptur to the area. Only rags on his feet when he arrived here. More men, fewer women seek ‘employment in this area | More men but fewer women, The Prince Rupert area extends | were seeking employment in thei from Topiey to the Queen Char- |Prince Rupert area at the nd jlotte Islands. and includes Stew- | of January compared with a year part. moenareeeaser Liberals favor ireer trade women were registered as wii- OTTAWA The Liberal par- { : employed and seeking employ- enmnt, C. A. Pitt, manager of the ‘local office of the National Em- ; ployment Service, reports. Vhis compares with 1,308 men oand 533 women in January, 10962. ' . | : yes juietterm: in the eleetion ye t ar the ayficn ' . . mins Jay nL 8] Med, compara, as outlined by one of : | nd ‘99 w cra bio. iv han r vd wit. “Leader cister Bo Pearson's close OL men ind. 33 Women. in the advisers, can be summed up as ns Be ap : ap “freer trade to wih wide miar- same month last year, keds . bo ce ee eee ee . me | The TLaberabs advocute ear: Ine Canada’s trade policy closely Dresid)ent Kennedy's traiff- culling: powers, The poabis aomulti-nation ef- Asian flu hits eastern U.S. tay i | | fort that would reduee tariff WASHINGTON (ec) 2 A shoe! barriers not onty on both sides wave oof Asian flu--a winters of the North Atlantie — but friend of death. is hitting the through he free world. eastern ULS. seaboard and leap froppings indand as far as Kan The Liberats, he sitid, woule Work vigorously to pet meaning. SiS, fal international tariff euts in US. public healthy servies of the oniultiddateral nepotiatians Teials cat say for sure, but due mext year, based on the Odds are that it will spread on promise of freer trade held out local outbreaks across the tain by the US. ‘Trade expansion 66d) States, Act, "1 ( t nnd Mrs. Al Mae ( donell fay Tho-Canndan Club's masquerade ball ato the Civile Centre Sat Wdiy night, won them award for best clressed couple. See plse Pletibes anid atery poe a Clordano Photo 3 loggers killed in f ° e kirmish KAPUSKASING, Ont. (@) Three striking loggers were killed and nine others taken to hospital with wounds following a shooting skirmish involving striking loggers and = indepen- dent bushworkers near here. Nineteen independent were arrested after the shoot- ing. Ten rifles, two shotguns and a revolver were seized. No charges have yet been laid, Police said the strikers were shot at Reesor Siding about 37 miles west of here when they at- tempted to push over a pile of loggers cord wood, stockpiled by inde-- pendent loggers. Staff inspector Ralph of Ontario Provincial Police headquarters at Kapuskasing suid that 500 loggers approached Taylor aily Ne And Key to the Great Northwest appointments trom Quebee and ‘other provinecs. the pile of logs, on private pro-- perty. He said that 12 police tried!he had ¢hesen a man who would to hold them back but were un- keep the economy rising. successful. “SETTLERS OPENED FIRE” “Then the settlers «the inde- pendent loggers) opened fire with rifles and shotguns,” he. ‘said. “One ‘of the dead men stood: next to one of my men, and two constables were brushed by “shells.” “We didn’t know they had guns. We never expected and one died en route to hospi- tal, The have loggers, who January 14 to support demands ‘for a new contract, cut wood ‘around Kapuskasing, about miles northeast of Timuniins. -Socred leader — says he might lead coalition RED DEER Social Crectit Leader Robert: Thompson indica- cted Sunday night he might he Willing to lead a coalition of Social Crediters and wnti-Die- , fonbaker Progressive Conservi- ptives in the April 8 federal elee- | tion, » Ue was commenting on a re. P port published in ‘Toronto which suid sueh a movement is afoot do organize the coalition. Mr, )Phompson snid the idea “might ibe an alternative to the prospect of another minority government” wfler the election. Pe. ce ee ene pee = — e Five-day term e for break-in James Samuel Clayton, '160 Yak Avenue, pleaded guilly in poliee court Saturday to charges Of breaking awned entering sid Intent fo eommito a theft, and was sentenced to tive days dine prisonment and ordered) to post 0 $500 bond as surety of wood be. haviour for one year, The chiapes rese out break-in and attempted brenk- Inoat Household Finanee Corp orion and the Unenmploynent Tnsurtance Commission Pebruary 1, Clayton appeared before Mng- Istrate is. TT. Applewhidte. rl eee Small car ram into stairway extensive damiiane was done to Q stalrway th the alley behind the Prinee Rupert Bus Depot Hite Saturday nivht when a spill ear driven by Clovannd Pueel, 73 ) Sixth Avenue West, rammed into | ment the astalrway, Phe ear was searees | inerenses Vy damared, been: striking Spruce Falls Power and: Paper Company Limited since, 90. News Desk 3204, Sports 3207, Social 3205 Porn TERA nD oe YX 24 CEC 31/€3 PRICE TEN CENTS See Gordon Churchill gets defence job OTTAWA (CP) — Gordon Churchill today was appointed minister of national defence and Senator Waliace McCutcheon was named trade minister as Prime Minister Diefenbaker reorganized a ministry nations last week. Marcel Lambert, 43-year-old MP for Edmonton West and speaker of the Commons in the last Parliament, took over the vetearns affairs portfolio held by Mr. Churchill from October, 1960. until today’s reorganiza- tion. Mr. Diefenbaker, announcing the appointments as he left his home for the airport to keep a Toronto speaking engagement, said other ajpuinuments will be announerd shortly. He said these would involve In announcing Senator Me- Cutcheon’s appointment he said ' Senator McCutcheon, former -managing cdircctor of BE. P. Tay- shaken by three resig- ee lor’s big Argus Corporalion, was first brought into the Cabinet Aug. 9. 1962, as minister without ‘portfolio and given the task of (planning for Canada’s economic ‘future. He Jater was put in (‘charge Of implenienting recom- mendations of the Glassco royal commission on government or- ganization. any-| ONE POST VACANT .thing Hike this,” he said. He said: the striking loggers “were not ‘armed with clubs or anything.” . Two men were killed instantly .ateg s ' Left vacant, at least for the ‘time being, was the portfolio of | associate defence minister, va- aturday by the resigna- ‘tion of Picrre Sevigny. Resigning along with Mr. Sevigny Saturday was former trade minister Hees. The two of them followed by less than a week departure of Douglas Harkness as minister of na- | tional defence—all over’ dis- ' agreement with the prime min- ister on the question of nuc- lear arms tor Canadian forces. Appointment of Senator Me- (Cuteheon. 56-vear-old — cigar- smoking Bay Street financier, was the ene real surprise in to- day's announcement, Last week | despite his repeated denials, he: had been linked with a group of minister reported on the point of resigning. Mr. Churchill, 64, teacher and, lawyer who has been a close personal triend of Mr. Diefen- haker for many vears, is a vet- eran of both world wars, PRINCE ALBERT of Belgium will arrive at Montreal tomor- row to start a 12-day visit to Canada. His tentative itiner- ary includes visits with Gov- emor-General (Vanier and Prime Minister Diefenbaker Diefenbaker Wednesday and brief stays at Toronto, Winni- peg, City, Fredericton and Saint i John, N.B. — CP Photo MLAs _ indemnities up by $83,000 VICTORIA @® — The govern- ment is apparently going to di- vide $83,012 among 52 members of the legislature. The budget read by Premier- Finance Minister Bennett Friday showed estimate for members in- demnities for the next fiscal year increased by that amount—to $451,580 from $368,568 The budget gives no indica- tion how much the $5,000 in- demnity will be increased. If the $83,012 is split evenly among 52 members it comes close to $1,500 each, Bul the opposition leader re- ceives an additional $3,500, the I speaker $3,500 and the deputy ‘Speaker $1,000. There could be a litle extra for them. B.C. gov't employees pay ed inadequate allotment term VANCOUVER tb) li, . rO’Connar, general secretary af ithe 15,000-member B.C, Govern- ‘ment Employees’ Association, pressed — disappointinent — today that ouly 2.000.000 bad been al- located in the provineial budget for penerul increases for pro- Vinedal povernment workers, Te would) work out, be said, to about five per cent for eaeh Crnplavee df spread evenly mene othe provincial work faree, In view of Che faet there had been no peneral inerease In the civil service sinee April, 1o0 this “will work out to about 1’) perceent per year,’ far bee low the annual rate of inerease Of municipedl workers and those In private industry, These hitter workers, he sald, have been petting annual in- Creases averuping three to four per cent, NO EAPLANATION The eivil serviee Tnereuse was Wanoauneed by Premier-Finanee Minister Bennett ino his) budget speech dn the lepishiture at View P borin, THe sautd without further explaination that $2,500,000 was betne provided dn the depuart- fhasnee vote to enable in eV serviee sali reo ontony wath Sees oud for: increuses ino var- jaus departments and $825,000 for 1963-64 annual tnerements on current year seales, Mr. O'Connor, whose assoern Lion made representations to the Civil Service Commission last December, said he would with hold detailed comment until the assoeintion recelves aw ecapy of the CSC's recommendations ta the provinelal treasury board. This was expected toduy. WEATHER Mitinly clear today and uns - day In Prince: Rupert, little change in tempernture. Winds northerly 15 oveas- lonndly 26 inomainianed intets, Low tonight and high Tuee- diy in Prince Rupert do nnel 50, Daily News Readings Tornpervture at noon Barometer rising TIDES Tuesday, February 1, 1963 (Pacitle Stundard Time recommended a) 20.6 Tigh . 08:48 1D.0 feet 1hido 10.4 feet Low O06 L 6.2 fect 22:04 AB feet Calgary, Banff, Quebec” wee sy oY