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The Daily News

NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER

Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port—"Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest”
VOL. XLI, No, 245 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1952

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VANCOUVER (CP)—

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Gyro Apples
Support the

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TEN CENTS (including comic section)

Steamer Runs Aground

Off Ripple Rock Point

? BURNS LAKE POLICE ASK DRUNKS
AN Hands Sale; Damage +0100 Home QUIETLY: Om cans

residents were killed and 25
a Toronte-bouwnd bus
fump truck loaded with sand on
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holding blankets
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(CP PHOTO)

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OTBALL

LONDON ...Soceer
International Match
Wailea 1, Scotiand 2
English League
Division 1—Burniey 1, Chelsea
Lie Liverpooi 0, Aston 5
Marc City 1, Bolton
anderers Middlesbrough 1
Newcastle United
Athietic 2: Preston
North Ead 0, Manchester, United
Sheffield Wednesday 2, Derby
County 0; Stoke City 2, Ports-
mouth 4; Tottenham Hotapur 4
Biackpool 0; West Bromwich Al-
Wolverhampton Wander
; |] (the)
Division H-—-Birmingham City
Huddersfield Town 2; Bury 1,
wansea Town 3: Fulham 2,
Blackburn Rovers 1: Leeds Unit-
4, Barnsley 1: Leicester City
1, Everton 2; Laton Town 4, Shef-
[ United 1; Notts County 4
{ d 0: Plymouth Argyle 0
City 0 (tle); Tottenham
Hull City 1; South
3. Deneaster Rovers
West Ham United 3, Not
m Forest 2
Scottish League
A Airdrieonians
7; Celtic 1
1 ttle) Dundee
East Fife 3, Rangers 2
4, Palkirk Partick
Raith Rovers 1
Clyde 2 (tie); Third

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Geor ge-Quesnel Connected Next Month

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Queen of |

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British Columbia salmon
fishermen, on strike for
41 days, Friday decided to
put to sea again.

At Nanaimo voted
maniz to ume fishing
on terms worked out by the pro-
vineial cabinet. Operators had
accepted these terms previously

It was indicated fishermen at
Vancouver and other coast cen-
tres had voted to return
to their boats, though there was
no official announcement from:
the United Fishermen and Al-
lied Workers Union

However no
will be able to
immediately

The federal fisheries de-
partment Friday closed fish-
ing grounds off the west coast
of Vancouver Istand and
nerthern British Columbia
because of danger to spawn-
ing salmon stocks caused by
lack of rainfall.

A. J. Whitmore
visor of fisheries

fishermen

ously res

also

fishermen
eturn to work

chief super
said “further
will likely be neces-
adequate rainfall does
shortly

WALLETS OF

restrict
mary if
not come
Ali the east, coast of
Vancouver Isiand, including ;
Johnstone Strait, and miets on}
the maimiand will remain open. |
A four-day fishing week will
be applied in regions where the
quantity of gear exceeds that
normaliy allowed fora five-day |
week
| Closure of the Northern BC
| waters include the Queen Char-
| lotte Seymour and Bel-
i ize Iniets also are closed
‘Northern representatives of
| the UFAWU here would make no
icomment, They said they had
rot notified officially of
could not

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| discuss terms agreed

Gyro Apple Day
Helps Children

day in Prince
crowns on

trying

Today &
Rupert and those
streets aren't

something—they

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from

appies towards provid
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streets early and are being aidea
by school ¢ iren in their effort
sell ad of apples

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VOTE

(CP) Only
30 ratepayers of more than
votes at a meeting on
proposed borrowing of 7, 500
ifor street repair work, The vote
ijwas 19 to li in favor

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NE Merw
‘NTOSH appropriate ceremonies for the
occasion, Next year, the legis-

lature will be asked to approve

a $10,000,000 appropriation to |

complete the PGE from Squa
mish to Vaneouver,

The PGE takes 20 hours-.mor

less, usually to cover
the 347 miles from Squamish to
Quesnel

On a recent trip, a new pas-
enger pointed to the timetable
and mentioned to the conductor
that the train was 50 minutes
late .

“Oh, we don't pay too much
attention to that,” the conductor
replied genially,

VERSATILE CREW

When you mount the sleeping
car af Squamish, a pleasant man
im a white jacket helps you with
your baggage. The next time
you see him, he has a sleeping
car conductor's cap and uniform
on and is taking Uckets, Next,
he is back in his white jacket
making up the berths.

“We don’t waste any man-
power on this line.” said the

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olorful B.C. Railway to Get New Link

employer. “Wouldn't it be silly
to have a whole sleeping car
conductor to handle just one
car?”

The PGE has 33 flag stops be-
its 20 regular stops, But it
may stop anywhere along the
line to accommodate a lonely
settler or to Wait for a moose to
get out of the Way.

From Juné to September, the
PGE pulls an observation car at
the rear, This is a flat car with
wooden seats and a stout railing,
open to the weather. As the PGE
now is almost wholly equipped
with diesels, there is no smoke
to bother the tourist as he cranes
to peer down at the torrents
rushing through the chasms far
below or up at the snow-covered,
mountain peaks.

SLOW BUT SURE

Though the natives complain
now and then about the service
(four trains north, four south
per week) the thousands of tour-
ists seem. to enjoy every minute
of the leisurely trip. The PGE
probably seems slow to constant
it has to ne

i sides

travellers becuse

 

 

Confined to Propellor

BOMBER QUEEN—Pat Hunter,
20-year-old blue-eyed bionde,
was chosen Miss Blue Bomber
of 1952. Pat will represent
Winnipeg in the Miss Grey
Cup contest at Toronto on the
eve of the east-west football
championships (CP Photo)

Anglicans
To Elect
New Bishop

The Anglican Diocese will meet
in Prince Rupert next Thursday
to elect a successor to the jate
Bishop J. B. Gibson who was
killed in a car accident July 24,
it was atynounced today by Can-
on Basil 8 Prockter of 8t. An-
drew's Cathedral

The new bishop will be the
fifth to hoid office in this dio-
cese,, Those eligibigefor nomina-
tion are ordained ‘priests of the
Church of England in good
standing and over 30 years of-
age. The Archbishop in consul-
tation with the House of Bishops
has the ultimate right to say if
he will consecrate the clergyman
elected

Proceedings of the election
will commence with celebration
of the Holy Communion after
which the synod is in secret
session until election is declared
Voting will be by orders, the
laity voting separately from the
clergy and an election is declar-
ed when a candidate has received
a majority from both groups

Consecration of the bishop-
elect will not necessarily take
place in Prince Rupert, said
Canon Prockter, but will likely
be held within a month or six
weeks of the election, on a
Sunday or Holy Day, The
enthronement of the bishop
after consecration will take
place at St. Andrew's Cathed-
ral, :

President of the synod of elec
tion the Ven. Archdeacon
Edward Hodson of Terrace, dio-
cesan administrator

First bishop in this district
was William Ridley, consecrated
in 1879 and sent to Metlakatla

Is

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By The Canadian Press

) VANCOUVER. — The 5,700-ton coastal steam-
ship Prince George, southbound from Prince Rupert,
/nosed onto the beach at Ripple Point in Seymour
| Narrows early today during
| ripped one propellor. a

Four hours after the ground-|
ing, the RCAF reported the CN)
steamship was floating free in|
a channel awaiting tugboats
| dispatched from Vancouver. i
' The Prince George which car-|’
ried crew of 130 and 144 pas- ||
sengers, hit the beach 3:26 a.m.,/i
130 miles north of Vancouver

Supt. G. A. MaeMillan, CN
Steamships, told The Cana-
dian Press he had contacted
the Prince George by radio-
telephone at 4:00 a.m. and
was assured there was no dan-
ger to passengers or crew.

Capt. E. B. Caldwell of Van-

informed MacMillan the |

vessel was intact and that pas-!/
sengers were remaining aboard. | '
One of her propellors crushed
the vessel was anchored oppo-
site the point

TUG REACHES SHIP .

The Pacific Salvage Lid. tug,'
Skeena Beaver, reached the
Vaneouver-bound vessel at 8:00) )
a.m.

Two other tugs were schedul-
ed to reach the scene at 11:00
am. to aid the Prince George |
on her way to Vancouver

There were no injuries to’
\eithem passengers or crew and
the smashed propellor “was re-
ported to be the only damage
to the ship.

The first vessel to reach the
'Prince George was the tanker/
Imperial Vancouver, which es-
corted the Prince George to her |
anchorage point. :

The Prince George glanced off)
ithe point at 3:26 a.m. but man-|
aged to remain free of the
clutching shoreline. She left!
Ketchikan, Alaska, and subse-
quently made stops at Prince
Rupert and Ocean Falls, B.C.

*
Liberals
This was the second ground-

Postpone
ing coastal steamship in Pacific .
pas vaters in less than two}
ge ‘Guadiea Pacific Convention
Steamships Princess Kathleen
went aground and then sank; VANCOUVER ©—The advisory
Sept, 7 near Juneau, Alaska. council of the Liberal Associa-
tion Friday decided to postpone
the Association convention
scheduled for Penticton next
month, It will be held instead
in the spring.

Following a closed meeting in
which B.C.’s two new cabinet
ministers Fisheries Minister
Sinclair and _ Solicitor-General
Campney—took part, the council
announced the convention will
be held at a date not later than

=

PLOW CHAMPION — Aigie
Wallace of North Gower, Ont.,
near Ottawa, guided his horse-
drawn plow to first place in his
class at the International
Plowing matches at Carp, Ont.
He won a trip to Europe where
he probably will compete in
plowing matchts in England
and Scotland next month.
‘CP Photo)

Rabies Attack
Alberta Animals;
Farms Isolated

EDMONTON (€CP)—Federal and
provincial veterinarians in Ed-
monton estimated Friday about
40 farms have been quarantined
and more than 1,300 dogs vac-
cinated in area of northwest
Alberta near Ft. St. John, B.C.

a dense fog and badly

‘tion will be announced later

by the Church Missionary.
A list of lay and clergy digni-
taries who will attend the elec-

since rabies attacked wild and
domesticated animals in the
;area this year

| Four men are reported “under
observation” after having han-
jdied or skinned the _ infected
j animals,

| A wolf is said to have attacked
la Fort Vermilion district resi-
jdent but no one in the district
j yet has been bitten.

" HOCKEY SCORES

WHL—Tacoma 3, Vancouver
;4; Seattle 1, Calgary 4; New
Westminster 3, Victoria 6
WIHL—Kimberley 7, Trail 9
OSHL—Vernon 0, Penticton

—WEATHER-—

gotiate such rugged country. I
8 proud of its safety record.

In the off-season, the PGE
puts an ancient dining car
which comprises kitchen, a
counter and a rew of stools.
Three men can handle service |
efficiently—two in the kitchen |
and one on the counter. i

|

Quesnel (pronounced kwe-nell)
is growing rapidly and will pro-|
bably grow faster when the PGE| Synopsis
is operating to Prince George. | High cloud has moved into the

Quesnel is, mainly a logging | southern coastal area this morn-
centre. A sign on the front door ing from the south. Elsewhere in
of the Cariboo Hotel says: “No| the province skies remain clear.
caulk boots allowed in this; There has been light frost in the
lobby.” jinterior during the night and

Situated at the fork of the | patches of dense fog in the Van-
Fraser and Quesnel Rivers, it is|couver area. Cloud will spread
an old-time trading post. Some | northward during the day over
of the old buildings are still in| the western part of the province
use, including one shared by the| while eastern section wil] remain
local of the International Wood- | generally clear,
workers of America (CCL) and} Forecast
a florist, | A few clouds today, cloudy to-

To many aduils, the movie; morrow, not much change in
theatre here is probably the most | temperature. Light winds. Low
modern in Canada. It proclaims: } tonight and hign tomorrow at
“No popcorn allowed in this! Port Hardy, 42 and 54; Sandspit
theatre.’ , 8nd Prince Rupert, 48 and 56.

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the end of the Easter recess of
the House of Commons.

This will enable Liberal B.C.
Members of Parliament to at-
tend the convention at which a
new leader will be chosen to re-

Mrs. J. L. Gates of Victoria, asso-
ciation president, said the ques-
tion of leadership was not dis-
cussed,

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place former Premier Johnson. |

Special to The Daily News
BURNS LAKE—Twenty-seven cases were heard before
| Magistrate Aubrey Fisher here during the first half of

October. °

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under the Criminal Code.

 

Nineteen persons appeared on charges of’ intoxication,
three were charged under the Motor Vehicle Act and five

Because of a shortage in jail accommodation police have
evolved .a plan whereby a person arrested on intoxication
charges is given an opportunity to proceed home but if he
refuses the advice he is put in a cell to await court action.

Bloody Scene’ Described
In White Murder Hearing

Victim Bled to Death,
Doctor Testifies in Court

Description of the fishing boat and scene of a
fracas last September 5 which culminated in the
death of Wilfred White, 49-year-old Port Simpson

fisherman, was told in police court here yesterday
a

by RCMP.

| Two members of the city de-|
|tachment told of their investi-|
gation as the preliminary hear-|

\got under way before Magistrate

| W. D. Vance.

| Dr. W. R. Wilson, who exam-
‘ined Dudoward in the police
|station the afternnon.of the in-
|cident, and also- performed an
|autopsy on White, told court
| that in his opinion “the deceas-
(ed came to his death through
‘loss of blood to a point of ex-
sanguination.”
A statement allegedly made/
by Dudoward to Corporal Ed’
;Anderson of the RCMP after
| White died was submitted as an
'exhibit by Crown prosecutor
| Thomas Brown, QC.
| Doug Hogarth and Mrs. Willa
|Ray are appearing for Dudo-
| ward.

| BLOOD ON ACCUSED

| Among other exhibits entered
| by the Crown were clothes worn
| by Dudoward on September 5,
; two full cases of beer and one
| half full, two bottles containing
liquor and necks off two other

| broken beer bottles.
Wage Board

| Reduces

Miners’ Rate

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j

|

WASHINGTON ® — The US.
| Stabilization Board today chop-
:ped 21 per cent off the $1.90-
| daily wage boost won from coal
| Operators by John L. Lewis.
| It Was taken for granted that
refusal to apprgve the full
; amount would sé€t off a general
; mine strike,
| More than 150,000 miners al-
| Teady had walked off the job in
|& protest strike when October’

 

pay cheques failed to include the
| raise.

 

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here

observe any wounds.

Dr. Wilson said he was un-
able to find “any external
evidence of facial or head in-
juries” although “there was a
good deal of blood on his
body.” f r
“There were no wounds not-

iceable which would account for
the blood,” he said in answer to
@ question from Mr. Brown.

Constable I. E. M. Hutchinson,
who with Constable E. L. Mc-
Phee went to the scene on the
afternoon of September 6, spent
more than two hours on the
witness stand.

He told of making three sep-
arate trips to the Laura Louise,
which, he said, was moored on
the easterly side of the Shell
Oil Company dock.

On their first trip, Constable
Hutchinson said they took the
two men away—White to hos-
pital and Dudoward to the po-
lice station.

He said they did not board
the fishboat on the first trip,
but on the second visit went
aboard and obtained certain
article for evidence.

He said he made the third
trip for further evidence after
he had been notified that White
died in hospital.

The police did not board the
boat or make any investigation
on their first trip, Constable

(Continued on page 6)

PROPELLOR DAMAGED—SS Prince George, Canadian National Steamships ‘luxury steamer
glanced off hazardous Ripple Rock in the churning Seymour Narrows early this morning and
damaged one of its propellors. No one was hurt and the vessel, southbound from Prince
Rupert, resumed her way to Vancouver under tow of several tugs.

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