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CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
APPLES
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XL,
No.
248
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER
23,
1951
PRICE
FiVE
CENTS
Pi
(yCABS
InlSIMTCHFP
i
ji
lau
Company
Formed
Peairsoiffl
sees
letter
Wp
coJ
stateDi)
Rupert
Car
Ferry
.,,:(
in.
nt
of
what
will
be
known
as
the
Alaska
Ferry
,;;,!
company
Incorprated
Is
under
way
In
Juneau.
1V(,tr
group
planned
lor
the
establishment
of
an
(i-i
y
betwevn
Prince
RupuVt
and
6outh
Eastern
iv.
VpccpIc
f
nminn
Would
RaiseJRussia
Still
Difficult
Un'tlmine
Is
president.
Vi,iiUI
be
transshipment
of
T
I
fln
Ul
Power
Rates
I
ButMay
Not
Want
War
freight
over
the
CNR
Jail
Here
"Horrible"
Hut
Cty
Council
tan
Only
Spend
at
Present
Time
to
Ketchikan,
Wrangcll,
Petersburg,
l'.iitce
Kiip.'ii-
ai.d
Skagway.
iu
mau
vjiam
iicic
Northern
B.C.
Co.
Asking
Asking
i.iuld
carry
cars
loaded
with
pulp
mill
output
OTTAWA,
(CP)
External
Affairs
Minister
L.
B.
Pearson
said
last
night
that
the
last
six
montho
T"oi
17
Percent
Hike
r'liihead
to
Prince
Rupert.
Local
Elevator
To
He
Used'
for
Quick
Handling,
Not
Storage,
of
Grain
Northern
b.c.
power
company,
h
worked
out
some
improvement
1
in
the
world
Ltd.
seeks
to
raie
power
rates!
.
in
Prince
Rupert
in
an
overall
I
situation
but
not
much.
He
told
the
Commons
that
w
y-ik
and
San
Franci'co
engineering
firm
of
pp.
:i
,
&
Abbet
is
said
to
be
under
contract
to
make
'
lae
("instruction
of
docks
and
terminal
facilities
at
p
ri
i
!):.-
I
ports.
of
call.
Six
and
possibly
more
full
cargoes
of
grain
will
average
of
n
percent,
to
give
a
,
,
,
,
.
,
"lair
return"
on
its
investment.
i
',,
T1
T,
be
moved
through
the
Prince
Rupert
elevator
dur-;
That
was
the
proposal
outlined
ing
the
coming
shipping
season.
The
first
vessel
is
t0
Acting
chairman
d.
jc
Pen-
.
.
lo'd
ard
Commissioner
Russell
,
,
.
i
xt
u
c-u
mi
i
innr.n
due
here
to
load
in
November,
She
will
be
a
10,000-
Potter
of
the
Public
utilities
ton
freighter
and
will
take
about
325,000
bushels.
;
Commission
hearing
here
yaster-...
,,
,
.
....
,
,
,
day
by
Herbert
E.
Pawson,
com-
Russia
may
well
have
decided
to
avoid
open
war
against
the
strengthening
west
at
this
stage
but
she
still
confronts
the
democracies
with
"many,
many"
years
of
peril.
j
Mr
Pearson
ranged
the
world
curity
in
that
area
was
attacked
in
a
75-minute
SDeech
during
by
Gordon
Graydon.
Progresslve-
Repairs
and
decorating
of
the
RCMP
office
in
the
cty
hall
to
extent
of
$12L0
was
approved
by
-ty
council
last
night.
"But
that
won't
even
touch
what
should
be
done."
said
Aid.
Dpn
Fitch,
chairman
of
police
afid
licensing
committee.
That
wu.
however,
the
most
the
city
could
spare
for
such
work
at
trrts
time.
I
Aid.
Fitch
said
he
understojd
Power
Commission
1
ne
SIX
snips
Will
move
in
ail
aooui
T.W0
million
ousneis
;
mercial
manager
of
parent
com
Conservative,
Peel,
who
said
the
the
first
foreign
policy
debate
Northern
BC
Co.?
pany,
Power
Corporation
of
Can-
Qt
the
sesgjon
m
the
House
of
time
is
ripe
for
study
of
such
or
about
1200
carloads.
This
information
become
milliner
anrf
fat
mnvincr
urn
rip
'ada
step.
Ian
Inspector
would
be
located1
Commons.
The
debate
saw
W'as
cnnlfocmeM
nf
all
fnur
narties
(iiilerine
fjom
the
No.
5
and
No.
The
fair
return,
he
said
here
in
a
sho.t
time.
He
could
available
following
the
arrival
In
the
city
of
R.
Hetherington
8
and
feed
grades
which'
have
n
additional
revenue
to
the
been
plugging
up
eastern
and
company
of
$70,000
annually,
lakehead
elevators,
fprcing
the
which
would
ba
provided
by
the
new
and
better
crop
to
find
its
increase
in
rates.
back
the
continuation
of
Canada's
military
efforts
in
Korea
and
on
behalf
of
tiie
Atlantic
Pact.
The
minister
rejected
both
the
of
Fort
William,
general
manager
of
Canadian
Government
Elevators,
in
connection
with
demand
much
more
be
done
to
police
offices
and
the
Jail.
I
Aid.
Darr.iw
Gomez
called
the
police
premises
"in
horrible
condition."
!
"I've
never
seen
anything
like
K.
ft
rend
urn
To
He
Presented
at
Deccmlwr
Election
:ht
not
the
people
of
Prince
Rupert
want
-h
Columbia
Power
Commission
to
supply
the
city
after
the
franchise
now
held
by
I!.
C.
I'ower
Co.
Ltd.
expires
will
be
an-
the
local
S
ou
1
1
e
t
In
rapid
movement:
This
would
increase
domestic
.through
the
Pacific
Coast.
j
rates
by
24
percent;
commercial
the
reactivating
of
elevator.
4
i
Mr.
Pearson
said
that
the
United
Nations
is
at
or
near
the
crossroads
and
can
die
II
certain
nations
continue
to
hold
its
resolutions
in
contempt.
He
welcomed
steps
to
end
Germany's
occupation
and
bend
her
militarily
to
the
West
but
said
she
must
not
be
encouraged
to
think
the
West
must
have
her
at
any
price.
The
minister
also
said
that
the
West
cannot
allow
the
Middle
East
to
become
a
Soviet
sphere.
idea
of
a
general
Pacific
pact
and
any
move
to
build
up
central
arrived
customers
wunout
water
neat
Five
carloads
of
wheat
ers.
no
increase;
'
here
vptfrriav
with
murp
mnv-
rJl?U?nBn
Commonwealth
authority
as
a
fit
In
my
life.
If
the
inspector'
clamps
down,
it
would
cost
us
100
domestic
and
commercial
ling-on
to
the
railway
territory
,
more
like
$10,000
to
fix
up
the
,
I
c
1
...i.
n
.
n
i
.
means
of
developing
a
Third
World
War
power.
Mi.
Pearson's
view
that
a
If
,
a
im'it'imuiu
vote
in
uie
uecemoer
CIVIC
office
and
jail.
If
we
get
by
with
Pacific
.pact
would
weaken
se-
percent
increase
there
is
a
flat
rate
now
primary
and
secondary
power
customers,
13.8
percent
and
street
lighting,
five
per
cent
increase.
T.
W.
Brown,
K.C.,
who
is
acting
for
the
city
in
opposing
the
rate
hike,
said
yesterday
the
.
j
lftls
i$i200
worth
of
repairs)
'i-Aii...
'resolution.
In-
1
Utilities
Commission
hearinss
;
tvp're
,ucky"
he
declared.
h
A
d
H
M
Daggett
i
regarding
proposed
rates
by
the
!
Council
agreed
there
was
no
.0
by
city
council
last
j
company.
',
more
that,
could
be
done
at
this
4
I
A
similar
referendum
was!tirne-
Several
Cargoes
Sqld
Rt.
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
minister
of
trade
and
commerce,
has
written
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
stating:
"I
am
(lad
to
let
you
know
that
sales
of
several
cargoes
of
wheat
have
already
been
made
for
shipment
through
the
Prince
Rupert
elevator
this
season
and
I
am
hopeful
that
further
sales
will
be
made."
between
Jasper
and
Prince
Rupert.
An
inspector
is
due
in
the
city
tomorrow
whereupon
the
grain
will
start
being
taken
into
the
local
house.
The
plant
is
ready
to
start
cleaning
and
drying,
if
necessary.
ELEVATOR
IN
GOOD
SHAPE
Mr.
Hetherington
acknowledged
the
excellent
,
manner
in
(Continued
on
Page
5i
ritam
i
mooted
at
the
by-elections
In
I
Today's
Stocks
(CfiiirtrHy
H.
l.
Johnston
Co.
Ltd.)
power
company
had
not
fulfilled
j
September
but
was
withdrawn
jwhen
It
was
discovered
no
ref-j
erenduras
can
be
held
at
by-
Dodge
Cove
its
promises,
given
in
1928
when
the
company
first
negotiated
with
city
to
purchase
civic-owned
Pioneer
Dies
power
plant.
Enemy
ill
the
furthcoming
4
Hrrtiiin
a
refercn-l
held
tn
determine
rliie
Hniors
favor
refill?
British
Columbia
jmniissiun
at
the
ex-n
W
the
present
frail-
held
by
the.
North-.
Purr
Company
to
p.rr
to
the
city,
upon
u-fliis
as
mav
be
mu-
i
elections.
Aid.
Black
said
the
results
of,
;
the
hearing
might
have
"an
tin-
j
j
portant
bearing"
on
the
ques-
j
l
tion.
It
would
disclose
the
"I
suggest,"
said
Mr.
Brown,
that,
the
Power
Corporation
of
Canada
has
welched
on
the
deal."
The
hearing
continued
this
morning
at
10
o'clock.
Will
Be
Brought
To
Strict
Accounting,
Says
Premier
of
Egypt
Prince
Philip
Duck
Hunt
OK
VANCOUVER
i
American
Standard
32
Bralorne
6.80
B
R
X
.05
Congress
08
Giant
Mascot
99
Indian
Mines
26
Pioneer
2.05
Premier
Border
.31
Privateer
08
Reeves
McDonald
6.10
Reno
04
"i
Sheep
Creek
.
..
...
.
...
1.60
Silbak
Premier
59
Taku
River
07!i
'capital
structure
of
the
power
'company
and
would
result
in
a
!
"rate
setting
which
would
be
of
Interest
to
the
people
and
should
be
known
by
them
before
vot-I
lng
on
a
referendum."
Mr.
Hetherington's
organiza-L
tion
controls
the
operation
of
,
the
elevator.
The
movement
of
-the
wheat
comes
under
the
Can-!
adian
Wheat
Board
which
de-
j
cided
recently
that
the
local
ele-1
vator
was
to
be
used
again.
I
The
movement
of
grain
al-
j
'
ready
planned
for
the
eleva-
'
tor
here
means
that
it
will
be
filled
and
emptied
at
least
CAIRO
The
Prime
Minister
of
sfrml
upon
by
the
iiii
tile
'aid
commissi
approved
by
the
i
.fi;
B'....'k.
who
is
also
Egypt
last
night
called
Great
Britain
an
"enemy"
and
declar-
)
VtPTnntA
phano-?
flail
hepn
Passes
Away
At
Tranquille
d
that-
she
weuid
bring
iier
to
a
"strict
accounting
'
for
actions
in
the
Sues
area.
i
anil
general
man-uiw
company,
il
to
refrain
from
jhiaie
W
the
hoTlJay
plCnn
of
Princess
Elizabeth
and
Prince
j
Philip.
,
j
Instead
of
going
to
Eagle's
j
I
i
Crest
at
Qualicum
Beach,
up
is-!
Meantime
tne
Egyptian
gov
Mis
Audry
Viereck
Hies
Funeral
to
be
Held
Here
Saturday
ernment
has
called
for
a
general
j
the
iciiilution
pend-
One
of
the
first
men
to
homestead
on
Dlgby
Island
at
Dodge
Cove
and
a
fisherman
here
for
35
years,
Torkel
Torklesen,
64,
dwd
in
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
last
night.
He
was
single.
Born
in
Norway,
he
came
to
Canada
at
the
age
of
19
and
was
a
wlwan
.
.Uie
First
World
War.
He
came
to
Prince
Rupert
in
1918
and
started
trolling
salmon
as
a
livelihood.
Tokelsen
owned
the
troller
"Folk''
and,
until
a
year
ago,
when
he
became
stricken
with
arthritis,
was
active
In
the
fishing
industry.
Survivors
are
three
brothers,
Stanar
and
Halvor,
of
Vancouver,
and
one
in
Norway;
and
a
sister
in
Seattle.
Funeral,
In
charge'
of
B.C.
Undertakers,
will
be
held
Friday,
2
p.m.,
with
Rev.
H.
O.
Olson
officiating.
TIDES
-
-
mobilization
of
troops
and
man
n
me
present
nubile
.
"I
call
that
delaying
tactics."
retorted
Aid.
Daggett.
"We
have
jhad
the
Power
Commission
up
'here
and
they
told
us
we
must
give
them
as
much
time
as
possible
if
we
want
them
to
take
over
the
power
situation,
j
"Besides,"
he
added,
"the
power
company
must
have
a
i
year's
notice
and
their
franchise
!
terminates
in
1954.
It
is
mt
we
had
an
expression
ol
opinion
i
from
the
people."
Power
in
iana,
toaay,
me
rnncess
was
to:
Mlss
Audrey
Beatrice
Viereck.
remain
as
honored
guest
at
i
youngest
member
of
a
well
known
Government
House
hlle
-the
:
and
esteemed
pioneer
family.
Prince
flew
to
Silver
Valley
on
;
gassed
away
Saturday
night
at-...
.
",
.
i
Tranquille
Sanitarium
where
she
.
Pitt
Lake
for
a
days
duck
and,t.ad
.
.,,,
been
(o
th
Dast
power.
Disorders
were
renewed
in
this
capital
city
of
Egypt
again
yesterday
as
students
engaged
in
riotuos
demonstrations
demanding
emmediate
action
by
the
government
to
implement
the
decision
to
drive
the
British
out
of
Suez.
Foreseen
i
goose
nuniing
irom
Lieuienam
two-and-a-half
yiears.
Death
Aid.
George
Hills
said
he
did
not
agree
with
Aid.
Black.
"The
present
hearing
has
nothing
whatsoever
to
do
with
'A-The
BC.
Power
in
its
annual
report,
sf'lli'd
of
the
develop-'
H
-
Mean
and
Columbia
twice.
It
will
be
a
"movement
through"
operation
and
not
niorely
storage
as
was
the
case
when
the
elevator
was
last
used,
being
filled
in
1939
with
grain
which
remained
there
until
1945.
Mr.
Hetherington
told
the
Daily
News
that
he
could
not
say
how
rapid
the
movement
would
be.
That
would
depend
on
how
quickly
the
wheat
accumulates
in
northern
Alberta
and
can
be
brought
here
and
the
availability
of
ships.
(It
is
understood,
however,
that
there
should
be
about
one
ship
per
month
and
possibly
more
frequently.)
There
is
no
definite
information
yet
as
to
where
the
wheat
will
go
from
here
but
the
supposition
is
that
it
will
be
to
the
Orient.
Full
cargoes
will
be
handled.
It
will
be
No.
3
and
No.
4
this
question.
It
is
based
on
past
Vananda
.16
Salmon
Gold
.03
Spud
Valley
25
Silver
Standard
2.48
Western
Uranium
5.10
Cronin
Babine
55
Oils-Anglo
Canadian
7.06
A
P
Con
49
Calmont
1.52
C
&
E
13.00
Central
Leduc
2.50
Home
OU
16.50
Mercury
23
Okalta
2.70
Royal
Canadian
17
'
TORONTO
Athona
10
"
Aumaque
v.26
Beattle
30
Bevcourt
16
Buffalo
Canadian
29
Consol.
Smelters
180.00
Conwest
3.60
Donalda
,
.40
Eldona
U
.20
East
Sullivan
9
35
'
Giant
Yeliowknife
10.50
'ii'.-tnes
on
the
many
services
of
the
company
and
not
.-.between
Prince
Ru-
i
with
the
rales
If
we
don't
Bet
Governor
Clarence
Wallace's
,
came
unexpectedly
as
-only
re-lodge.
However,
the
weather
was
i
cently
she
had
been
reported
to
in
Eewhat
improved
corf-
unfavorable
for
the
huting
trip
hp,
,
.
I
oition.
so
it
was
cancelled.
Deceased
was
born
in
Prince
Today
Her
Royal
Highness
had
Rupert
32
years
ago,
the
daugh-her
hair
dressed
at
a
Victoria
iter
of
the
late
J.
G.
Viereck
and
bvauty
shop.
Mrs.
Viereck.
She
received
all
The
departure
for
Qualicum
!
her
education
in
local
schools
was
made
this
afternoon.
i
and,
before
her
final
illness,
had
At
Eagle
Crest,
130
miles
north
'
been
an
employee
of
the
Prince
if
nice
Ueorge.
,
busy,
it
might
be
us
who
will
be
:
seeking
the
franchise.
Big
Korea
Air
Battle
Wednesday,
October
24.
1951
High
9:07
16.2
feet
20:54
16.1
feet
This
question
should
be
an
t
.iig
activity,
t-
.ation
to
forest
pro-
the
Low
2:25
7.8
feet
swered
no
later
than,
at
December
elections."
-:aj--a:es
that
further
ex-
15:09
108
feet
Rupert
Fishermen's
Co-opera-
I
r
tin
distribution
sys-'
'I'd
liom
Terrace
will
'V
in
order
to
meet
'if
and
Industrial
"
of
here,
Philip
may
go
duck
shooting
and
he
and
Elizabeth
may
get
in
some
fishing
and
a
tennis
program
depending
on
the
'
Aid.
Black
refrained
from
voting.
All
other
members
voted
in
favor
and
approved
a
bylaw
be
drawn
up
authorizing
the
referendum.
One
of
the
greatest
earthquakes
on
record,
at
Calcutta
in
1737,
was
estimated
to
have
taken
300,000
lives.
TOKYO
The
biggest
air
battle
so
far
in
the
Korean
war
took
place
today.
.
One
hundred
and
eighty
enemy
tivo
Association.
The
mother
was
at
Tranquille
at
the
time
of
her
daughter's
death,
having
gone
there
to
pay
a
visit
while
on
her
way
home
to
Frince
Rupert
from
Oshawa,
Northern
wheat
which
is
of
good
1
weather.
Jet
fighters
came
out
to
inter
-7-
cept
United
Nations
bombers
on
J
t
i
,
a
li
Ontario,
where
she
had
been
j
a
mission
near
the
Manchurian
of
a
border.
I
q
f
t
onHi
no
tho
ma
crioffo
uU..,..v.-..n
.......
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God's
Lake
Hardrock
Harricana
.
Heva
Jacknife
35
'a
13
'2
09
...
14
07'
2
granddaughter.
Miss
Elsie
Dyer.
Deceased
leaves
two
sisters
Mrs.
Thomas
(Gladys)
Glenn
of
Prince
Rupert
and
Mrs.
William,
(Mabeli
Dyer
of
Oshawa,
Ontario,
and
four
brothers,
Riley,
Gordon,
Jack
and
George
Viereck,
al)
cf
Prince
Rupert.
The
remains
will
be
brought
home
Friday
afternoon
on
the
Chilcotin
y
the
mother
,and
finical
"
txrill
i-tlr,n
Hoi.
Seven
enemy
planes
were
brought
down
with
a
loss,
of
two
United
Nations
planes.
Russian-speaking
pilots
are
reported
to
have
been
flying
some
of
the
Chinese
Communist
MIG's.
Big
Snowfall
In
Vancouver
VANCOUVER
Three
inches
of
snow
fell
during
the
night
on
the
North
Shore
mountains.
It
was
the
heaviest
fall
of
snow
so
far
this
season.
V
-
'
r7
'
?
:
ur('ay
afternoon
from
the
chapel
oi
h
i;.
unaenaKers.
umciaung
will
be
Rev.
H.
G.
Bird,
rector
of
Si
Peter's
Church
where
deceased
had
attended
and
taken
an
active
part
throughout
her
life.
Lighting
Fire
With
Gas
Fatal
for
Interior
Boy
Joliet
Quebec
.45
Little
Long
Lac
80
Lynx
13'2
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.25
McKenzie
Red
Lake
....
.49
McLeod
Cockshutt
2
85
Moneta
34
Negus
,
72
Vi
Noranda
81.50
Louvlcourt
55
Pickle
Crow
1.56
San
Antonio
2.60
Senator
Rouyn
20
Sherrit
Gordon
3.75
Steep
Rock
7.60
Silver
Miller
1.38
Upper
Canada'
1.68
Golden
Manltou
7.65
$10.00
REWARD
Can
you
help
us
find
our
puppy?
,
Six
months
old,
he's
a
chocolate
brown
terrier
with
fawn
stripe
above
each
eye
forming
a
"V".
White
patch
on
chest.
Answers
to
','Mickey."
Phone
Green
129.
1345
Piggot
Place.
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Railway
Man
Passes
Away
BURNS
LAKE
(Special
to
the
!
Daily
News
Roy
Fox
of
Telkwa
perished
in
a
fire
w
hen
a
one-:
room
shack
was
burned
to
the
;
ground
one
mile
cast
of
Burns
;
Lakj
Sunday
afternoon.
It
appears
that
the
youth
was
lighting
a
fire
with
high
test
Ronald
Paul
Gasiunas,
56.
735
T-1..1..1-
A
1111
ni,,l,f
8
L
eZIXiZi
Kasollne.
The
can
exploded
and
wars
a
Canadian
National
p
Ran-
2,
lv,...
threw
it
.
,
Fox
toward
the
door-
omnlnvpo
hprp
rtieri
last,
night
in
Prince
Rupert
General
s
,
'
,
I.
"f
v-;ftv.-;
I
Fox
was
killed
by
the
blast
and
fire.
Michael
Skrypnyk,
Fox's
roommate,
tried
in
vain
to
suve
the
I
boy
and
Is
now
in
Burns
Lake
hospital
himself
suffering
from
I
severe
burns.
I
Coroner
G.
White
of
Burns
;Lake
will
conduct
an
inquest.
Hospital.
Born
in
Lithuania,
he
came
to
Canada
24
years
ago,
and
was
employed
by
tire
CNR'
for
some
time
prior
to
his
arrival
here.
Besides
his
widow,
Catherine,
he
is
survived
by
a
son,
at
home.
Remains
will
be
forwarded
tonight
for
burial
at
Kitwanga.
f
L'Y
CHEERED
Princess
Elizabeth
and
the
Duke
of
Edinburgh
are
greeted
with
hearty
cheers
as
they
are
driven
from
fuver'sCPR
station
to
City
Hall.
Crowds
like
this
thronged
the
route.
.
.
..
k
.
(CP
Photo)
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