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Published
of
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pocifie
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Greot
Northwest"
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
27,
1953
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vernment
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High-Povered
Rifle
Knocks
Out
Signal
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f'-
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s.-amwi
up
twin
u--
-'near-
t
RCMP
are
investigating
the
destruction
of
a
navigation
light
which
created
danger
to
life
and
property
in
waters
surrounding
Prince
Rupert.
N.
A.
Beketov,
department
of
i
v
Social
Credit
merit
late
(efeat
the
CCT
i,,n
i",-!t
on
a
mine
in
the
legisla
m0
trantport
agent
here,
said
alout
SI
000
in
damage
and
costs
was'
Created
wIkti
hwh-rwiiir.rf
riflAi
Another
jshoU
were
fired
at
the
Klew-
ii
,i.n.
rtli
In
nujittet
Rork
liuht
on
Morning
Reef
in
Orenville
Channel.
I
A
lighthouse
tender
was
dis-
i
patched
to
investigate.
!
"
It
was
found
that
four
bullet
te
.,tr
was
taken.
Urj.i.m
witl
he
would
a
vote
of
confidence
.remment.
Iht.i.1
voted
with
the
Village
Hooded
H.OOI
UAM.Uir.
T
THE
KETIILRLANbS
hu
been
estimated
at
1.00000
by
the
Dutch
1
talSrii
MSKrtr0U8h.the
.premier.
Dr.
William
Dree.
Whole
nectlon
of
the
low-lyinu
country
were
inundated
as
was
L,,,,,,,..,.,.
Orel,
her
villaue
on
the
Uland
of
6thouwen-Duive!and.
where
the
water
is
thown
swirling
tRAoMtMS
hlKh
among
the
house.
,
j
"N"
fragments
of
bullets
were
found
in
the
lantern.
Since
it
Woman
Attacked
RCMP
here
said
today
removal
by
the
city
of
the
dense
brush
in
the
vicinity
of
Seventh
and
Eighth
Avenues
West
near
Tat-low
Street
appears
to
have
put
a
stop
to
a
series
of
attacks
by
night
on
i
Isn't
possible
to
approach
the
Pro-Con
Member
Seeks
Reason
-i.t
p-cventlng
possible
,(
'in-
Si
Ul
Credit
and
itiiiii
a.s
i
adjournment
j
.4tet
cietiate
on
a
motion
!
t
by
CCF
leader
Harold
!
:ip
government
had
ad-
i
:ut
'iibute
fn
two
r,re-j
tmn.s
before
the
Houwj
CCF
apparently
(jot
fed
,
the
government
moved
-nt
a
third
time.
j
Pnnressiie
Conoerva
.led
th
17
11V
mem-
j
!
reef
close
enough
in
a
boat
to
j
inflict
such
damage
with
a
shot-j
gun
or
even
a
.22
calibre
rifle,
it
!
is
our
opinion
the
shooting
was
1
done
with
a
high
powered
rifle,"
i
said
Mr.
Beketov.
For
Dismissal
of
Mrs.
Scace
lie
would
like
to
know
the!
The
dismissal
followed
bytwo!
Tne
Iact
tnat
the
was
"ulterior
motive
behind
such
a!av
rharao.
u,a
h
t
r,lrf
i
not
burning
was
first
reported
by
the
Chilcotin.
Union
Rtpamshini:
iSC
Salmon
Arm!
in
the
Leg-coastaj
llner
VICTORIA
(CP-The
case
of
the
dlimUsul
by
the
Social
Credit
government
of
a
veteran
l-'diirnilon
Department
employee
hit
trie
floor
of
the
provincial
Legislature
Thursday
night.
I)r
Larry
Oiovando
PC
VanKlmol
said
he
hourd
the
women
walking
in
the
Mint
((F
member
j
I
s,u
liberal
ttipported
.l
(
rnlitor.
One
Social
br
ind
Tom
I
phili
(Lab.-
j
f
itrrr
absrnl.
!
isluture
that
the
province's
j
Repair
to
the
lantern
and
cost
school
system
Is
riddled
with
of
operating
the
tender
Is
about
area.
Most
recent
attack
occurred
retrograde
p"
and
-whether
the
government's
policy
Is
really
one
of
economy
with
efficiency
or
simply
one
of
parsimony
and
Inefficiency."
Mrs.
Scace,
44-ycar-oid
civil
servant
with
19
years'
service
In
the
Education
Department,
was
given
her
notice
Wednesday.
It
Is
effective
March
31.
socialism
and
that
children
were!
$1,000,
said
Mr.
Beketov.
being
taught
Immorality
IWC01XD
t'Al'SE
WRECK
irs.-m
ol
HritUh
C.o-j
last
Saturday
shortly
after
11:30
wearing
wearing
Mhw.l
system
were!ri,smU;i,
ttt
Wri
Muriel
Scace
ii
Bert
Price
(SC-Van-
I
w.,
not
the
beelnnln-
of
-no-
when
a
man
a
ouv
t.ii-v
ton
I.
wiihl
wc
ire
'
r
ment
repudiated
Mr.
Reid
re
most
worried
about
K,idrlPn
"Rht
coat
accosted
Mrs.
fcarl
''r"!l
llltical
InU-rference"
in
the
civil
COOKING
IP
a
juicy
meal
of
stew,
spuds
and
coffee
are
these
carefree
members
of
the
Prince
Rupert
United
Church
Boy
Scout
troop,
on
a
week-end
at
Grassy
Bay.
Pictured
are
Artie
Nickerson,
left,
and
Stephen
Toth,
A
large
Scout
lodge
has
been
erected
nearby
with
the
aid
of
voluntary
labor,
materials
and
transportation.
Mcmanus
oi
aia
west
bignm
!
srhwU
put
emphasis
crvlce
Wack-out
of
these
The
CCF
said
the
Social
Imporant
na-k.,i,
i
i,.
.,
vigaUon
.i,
.irf.
aids
which
,u
tell
mariners
i,
i
Avenue
on
her
way
home.
IlaMVII
IUVU
V
1
1
uii.llCI9
were
longer
i.
est
fit
to
represent
,v,
the
.
j
ncre
uangrrous
ruchs
ana
reels
uuin
9
m.iuu
peo-
,
lnra,l
.,,,
.
a
hp.rrt
hv
R
Pp!lr.h.u
rwn
Kjrnii.it
to
u.se
his
d
d;dn
I
put
sufficient
on
a
student
learning
his
hanrlv
living
pie"
and
should
resign
shipwreck
with
serious
loss
ln
nearby,
who
reported
It
to
po-
II.
.
.
.
.
.1
V
,
1
v.!
..
nvinrs
is
faed
with
B
.....
u
-'
""'Hfa
and
property
charges
partly
on
a
teachers,
The
department
Me
'
'
-..
.
.-.
-
fisheries!
Mrs.
McManus
told
police
she
of
skilled
worker
and
!nf
f
imt
fur
displaced
per-s
ohmsm
aouid
be
acute.
Scout
Association
Renews
v
Appeal
for
Fund
Donations
The
Prince
Rupert
and
Dis-iin
makiflg
an
appeal
for
fur-
put
up
a
struggle
and
may
have
scratched
the
man's
face.
He
fled
when
she
screamed.
Mrs.
McManus
is
the
third
victim
of
a
similar
nature
of
and
Indian
affairs
both
have
promised
their
co-operation
in
an
attempt
to
find
the
guilty
party.
A
similar
incident
occurred
a
year
ago,
said
Mr.
Beketov.
DUKE
TO
VISIT
CANADIANS
DURING
TOUR
IN
GERMANY
llANNOVi:R.
Germany
O
The
Duke
of
Edinburgh
will
visit
the
27th
Canadian
brigade
next
month.
Recently
appointed
a
field
marshal,
the
husband
of
Queen
Elh-bcth
will
visit
the
Canadians
during
a
tour
of
British
Army
units
In
Germany.
Brig.
J.
E.
C.
Pangman,
brigade
commander,
said
the
visit
will
be
"both
ceremonial
and
Informal."
strongarmings
recently
reported
to
police.'
RCMP
believe
others
may
have
been
accosted
similarly
but
did
not
report.
"It
appears
that
all
these
in
fsfirt
system
"ap)ears
in
the
minds
of
the
Hie
fact
they
only
have
enough
and
they
don't
iirk
"
p
maintained
appren-trade.s
khould
lie
subsl-tlie
same
extent
as
unl-'U'lents
on
scholarship.
cidents
have
been
the
work
of
Four
Young
Boys
Die
in
Log
House
Fire
SALMON
ARM,
B.C.
CP)
Four
(.
Sought
,,,
ii
m
m
4,
fcurvmr
ljv..ek,
which
at
one
point
suggests
that
teachers
survey
datlnR
habits
of
their
students
Including
"petting,"
"pick-up
dates"
and
the
"Good-night
kiss."
The
manual,
not
used
by
students,
was
edited
by
Mrs.
Scace.
Last
week
the
government
showed
in
its
estimates
for
the
coming
year
that
It
intends
to
vbolisn
the
$24.000-a-year
educational
reference
and
school
service
branch
of
the
Education
Department
as
an
economy
move.
Mrs.
Scace
was
appointed
director
of
this
branch
in
1934.
The
government
said
efficiency
experts
had
recommended
abolition
of
this
branch
on
grounds
that
most
of
its
work
was
being
duplicated
In
other
departments.
At
the
same
time
the
appropriation
for
the
curriculum
branch
was
raised
from
Slft.OOO
to
$22,000.
Mr.
Oiovando
said
that
though
Mrs.
Scace
was
director
of
the
reference
branch,
she
did
80
per
rent
of
her
work
in
the
curriculum
branch
where
she
had
been
executive
secretary
since
1946.
Ottawa
Rejects
Plea
To
Operate
Elevators
OTTAWA
fCPl
The
federal
'bers
or
the
CIO
Oraln
Elevator
government
does
not
plan
to
j
Workers
Union
are
on
strike
in
take
over
operation
of
strike-!
four
Vancouver
terminals
and
bound
grain
elevators
In
Van-!
one
at
New
Westminster
in
a
coiivcr
and
New
Westminster.
!
wage
dispute.
They
seek
a
pay
For
Work
one
man.
He
has
been
described
in
each
case
as
wearing
a
light
fawn
overcoat,"
police
said.
RCMP
are
continuing
to
patrol
the
area
as
they
did
last
Saturday
night.
They
strongly
recommended
to
the
city
that
the
dense
brush
in
the
area
be
removed
and
adequate
lighting
be
installed.
Council
approved
these
measures
at
Its
meeting
Monday
night.
young
boys
died
in
a
fire
last
night
at
Carlin.
15
miles
north
Plaza
Park
west
of
here.
They
were
trap
ped
in
a
50-year-old
log
house.
trict
Scout
Association
Is
making
:ther
donations,
another
appeal
to
the
public
in
j
"What
we
need
badly
is
1,000
its
annual
compaign
for
funds,
i
persons
to
become
members
of
launched
two
weeks
ago.
the
Scout
Association
here
by
To
date
$300
of
its
$1300
ob-j
donating
$1
each."
jective
has
been
realized,
cam-1
The
amount
of
money
aimed
paign
chairman
Stu
Furk
said,
for
by
the
association
is
badly
needed
to
carry
on
further
.
.
Scout
and
Cub
work
in
the
dis-
NAEATHtR
trict
New
leadera
ha7e
to
be
"
a-7
1
'"x
trained
and
money
Is
needed
to
Forecast
furnish
the
Scout
lodge
now
North
coast
region:
Sunny
?e"
m"J
'
S?L
teauU-with
ul
btach
of
Gr
a
few
cloudy
periods
today
.
,
and
Saturday.
Not
much
change
There
are
four
Scout
troops
in
in
temperature.
Light
westerly
the
district
and
six
Cub
packs
winds.
Low
tonight
and
high
with
a
total
boy
membership
of
tomorrow
at
Port
Hardy,
Sand-
close
to
1500.
spit
and
Prince
Rupert,
35
and
At
Grassy
Bay,
Scouts
and
45
Cubs
will
be
able
to
spend
week-
.
Synopsis
ends
for
hikes,
fishing
and
other
Skies
have
cleared
in
the
Cari-
activities
under
supervision
of
boo
and
along
the
northern
leaders.
coast
and
these
improving
con-
A
direct
mail
campaign
has
ditions
will
spread
to
the
south-
been
launched
and
all
house-ern
areas
of
the
province
during
holders
have
been
sent
member-the
day.
ship
forms
with
return
envel-
A
large
region
of
high
pres-
opes
for
the
$1
fee.
sures
over
the
Gulf
of
Alaska
Besides
needing
the
$1500.
the
will
deflect
the
main
Pacific
Prince
Rupert
Scout
movement
storms
well
to
the
north
and
Is
also
in
need
of
volunteer
settled
fair
weather
will
continue
leaders
for
the
steadily-growing
ln
B.C.
troops.
'
i!l
he
called
fl)r
by
of
park
commissioner
This
was
announced
laU?
boost
of
12',
cents
an
hour.
c
and
levelling
Hie
',
Wednesday
In
answer
to
a
re-
home
of
Richard
C.
Howard.
Three
were
children
of
Mrs.
Howard
by
a
previous
marriage.
Dead
are:
William
Oalman,
15;
George
Dalman,
14;
Lome
Duliuan,
11;
and
Douglas
How
site
ni
ar
Seal
Cove,
i
!"'
sl
J.
L.
rhelpa.
chairman
mi
which
the
parks
of
lre
Intrr-provlnelal
Farm
is
eniKTiitratlng
lu
Union
Council
In
SaskahMin,
to
j
trade
minister
Howe.
ri"i
liudg'-t
of
M.uoo
re
Two
hundred
and
fifty
mem-
Operators
want
to
hold
the
line
at
$1.50
per
hour,
the
same
as
they
paid
in
1952.
In
his
telegram
to
the
trade
minister.
Mr.
Phelps
proposed
that
workers
be
Invited
to
resume
their
positions
until
further
bargaining
negotiations
or
mediation
can
be
proceeded
with
to
a
final
settlement.
Train
Derailed
Near
Endako
A
broken
rail
on
the
Canadian
National
Railway's
northern
line
near
Endako
yesterday
caused
ard,
6.
"-ele
Bvittlable
to
the
Uy
riiuncll
so
commls.'
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Howard
are
in
hospital
here,
suffering
from
facial,
hand
and
foot
burns.
Another
son,
Rory,
2,
escaped
.several
passenger
cars
to
derail
f
"uld
''"fry
on
with
the!
k
tlevelopment.
j
I
rk
is
to
be
completed,
j
.
Pyground
equipment.!
but
no
one
was
injured.
The
derailment,
said
a
CNR
Injury.
2
summer
se
io.il
hull.
official,
delayed
the
westbound
An
unexplained
explosion
rocked
the
two-storey
house
at
10:30
p.m..
and
within
minutes
International
Cage
Tourney
Set
To
Go
at
7:15
Tonight
f
iisiotis
of
the
park
are!
"
leet.
U
u
designed;
"f
pre-school
and
i
children
I
Beer-by-Glass
May
Jump
To
15
Cents
VICTORIA
I
(
T
I
Attorney
-(irnrral
Bonner
today
denied
reports
that
the
price
of
beer
will
rise
to
13
cents
a
glass
within
the
next
few
weeks.
"The
question
has
been
raised,"
said
Bonner,
"but
we
are
not
prepared
to
consider
it."
passenger
for
several
hours.
One
car
was
damaged
and
had
to
be
left
behind.
All
trains
were
reported
on
schedule
today.
the
whole
front
of
the
structure
was
in
flames.
fnt
such
Young
Rory
was
carried
to
as
swings.
Irrs
ami
safety
by
his
screaming
nuAher.
a
sandbox
is
inded
by
the
Prince
Farm
neighbors
aided
In
fighting
the
fire.
yro
Club.
BRAMPTON,
Ont.
(CP)
A
Mean
Development
Classed
"Terrible
Tragedy"
to
B.C.:
VICTORIA
Cyril
Shelford
is
partly
in
Mr.
Shelford's
riding.
(SC-Omineca)
said
In
the
legls-
He
said
his
riding
would
get
no
lature
Thursday
the
Aluminum
power
resulting
from
the
Kenney
Company
of
Canada
development
Dam
across
the
Nechako.
It
in
west-central
B.C.
was
a
would
all
go
to
the
coast
at
Kttl-"terrible
tragedy"
that
wouldn't
mat.
be
forgotten
for
150
years.
He
said
Alcan.
working
on
a
He
accused
the
previous
Lib-1
$550,000,000
project,
had
refused
Strikes
mother
and
her
four
young
children
were
burned
to
death
Thursday
night
in
a
fire
that
The
stage
is
set
for
one
of
the
toughest
senior
men's
basketball
duels
In
the
annals
of
Prince
Rupert
sports
with
the
opening
tonight
of
the
second
international
basketball
tournament
Favorites
are
Ketchikan
Rockets,
last
year's
All-Alaska
Gold
Medal
tournament
champions,
headed
by
veteran
coach
and
former
pro-cage
star.
Ed
Bolton.
In
the
lineup
of
this
formidable
squad
of
hoopsters
are
the
tallest
men
who
will
appear
on
the
)
Eskimos
Pioneer
Logger
Jack
O'Hara
Dies
Jack
O'Hara,
pioneer
who
many
times
travelled
on
the
Hudson's
Bay
steamship
Beaver,
died
Thursday
morning
at
Alice
Arm.
He
would
have
been
95
years
old
on
July
8.
He
was
one
of
B.C.'s
oldest
loggers,
who
started
logging
in
this
province
with
a
yoke
of
oxen.
He
has
lived
at
Alice
Arm
and
Anyox
for
the
past
40
years.
VANCOUVER
O
The
Vancouver
News-Herald
say
In
a
dispatch
from
Victoria
the
price
of
a
glass
of
beer
in
British
Columbia
la
expected
to
Jump
to
IS
cent
"within
the
next
few
weeks."
Island
AN'K.
Alaska
o,
s
raced
through
their
home
with
lightning
speed.
George
Hostrawser
returned
from
a
hockey
game
to
find
his
house
ablaze.
He
fought
his
way
through
the
flames
to
bring
the
bodies
of
two
of
his
children
out
of
the
house
before
flames
prevented
him
from
getting
back.
',h"iiM!,"r,iflay
ttempt-
"With
the
higher
price,"
the
court
In
'tlie
tournament,
Larry
eral
administration
of
failing
to
look
after
the
interests
of
the
people
when
it
permitted
Alcan
to
go
ahead
with
Its
power
project
In
Tweedsmuir
Park,
which
to
pay
an
Indian
more
than
$3,000
for
his
trapline,
home
and
land,
to
be
flooded
by
,
water
backed
up
by
the
dam.
More
than
75.000.000
board
feet
o?
timber
would
be
lost
to
flood
waters,
he
told
members.
He
said
debris
was
so
thick
on
:
uiomede
Island
,8'ra.t
where
six
Ekl-.
d''d
and
more
than
ln
n
epidemic
of
in-
story
adds,
"the
quantity
of
beer
'
johanson
and
Herman
Ludvig-ln
each
glass
will
be
Increased
son,
both
nearing
six-foot-four,
one
ounce
to
B4
ounces."
j
Don
Hartwig's
Mansons
have
The
dispatch
continues:
I
been
drawn
to
face
the
Kctchi-"There
has
been
talk
of
an
;
Kan
squad
ln
the
last
elimination
Increase
ln
the
price
of
beer
by
game
tonight.
the
glass
for
the
last
two
years.!
The
Mctlakatla
I
Alaska)
Ath-Two
wage
Increases
for
barmen
i
letes.
super-charged
with
the
ras
Airline.
k
ill
from
radio
!
Accident
Death
Toll
at
Alcan
Project
Totals
49
in
2
Years
narren
Island.
'
only
thj
waters
behind
the
dam
that
boats
could
not
operate
and
planes
couldn't
land.
Thousands
of
moose
and
other
game
had
been
drowned
or
starved.
.
rpe
miles
from
DON
IIARTWIG
...
on
the
spot
Is-
I
of
tne
and
beer
waiters
and
other
rising
costs
have
helped
whittle
away
the
profit
margin
of
the
hotel
man."
Plight
of
the
best
players
of
that
Annette
Island
city's
two
top
senior
cage
teams,
arrived
this
"
afternoon
with
the
following
lineup:
Harry
Lang,
Leslie
Brendlble,
Don
Bol-
Mr.
Elliot
was
discussing
a
Below
the
dam.
the
Nechako
t'H
to
messages,
only
CCCs.
Olen
(Tiny)
Carlson,
husky
centre,
and
tall
Sid
Schcrk
will
play
on
the
G-A
lineup,
while
riCUtBllikl
rsirr
I
Will,
UCIljr
uii.u,
...o."..
MsntKMAN
Ulti
!pomPv
Atkinson
(coach).
Albert
Harold
Marshall
and
Don
Scherk
f
anVh,VSlanda
J
SillllW
nlenrfJ
.
have
sided
with
Hartwig's
Ome'
gas.
C.
E.
Elliot,
controller
of
the
Morrison-Knutsen
Company
of
Canada
Ltd.,
which
is
contracting
overall
work
at
Kemano,
the
hydro-electric
area,
said:
"While
the
death
of
any
workman
is
deeply
regretted,
23
fatal
accidents
on
a
project
employing
up
to
7,000
in
extremely
difficult
terrain
is
not
unduly
excessive
in
the
light
of
previous
experience."
VANCOUVER
CP
The
Aluminum
Company
of
Canada
development
has
been
responsible
for
49
deaths
directly
or
indirectly
since
work
began
ln
March,
1951.
Twenty
of
the
deaths
occurred
on
actual
work
at
the
Kemano
site
and
another
29
persons
have
been
killed
ln
plane
crashes
while
going
to
or
leaving
the
project.
charge
made
in
the
Legislature
j
had
dried
up,
leaving
beavers
by
Bob
Strachan
(CCF
New-1
"crying
like
babies
on
the
aand-castle)
that
there
had
been
40
bars."
Wells
had
run
dry,
he
deaths
at
the
KiUmat
site.
El-!
continued,
and
the
ferry
was
Hot
said
the
charge
was
"fan-j
stranded
high
and
dry.
-
---tastic."
j
If
war
rpme
and
the
dam
were
Mr.
Elliot
said
six
of
the
Ke-1
bombed,
all
roads,
bridges
and
mano
deaths
were
of
displaced
communications
would
be
wiped
persons
who
through
language!
out
for
500
miles
to
the
mouth
difficulties
were
perhaps
un-
j
of
the
Fraser
River
at
New
West-fanilllar
with
safety
regulations.
I
minster.
.
,
Ha
nuV.
u
'r
Winners
meet
in
the
finals
to
tare
Ior
a
on...
Z
A
50-year-old
fisherman,
who
i
Wellington
and
Charlie
Fawcett.
had
been
III
for
some
time,
col-1
Alex
Bill's
Gordon
t
Anderson
lapsed
on
the
new
fishermen's
j
squad
will
face
the
second
Alaska
floats
near
the
dry
dock
yes-1
team
ln
the
opener,
starting
at
terday
and
was
pronounced
!
7:
is
p.m.
dead
on
arrival
at
hospital.
He
I
Both
Prince
Rupert
teams
have
was
Harold
E.
Miller,
skipper
of
.been
packed
with
top
stars
from
the
fishing
vessel
Trims.
-the
third
senior
league
squad,
morrow
night
for
the
champion.
Most
of
f,
on
th
ship
and
the
spectacular
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Co-operative
Association
gold
trophy.