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VOL.
XLIII,
No.
38
PRINCE
RUPERT,
BO.
MONDAY,
FEBRUARY
15,
1954
.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Phone
81
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o)ry
UramsijsiMrt
5
Net
Rail
investment
Not
Basis
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
hoard
of
transport
commissioners
today
rejected
a
railway
hid
for
a
drastic
revision
of
Canada's
rail
rate
setup
at
multi-mil-lion-dollar
increases
in
the
country's
annual
freight
bill.
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yi
Air
Chief
Urges
Use
Of
H-Bomb
IjONDON
(Reuters)
Marshal
of
the
RAF
Sir
John
Slessor,
former
British
air
chief
of
staff,
suggests
that
to
end
aggression
in
Europe
the
United
States
and
Britain,
should
undertake
to
use
atom
and
hydrogen
bombs
on
any
aggressor.
"No
one
will
force
a
major
war
if
he
knows
that
to
do
so
will
bring
the
annihilating
force-of
atomic
air
power
on
his
head,"
he
said
Sunday
night
In
CiANDKR
of
himself
In
a
new
seahkln
coat
with
zipper
yet,
Quack,
a
fashion-plate
I
does
do
something
for
me."
The
coat
was
made
by
his
master's
grandmother
in
here
even
the
ducks
complain
about
'the.
tough
winters.
Holding
Quack
up
to
the
Andy
and
Kelly
Hamilton.
sion
Court
Hears
Home
Honors
St
Laurent
als
on
Assessment
1
1
,
sir
zrt
f
4
tlt
t
?
"
'
Is.
1?
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.
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:
jl...
-;
j
The
lMarcl
threw
...it
nlmrut.
.
all
of
several
parts
In
a
railway
application
and
It
added
a
warning
that
tile
series
of
post-
war
freight
rate
hoists
has
brouRhl
the
law
of
diminishing
1
returns
into
play
on
rail
I
revenues.
.
Key
point,
of
the
40.0W-word
Judgment,
one
of
the
most
important
in
Canadian
rail
history,
was
the
turndown
of
a
n-wfe-i
.onsored
by
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
that
it
he
aiweu
specified
annual
rate
of
enrning
on
a
"rate
base"
calculated
on
its
not
rail
investment.
,
.
.
,
The
CPR
had
asked
that,
in
Special
Train
Brings
Pipe
A
special,
fast
freight
train
was
due
to
arrive
here
this
af-'
tenioon.
carrying
a
load
of
huge
Th(!
specM
shipmenti
orlKin.
atlng
In
Milwaukee,
has
becnt
CNR
from
Win-
'Pe8
to
Rupert
operating
on
PZm-r
tram
time
to
make
.
.np.
ir
n
in
ifwi
t.iuli
inrw
nuv.i
Symbollztng
the
787
victims
of
potto
throughout
British
Columbia
last
year
Is
four-year-old
Debby
Dains,
who
spent
his
first
Thanksgiving
lu
an
iron
lung.
Debby
was
striken
with
polio
wtien
only
four
months
old
and
has
spent
most
of
his
young
llfo
in
Idaho
hospitals.
The
B.C.
POLIO
FUND,
founded
by
the
Kinsmen
Clubs
of
this
province,
helps
victims
of
this
dread
disease.
The
annual
appeal
begins
here
today.
Send
donations
to:
Tle
B.C.
Polio
Fund,
Box
151,
Prince
Rupert,
B.C.
iQuota
of
$2,000
Set
As
Polio
Drive
Starts
By
WILLIAM
STKWAKT
ROME
0
Prime
Minister
St.
Laurent
today
received
a
silver
replica
of
a
she-wolf
suckling
Romulus
and
Remus,
legendary
!
founders
of
Rome.
i
Mayor
Salvatore
.
Rebecchint
presented
the
.Canadian
leader
with
the
clty'k
symbol
at
a
reception
given
by
the
municipal
am.jpnt
c,ly
han
Cap;
I
Itoline
Hill.
The
prime
minister
also
saw
Oraeco-Roman
sculpture
in
the
iT.
r.
...
.
;.T..
.
J:
:
.
.
,
.
,
T
i
leaves
tomorrow
tor
India
and
,
-
missy
lor
luman
premier
Mario
Sciba
and
members
of
iiis
new
government.
The
dinner
came
at
the
end
of
a
day
In
which
the
Canadian
leader
heard
mass
at
a
church
near
his
hotel
and
spend
several
hours
touring
Vatican
City
.
The
Pope
still
was
too
til
to
receive
the
prime
minister,
who
called
at
the
pontiff's
special
quarters
with
his
son,
Jean-Paul,
and
daughter,
Mrs.
Hugh
O'Donnell,
and
Canadian
am-bassador
Pierre
Dupuy.
For
"Rate"
Buu,uu"
sewing
up
'..IP
rare
7
U,B
"a
s''"r
'declare
the
company
entitleo
cnt
on
the
rail
investment.
It
n6w
earns
something
under
four
per
cent.
The
government-owned
Canadian
National
Railways
took
a
neutral
stand
on
the
question
of
adopting
the
rate
base
theory
at
hearings
before
the
board.
However,
it
said
it"
would
accept
any
rate
increases
granted
by
the
board
s
the
result
of
the
application,
v-
,
;
The
application
was
made
by
the
Railway
Association
of
Canada,
of
which
all
the
major
lines
are
members.
On
the
opposing
side,
the
ap
plication
was
fought
by
eight
provincial
governments,
all
except
Ontario
and
Quebec.
They
claimed
that
rising
rates
were
pricing
the
railway
out
of
the!
freight
market
In
the
face
of
j
competition.
-
'
'
i
Looking
at
declining
Tall
traf-
i
flc
in
1953,
the
board
said
In
to-1
nay
s
Judgment:
t"We
now
are
more
strongly
j
than
ever
of
the
opinion
that
j
the
long
succession
of
general
I
freight
rate
increases,
mainly
due
to
added
cost
of
labor
which
lis
the
largest
single
factor
and
costs,
of.
.materials.
has
brought
about
a
loss
of
lrf-
'
for
an
immediate
nine
per
cent
general
increase
in
freight
tolls
amounting
to
around
$38,000.-000
a
year
based
on
the
proposed
new
system.
The
one
point
In
the
railway
application
which
the
board
granted
partially
was
that
of
establishing
a
net
investment
figure
for
that
company's
rail
holdings,
but
it
emphasized
that
this
was
not
to
be
used
as
a
rate
base.
In
summarizing
Its
reasons
for
turning
down
the
rate
base-rate
of
return
method,
the
board
said
that:
The
nature
and
the
expanse
of
Canada's
railway
enterprise
''do
not
lend
themselves
to
an
automatic
translation
of
railway
cosU
Into
rates
both
freight
and
other
rates
based
on
any
preconceived
return."
The
economic
impact,
of
freight
rates
"ls
such
that
they
should
not
be
made
the
product
of
any
automatic
formula."
The
relatlonslilp
of
rail
earnings
to
investment
has
cle-ments
over
which
the
board
has
no
control,
such
as
taxa
tion,
traffic
fluctuations,
labor
demands
and
the
policies
and
efficiency
of
labor
manage
ment.
ulsi
nce
of
11.
Newman,
who
k
ill
The
group
wa,s
scheduled
to
meet
as
a
body
prior
to
resumption
of
sittings
at
2:30,
to
look
over
the
hotel
which
had
Its
assessment
raised
from
$11,200
to
$21,000.
The
owner
claimed
he
made
an
error
in
calculating
Improve-1
menu
and
seeks
a
reduction.
During
discussion
of
the
premises,
the
court
compared
assessment
values
of
other
downtown
hotels
before
deciding
to
per
sonally
inspect
the
premises,
Onlv
two
oersons
attended
the
hearlnes
to
oresent
Preient
their
lMlr
com
com-
ptalnuT
r.v.
t.
i
!.,.
..(...-
one
.
red
menu
on
four;
set
one
aside
for
further
study,
and
made
minor
adjustments
to
six
otliera.
One
appeal
for
a
reduction
in
assessments
received
after
the
deadline
was
not
considered
by
the
court
because
of
the
lateness.
Total
value
of
assessmenU
in
the
city
this
year
is
approximately
$400,000
greater
than
last
year.
During
the
luncheon
recess,
Aldermen
Casey
and
Lyons
and
Mr.
Long
viewed
the
Hays
Cove
district
home
and
were
scheduled
to
report
their
findings
this
afternoon.
WEATHER
North
Coast
Region:
Cloudy
with
snowflurrles
today
and
ned
on
two
depressed
flat
cars
Ilc
"ys
to
compei-wlll
be
shunted
onto
a
barge
at
ln&
moie8
of
transport
...
the
ferry
slip
tonight,
for
their
."Thus
the
iaw
ot
diminishing
leturns
is
now-
ln
tnr
Inexorable
trip
south
I
They
will
be
installed
at
the
economtense.
beginning
to
a.s-Kemano
power
plant,
to
channel
sen
Itself.
n,
t-i,
,.t
,u(..r
twi
rur.
xn
line
with
thai
oecision.
the
generators.
An
official
of
the
Aluminum
Company
of
Canada
Limited
was
expected
to
arrive
here
by
plane
today
to
supervise
transfer
of
the
flat
cars
to
the
barge,
and
to
accompany
the
precious
cargo
to
Kerrmno.
vision
convened
ilng
to
hear
ap-rty
owners
from
smciiti.
reduce
figures
on
ol
property
was
court
before
the
during
which
It
i
view
a
home
in
r
ilisl.net
and
a
1.
is
omposerl
or
Hills,
Aldermen
,
I'liil
Lyons
and
with
city
clerk
Bi
g
assessor
in
the
man
mk
Toronto
FP)
A:;iii'S
Camp-
.
63.
first
woman
'
.Kiii
S
p
i
liunieiii
yp'iirs
ihc
on
l
i
iiirclay
In
hosplt-il
ait
fullered
a
Thursday
at
.her
i
ban
Leaside
and
Weld
,
I,
y
hospital.
1
lai.-ed
Into
un-ml
ill'
(1
within
a
:
is
'trick
n
Willi
liesis
in
ISM
5
,1.
lu
its!.
lung."
she
told
bul
Ml
live
what,
s
l
I
want
to
do."
Hit
she
wanted,
to
'
il
well.
Her
poll-
B
shewed
many
nesl
women
the
il
mi',;
111
the
I
heir
country,
lit
years
in
the
Hlwuys
a
men).
plution
on
kd
in
"Bia
The
:,si
thin
l'.V
the
Rig
Four
'era
on
any
Im-
1
rested
t.odav
in
ni
-;iMf.l
,o
discuss
flic
wars
In
Korea
V
i.
(
TiiesclaV.
Nut
oulte
so
cold
Tues-
(lav.
Wind
northerly
15
today
CHIEF
ASKS
CO-OPERATION
ON
NEW
TRAFFIC
CONTROL
The
new
automatic
traffic
light
ontrolllng
switch
for
the
Prince
Rupert
fire
department
at
the
corner
of
Third
Avenue
and
Fulton
Street
Is
now
in
operation
Fire
Clitcf
Fteekcr
announced
today.
When
the
fire
truck
leaves
for
a
fire
that
calls
for
passing
through
the
Third
and
Fulton
intersection
as
most
of
them
do,
firemen
pull
a
switch
in
the
fireball
that
turns
the
truffle
light
red
four
ways.
Tin:
fire
chief
urged
that
motorists
approac.bi.ug
uw
red
lights,
pull
over
to
the
curb
before
coining
to
a
full
stop
to
leave
the
intersection
clear
for
the
fire
truck.
and
southerly
'Id
Tuesday.
Low
tonight
and
high
Tuesday,
Port
Hardy
30
and
28:
Bandsplt
25
and
35;
Prince
Rupert
20
and
32.
a
broadcast
speech.
Considering
the
problem
of
divided
Germany,
Slessor
said
there
Is
not
the
smallest
chance
of
reaching
agreement
with
the'
Communists
by
international
negotiations.
Among
the
proposals
he
put
forward
was
the
withdrawal
of
British
and
U.S.
troops
from
'
j
Etiropc,
except
Berlin,
after
j
West
Germany
had
been
re-l
armed
and
the
Anglo-Ameri-jcan
declaration
on
atomic
war
1
had
been
signed.
'
I
EXTEND
TREATY
l
Slessor
suggested
the
1918
i
Brussels
treaty,
between
Britain
j
Hollands-France,
Belgium
JuI
;
j
Luxembourg,
should
be
exterU-'ed
to
include
the
United
Bta.ei,
j
Canada
and
West
Germany.
L
Britain
and
the
United
Stntpj
'should
attach
a
protocol
to
their
signatures
containing
a
solemn
undertaking
that,
in
thj.
j
event
of
aggression,
the
"aggres"
;
3jr
would
be
subjected
to
th
-
full
weight
of
Anglo-Amerlor.
i
air
power,-
he
said.
-
"Then
as
soon
as
tnis
new
ex-tended
Brussels
Ireaty
is
Signo
we
should
formally
Invite
Ru
;
sia,
Poland
and
Czechoslovakia
to
adhere
to
It.
"If
they
refuse
as
they
inevitably
would
in
the
first
Instance
w
should
say:
All
right,
then
you
remain
subjee;
to
its
sanction,
but
you
do
not
get
the
advantage
of,
Its
safeguards."
Fire
Destroys
SSO.OOOArena
At
Yellowknife
YELLOWKNIFE,
N.W.T.
CP)
This
gold-mining
town's
only
hockey
arena
was
destroyed
on
Saturday
by
fire
in
30
below
zero
weather.
No
one
was
in-turcd.
Loss
was
estimated
at
180.000.
t
Known
as
the
Gerry
Murphy
arena,
the
large
quonsct-type
irueture
was
built
six
years
ago
jy
public
subscription
matched
y
the
federal
government.
The
volunteer
fire
brigade
appeared
to
have
the
blaiie
under
.ontrol
when
water
pressure
fell
off,
dooming
the
building.
The
town's
three
hockey
teams,
which
played
to
crowds
of
up
to
1.000
fans
three
times
a
week,
now
have
no
home.
Also
wiped
out
was
a
year-old
addition
to
the
arena
which
housed
two
sheets
of
ice
for
curling.
However,
there
are
five
other
ice
sheets
ln
this
town
of
2,800
persons.
No
Accidents
After
Snowfall
No
serious
traffic
accidents
were
reported
here
this
morning
despite
the
three-inch
snowfall
which
blanketed
Prince
Rupert
overnight.
The
snowfall,
accompanied
by
a
low
overnight
temperature
ot
13
degrees
above
zero,
sent
city
and
provincial
public
works
crews
to
work,
clearing
and
sanding
streets.
Major
Issues
Four"
Talks
The
Wi"
t
again
flatly
refused
these
Soviet
terms.
The
Western
foreign
ministers
have
a.iked
Molotov
to
meet
them
again
in
Geneva
April
15
to
take
up
the
Korean
question.
The
The
annual
appeal
by
the
Kinsmen
Club
B.C.
Polio
Fund
opened
here
today.
Quota
has
been
set
at
$2,000.
The
Rupert
Kinsmen
Club,
wnicn
last
year
coueciea
more
than
$1,500
to
help
polio
victims
and
aid
iii
the,
fight
to
beat
the
disease,
asks
citizens
to
send
Queen
Conducts
Historic
Rites
CANBERRA
wi-Queen
Elizabeth,
wearing
her
Coronation
gown,
opened
the
3rd
session
of
the
20th
Australian
parliament
today
In
a
15-mlnute
ceremony
rich
in
tradition
and
color.
She
had
driven
from
Government
House
through
thousands
of
cheering
people
who
flocked
from
surrounding
dlstricte
to
double
for
the
day
the
capital's
normal
30,000
population
The
Queen,
addressing
both
houses,
ln
tht
Senate
chamber
declared
Parliament
open,
the
first
time
In
Australian
history
that
the
reigning
monarch
has
done
so.
The
ceremony
was
broadcast
throughout
Australia
and
during
it
the
Queen
remained
in
the
glare
of
powerful
lights
for
movie,
television
nd
newspaper
cameramen.
protesting
unconditional
sale
of
the
drydock
here
and
sent
another
telegram
to
E.T.
Apple-whaite.
Skeena
MP,
outlining
the
members'
views.
J.
S.
Black,
a
member
of
the
TLC
executive,
who
also
is
a
member
of
the
special
committee
formed
here
to
protest
the
sale
of
the
plant,
reported
on
the
various
meetings
held
to
outline
policy
on
the
matter.
During
later
discussion,
it
was
brought
to
the
attention
of
the
group
that
some
union
members
are
holding
down
more
than
one
job
in
this
city
and
the
Council
endorsed
a
motion
condemning
such
a
practice
at
this
time
"when
so
many
are
unemployed."
John
Dyck
was
named
dele
gate
to
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Kaien
Consumers
Co-Op
and
Don
Llewellyn
to
the
Kaien
Consumers
Credit
Union.
,
donations
to
the:
.
B.C.
Polio
i
Fund.
Box
151,
Prince
Rupert.
Letters
were
dispatched
ln
the
j
mails
over
the
weekend
to
'householders
throughout
the
city
;
ana
uui
Bona,
cnairman
oi
ine
campaign,
today
urged
donors
to
return
their
contributions
as
i
quickly
as
possible.
Reeelpts
will
be
mailed
to
all
contributors
and
may
be
used
for
income
tax
reduction
purposes.
Also
appearing
today
are
cans
in
the
many
stores
and
business
establishments.
They
will
be
there
for
the
next
two
weeks.
In
Stewart,
the
Women
of
the
Moose
are
helping
the
Kinsmen
and
any
Stewart
citizens
here
who.
wish
to
contribute
through
their
hometown
may
send
donations
to
Mrs.
Bob
McLeod.
senior
regeut
of
the
Women
of
the
Moose,
Stewart,
B.C.
Polio
has
taken
a
big
toll
throughout
B.C.
during
the
past
two
years
and
already
this
year
29
persons
have
been
stricken
by
the
disease.
One
person
has
died
in
Vancouver.
Last
year
there
were
787
cases
'
I
,
,,
,
hh
pd
wjth
Ms
cases
and
dt,Bths
ln
1952.
!
j
IW
rr...
-
mrf
y
NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD
Yvonne
de
Bruyn,
a
Finnish
officer's
daughter,
proudly
holds
her
trophies
after
being
crowned
Miss
Finland
of
1954.
The
tall,
slim
blonde
also
won
a
substantial
cash
award
In
the
national
competition.
I
.
,(
;.
K't
I
I
Russian
has
been
considering
'"
optimistic
this,
but
still
with
one
major
uu!d
bo
taken
;
objective
ln
view:
ICC
on
Stern,
tj,
'
Tf
t)L-cta
wrru
in
ti,ih
a
enn-
ill
UlC
Far
East.
Iiwnm.
.
it
nuu
Inrlieulorf
Rett
Move
To
Keep
Liquor
Store
Open
Longer
Backed
by
TLC
iKietd
Biindnv
i
China
first
must
be
called
to
a
fiirsdiiy.
state
Sec-
j
seat.
"i
the
U.S.
He.
There
was
one
strange
devel-
f
oviel
foreign
min-
I
opulent
in
the
discussions
Sun-
n;"
an
Austrian
'
day.
Since
the
conference
began,
in
iiiieni
c
bv
then
I
the
Western
delegations
have
III''
tnll;
u,r...
,,,.
flultvinH
thai
1,illr,l
r.v'a
nmnrw.
-
The
Trades
and
labor
Council
has
joined
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
City
CouncU
ln
requesting
an
extension
of
hours
at
the
Government
Liquor
Store
here.
At
their
monthly
meeting,
TLC
members
endorsed
a
move
originated
by
city
council
suggesting
the
liquor
store
remain
open
until
midnight
on
the
five
days
each
week
that
It
ls
open
from
April
1
to
October
30.
Aldermen
had
endorsed
a
motion
to
keep
the
store
open
until
U
p.m.
TLC
members,
however,
said
that
due
to
some
boats
leaving
here
after
11
p.m.
that
the
midnight
closing
hour
would
be
more
favorable
and
would
aid
in
the
city's
drive
to
eliminate
bootlegging.
The
meeting
also
endorsed
action
of
the
TLC
executive
in
als,
particularly
his
plan
for
an
all-European
security
pact,
clearly
are
aimed
at
destroying
the
yet
unborn
European
army
as
well
as
the
steadily
growing
North
Atlantic
Treaty
Organization.
Molotov
singled
out,
F.den
ln
the
closing
moments
Sunday
night,
saying
the
Briton
"reads
too
many
English
newspapers
which
me
of
the
opinion
that
the
Soviet'
Union
insists
on
the
dissolution
of
the
North
Atlantic
Treaty
.
"We
ask
you
not
to
believe
this,"
Molotov
declared.
Later
r
Soviet
press
spokesman
added:
"The
Soviet
delegation
has
not
Dronosed
this
"
s,'
insisted
that
t
rtMity
permit
Big
"in
troops
to
re-until
a
German
ls
concluded
and
"c
Dunned
forever
r''e
with
tle
west.
Jte
Drops
Mounted
tv
wleh
supplied
f.
the
comic
,lhe
Royal
Mount-f'lnued
the
feature
f
'onger
appear
in
h
jwever
w'
1
'
future".
FOR
ALMOST
TWO
YEARS
this
photograph
has
been
used
by
the
Marine
Corps
in
its
officer
procurement
program.
The
model
is
1st
Lt.
John
Burwell
Melvin
of
Annapolis,
Md.
A
captain
now,
the
photogenic
officer
has
proved
himself
to
be
truly
a
model
Marine.
He
has
been
awarded
the
Navy
Cross
for
extraordinary
Ucroism
under
fire
In
Korea.
In
the
West,
nobody
knew
what
either
Russian
meant.