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"Princo
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the
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to
the
Great
Northwest"
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XLH,
No.
05
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1953
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Five
Ships
To
Load
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i
i
Poor
Reception
Hides
Details
A
Central
B.C.
Airways
Beaver-type
plane,
unreported
since
Monday
on
a
trip
into
the
glacier-ridden
mining
country
north
of
Stewart
was
reported
found
shortly
before
press
time.
'
No
further
details
on
It
loca
if
-
,A
I
Grain
Here!
fl
Barley
Barlev
Needed
Needed
1
v
tionwhether
safe
or
harmed
To
Finish
Job
ii
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r
'
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Five
cargoes
of
wheat'
...
.
.
....
r
rn
-
Junior
Battle
of
the
Century
I!
i
Hl.Vf
KOFT
close
his
eye
mid
throws
a
bolo
punch
In
a
boxing
match
at
a
p!ayi
ouiid.
Howard
iKUieri
Hall
closes
hi
rye
and
takes
the
punch
at
the
38-pound
aKc
part
in
a
battle
of
the
century
for
three-year-olds
at
McConntck
Recreation
sow
it
only
Tommy
can
lift
that
loft
for
a
follow-through
.
.
.
U.S.
Bomber
Fires
Back'
At
Russ
MiG
By
The
Cantdiw
Preu
FAIRBANKS,
Alaska.
The
commander
pf
a
United
States
Air
Force
plane
said
Tuesday
night
were
available
due
to
poor
radio
communication.
An
alarm
and
request
to
stand
by
for
an
air
search
was
received
here
by
Queen
Charlotte
Airlines
late
yesterday.
The
missing
Beaver
was
reported
to
have
taken
off
early
Monday
for
Stewart
from
a
7.000-foot
glacier
near
the
recent
Leduc
copper
discovery.
It
had
not
been
heard
from
by
this
'
morning.
;l
TWO
PLANES
The
Beaver
left
the
glacier
In
company
of
another
plane
which
arrived
after
bucking
a
stretch
of
bad
weather.
have
been
ordered
for
the
Prince
Rupert
Dominion
grain
elevator
but
a
previous
shipment
of
barley
assigned
earlier
was
canceller!,
Arnold
Mills,
elevator
superintendent,
announced
today.
Meantime,
"only
a
trickle"
of
the
barley
needed
to
load
the
freighter
arriving
here
Friday
L
being
received,
said
Mr.
Mills.
Thirteen
carloads
arrived
to-
hi-t
Z'
nada's
Rejection
of
Alcoa
posal
to
Use
Power
'Final'
(K
P
-
Cumtdu
Klvcr
Is
fin.il.
Resources
Mini-,
that
Cuiudiuu
hydroelectric
!
s
pioixisal
by
the
trr
Winter
of
Canada
mid
In
resource
must
be
developed
by
Company
of
America
an
Interview
here
Tuesday.
'and
reterved
primarily
for
Can
Both
planes
were
reported
to
he
ordered
his
chief
gun-!
ner
to
"fire
back"
when
a
be
engaged
In
flying
supplies
to
the
copper
find
for
one
of
two
dav.
another
14
are
rh1iilpi1
fc
an
immense
power
Mr.
Winter
said
Canada
in-jadian
Industry
"
for
tomorrow.
With
the
elevator
!
f--Liw.
jum
iuacnA,
j-U-u,
a,
oi
New
Westminster,
has
mining
companies
which
made
the
recent
discovery.
n
1:10
uuocr
xuxon
U'nun
in
si
a
no
on
11
-rtosmnn
B-50
bomber
"was
attacked
by
a
Russian
-type
almost
empty.
"It
will
likely
mean
a
long
wait
for
the
ship."
About
200
carloads
are
needed
Alcoa
planned
to
use
water
power
irom
this
Yukon
River,
whose
headwaters
are
In
the
Yukon
Territory
and
Northern
British
Columbia,
for
a
$500,-000.000
smelter
near
fikagway.
CHID
BERGMAN
WANTS
The
two
companies
working
on
the
Leduc
Glacier
project,
cited
as
one
of
the
richest
copper
deposits
discovered,
are
Granby
Consolidated
and
Fro-
MiG-15
high
off
the
coast
of
Siberia
on
Sunday.
men
transferred
to
Korea
for
a
tour
of
duty
with
the
United
State
air
force,
the
17th
RCAF
pilot
to
go
to
the
Far
East,
he
recently
ltd
418
Squadron
from
Ottawa
to
France
as
part
of
Operation
Leapfrog
II.
Inquest
to
be
Held
to
fill
a
freighter
and
the
elevator
can
handle
between
30
and
40
load
a
day.
Lt.-Col.
Robert
S.
Rich,
35,
said
he
tried
to
escape
with
a
390-
bisher
Ltd.
-
0
iff
MA1
TO
SCREEN
j
Aln.sk
a.
to
produce
200.000
tons
Jof
aluminum
a
year.
Thn
AUa
proimiat
waa
re
The
wheat
has
been
ordered
I
here
to
follow
this
final
barlev
shipment
which
will
be
loaded
by
the
Lake
Kootenay.
Th
hipi
left
Vancouver
yesterday.
-
j
.
Ordering
of
the
wheat
to
be
Today
in
Fire
Deaths
I
'
H-
K.
utT'
liiKrlil
Beruman
anU
to
leave
ttv
f
aUi.ee
comeback.
Her
Italian
pre
agent
reported
I
the
h
ip
of
husband
Roberto
Rossclllnl.
she
lit
looking
I
In
wis!
h
she
could
make
her
debut,
preferably
in
mile-
an-hour
dive
Into
a
cloud
bank
and
fired
only
after
the
MiG
opened
up.
The
attack
occurred
as
the
plane,
on
routine
weather
flight,
cruised
north
25
miles
out
to
sea
from
the
Siberian
coast
The
air
Uranium
...
r
May
Be
Goal
Of
Prospectors
following
the
disaster.
The
Red
Cross
has
accepted
jected
by
the
Canadian
government
last
year.
,
However.
Alcoa
had
Indicated
it
hoped
Canada
would
change
it
decision,
Mr.
Winters
dewrlbcd
the
survey
perailt
recently
granted
to
Problaher
Umlted
of
Toronto
as
"Just
a
sort
of
licence
to
tres-
force
said
apparently
neither;
shipped
from
his
port
follows
I
Inquest
into
the
death
of
a
the
lengthened
grain
workers
woman
and
four
men
in
the
early
strike
In
Vancouver
and
New
Sunday
King
George'
Hotelfire
Westminster
where
shipping
has
j
will
be
held
at
4
p.m.
today
by
been
idle
for
more
than
three
!
Coroner
George
Dawes.
aircraft
was
damaged
in
the
third
such
sky
encounter
between,
rators
of
Strike-Bound
responsibility
for
all
expenses
in
this
connection.
The
Salvation
Army,
which
gave
considerable
assistance,
will
however
"carry
Its
own
financial
obligation
without
recourse
to
the
Red
Cross,"
weeks.
City
crews
have
been
working
KETCHIKAN.
The
Ketchikan
Chronicle
speculated
Tuesday
that
high
grade
uranium,
not
copper,
may
be
the
reason
ators
lo
meet
worKers
said
Major
W.
C.
Poulton.
'steadily
clearing
and
sifting
the
j
debris
in
a
search
for
more
vic-
Urns.
There
were
51
persons
known
to
be
living
in
the
hotel
i
at
the
time
of
the
fire.
All
but
:
four
have
been
accounted
for.
l
paxa
on
nuKii
miius
lor
mc
ijui-
j
f
pane
of
making
engineering
ur-
j
jveys."
'
J
)
Commenting
on
reports
Fro-
j
J
hisher
plans
to
ixnd
$2,000.-
for
prospecting
activity
in
the
Leduc
Glacier
area
of
Northern
B.C.
"A
substantial
contribution"
to
the
Salvation
Army
relief
fund
vtR
"A
roniDunv
.
an-hmir
lnerca.se
in
extra
ay
for
Quoting
Casey
Williams,
busi
was
made
by
the
IODE,
said
the
nessman
from
Hyder,
Alaska,
Tito
Watches
Jets
Collide
Over
England
DUXFORD,
England
O
Two
nritUh
it.
fiehtem
rllirlri
tn-
t-w,
ter-i
Uur
(lust
p-vmlum;
double
urn.
-
TxZLMr
smf'lt'rs-
Mr
w.ll
ipproarh
their!
for
.11
overtime
over
Rht
!
id
w,
,a-
;i
propoiwal
-in
-
a
week;
and
other
fringe
beM-iW1"""
Major.
Other
organiritioiis
which
aided
were
the
Women
of
the
Moose
Lodge
who
donated
$100
and
the
Chronicle
said
the
recent
race
between
two
large
companies
to
stake
out
a
series
of
r
litJ.
iiiai
ruuiti-j
iisuie
Mjuiivia
claims
apparently
was
describ
planes
of
the
east
and
west
in
the
past
week.
The
B-50
was
100
miles
east
and
slightly
north
of
the
huge
Russian
military
base
at
Petro-pavlovsk
on
Kamchatka
Peninsula
when
it
was
attacked.
Rich
said
two
planes
appeared
behind
the
B-50
and
5,000
to
6,000
feet
higher
than
the
U.S.
craft
at
an
altitudt
of
25,000
feet.
Rich
said
the
planes,
identified
as
MiG-15s,
"kept
coming
on
our
tail."
Suddenly
one
heeled
over
into
a
"pursuit
dive"
and
made
directly
for
the
B-50.
Rich
said
he
Immediately
ordered
the
pilot
to
dive
into
a
layer
W
clouds
at
the
10.000
foot
level
and
they
heard
the
crew
member
shout
over
the
intercom
system:
lil
tie
hiRh
to
me
but
I
have
no
doubt
the
big
Canadian
explor-
collected
another
$48
at
their
ttion
concern,
throuKh
iu
sub-
The
fifth
is
believed
to
have
been
a
visitor.
Meanwhile,
an
official
of
the
Fire
Marshall's
office
in
Vancouver
was
scheduled
to
arrive
today
to
begin
investigation
into
the
bla2C,
said
Fire
Chief
Earl
Becker.
Most
of
the
fire
survivors,
made
homeless
and
destitute,
have
received
aid
from
the
many
sources
which
stepped
into
the
breach
sldiury.
Quebec
Metallurgical
day
Morr
the
horrified
gaze
of
Hi"
Iii't
ureak
in
a
Union
member
accepted
the;
iimcii
the
2M
k-
recommendation,
as
well
as
an-
employees
and
the
Scepting
a
mlr.oiily
recommenda-j
hat
has
strangled
j
lion
tor
a
I2'i
per
cent
pay
In-
j
'Ms
here
since
Feb-
rrea.se.
1
i
Company
rrprcKcntalive
Reg-j
til-
nrnruu.nl
r,n
t..nl
11
r-..
.
.(.
ih.
lu.rn
.
!
industries,
nas
urm
p.aus
iu,
Manhal
xit0i
kmlnR
toth
ptilM
extensive
development
of
tn
.
Thpn
th,
shaln
Yugoslav
ul!on.
leader,
for
the
first
time,
saw
and
It
Is
my
understanding
QMI
hpard
another
jet
crash
the
is
thinking
of
the
future
of
und
barrier.
S
,-
i
nine
iiiuiu
1.
1
UpR
l
Ituiu
HIK
lJl-f
ed
by
principals
as
a
copper
stampede
because
copper
deposits
are
known
to
be
in
the
region.
Williams
was
quoted
as
saying
samples
of
uranium
ores
have
been
found
in
the
possession
01
old
time
prospectors
at
Hydci
in
recent
years.
He
said
the
samples
led
to
a
search
for
their
place
of
origin
and
subsequent
discovery,
that
the
ore
was
from
the
Leduc
area.
T
'
nh
an
an-;
tors
are
meeting
with
Bernard;
f
from
the
CIO
Oram
'
Wilson
a
federal
lalK.r
ricniirt-
Sunday
night
charity
concert.
Their's
was
the
first
offer
of
help.
Mayor
Harold
Whalen
announced
Monday
that
the
city
hall
would
be
a
reporting
headquarters
for
survivors
and
that
direction
would
be
given
there
where
aid
could
be
received.
Several
survivors
were
helped
by
the
fire
department
In
providing
temporary
accommodation,
as
well
as
food,
clothing
and
money.
The
King
George
tragedy
was
the
worst
disaster
in
loss
of
life
metals
In
terms
ot
anovs.
par-
Th
jiision
occured
during
I
uiai
unless
me
;
ment
olficlal.
"with
a
view
toiticularly
sptK'ini
niKn-iemiera-
ignt
formation
flying
by
Mcte-
an
eiiort
lo
uoinif
In
the
union
with
some-
tui-e
a
lov
neeaco
in
voaay
a
j-v
T.f.
i
.11
f
slr11"'
lor
at
lca.st
"Hut
we
won't
likely
have
any-
Kathleen
Survivors
Launch
Suit
"They're
firing
at
us.".
"I
issued
the
order
to
fire
back."
Ah'
I
thliiK
definite
for
several
days.
No
decisions
have
been
made
-
rame
when
the
V
ln,
lwn
a
malor-
eiiKlncs
and
atomic
power
pro-
lnvoved
Af)
four
of
the
Meti-ors
)cl:s
i
were
changing
position
one
ran
"The
company
expects
to
col-
inU
lne
Uil
o
ttnothcr.
lect
metal
and
"
U
wa
the
second
crash
wit-
rsr'Lrssr;
by
-
h.
homeland
to
pay
an
official
vtait
to
Uke
,
them
to
the
Yukon
site
advantaKe
of
the
tremendous
jto
Britain.
Six
days
ago
whiie
power
that
will
be
available
I
he
was
en
route
here,
three
British
naval
crashed
off
there
for
processing.
Aluminum
j
planes
yet."
The
overture
Is
the
first
from
f
"iidation
by
a
con-
Ocean
Falls
Team
Arrives
i
in
the
city's
history,
but
re-
iro
lor
a
live-cent-
i
the
company
since
the
strike
.
began.
i
The
companies
wixh
,
to
keep
VANCOUVER
O
Suit
for
more
I
caus
such
other
fires
as
that
than
$000,000
has
been
launched:
of
the
Central
Hotel
four
years
against
Canadian
Pacific
Rail-
j
ago
where
one
man
died,
the
way
by
the
survivors
of
the
111-
Clapp
building
fire
with
no
in-fated
coast
steamship
Princess
juries,
and
a
wartime
tanker
ex-Kathleen.
,
plosion
which
claimed
the
lives
action
j
the
1952
contract,
calling
for
i
$1.50
an
hour.
would
be
only
one
or
trie
meiais
luiuimmi.
rum
nun
wnc
u.-n
as
missing
and
presumed
dead
in
Involved
In
such
a
project.'
Two
American
legal
firms
are
jof
three
men.
conducting
the
suit
for
the
nas-
Red
Cross
Actors
shed
president
here,
that
accident.
I
An
RAF
officer
said
Tito
twice
j
asked
before
the
flying
began
to
cancel
the
display
because
of
Stan
Saville,
yesterday
urged
formation
of
a
permanent
committee,
to
act
In
future
S
t
t
Hev.,.,
.
weather.
After
the
crash
he
turned
to
I-ord
Tedder,
Marshal
of
the
RAF,
and
said:
"Please,
do
not
have
any
more."
''1
with
reri-nt
iu-r.
hm
Of
"Tobaern
f'
won
thmr
appeal
on
cliareex
nf
''
'
and
filthy"
pro-
LA
Stevedores
Quit
AFL
VANCOUVER
(CP)-Thc
Vancouver
local
of
the
International
UinKshorenien's
Association
has
broken
ties
with
Its
AFL
International
and
applied
for
a
charter
In
Harry
Bridges'
Independent
International
Longshoremen'
and
Warehousemen's
Union.
Jack
Berry.
ILWU
International
representative
hero,
said
the
breakaway
followed
"dls-sntl.sfuctlon
with
reports
of
the
ILA
on
the
east
coast."
He
referred
to
the
New
York
-WEATHER-
.Synopsis
Gales
iieitin
pounded
the
north
coast
overnight
with
velocities
averaging
50
to
60
mile
per
hour
and
reaching
nearly
80
miles
per
hour
at
Cape
St.
James
at
the
southern
tip
of
the
Queen
Charlottes.'
Forecast
North
Coast
Region:
dale
warning
continued.
Cloudy
with
showers
today
and
Thursday.
Showers
Infrequently
overnight.
Little
change
In
temperature.
Winds
southeast
50
decreasing
gradually
to
35
during
this
afternoon
and
occasionally
25
A
well-packed
lineup
of
the
Prince
Rupert
all-star
women's
basketball
team
will
face
the
Ocean
Falls
lady
cagcrs
tonight
in
the
opener
of
the
two-day
northern
B.C.
pulp
mill
basketball
championships.
The
visitors
arrived
this
morning
on
the
Prince
George.
Coached
by
Don
Scherk,
star
forward
of
the
Watson
Island
pulp
millers,
the
squad
consists
of
Elaine
Maynard,
Phoebe
San-key,
Lcona
Webster,
Nellie
Bill,
Nina
Youngman,
Margaret
Mac-Farlanc,
Margaret
Youngman,
Carol
Spcncc,
Louise
Lea.sk.
Dinty
Stcine,
Sue
Martin
and
Barbara
Moore.
The
regular
men's
CCC
squad,
coached
by
Helge
Holkestad,
will
face
Ocean
Falls
in
the
first
of
the
two
total-point
games
in
the
second
annual
championship
tournament.
Included
in
the
lineup
are
Don
and
Sid
Scherk,
Bud
Ratch-ford,
Mel
Thompson,
George
Dumas,
Harold
Marshall,
Glen
(Tiny)
Carlson.
Monk
Sunberg
and
Joe
Davis.
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Bo-AAe-Hi
Trounces
Quesnel
An
all-time
scoring
record
was
chalked
up
today
by
Prince
Rupert's
Booth
Memorial
High
School
basketball
team
when
it
soared
over
Quesnel
cagers
102-24
in
the
annual
B.C.
high
school
championship
tournament
eliminations.
Individual
scoring
record
was
set
up
by
Gerry
Ford
who
netted
a
crashing
40
points.
Both
scores
were
the
highest
since
Inception
of
the
tournament
Other
Bo-Mc-Hi
Rainmakers
scores
follow:
Kristmanson
23.
Morrison
II,
MacKay
1.
Ciccone
5,
Young
5.
Letourneau
7,
Christ-ensen
4,
Black
4.
Total
102.
The
Rainmakers
pray
the
winner
of
Preston
vs
Duke
of
Con-naughts
tomorrow
afternoon.
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uiiviciton
of
V
ri
hrr.
,.,....
sengers
who
have
banded
together
In
a
"Kathleen
Survivors
Committee."
The
group
Is
composed
of
212
persons,
most
residents
of
the
San
Francisco
district
who
were
saved
when
the
big
vessel
sank
on
Point
Lena
on
the
Alaskan
Panhandle
Sept.
7
last
year.
They
contributed
$10
per
person
to
a
common
fund
to
pay
for
legal
costs.
Total
suit
is
for
$636,427.54.
Of
this
$236,53693
represents
the
claims
of
21
persons
for
"physical
and
mental
damages,"
$191,-000
the
claims
of
another
191
claimants
for
"nervous
and
physical
strain,
shock
and
exposure"
and
the
remaining
$200,000
for
loss
of
baggage,
clothing,
personal
effects
and
the
return
of
passage
money.
The
suit
was
filed
in
United
States
District
Court
at
Seattle.
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Mi'lniies
Lsuri
manager
of
US
Bomber
Fights
MIGs
WASHINGTON
?
A
United
States
reconnaissance
bomber
fought
off
a
Russian-made
MiG-15
jet
fighter
off
the
east
coast
of
Kanachalka
Sunday.
The
air
force,
announcing
the
incident,
said
today
it
took
place
about
five
miles
east
of
the
Siberian
Peninsula
in
the
North
Pacific
ocean.
The
air
force
said
the
U.S.
plane,
a
B-50,
was
on
a
routine
weather
reconnaissance
flight
from
its
Alaska
air
base.
Three
Injured
In
Kern
a
no
Blast
VANCOUVER
W
Three
men
injured
In
an
explosion
near
the
Kemano
powerhouse
site
of
the
Aluminum
Company
of
Canada's
Kitimat
project
were
flown
here
Tuesday
for
hospital
treatment.
The
men
were
Injured
by
rock
fragments
when
they
apparently
hit
an
unexploded
charge
of
blasting
powder
while
drilling.
In
hospital
are.
George
Anderson,
Kemano:
Don
Denonne,
Kemano
and
James
Pleshak,
Coverdale,
B.C.
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wax
nrn.
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F'IUS.
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,
it
,
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had
been
State
Commission's
reports
of
this
evening,
but
increasing
waterfront
racketeering
In
ILA
aRnin
to
southeast
40
Thursday
in
New
York.
morning.
The
AFL
has
ordered
the
ILA
Low
tonight
and
high
Thurs-
to
clean
house
by
April
30
or
day
At
Port
Hardy,
Sandspit
face
expulsion.
and
Prlnco
Rupert,
35
and
45.
'frcsU-don
the
stage
Tomorrow
Night
K
is
the
Night
of
....
the
Red
Cross
Drive
'
KEEP
YOUR
PORCH
LIGHT
ON