OTTAWA
DIARY
Prince
Rupert
Daily
News
4
Thursday.
January
38,
1954
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Newspaper
Association.
Published
by
The
prUc
Rupert
Dmiv
New
Limited.
J.
F.
MAOOR,
President
1
H.
O.
PERRY,.
Vice-President
One
of
the
more
interesting
developments
of
Canada's
national
Capital
is
the
increasing
use
that
is
being
made
of
it
as
an
International
listening-post.
It
has
a
considerable
distance
to
go
yet
before
it
reaches
the
importance
of
either
Rome
or
Heine
as
a
strategic
spot
for
diplomatic
eaves-dropping.
But
roundabout
route
of
the
Latin
and
South
American
embassies
here,
of
the
strong
feelings
of
I
the
Spanish
government
on
the
Gibraltar
issue.
!
As
illustrated
in
the
present
Spanish
(situation,
the
difference
between
out-and-out
espionage
;
and
the
diplomatic
grapevine
is
I
that
the
latter
can
become
almost
an
unofficial
'medium
of
Subscription
Rates:
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I.ARCK
KKI.MTItn
Ottawa's
unique
position
mid
way
on
the
London-Washington
communnuiHi
".
i
party
line
Is
being
recognized
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me
exumsi.e
!
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Information-
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intercourse.
1
hat
has
v.
vf
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v
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-
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OLDER
CARS
TO
ft
hungry
foreign
ministers.
B
"'"
"
'
,
(1
u.
.
'malic
missions
at
the
Vntican
Spam
Is
the
latest
country
to
Switzerland.
The
have
tapped
the
diplomatic
!
now
RUf,Ket
that
Canada',
grape-vine
in
operation
here
for
,
;
if
not
eompctely
neu-
important
news
that
it
couldn
t
;
tral.
nsUon
position
between
London
UtOM
secure
irom
emuassies
in
iarr,ur
SUPERiQE
i
and
Washington
now
is
Investing
our
Capital
with
a
wmiewhal
ad
-.Ullage:
-
sin.
Jar
(
Meantime,
liie
local'
grant-trim-hints
strongly
that
Franco
means
Forced
To
Plan
When
the
Minister
in
charge
of
the
new
Housing
Act
was
making
his
main
speech
one
of
his
phrases
hit
me
like
a
blow
:
"As
compared
with
a
low
of
20.000
starts
in
1033
and
45,000
In
1945,
t
tin
'accomplishment
of
104,000
starts
last
year
is
a
tribute
to
all."
If
you
are
a
natural
optimist
you
can
say,
was
it
not
a
wonderful
thing
that
Canada
broke
all
records
last
year
and
built
more
dwelling
places
than
ever
before?
But
if
you
are
a
realist
you
can
take
a
good
long
look
at
that
figure
of
20,000
houses
In
1933.
To
our
ever-lasting
shame
AUTO
SER
a
Altitun
centres.
Head
of
State
Franco
was
exceedingly
anxious
to
know
whether
or
not
Queen
Elizabeth
II
intended
to
carry
through
wilh
her
announced
intention
of
Visiting
Gibraltar
on
lu-r
return
journey
from
the
Antipodes.
,
""Mi..
to
create
as
much
difficulty
m
'..
.
""-
possible
over
the
Gibraltar
issue.
.
see
otawa
in
AH
Y
Pane
'.
ry
Uoily
News
Or
MFMBERS
or
TIIK
CREW
of
the
Uruguayan
frigate
"Montevideo"
visited
UN
Headquarters
during
the
ship's
recent
visit
to
New
York.
Standing
with
them
in
front
of
UN
General
Assembly
and
Secretariat
buildings
is
Professor
Enrique
Rodriguez
Fabre-gat,
Permanent
Representative
of
Uruguay
ii
UN.
who
acted
as
their
guide.
-
"Working
Informally
t
h
r
o'u
R
h
;
?ome
of
the
South
American
missions
here
he
received
at
least
the
Information
ho
sought,
even
if
It
was
far
from
the
answer
he
wanted.
Most
of
the
Central
and
South
American
missions
here
are
Spanish
in
their
background
and
their
cultural
instftutions
remain
Spanish
to
this
day.
Although
they
differ
in
varying
degrees
from
Franco's
upain
in
113
!l
I
Let's
Plan
Fo?
The
Summer
THE
WEATHER
being'what
it
is,
this
may
seem
f
(.an
odd
time
to
mention
the
subject,
but
why
not
'
give
thought
now
to
some
kind
of
summer
festival?
-
When
summer
rolls.
around,
it
is
the
pleasant
and
profitable
custom
of
many.
B.C.
towns
to
art-
vertise
their
particular
seetiim
of
this
evergreen
playground
by
celebrating;
.V'oimf
.feature
or
pipduct
for
which
they
are
noted.
This
has
led
to
an
assoi
t-
ment
of
enjoyable
occasions
in
the
name
of
such
f
thjngs
as
'
p&jjc,
strawberries,
pioneers
and
(notably
in
the
case
of
Kelowna)
swimming
and
bqating
facilities.
As
a
climax
to
these
celebrations,
most
towns
select
their
msiattractive
young
woman
to
reign
p
as
queen
and
iisend
her
to
the
Pacific
National
Exhibition
to
enable
others
to
see
the
attractions
!;
of
their
community
by
proxy.
To
mention
Kelowna
'I.'
again,
their
queen
last
year
carried
the
charms
of
that
fair
city,
iU
.further
afield
by
making
a
tour
'
t
-
;
t
'
-W
-
of
m
-Canada.
"
None
carH?3y
exactly"
what
'tangible
benefits
3
this
kind
ofrjKflity
'achieves;
but:
it
does
suggest
;4
a,
certain
aiiiitV
community
pride
'and
initiative
J,
which
cannot'Tfkil
to
Hnipress
,
outsiders.
Certainly
Z
tHe
promise
of.
a-gay
festival
and
pretty
girls
is
"
not
going
to
drive
anyone
way.
;?
This
summer
an
effort
along
these
lines
will
He
more
worthwhile
than
ever
because
the
province
..
ife
to
be
invaded
by
visitors
from
all
over
the
Com--
monwealth
and
other
points
coming
to
see
the
J
British
Empire
Games.
It
is
a
cinch
that
having
crossed
the
Atlantic
and
Pacific,'
these
visitors
are
,
not
going
to
turn
around
immediately-
and
'return
AuiomatU
ViASHtU
Letterbox
fcwlll
AuMaiMU
with
lomoul
Sudl
MliM
!
in
Canada,
we
took
the
Great
Depression
of
the
early
thirtips
lying
down.
Instead
of
the
measly
20,000
we
actually
did
build
;
in
1933
we
could
have
easily
built
60,000
or
even
the
104,000
,
we
did
build
In
1953.
THE
NEW
housing
act
of
1954
marks
a
milestone
in
Canadian
history.
It
puts
every
bank,
in
every
nook
and
corner
of
alvwiu
iirvf
Cirnwai
la
d
WHY
CHANGE"?
mission.
The
Editor,
I
Since
that
time,
the
Northern
The
Daily
News'
B
C-
Power
Co.
has
Installed,
at
Can
anyone
giv
me
a
good
gi'eat
expense,
a
huge
diesel
cap-reason
1
able
of
generating
enormous
why
we
should
go
chasing
oft.-
n,
,L-mu.in
tn;
loads
of
electricity
.and
it
Is
en-
Ao
'
...
.tr-lfll!l
v.ol.l
Swwi
tl'il
lan
'utdfmli'
(nlla
Safin
Smoort
lJ
their
espousal
of
modern
ocracy,
they
preserve
a
natural
survival
of
Spanish
sentiment.
There
is
reason
for
believing
that
Franco
it
making)
a
two-I
way
use
of
the
Ottawa
diplomat-1
1
grapevine,
un
the
one
hand
j
he
is
securing
the
Information
he
wants
without
having
to
disturb
the
surface
calm
of
diplomatic
Inquiries.
On
the
other
M.J
ttedy
janlikely
we
ll
ever
bo
short
see
if,
and
vttietHltT
M'mUiKl
In
ito
supply
us:wi.npower(i
'-1
Bifl'-
As
far
as
I'm
concerned
we've
,
Once
we
get
the
commission
been
getting
excei-ent
.
.
.
ab-;
in,
our
power
bills
will
lmme-solutely
second
to
none
.
.
.
ser-
I
diately
be
higher
and
it
will
be
vice
from
the
Northern
B.C.
i
another
story
to
get
rid
of
the
Canada,
into
the
mortgage
business.
But
it
does
so'
on
ah
In-1
genious
system
which
enables
the
banks
to
keep
on
the
same
sound
basis
they
have
operated
on
in
the
past.
The
.Bank
of
Canada
will
see
to
it
.
that
the
assets
of
the
,
qm
II
olaaijS
be
prouJ
ijou
own
IllC
RUPERT
RADIO
&
ELECll
.
313
Third
Avenue
:
-
Phoitfi
hand,
he
is
taicIng
advantage
of
close
communications
Power
Company.
!
commission.
We
can't
iust
vote
,
Canada's
with
London
to
see
that
Downing
Street,
is
apprised,
via
the
For
years
we've
been
enjoying
I
them
out.
this
service
and
paying
much
Also,
tne
commission
is
no
J
lower
rates
than
any
place
ser-.j
guarantee
against
trouble.
Look
and
ved
by
the
commission
what
happened
to
the
Whatshan
Power
Station
last
summer.
If
we
had
that
headache,
our
few
hours
of
rationed
electricity
several
years
ago
would
be
pretty
nal'
rjctM't
.ndeed.
local
banks
are
.
kept
in
good
shape.
The
central
bank
will
always
stand
ready
to
advance
cash
to
local
banks
which
figure
they
have
temporarily
tied
up
too
much
of
their
money
in
mortgages.
"
The
whole
plan
is
a-
common1
sense,
forward,
'
step,
which
should
enable
a
great
many
more
people
People
to
to
own
own
their
their
own
'
PRINCE
RUPERT
FEBRUARY
5
and
6
.,
look
what
happens.
We
had
an
unprecedented
snap
;
of
cold
weather
several
years
ago.
Our
power
was
rationed
for
a
few
hours
for
a
few
days,
and-?
it
really
didn't
hurt
us.
But.
one'
.
,
SATISFIED
of
our
aldermen
saw"
his
oppor-
;
riome.
They
will
wish
to'gflt
great.'
(teal
more
out
4'
SEVtN
TIMS
nf
hU-
V,anafi.liiiio-..0..1fVU)rWlah..ana
:i.
rimo
ora("
J"
rid
of
the
1
""""
g
-i
-
m
homes,
and
to
oav
off
the
cost
ana
uauce
.iu
to
get
get
'iyuatemala
Antigliit-.-'a'town'
in
-.
i
,
rt
wnflrn
'Hi
vraiTir
i
n
nnn
TJt't.
high-jump.
'
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.
!
?L
ra
T'V
k-
'T.T
-
--
---I
G,u
a
t
e
m
a
1
a,
Central
America
uieir
nuiuiai
wmiuilB
mc-uuic.
I
Vina
Vipon
rlpt
roved
efven
Vm
un.
!
"as
een
dtmy
,en
But
the
new
Housing
Act
is
We
got
his
complaints
in
the
I:
nr,
pnowor
tn
tVio
nvpr.p
ri
mu
I
Daofr
ana
over
tne
air.
an'i
i
j
,v
Up
here
in
the
scenic
and
unspoiled
nonnwest
we
have
a
chance
to
show
them
a
part
of
Canada
fC
not
matched
anywhere
eiser
'i
is,
worth
some
'
threat
of
another
depression,
finally
it
came
to
a
vote.
We'd
i
lit
could
happen
again.
The
rea-,
been
'
getting-
ft'-steady-trifctfj-.l
j;
'
son
why
new
home
construction
"why
we
should
get
rid
of
the
xnonjni.
fell
to
an
all-time
low
Irr
1933
-Fred
E,
Dowdie
'
OPTOMETRIST
-
.Nevruddress:
'
303
3rd
Ave.
W
"
Phone
Green
060
power
company"
ror
weeRsrwrai
never
a
word
being
said
in
favor
of
the
long
record
of
fine
service
we'd
been
getting.
at
the
very
moment
when
the
unemployment
.
situation
demanded
that
new
house
build
l"
,
PRINCJE
RUPERT
HOTEL
REFLECTS
v,-and
REMINISCES
ing
should
have
been
at
an
alii
riAfc-Mlf
rate,
very
Small
ma-j,
jority
voted
in
favor
of
the
com-
i
time
high
was
this:
If
each
individual
home
owner
builds
his
home
on
the
basis
of
his
fiwn
prospects,
then
there
NOW
UNJDER,9'60D
"
'
.
'
1
A,
lot
of
peppla.
are
reported
to
be
hv
jail
Because
they
enjoyed
completa-
personal
liberty
and
freedom
of
speech.
IT
AUGHT
TO
WORRY!
Snow
is
described
as
beautiful
jut
when
cases
of
death-
occur
r
I
eve
ii
times
In
nine
days
in
AH
lerta,
one
is
moved
to
compas-.
ion;
However,
they
would
insist
..a
.shovelling.
will
always
be
fewer
homea
built
in
bad
times
than
in
good
times.
But
it
is
precisely
in
bad
times
that
it
is
in
the
general
national
interest
to
build
more,
and
not
fewer
houses.
More
Scotland
Yard
officers
are
resigning
and
while
more
than
a
few
reasons
are
offered,
there
seems
to
be
only
one
really
sensible
explanation.
After
all,
a
fellow
must
have
enough
U
live
on.
.
NO
MATTER
which
wi.y
this!
government
looks
it
is
being
j
driven
more
and
more
towards
more
over-all
planning
of
bufli-
I
ness.
i
People
of
Spain
are
making
demonstrations
to
the
general
effect
that
"they
want
Gibraltar."
But,
for
that
matter,
the
!
.
.
!
Above
I
have
tnea
to
give
a
i
X
ft
The
iifwiy-begun
Pistol
Shooting
Club
in
town
is
an
excellent
thing,
for
here
is
a
sport
for
those
simple
illustration
of
how
it
works
out
in
housing.
But
I
could
do
so
in
several
other
people
of
Gieat
Britain
were
making
precisely
the
same
state-rnnts
about
two
hundred
and
fifty
years
ago.
And
we
are
not
satisfied
about
anybody
being
disappointed.
.
""f
'
:
tlt
takes
only
one-fortieth
of
r
older
folk
as
well.
Both
the
hand
i
fields.
Canada,
for
Instance,
is
Sim
'and
the'
rifle
are
excellent
i
desperately
anxious
to
.continue
to
sell
wheat,
lumber
and
other
toojs
for"
those
jwho
do
.hot
have
the
fast
reflexes
of
j--.
youth,
and
a
a-saeona
bfecoud
to
to
wink,
wuiic.ina.
.the,
eye.
eye.
And,
Ana,
J
.
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t
1
f
we
can
t
think
of
a
quicker
way
I
thtV
are
aW?
t
sn,ow
UP
'
('om
to
get
into
trouble.!
goods
to
Britain.
Yet
imports
of
textiles
from
Britain
are
literally
closing
down
some
textile
towns
in
central
Canada.
If
we
don't
take
textiles
and
British
cars,
what
do
we
take.
.,
petition
against
all
comers
quite
regardless
of
age.
Now
how
about
that
long
range
high-power
rifle
work?
..A-.child
has
reached
the
awk-wlird
age
when
he
begins
to
ask
questions
that
have
"questions.
'
MERELY
ANOTHER
ONE!
t.Ji
noted
novelist
was
in
thei
news
last
-week-end.
It
was
fear-
j
ed
-Ernest
HemlngTay,
American,
who
made
literature
pay,
j
had
crashed
in
Tanganyika,
northeastern
Africa,
and
in
all
,
likelihood
would
not
be
seen
again.
However,.
h.Jives.
It
was
Just
another
accident.
And
the
odd
thing
about
it
was
the
fact
;
oT!!t
happening,
in
all
the
Im-1
menslty
of
a
continent,
close
to
the
scenes
of
one
of
his
most
dramatic,
romances.
-
-
NOTICE
OF
MEETING
The
Annual
General
meeting
of
the
Civic
Centre
Association
of
Prince
Rupert
will
be
held
Friday,
January
29th,
1954,
at
8:00
p.m.
in
the
Civic
Centre
Auditorium.
The
order
of
business
will
include
the
presen-.
tation
of
Annual
Reports,
Election
of
Directors,
etc.
All
paid
up
members
of
the
age
of
nineteen
years
and
over
will
be
entitled
to
voting
privileges.
.
.
,.
..
,
FRED
JONES,
,
,
General
Secretary.',
A
Tennessee
citizen
has
been
.",
vtited
the
best
hog-caller
to
be
lound
In
his
county.
This
time,
j
someone
really
brings
home
the
vr
bacon.
'
Canada
and
the
Royal
Bank
match
strides
on
a
path
of
solid
progress
BALLOT
BALLOT
r
Figures
thai
tell
a
tkrillidl
(fary
t
yus
so
'
$2,734,644,077,
another
new
record.
The
bank
now
conduct!
over
2,350,000
accounts
with
Canadian
deposit
accounts
more
than
double
the
1942
figure.
Jn
195J
new
branches
were
built
and
others
modernized
to
provide
even
more
efficient
service.
Royal
Bank
branches
now
total
over
790
70
of
them
in
foreign
countries
each
geared
to
provide
banking
facilities
in
step
with
the
needs
of
all
Canadians
in
this
era
of
exciting
national
progress.
This
year
Canada
added
another
cheering
chapter
to
its
continuing
story
of
achievement.
New
rcconts
.
were
written
into
the
statistics
of
a
nation's
growth
-more
people
employed
than
ever
before,
more
wages
paid,
more
capital
invested.
'
The
Royal
Bank
paralleled
Canada's
course
through
a
year
of
substantial
gains.
Our
assets
reached
$2,895,856,189
the
highest
figure
any
Canadian
bank
has
ever
been
privileged
to
report.
Deposits
stand
at
THE
ALEX
HUNTER
AWARD
FOR
GOOD
CITIZENSHIP
.
'
-,
i
Please
consider
my
nomination
of:
-X
,..X
,
for
the
outstanding
citizen
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
year
1
953
$,?!,
j;.!ll
jj
(33
l,
11.311
f4
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miliw
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wnpUftS
CrtH
prstfucliM
'N
nnttriiclinit
.
Mirnill
f
rgducliwi
Imltlltt
iyiit
-ilulrk
ptmtt
tipitlty
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npitil
InvHliMM
M
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TOE
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.
B
AH
Et
-
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N
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My
name
;
;....-
My
ADDRESS
QLLOT
PI"
in
and
return
to
the
DAILY
NEWS
BALLOT
not
later
than
FEBRUARY
4,
1954
AMD
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in
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One
of
fhe
world's
great
bonis,
growing
with
a
growing
country