!6 J"'" Prince Rupert Daily nCw. Tuesday, March 2, : WALLACE'S DEPT. STORE Army Chief Warns Ao Britain Passes Halfway Mark in Drive To Repair Flood-Hit Dikes, Sea Walls By JOHN Ol'D.M AN Ui' British government 20.000,- fences now will withstand an- I.ONDON i Reuters i Britain; 000. T!e gaps have been closed. -other onslaught from the North aire .1 !! I 3' ii hurther violence in Sv TMlMACiPnC nAMAsc;i :s. Curia vria ltAirn1t m 1. iii ttevoit.- wa Thousands of workmen have Si'a. HiKh spring tides are forecast fur March but chances of last built up and strengthened sea walls protecting densely-populated areas. has passed the half-way mark in her campaign to repair a 1.000-mile stretch of dikes and sea walls smashed at 1.200 points bv hist winter's racing floods. - - - - injured R-.' wracked Syrian army chief of when pro-8hish?'i''i''4! staff sternly warned against on mobs who further violence and demonstra- the resignation J tions yesterday as the capital dictator's catam? : prepared to greet the nation's president MaahT year's disaster being repeated' are remote. For one thing, the The program will not be com- I J, site nmf Months of intense recoil- Ipkte until i:iter this, year, struction work have so far cost experts ate confident the but! Hoods, which gushed over the tie- j ( list coast killing more than 300 - i nronle on the night of Jan. 31-- new chief ol state, Hachem Bey I v...,har, "vsi KlAttassi. L ' F'eb. 1 last year, were a fluke Though rival factions of army hlsheklv til rebers united behind Attassl and stti Arab ex-aiciaior mno onuiieKiy a cao ; down i inet agreed to step out. new riot- j ... m , r 01 A't; lng broke out in Damascus 8un- 1 ""assl. -year-oi(j . day night and 13 persons were : !fran and o-tiwJ reported wounded, some ser-1 , , PWlauned hsm iously. , i.te'n 11 brasjt Troops broke up the Ctmw . t,nawkat Shhir, 4 strations hv firing on the crowds PM Denies He Meddling In India-Pakistan Row COLOMBO, Ceylon (CP) Can- i Minister St. Laurent held Nevada's prime minister, who in the:eral talks last week, spurned a last 10 dnys visited both India i U.S. ofier of aid similar to that and Pakistan, says he wasn't a1 granted Pakistan, "meddler" while talking with j in New York, The Times says leaders of the two disputing J lod,jy in a Colombo dispatch caused when a worm sea gam hurled waves nearly 600 feet lmit; asain.it the sea defences while the spring tides were at their maximum. In one night, 160.000 acres were covered by the sea, 24,000 houses were damaged, 200 major industrial plants were inundat-j cd. 14 ma jor gas and electricity ! installations were crippled, i In East Suffolk. Norfolk and spring info the fashion scene Beautiful new nylons and dacron and other new novelty fabrics. Prints or plain. Thoroughly practical dollar-wise and wear-wise yet new in 1954 styles. You'll be more than pleased, we're sure. Size 12 to size 52 WALLACE'S CECIL CLARKE, artistic director of the Stratford, Out., Shakespeare Festival, is making a cross-country search for actors and actresses for next summer's productions. Associated for seven years with the Old Vic Theatre. London, he has worked with the famed Tyrone Guthrie on many English productions as well as last year's festival at Stratford, Ont. Ottawa Asked and usin" tear gas.. The capital for the second night was under a curfew. UamnsL-us was calm again on Monday. .sialic power Just as he visited Paqistan it tha- Prime Minister St. Laurent Lincolnshire, sand dunes, which "denied'' that he was "an emis-i , .,;., .i nrnuirf was announced that the Moslem Uarv to the F ist for the puipo numna-1 , ; , 3 v " ot., ..,iu mtiit..rv niH . j urai defence, were washed awa I T ..... m innueinu . . . Nenru i.o Keen nom uie unueo. states. iiuaan open mmsi on western de-was opposori by Hindu India. ; fence plans." I and new sea walla, about 10 miles long, have had to be built ! in their place. j From an agricultural point ot r view, the damage is still far 4V One person was killed and 20 REGINA CP) Twenty-five cents conscience money viu sent to the Reglng Exhibition oflc bv a hockey lan who.se note said he had taken a reserved seat, although he had purchased an ordinary ticket. But tha Prime Minister made i ne Indian suo-conunem was divided between India and Pak- it plain to reporters at the press istan in 1947. Still in dispute is .conference that he is not in , ,' rich state of Ka.shmir , r(.DlUrj.d. Salt water ruln : DEPT. STORE the Monday India's Prime Minis-; Asia to mediate India-Pr-kistan ca thousands of acres of ten lit w m WE MOVE W: li.r.d. ter Nehru, with whom Prim' disagreements. To Finance Housing Plan I OTTAWA The Canadian ! Federation of Mayors and Muni-, clpalitics appealed to the federal 1 government to finance low- CARE ANtV You can tmnm i finest (uruitun r to us with fi in their uUn BIG PROFITS on JOKES, TRICKS ond MAGIC ran be made by assressive retail store. Write for free catalogue to Canada's largest distributors. Royal Specialty Sales 118 Queen Street East Toronto i - , .' (Bfcss(cfc.-,. .--5. w.. ' S .zl sound delivery. PACKi.VO 0 SHIPPINC LOCAL OK I.0NC 01: MOVING LINDSAYS Cartage and Slwip Phone 69 "lj.-ave It hi Lissv rental housing projects to overcome problems of slums and overcrowding. The request was contained in a brief presented to the House of Commons standing committee oh banking and commerce by J Q. Asselin, chairman of the Montreal executive committee and president of the federation The committee is considering revisions in Canada's housing code. A serieiof these projects, financed entirely by the federal government, would timulate more active Interest by the provinces and municipalities in low-rental housing, the brief said. AIEC At the same time it would help ; to dispel the; f?ars which some ! uirirJESS r THE FUNNIEST MANAUVE 5J r ijftjyr TOTE I people hold to'ward such projects, i ' The Nationul Housing Act has ! made it possible to tackle the ; problem "in an energetic way," j ' the brief said. Public apathy and active opposition in sqme quarters, however, have hind-1 ered attempts to relieve the congestion and slum conditions. I The federation also asked the j government to increase from ,$10,000 to 13.500 the amount of j construct ion money available I under National Housing Act ' loans and to lower' the down payment to 10 per cent of the I amount. Todoy ond Wednesday Evening Shong 7: - 9: p.m. today, to wedns 'V '-.-,,., f I III Win') t ft "'Hi f" ALSO fUYBC "THOSE Hi GREY Will ! II s ma with WALTKR CONKit IRIS MEEEBIT; SHOW TIMFS Sirrn Grey H alls 1 SCREEN FLASHES Kllm.s to be shown at the Capitol Theatre this month ure as follows: March 1 to 3 "Siren of Bagdad," Paul Ilcnricd, Patricia Medina, "Those High Gray Walls," Walter Connolly, Iris Meredith; March 4 to 6 '.'His Majesty O'Kcefe," Burt Lancaster, Jonn Pice; March 7, midnight, "Touch Girl," James Dunn, Mona Freeman, "Borderline," Fred Mac-Murray, Claire Trevor. March i! to 10: "House of Wax," Vincent Price. Phyllis Kirk; March 11 to 13: "Paratrooper," Alan Ladd, Leo Genn; March 14, midnight, "Hairy Ape," William t thouW pfn to mm . ye? mir t, ? f 1 i : 'iV-.'--i PTICIA -" mf PAUL t 'bigger iprfote 8 KA.MOl S ri.AVKBSTWl T?ockAount ,Bcndix, Susan Hayward; "Tanks - a Million," William Tracey, Joe HAUL WITH Sawyer. , I March 15 to 17: "Thy Neigh-, bor's Wife," Hugo Haas, Cleo I Mijore. "Yellow Kky," Anne Baxter, Gregory Peck; March 18 to Thu dvertiso ment is not publi?Ked or displayed by M L Bo.rd or by th Govtrnmtnt ol B"f Clu,t" 20: "Three Sailors and a Girl," Jane Powell, Oordon McRae. March 21. midnight: "Arizona Cowboy," Rex Allan, Gordon Jones, "The Lady Pays Off," Every dollar saved on hauling costs means an entra tlollar on the profit siJc of your ledger . . . and that's w hy so many cost-conscious, t'conomy-mindcd operators haul with new Ford Triple-Economy Trucks! Ford Trucks are packed from bumper to bumper with more money-saving features than your dollar ever bought before! 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