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VOL.XLII,
No.
115
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
MAY
16,
1953
TEN
CENTS
(Including
comic
section)
lerican
wsman
I
easea
Ham
Oatis
)d
to
be
Out
More
Money
Needed
t
1
inn
fTjirp
7
r"
"fn"
-
Associated
t,(invsjioi)(lent
Wii-
atts
has
crossed
P
Germany
follow-(
release
from
a
To
Cover
Deficits
Drastic
measures
may
be
taken
by
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
board
of
directors
in
meeting
future
shortage
of
money
as
a
result
of
budget-freezing
by
the
provincial
government.
Communist
in
in
Slovakia.
us
fri-t-d
i
iftcr
serving
Unable
to
meet
its
payroll
h;
of
a
10-year
prison
Mountie
Guards
Exhibits
said
"the
health
minister
has
told
us
he
will
not
let
us
down,
but
that
may
mean
anything
or
the
hospital
has
asked
for
an
advance
from
the
B.C.
Hospital
Insurance
Service.
This
was
granted
but
will
be
charged
against
the
next
grant,
directors
were
told
at
their
meeting
last
AN
IttMP
('ONSTABI.E
STANDS
ON
(H
ARD
at
tile
Canadian
exhibits
at
the
British
Industries
Trade
Fair
in
London.
Officials
of
the
trade
commissioners'
service
will
assist
business
men
who
visit
the
exhibit
and
are
interested
In
any
pha
of
Canada's
market
and
import
possibilities,
market
development,
setting
up
of
selling
and
distributing
channels,
customs,
shipping
or
banking
problems.
nothing."
On
Mr.
McRae's
suggestion,
the
board
also
adopted
a
stiff
'ollertion
policy
concerning
delinquent
accounts.
Board
was
night.
While
all
trade
accounts
have1
told
that
of
$60,000
In
accounts
receivable.
$37,000
were
bad
rh.igo
(if
being
a
spy.
US
government
de-
(
the
charge
as
-a
i
;iftcr
conviction
of
the
ild
newsman
on
Julyj
aid
his
release
came
as
-le
surprise.
,s
accompanied
on
his
i
n
the
Czech
capital
to
many
by
the
U.S.
vice-
j
n
Prague.
Chris
Squires,
ortcd
him
across
the
liifie
tin-
trip
in
a
U.S.
j
ttitmcnt
auto
travel-j
ii)ir;iied
thin
and
pale.
the
border
how
he
had
!
..I.
.I
in
nriain
Vin
r.
!
debts.
Mr.
Stevenson
reported
that
Many
Persons
on
Both
Sides
of
Border
Affected
by
Drop
in
Canadian
Dollar
hospital
solicitors
Brown
u
been
paid
up
to
date,
the
hospital's
coffers
were
short
$2,000
in
meeting
Its
mid-month
pay.
roll,
said
D.
C.
Stevenson,
administrator.
"We
wired
for
an
advance
and
got
it,
but
It,
will
be
deducted
Irom
next
month's
grant,
we
were
told."
Jack
McRae,
finance
chairman,
said
his
committee
viewed
the
situation
"with
alarm."
Because
of
higher
wage
costs
Harvey
had
been
instructed
to
"put
on
the
heat"
on
delin
quents.
Most
such
accounts,
he
said
will
have
much
effect
on
their
i
year
as
much
as
18
per
tent
less
Industry.
-
than
the
previous
year.
This
was
were
those
of
transients
and
hv
Al
l
X
DIMM)
i
t
(.'utaKliuu
PrwHfc
Stall
Writer
I
The
rpcent
drop
in
the
value1
TIPPY,
a
black
water
spaniel,
got
spring
fever
and
started
out
on
a
trail
of
adventure,
-winding
up
in
the
Cornwall,
Ont.,
city
jail.
He
greets
his
owner,
Betty
Michaud,
who
looked
all
over
town
for
him,
finally
finding
him
in
custody
for
breaking
a
city
ordinance
which
forbids
dogs
wandering
around
loose
between
May
1
and
June
30.
Tippy's
prison
record
reads:
Cell
No.
3,
Tippy,
charged
with
vagrancy;
sentence,
time
spent
in
jail
(two
days).
The
fact
Hie
two
currencies'
blamed
mostly
on
lower
returns
other
irresponsible
citizens.
recently
have
come
to
almost
in
U.S.
money.
Increased
labor
The
board
agreed
it
would
not
w.ll.
thev
treated
me."'
"K
""""'
"ar
''CVCn
terms
won't
mean
a
great
costs
were
also
partly
responsible.
borrow
any
money
to
meet
oper
this
year
about
$40,000
more
ating
deficits
and
all
trade
ac
md.
but
it's
great
to
be
1
allel
muny
anauians
"Q
Am-,
inc,.ease
)n
tUrixt
travel
or
tour-,
e"cans.
I
M
Spending
here.
!
To
the
average
Canadian
it.
i
Canadian
holidays
will
be
just
counts
would
be
paid
first.
A
major
program
of
expansion
A
spokesman
for
the
Canadian
Exporters'
Association
said
the
decrease
in
value
of
the
Canadian
dollar
is
a
boon
to
Canadian
exporters.
With
the
Canadian
dollar
at
a
premium,
they
said
it
was
virtually
Impossible
for
the
was
outlined
by
Norm
Bellls,
than
in
1952
the
hospital
was
steadily
going
in
the
hole
"because
we
are
held
to
last
year's
budget."
"If
we
don't
get
an
advance
big
enough
to
cover
deficits,
we
will
have
to
reduce
staff.
We
eJ
Pianist,
chairman
of
the
long-range
planning
committee
win
mean
the
end
of
holiday
or
a
bit
more
pleasant
fur
Ameri-business
travel
at
a
premium
'
cms.
across
the
border.
To
the
business
man,
the
in-
To
the
American
tourist
in
j
cresi.se
In
value
of
the
U.S.
dollar
Canada,
It
will
end
the
nuisance
i
should
mean
higher
returns
for
of
having
to
use
a
95-ccnt
dollar,
j
many
basic
Canadian
exports.
Tourist
officials,
however,
do'
including
pulp
and
paper,
lum-
Tenders
will
be
called
for
con
Fiery
American
Merchant
Ship
Owner
Dies
on
Plane
NEW
YORK
AP
Hans
J.
Is-
Isbrandtsen
was
one
ot
the
brandtsen,
60,
the
fiery,
Inde-
biggest
of
the
independents
and
pendent
American
merchant
a
thorn
in
the
side
ot
all
ship-
mm
Schapiro
version
of
sterilizing
units
from
may
even
have
to
close
our
exporter
to
realize
a
profit.
A
survey
of
some
companies.
electricity
to
steam-operated
I
doors,"
said
Mr.
McRae.
Mr.
Stevenson
claimed
that
by
which
export
to
the
United
His
suggestion
that
a
par-
wing
Here
not
think
the
disappearance
of
t
ber,
base
metals,
grain
and
gold
States,
reveals
all
welcome
the!
timlarlv
strnne
renucst
during
using
them,
the
hospital
could
:iast
summers
five
per
cent
pre-i
As
an
example,
pulp
and
paper
Canadian
dollar's
decline.
Im-
this
time
of
election"
be
made
I
save
$2,000
annually.
Steam
was
oil
al
event
of
consid-
mium
on
the
Canadian
dollar
companies
showed
profits
last
oort-export
companies,
those
for
sufficient
operating
funds
nmre
efficient,
too,
said
Miss
ship
owner,
died
Wednesday
on
ping
magnates.
Wake
Island,--ceordins
t
word
He
scorned
their
rate
confer
i
in
i
i
'
i..
i
;
companies,
which
import
-com-t
Was-endorsed
bvthe
board
Elizabeth
Clement,
superintend
inlercst
will
be
held
hen
Maxim
Schapiro,
iiiist,
makes
his
second
Board
president
R.
O.
Moore
I
ent
of
nursing.
ponent'
parts
of
their
products
ences,
and
undercut
them
to
get
business.
He
refused
govern
received
here
today
.
by
his
family.
Isbrandtsen
was
on
his
way
home
from
Japan
after
a
three-
aire
here
this
season
to
ment
subsidy.
Conversion
To
Cost
$1,500
j
and
export
the
whole,
also
con-
slrirr
the
change
a
healthy
de-I
velopmcnt',
despite
the
fact
that
!
they
must
pay
more
for
incoming
i'i
performance.
It
was
such
a
determination
that
won
him
world-wide
notlc
week
business
trip
to
the
Far
East.
'
are
non-existent.
Oyru
Club,
which
is
ins
the
concert,
has
arrangements
for
Mr.
in
the
early
days
of
1950.
FIRM
RETAINS
SAME
PRICE
SINCE
START
65
YEARS
AGO
LONDON
(Routers)
One
British
firm
has
not
raised
its
prices
once
since
It
started
business
In
1888.
The
Associated
Automatic
Corporation,
presenting
its
1952
accounts
today,
tidded
a
footnote:
"For
the
last
65
years
we
have
been
weighing
,
and
entertaining
the
public
for
one
penny
a
time."
The
board
will
consider
a
pro
Ironically,
the
man
who
did
not
Because
he
believed
in
.free
posal
6y
the
city
council
finance
Mum
to
the
city
material.-
Canadian
officials
attribute
the
decline
to
the
reduced
demand
for
Canadian
dollars,
caused
by
a
decline
in
Canadian
ex
hesitate
to
tangle
with
governments
or
get
mixed
up
with
wars
committee
to
study
formation
of
of
his
ureat
personal
dom
of
the
seas
and
the
"open,
door"
in
China,
Isbrandtsen
re
hospital
district
for
capital
fnr
frPPrinm
nf
the
seas,
was
an
ny
in
prince
Rupert
financing
and
to
work
with
city
0i,.in-
3,,rmpr
enthusiasm
with
whir
h
fused
to
recognize
a
Chinese
Nationalist
blockade
of
Communist-held
mainland
ports.
council
on
the,
basis,
ot
a
long-
;
Th.
,nrd
from
Wake
was
tha
Fstimated
cost
of
conversion
was
$1500,
a
third
of
which
would
be
paid
by
the
provincial
government,
said
Mr.
Stevenson.
A
committee
also
will
investigate
purchase
by
bulk
of
electricity.
.It
this
could
be
done,
the
hospital
could
save
up
to
rmlf
Its
present
electrical
costs,
said
Aid.
Ray
McLean,
city
council
representative
to
the
board.
Elaborate
conversion
of
the
ii;k
received
in
other
n
his
current
tour.
t':.
range
program.
1.
he.
succumbed
suddenly
to
a
i
ports.
Other
causes
noted
.were
i
the
,
tendency
of
American
in-'
i
vrstors
to
sell
Canadian
securities
and
the
reluctance
of
Can-I
adian
companies
to
float
bond
He
Ignored
American
warnings
The
proposal
was
presented
by
K
f
ottanlr
S'hapiro,
who
Is
well-
City
Clerk
W.
R.
Long,
who
said
Thnllffh
.
'relatively
small
or
and
several
of
his
vessels,
notably
the
Flying
Arrow,
suffered
from
Nationalist
gunfire.
,
council
had
in
the
past
kept
maritime
Interests
go,'
from
contributing
to
capital
Sea
Cadets
Weigh
Anchor
For
Two-Day
Coastal
Trip
3U
issues
In
the
United
States
at
a
time
of
rising
interest
rates
in
that
country.
Isbcandtsen's
d
e
t
e
nninatlon
structure
of
the
hospital
because
it
felt
city
taxpayers
should
not
hospital
attic
Into
4000
square
was
reflected
in
nis
snippers.
One
such
was
Capt.
Kurt
Carlsen,
bear
the
complete
burden
of
the
Canadian
exporU
in
the
first
f
fe
larter
of
1953
dropped
to
$900.-
...
.u.wt.,
t..-v.
pianne(j
hllt
bUj
wi
Wjn
hln.
hinge
nn
on
cost,
of
facilities
provided
for
all
im:
riiiii
K
nup-i
i
.,,.,,
,,i,i
,,tnn
nm.
mi.
,i
nn
ut
i
Cook"
Sea
Cadet
Corps
weighed:
way
out
of
the
harbor.
600.000
from
$989,000,000
for
the
wnetnpr'
a
CPrtain
amount
of
Strike
Threat
Ends
as
Union
Reaches
Accord
anchor
at
9
o
clock
tnis
morning
it
is
me
nrsi
sucn
ouung
ui
corresponding
periou
iusi
year.
monpy
wiu
bc
granted
to
the
whose
Flying
Enterprise
went
to
the
bottom
of
the
Atlantic
in
January,
1952.
Carlsen's
heroic,
two-week
effort
to
save
his
doomed,
storm
-battered
ship,
brought
him
world-wide
acclaim.
s
to
Priiice
Rupert
aud-fur
the
leading
part
he
'n
in
Alaska
Music
onccrts.
played
here
last
tiio
ensemble.
After
mierl
to
the
U.S.,
he
M
back
to
the
north
ular
demand
and
gave
'
at
Prince
George
and
CwJa
before
continuing
jivr
ethers
in
Alaska.
.
"'inert
next
Friday
Is
ft
"f
the
regular
Alaska
Trail
series.
Tickets
are
liable
from
Oyro
niem-,r
at
the
Civic
Centre
!l"
performance
will
be-8
31)
p.m.
aboard
coiumoia
i;euuiose
iugiaaeis
nave
irnu,
aim
cawciu-
hi
new
ium,
uamcia
avuiuu-
h0,Spltal
from
a
special
fund.
J.
H.
MacDoueall.
Excitement
',
Hons
ran
high
as
the
spirit
of
ted
the
drop
to
American
invest-
j
k
M:irt.in
director
who
il
ran
high
as
the
last
line
was
1
adventure
caught
Hold.
Points
ors
selling
Canadian
securities
inst,rat.ed
a
remodelling
plan
of
residents
in
the
area,
city
and
district.
Mr.
Long
proposed
that
the
board
study
a
suggestion
that
a
hospital
district
similar
to
a
school
district
be
formed
for
taxation
purposes.
,
Mr.
Stevenson
said
figures
showed
60
per
cent
of
those
using
the
hospital
were
city
resi-
ot
call
lnciuue
i-on
Dimpsuu
ana
re-invesung
uieir
muncj
m
h
aitir
p.sUmated
cost
of
the
where
arranKemcnts
have
been
United
States
issues,
for
greater
at.
-snnn
Tt.
would
nro-
VANCOUVER
i(P
A
7'j-cent
niiKic
lor
cadets
to
sleep
in
me
interest
raws,
i
ins.
uiey
say,
una
virte
for
x-ray
room,
laboratory.
an-hour
wage
increase
has
been
old
Girls'
School
tor
me
one
increased
me
suppiy
oi
uaua-
,.pntrai
sunolv
room,
three
or
negotiated
for
2,300
British
Co
night
they
will
be
away.
The
dian
dollars
on
foreiun
exchange
dpry
rooms
ana
rough
storage
lumbia
Electric
Company
em-
Canada
Criticizes
U.S.
Stand
school
has
not
been
In
use
lor
markets,
ana
tenaea
io
pusn
space
ccnu,,
pioyees,
ending
the
threat
of
a
from
villages,
and
five
rra'
outlying
transit
tie-up
i
in
three
three
cities.
cities.
some
time.
down
tneir
price
in
terms
oi
Rome
of
these
units
are
now
per
cent
were
transients.
Pin-nose
of
the
trip
is
to
allow
Canadian
dollars.
located
on
other
floors;
some
Seven
Killed
In
Jet
Mishap
WASHINGTON
0
The
U.S.
air
force
reports
that
seven
American
flyers
were
killed
in
yesterday's
triple
air
collision
over
Germany.
An
F-84
Thunderjet
smashed
into
a
formation
of
Flying
Boxcars,
hitting
two
of
btherman
Agreement
with
the
Street
Railwaymen's
Union
(AFL)
on
wages
in
Vancouver,
Victoria
and
New
Westminster
was
followed
by
.
a
company
announcement
Friday
night
that
it
was
determ-mined
to
hold
the
line
on
fares
the
Cadets
to
gain
practical
ex-
London
brokers
expressed
still
Ijeiienec
while
afloat
to
help
another
view.
Some
observers
them
In
their
regular
Thursday
said
it
was
the
cessation
in
Am-
evening
training.
erican
investment
rather
than
aj
The
cruise
Is
under
the
Juris-
j
withdrawal
of
capital
from
Can-
I
diction
and
command
of
Captain
aria
that
has
caused
the
current
j
forecasts
OITAWA
f
Canada
Is
reported
to
have
criticized
Hie
United
States
position
In
Korean
truce
talks.
Associated
Press
reporter
John
lliuhlower
reported
from
Wa.sh-imrton
last
ninht
that
he
learn-
PNE
Queen
to
Get
$1,000
Cheque
Again
This
Year
Prize
of
$1,000
in
cash
again
."Miss
PNE"
committee.
"The
awaits
the
talented
and
beaute-1
prize
remains
unchanged,
for
we
the
big
transports.
wny
Skies
despite
what
it
called
"substan
Dick
Wilson,
murine
superin-
scioacK.
aiso,
some
uhihuchwii
tendent
for
Columbia
Cellulose,
Interests
which
have
transferred
while
cook
for
the
trip
is
Cecil
funds
to
Canada
now
are
taking
"ilhciinan
'ntll
rttlYS
1
'
.
...
cd
oI
tne
Canadian
compiaini.
"allier
is
in
nrosoect
for
I
Twaites.
Botli
Captain
Wilson
,
ineir
prouis,
ujey
siuu.
13
r.
..
'
1
......
c..tB
hat
ntl-lllO
flP-
believe
the
cash
award
allows
Foreign
exchange
officials
in
tills
weekeinl
"W""1""
.
tails
of
the
complaint
aren't
the
young
lady
to
use
the
money
r'"c
.storm
"i
and
Mr.
Twaites
are
regular
cadet
Instructors.
,
.
-rti
f
iUa
rttiHot.
iniw
iiiuvi
u
i
.ii
for
her
further
education
or
pur
llf
(;ilf
of
AKska
hBIKlven'
diplomats
Indicated
mat
tial
new
costs."
The
increase
will
bring
the
hourly
rate
for
drivers
to
$I.59V2
cents
and
will
cost
the
company
an
estimated
additional
$365,000
annually?
The
union,
which
originally
sought
a
23-cent
boost
and
rejected
a
conciliation
board
recommendation
for
a
six-cent
Canada
thinks
the
Communist
I
h,
re
Sub!
suit
of
any
career
in
which
she
ous
young
lady
who
is
chosen
"Miss
PNE"
at
the
Pacific
National
Exhibition,
August
26
to
September
7.
"Interest
is
keen
again
this
year,"
states
A.
R.
Bernard,
PNE
director
and
chairman
of
the
Montreal
say
that
Canadians
can
look
forward
to
a
levelling
off
near
par,
and
if
trade
balance
Is
achieved
the
Canadian
dollar
will
return
to
a
premium
in
terms
of
merican
funds.
Help
Police
Search
Search
for
Stephen
Rasper,'
mounted
policeman
lost
in
tha
crash
of
a
CPA
plane
her
Ust
Monday,
is
still
continuing
and
RCMP
today
asked
all
wha
may
be
making
boat
trips,
along
the
shoreline
this
weekend
to
keep
a
watchful
ey
for
any
portion
of
the
plane
rt
clothing
that
may
have
floated,
ashore.
'
10
spread
rain
enst-the
province.
How-
eight-point
plan
for
a
Korean
i
Sub.
is
interested.
Entry
forms
hate
already
gone
out
to
organizations
in
all
the
truce
is
more
accepiuuie
uwn
--"
.
"
rrv
Wnndsde.
and
Liit'uwimitv
.v,.,r
.
does
the
Unlted.Statcs.
Pressure
ridge
is
'J
to
deriect
this
storm
lr.
Kmriniiiif
the
rain
to
instructor
Jack
Breen.
A
carefully-worded
statement
increase,
said
the
agreement
from
the
External
Affairs
de
oast.
rcji,nSi
still
must
be
ratified
by
the
major
districts
and
eliminations
are
already
being
arranged
in
some
areas.
Vancouver's
entrant
will
again
be
selected
during
the
partment
at
Ottwa
failed
to
con
-J
-
..
.-
...
.
r
.
.
membership.
firm
the
report.
first
four
days
of
the
Fair
and
the
city
'winner
goes
into
the
ciouds
from
this
system,
'Mihcrinan,
will
move
"'''"'n
sections
late
Sun-
liirri-ast
"a
region"
Variable
;
tori
ay.
Occasional
'
OT"nu..;lil
and
Sun-"
Jc
c'i:ngc
In
tempera-
event
with
finalists
from
out
of
town.
August
SI,
September
1
The
statement
was
issued
tnis
morning
by
a
public
relations
spokesman.
Four
Fliers
Identified
After
Crash
MONTREAL
Four
of
the
eight
RCAF
men
-who
perished
today
when
their
Mitchell
bomber
crashed
and
exploded
15
Kill.
Im-rraslni'
tn
and
September
2,
with
the
B.C.
winner
being
named
Wednesday
night,
September
2.
'Straw
Vote'
Charge
Laid
DUNCAN.
B.C.
H
Formal
charge
of
"unlawfully
conduct
"'"nieht,
I.nw
tnnl-ht
ndav
"t
Port
Hardy,
''
l'll
;Pll
and
Prince
mill
53.
DRY
SUMMER
PREDICTED
?-FOR
WEATHER-HIT
BRITONS
j.
LONDON
(tfi
Weather-buffeted
Britons
are
in
for
a
dry
summer
it's
been
predicted.
,
The
grim
news
comes
from
Ritchie
Calder,
science
editor
of
the
News
Chronicle,
who
mercifully
allowed
some
of
the
bright
sunshine
of
spring
to
soak
in
before
predicMng
a
severe
;
t
drought.
He
says
some
places
will
be
hard
hit,
because
the
fog,
hail,
flood
and
tempest
of
the
vile
winter
Just
passed
were
accom-panied.by
a
60-year
record
dry
spell.
Nor
was
there
much
snow
to
recharge
lake
and
river
reservoirs.
It's
impossible
to
say
how
badly
the
country's
natural
water
stocks
are
depleted,
Calder
says,
because
the
government
suspended
the
inland
water
survey.
The
economizing
move
will
save
a
farthing
a
head,
about
$140,000,
he
claims,
Rgaiiuit
a
potential
drought
loss
of
millions
of
pounds
to
industry
and
agriculture.
miles
west
of
Montreal
nave
hour,
i.iontifipri
Thev
-are:
29-
Kv
Holiday
ing
a
straw
vote
has
Deen
laid
against
Watts
Marketing
Research
of
Vancouver
by
Cowl-
vpur-niri
Flleht
Lieutenant
L.
H.
edition
of
chan-Newcastle
CCF
candidate
Fergoson;
Flight
Lieutenant
K.
E
Turner:
Corporal
M
L.
Barnes
".'
ntU'tt
....
tLt
i
Robert
Strachan.
Named
In
the
Information
is
and
32-year-old
Flying
Officer
D.
R.
Robertson.
All
were
stationed
at
Trenton,
Ont.
Wreckane
and
bodies
were
'.""er
workers,
the
"'
Paper
will
take
"
f
the
iaj
Empire
Day
tr7
"
'me
with
"
Pai)..r
,
FREEZING
TEMPERATURES,
heavy
snow,
rain
and
gusty
winds
brought
the
worst
May
blizzard
in
years
to
Saskatchewan.
Highways
were
blocked,
airline
schedules
snarled
and
seeding
operations
halted.
Snow
blocks
this
grader
clearing
the
highway
near
Saskatoon.
Stuck
In
a
drift
within
a
mile
ot
the
City,
it
had
to
be
pulled
out
by
a
highways
department
truck.
William
Watts,
managing
director
of
the
firm
accused
of
taking
a
vote
in
the
riding.
The
case
will
be
heard
here
May
22.
strewn
over
two
acres
of
s
amp
ground.