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Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Greot
Northwest"
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VOL.
XLIII,
No.
30
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
5,
1954
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Phone
81
mm
wwm
A
lreftdstiii
Sal
HI
Lxt
Aldermen
Stress
Defence
Angle
The
City
Council
and
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
have
joined
other
groups
in
protesting
sale
of
the
drydock
and
shipyard
here
without
a
guarantee
that
the
purchaser
will
continue
to
operate
the
present
facilities
either
in
whole
or
in
part.
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VJV
,-'-'-
......
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ft.1,,1
Timberlond
Reseeded
AM)
TOt'GII,
but
Operation
Fir
Tree
in
the
famous
Tillamook
Burn
urea
steadily
onward,
toward
the
goal
of
restoration
net
by
the
people
of
Oregon
In
1MB
to
authorize
bonds
to
pay
for
a
15-year
rehabilitation
program.
Here
an
altitude
of
1,000
feet
In
a
part
of
the
Burn
that
was
destroyed
In
1939
ugiiin
In
1951.
Since
July,
1941,
when
Operation
Fir
Tree
actually
got
under
4.
S&f
4.
m
5iSB
-4
-"if-
tiie
nuge
program
10
restore
more
man
350,000
The
entire
uroject
will
cost
an
estimated
$10,000,000.
Ministers
Call
Meet
it
))
.
iscuss
Molotov's
OKOVl.K
what
to
do,
called
a
lunch
meet-
Four
pur-;
Ing
today
at
the.
residence
of
reached
a
State
Secretary
Dulles
to
dc-
The
West
cicie
on
strategy.
to
scut-!.
The
crisis
came
In
a
two-hour
THE
MOTHER
INSTINCT
of
this
White
Rock
hen
on
the
Berry
Jacobs
farm
near
Columbia,
Mo.,
seems
to
be
satisfied,
now
that
she's
adopted
these
six
baby
pigs.
The
hen
follows
the
piglets
around,
clucking
over
them.
When
the
pigs
lie
down,
she
spreads
her
wings,
ruffles
her
feathers
and
sits
on
them
just
as
though
talk
or
go
:
fpeech
Thursday
by
Foreign
wrangling.
.Minister
Molotov.-
He
bluntly
ministers,;
told
the
three
Western
minis-
agreement
on
ters
that
they
didn't
know
how
tn
't
'
IS
SLOW
jriml-s
vii
ted
rlo,
at
I
over
JtiiirU
ul
ted
item
J.T0N
-
Big
iorrmany
today
whether
Herman
)pss
i
Western
in
IN
WA
'UVER
00
here
feun
at
the
.rticipatcd
with
omen
KB
-The
as
v
will
next
Iry
list
"is
T
a
'h
Viapsed
"
"!
'
lat
:ll
start
iiin
alum.
MISFIRES
AS
THUG
V
STOREKEEPER
they
were
baby
chicks.
The
hen
has
never
left
the
farrowing
house
since
the
pigs
were
born,
and
she
eaU
with
the
sow.
Physicians
Have
Difficulty
Getting
Pontiff
To
Eat
VATICAN
CITY
(Reuters)
Earlier,
a
Vatican
official
said
Thft,
Vatican,
in-
Its
first
off
icial
the
Pope
has
been
restricted
to
medical
bulletin
on
Pope
Pius'
j
a
purely
liquid
diet
for
the
last
healths
today
dlsclosed-
that
the
;li
days
and
his
weakness
is
in-pontiff's
.physicians,
are
,
having
1
creasing.
The
.
official
said
the
i
fa
I
'CP)
Storekeeper
K.
K.
Spragg
was
robbed
Thursday
night
by
two
holdup
men.
One
him
and
pulled
the
trigger
but
it
misfired.
third
holdup
In
five
days,
but
police
said
the
In
the
Spragg
robbery
were
not
believed
the
other
incidents..
Among
25
Entered
acres
of
burned
timber,
has
Blast'
to
hold
a
free
Oerman
election
which
would
keep
out
Hitlerites
and
other
"corrupt,
aggressive"
circles.
Thus,
he
argued,
their
plan
for
free
elections,
contained
in
a
proposal
by
Foreign
Secretary
Eden,
would
only
endanger
the
peace
of
the
world.
His
argument
was
that
the
'
Communist
way
was
the
only
safe
way
to
assure
a
"demdera-
tic,
peace-loving"
Germany.
-
To
make
certain
that
Westerni
i
airuit
wuuiu
nut
nniuriirr
liiv
nlnMllnnu
Ur-.liifnW
nrnrwttnri
(hat
all
foreign
troops
be
withdrawn
from
Germany.
And
the
Communist-controlled
quarter
17,-000.000
population!
would
have
a
weighted
vote
equalling
all
the
rest
of
the
country
(47OO0.0OOJ
In
shaping
a
future
Reich.
Within
the
U.
S.
camp
a
large!
group
favors
giving
Molotov
a
quick,
explanation,
why
hs
type
of
Communist
government
would
not
bc
acceptable
to
them
or
tq
western
Oermany,
and
then
telling
him
bluntly:
"The
subject
of
Oermany
Is
finished.
Let's
get
on
with
a
discussion
of
Austria
and
sec
whether
any
measure
of
agreement
Is
possible."
These
woros
from
a
top-level
U.S.
adviser
were
not
welcomed
by
the
French,
who
argue
that
ending
the
talks
would
weaken
Foreign
Minister
Bidault's
case
when
he
goes
back
to
Paris
to
demand
quick
ratification
of
the
European
army
pact,
the
core
of
the
controversy
in
Berlin.
Molotov
devoted
ft
large
part
of
his
speech
analn
Thursday
to
denouncing
the
army
plan
as
a
plot
master-minded
by
the
Americans
10
organize
western
furope
0
spear-
head
against
the
Soviet
Union
i
WEATHER
roreeast
North
Coast
Region:
Gale
warning
continued.
Intermittent
rain
and
drizzle
today
'
and
Saturday.
Continu
ing
very
mild.
low
tonight
and
high
Satur
day
at
Port
Hardy.
Sandsplt.
and
Prince
Rupert
42
and
50.
Learn
To
Live
in
Itawa's
Sled
Dog
Derby
lldllUUl
uteri
Increased
A
1,000,000-pound
increase
in
halibut
catch
limits,
an
extended
season
and
a
May
16
opening
date
has
been
recommended
by
the
International
Pacific
Halibut
Commission,
it
was
announced
to
day.
The
commission,
which
wound
up
annual
meetings
in
Seattle,
will
recommend
to
Canadian
and
U.
S.
governments
the
extended
season
and
catch
limit,
aimed
at
attaining
maximum
sustained
yield
in
the
Pacific
Northwest
halibut
fishing
industry.
The
Increased
catch
and
ex
tended
season
apply
to
area
two,
stretching
along
the
west
coast
from
Willapa
Harbor,
Washington,
to
Cape
Spencer,
Alaska,
which
this
year
will
Include
the
former
areas
2B
and
2C
near
Hecate
Strait
and
Forester
Island,
Alaska.
-
Total
catch
limit
for
Area
Two
recommended
this
year
will
be
26,500,000
pounds.
The
general
fishing
regula
tions
for
the
,1954
season
adopt-
by
tne
commiisitm
are:
1.
Changes
'in
boundaries
of
the
fishing
areas
to
be:
Former
areas
2A,
2B
and
2C
are
to
be
incorporated
as
one
area,
i.e.
Area
2.
The
existing
lArea
4
(the
Bering
Sea)
is
to
be
incorporated
Into
Area
3B.I
"
The
northern
boundary
i
of
Area
-1A
will
be
at
Hecate
Head
instead
of
Cape
Blanco!
'
'1
!
2.
'Patch
':
iUhits;
for.
the
1964
season
to
be:
Area
2,
26.500.000
pounds;
.AreSa
3A
28.000.000
pounds.
No.
catch
limits
to
be
established
for
Area
1A,
IB
and
3B.
3.
The
opening
date
for
halibut
fishing
in
all
areas
established
by
the
commission
to
be
May
16.
4.
Area
IB
will
close
when
the
catch
limits
for
Area
2
(
26.500,-000)
will
have
been
Ireached.
Area
3B
will
close
when
the
catch
limits
of
Area-
3A
(28.000,
000
pounds)
will
have
been
reached.
S.
In
addition
to
the
above
open
seasons,
based
on
the
attainment
of
the
catch
limits
for
Areas
2
and
3A.
further
fishing
seasons
will
be
allowed
as
follows:
Area
2,
tn
be
reuprncd
n
Aiicusl
1,
for
a
period
of
rirlil
days.
Area
3A
and
3B
to
reopen
on
August
1,
for
a
period
or
10
days.
Area
3B
to
again
be
reopened
on
August
l!
for
a
period
of
25
days.
Area
1
to
open
on
May
16
and
remain
open
until
final
closure
date
of
Area
3B,
i.e.'
September
9.
6.
Notices
of
closure
during
the
first
open
fishing
season
to
be
10
days
for
Area
2,
and
18
days
for
Area
3A
Cold
Weather
school
finds
the
best
way
to
do
this
is
to
"crash-land"
a
group
Into
the
snowy
wilderness
and
let
them
get
firsthand
experience.
All
equipment
is
kept
to
a
minimum.
Food
supplies
comprise
scientifically
-
devised
rations.
Including
concentrated
meat
bars
about
the
size
of
a
candy
stick
and
vitamin
pills.
Plenty
of
warmth-producing
sugars
and
fats
are
,
supplied,
together
with
a
few
other
items.
To
enlarge
their
larder
the
men
must-
hunt
and
fish.
A
dainty
morsel
for
chilled
appetites
Is
boiled
lemming,
a
tailless
rodent
resembling
the
field-mouse,
which
is
hunted
hy
hand
Parts
of
the
ptnrml-gan
bird
go
well.
too.
filth
run-
,
the
lust
three
meets.
Bill
Shear-
international
or
of
East
Jaf
frey,
N.H.,
won
the
hit
the
Iro,-1
derby
In
1949.
week
after
a
!
Three
women
hnvn
entered
'Thaw
rm
U
13,
nmtlnn
,f
difficulty
in
feeding
him
'The
bulletin
1
was
signed
by
the)
Pope
personal
physician,
Prot.v
'
Riccardo
-
Galieazzi
Lfel.
Pope
Pius
.has
-
been
IH
for-U
days.
AFL
Local
Certified
At
Kitimat
VANCOUVER
(CP)
A
union
potential
of
6,000
men
has
been
awarded
the
American
Federation
of
Labor
in
the
big
Alcan
projects
at
Kitimat
and
Kem-ano.
The
Aluminum
Workers
International
Union
and
10
other
AFL
organizations
have
been
certified
there
by
the
labor
re
lations
board.
It
was
announced
Importance
of
Prince
Rupert
.
as
a
key
port
in
Pacific
coast
defences
and
the
necessity
of
retaining
drydock
facilities
in
the
event
of
war
were
stressed
in
a
telegram
to
Defence
Minister
Claxton
and
the
associate
minister
of
national
defence
by
council
after
a
special
meeting
last
night.
.
'
Also
sent
was
a
telegram
to
cabinet
ministers
in
which
the
proposed
sale
of
the
drydock
was
protested
on
the
grounds
of
likely
loss
of
repair
facilities
for
the
fishing
fleet,
loss
of
service
to
industry
and
the
expected
deepsea
vessels
which
will
result
from
completion
of
the
Kitimat
project.
The
Jaycees'
executive
at
a
special
meeting
last
night
en
dorsed
action
or
tne
senior
chamber
and
dispatched
wires!
to
Donald
Gordon,
CNR
chair-
man
ana
president,
and
six
cabinet
ministers.
WIRE
VICE-PRESIDENT
!
Indian
Agent
F.
E.
Anfield
in
his
weekly
broadcast
to
the
Na
tives
ii
us
morning
suggesieo.
w
members
of
the
Native
Brother-
'
hood
that
they
might
protest
the
sale
If
they
thought
their
livelihood
would
be
endangered.
Ke
.pointed
out
that
the?
would
be
I
unable
to
have
their
iarge
boats
irpwicu,
it
.
iiu?
.
uryuoc
.
was
closed.
He
suggested
they
wire
the
vice-president
of
Canadian
National
-Railways
outlining
their
position.
.
City
council
deplored
the
lack
of
foresight
of
the
department
of
national
defence,.
in
allowing
the
proposed
sale
unless
the
department
JUitencJed-tj
buy
.the
ryaocK.t.,
.
.
..
.
WAR
RECORD
The
telegram
further
said
the
war
record
of
the
shipyard
spoke
for
itself
since
13
Victory
ships
and
four
warships
were
built
here
during
the
last
great
war.
The
wire
ureed
that,
immedi
ate
acUon
be
taken
to
retain
the
faciliUes.
Another
telegram
was
sent
by
council
linell
to
y
Trunvtvu-t
Transport
M!nl.lor
Minister
'
Chevrier,
Fisheries
Minister
Sin-
elair
Trort.
onri
rVimmerxa
Mm.
ister
Howe,
Minister
of
Public
,nru.
,,
w
t
v
t
i;.r-
;
,Z
In
It
council
voiced
its
con
cern
over
the
proposed
sale
,T
"7
.ZZ,:
this
area.
i
BASIC
ECONOMY
Closing
of
the
Drydock
would
!
vorlnnilv
offet
tho
oonr,,t
.
i
eration
of
the
fishing
Industry,
the
telegram
said,
adding
that
the
basic
economy
of
the
Prince
Rupert
area
is
fishing
and
sueh
1
a
more
would
be
a
catastrophe
to
the
city
and
surrounding
district.
Citizens
of
Prince
Rupert
and
the
surrounding
areas
are
alarmingly
disturbed
over
the
pro-
(
jected
unconditional
sale
and
strongly
urge
immediate
action
to
retain
the
drydock
and
shipyard
faciliUes,
the
wire
asserted.
ENTER
PACT
Council
also
endorsed
a
resolu-Uon
which
asked
the
federal
government
to
take
immediate
steps
to
enter
into
a
pact
with
the
Canadian
Pacific
and
Great
Northern
Railways
whereby
they
be
granted
running
rights
over
the
CNR
to
Prince
Rupert.
The
resolution
to
be
sent
for
study
to
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
committee
said
that
since
the
drydock
was
constructed
by
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
for
developing
the
trans-Pacific
trade
route,
the
two
railways
be
allowed
to
develop
northern
and
central
British
Columbia.
The
resolution
Introduced
by
Alderman
George
B.
Casey
was
endorsed
on
a
4-3
vote
with
Aldermen
Casey,
Mike
Krucgcr.
Darrow
Gomez
and
Norman
Bellis
voting
for
it
and
Aldermen
Bremuer,
Ray
McLean
and
Phil
Lyons
voting
against.
1J
Hit
.T.I
a.
UUIILJ
kU.IIU
v,
.
of
25
tut)-:
Burlincton.
Ont..
who
cantured
from
Canada
the
capital
sweepstakes
for
wo-(I
States
will
send
man
In
1952,
Mrs.
Jean
Lane
B'i-mile
course
of
I.unenhnrir
Mukx..
and
a
new-
drivers
einnbln-
comer
nrettv
17-vear-old
Sandra
time
j,,
lwo
sulps
of
0Uawa
daughter
of
a
winning
well-known
musher.
a
gold
dial-I
.
r,i,n
i-nmiiti,,,,.
f,,.,
ur!ny
c"',,r8
wi"
bc
S'!t-
'""y
1Iayt8
of
otta'-
who
is
makln
year
s
derby.
and
finish
"i,s
l,llr"
try
.in
the
interna-.
canal
near
tiotml
derbv.
Mayor
Chariot!
e
WhiUi'm
will
"ushers
have
won
fire
the
starting
gun.
Thursday.
morning.
The
labor
lorce
will
number
Mr.
St.
Laurent
was
greeted
500
by
April
and
is
expected
to
.
by
the
Canadian
High
Commis-climb
to
1,200
by
July.
When
I
sioner,
Norman
Robertson,
and
the
muIU-million-dollar
project
I
Lord
swinton.
He
will
lunch
Is
completed,
estimates
place
the
with
Prime
Minister
Churchill
CURVY
songstress
Dee
Drum-mond
of
New
York
City
has
been
named
National
Tomato
Queen
of
1954.
She
will
reign
at
the
Tomato
Council's
convention
tn
Atlantic
City,
N.J.,
duing
National
Tomato
Week,
Feb.
7-13.
Slide
Delays
Ship's
Freight
Freight
off
the
Prince
George
scheduled
to
arrive
here
by
train
tonight,
two
and
a
half
days
!ate-
was
delayed
another
eight
hours
by
a
slide
hitting
the
UOn'
West
01
f
jasoer
Jasper.
The
slide
hit
the
line
yester
day
J
aftenroon
and
held
up
the
rh
JVl"
C
Vld
freight
for
eight
hours.
East-
bound
trains
were
not
affected.
Freight
which
should
have
arrived
here
Wednesday
aboard
the
Prince
George,
was
taken
back
to
Vancouver
on
the
George
"'nen
she
eracked
up
in
Seymour
Narrows
Tuesday
morning,
and
was
re-routed
overland.
The
flight
is
expected
to
arrive
O
tomorrow.
Ministers
Salaries
'Out
of
Line'
VICTORIA
(CP)
Premier
Bennet
thinks
salaries
for
British
Columbia
cabinet
ministers
are
"way
out
of
proportion"
to'
the
duties
involved
but
is
not
contemplating
changing
them
at
present.
Asked
to
comment
on
the
increased
salaries
proposed
for
members
of
parliament
and
federal
cabinet
ministers
in
a
press
conference
today,
Mr.
Bennett
indicated
the
time
may
come
when
members
of
the
legislature's
indemnities
will
have
to
be
increased.
B.C.
Cabinet
ministers
receive
$7,500
annually
while
members
of
the
legislature
get
$3,000
per
session
which
customarily
last
six
weeks.
Last
year
with
two
sessions
reelected
MLA's
received
$6,000.
Some
21
seiners
caught
1,800
tons
of
herring
during
the
pat
week
bringing
the
total
catch
for
the
area
between
Cape
Caution
and
Butedale
up
to
27,000
tons.
pontiff,
who
will
be
78
March
2,
requires,
strong
intravenous
injections.,
,
,
,.
.
.
'The'
bulletlrt.
announcpd
:
tliat
the
hiccups,frQin
Which
the
Pope
suffered
tor
nine
days
ended
Tuesday.
It
was
a
long
bulletin.
After
tracing
the
history
of
the
Pope's
illness
it
said:
"His
general
condition,
weakened
by
prolonged
mental
and
physical
overwork,
has
been
further
deliberated
by
the
tiring
gastric
disturbance
hiccups
and
is
complicated
by
feeding
diffi-
culties.
St.
Laurent
Reaches
London
LONDON
A
plane
carrying
Prime
Minister
St.
Laurent
and
his
party
on
a
round-the-world
'
goodwill
tour
arrived
here
this
tomorrow
and
leave
by
air
for
Paris
on
Sunday.
The
Canadian
Prime
Minister
left
Ottawa's
Rockcllffe
airport
shortly
before
noon
yesterday
and
stopped
overnight
at
Goose
Bay,
Labrador.
Arctic
well
as
teaching
them
the
art
of
attracting
a
search-plane.
The
trenches
cast
shadows
across
the
white
"desert"
and
With
the
shovelled
snow
shaped
Into
a
cross
nearby
can
be
seen
for
many
miles.
The
men's
outer
garb
is
a
nylon
synthetic
"caribou
skin"
developed
by
Sqdn.-Ldr.
Scott
Alexander,
the
survival
school's
commanding
officer.
Warm
woollen
clothing
is
worn
underneath.
Equipment
includes
a
portable
primus
stove,
a
saw
and
an
axe.
Cooking
is
done
outside,
because
Inside
it
would
freeze
the
igloos'
"warm"
snow
walls
to
ice.
RCAF
officials
say
chief
purpose
of
the
courses
is
to
overcome
ftar
ot
cold
Boiled
Mouse
Tastes
Good
in
r
S
I
;
A
J
uTT
"
1
3"-iiiiai
t
'
til
'
'
ii.
tmmm
number
employed
at
6,000,
The
certification
award
was
the
first
for
the
AWIU
In
Canada.
The
union
has
acted
as
bargaining
agent
in
Aluminum
Company
of
America
plants
in
the
United
States.
A
caribou
is
a
fine
prize
for
It
can
provide
the
whole
main
course
of
a
meal,
both
meat
and
"vegetables."
The
caribou
is
a
vegetarian
and
can
sniff
out
patches
of
green
edibles
bared
from
their
snowy
manUe
by
the
winds.
All
the
men
have
to
do
is
cut
open
the
animal's
abdomen,
extract
the
contents,
put
them
in
a
boiling
pot
and
soon
steaming
delicacies
of
moss,
lichens,
pussy
-
willow
and
berries
are
served.
The
fliers'
task
at
the
camp,
however,
is
not
Just
to
gather
food.
They
huild
their
own
Igloos
and
other
types
of
shelter.
Living
tn
a
crashed
plane
would
be
much
colder
than
in
a
snow
shelter.
Digging
trenches
In
the
snow
keeps
trainees
arm
as
CAMBRIDGE
BAY,
N.
W.
T.
tfli
The
meals
.sometimes
consist
of
concentrated
meat
bar
and
boiled
mouse,
flavored
wit
h
reindeer
moss
and
pussywillow
freshly
gathered
from
the
stomach
of
a
newly-killed
caribou.
But
if
the
food
Is
hot,
men
-enjoy
It
when
they
are
150
miles
north
of
the
Arctic
circle
and
it's
50
below
zero
outside
the
igloo.
That's
the
blizzard-blown
spot
five
miles
from
here
about
1200
miles
north
of
Edmonton
where
the
RCAF
Survival
Training
School
holds
Its
courses.
The
camps,
lasting
about
a
week
for
each
group,
teach
airmen
how
to
survive
If
they
'
are
forced
down
on
a
flight
i
over
the
trniteo
pastes
The
r
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exnnivi,,,,
i
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...
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of
Hn
h
""in
orrnwmuu
(society
ior
"id
A
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Wh
Rctuse
To
Do
Dishes)
are
George
rm
Kar
VC
Dn
Kessler-
The
two
are
neighbors
Jshlv
t
f
partment
building
where
esprit
dc
corps
wn
the
h
t"
h0ld
that
aU
of
the
"P18
leave
'"iwvinri,
r
to
pltcn
ln
wnen
an
occupant
needs
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baby
sitting