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NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the.
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XLIII,
No.
134
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RUPERT,
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WEDNESDAY.
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9,
1954
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Mo
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Likely
Damage
Toil
at
Winnipeg
Set
at
Near
$3-000,000
In
Third
World
War
LONDON
(AP)
NATO's
supreme
commander
in
Europe,
Gen.
Alfred
M.
Gruenther,
ha.s
warned
Russia
that
the
West
will
meet
a
Soviet
attack
with
"every
weapon
in
our
arsenal,"
including
atomic
"ornls.
'""
"In
our
thinking:
we
ttmuiizs;
CmnttAt
DUnAr-
WINNIPEG
C
Damaice
'es-
to'ucjiitl
by
the
cisantic
blnz
.'lmates
rose
as
hlch
as
$3,000,000
but
situated
in
the
closed-off
'oday
In"
the
wake
of
a
windi
secltow.
This
included
the
T.
whipped
fire
which
Tuesday
cut
8m
ton
Co.'s
elttht-storcy
depart-a
wide
swath
through
the
heart
mcnt
store
on
the
opposite
side,
of
Winnipeg's
business
district,
oi
!.
'fire.
One
small
blaze
that
As
workmen,
bulldozers
and
broie
out
on
the
sixth
floor
of
power
shovel
worked
through
the
department
store
was
exilic
rubble,
clearing
up,
fire
de-
tinuLshed
before
It
could
dp
partment
officials
attempted
to
anvi
damage,
determine
the
exact
origin
of
:
f
.-.
;
Uj
:he
U
!of
atomic
bombs
in
the
support
of
our
ground
troops;
we
also
visualize
the
use
of
atomic
bombs
on
targets
In
en-
E''
w0.
.......
A
I
;my
territory,"
the
U.S.
general
told
a
D-Day
anniversary
dinner
..RVTlNfi
SIDEI
IGIIT
on
the
announctmcnt
from
the
VDtican
of
the
elevation
to
dot
the
late
Pope
Plus
X
(leftl
Is
the
sudden
timeliness
it
gives
a
film
which
was
last
yt'iir
but
is
still
making
the
rounds
of
the
motion
picture
theatres.
The
film
is
The
.Secret
Conclave,"
and
is
the
11
fe
story
of
the
sainted
Pontiff,
taking
him
from
.nod
up
to
his
death
during
the
first
World
War.
Note
the
almost-cxaci
likeness
the
Ppe
and
the
actor,
Henry
Vidon
(
right),
portraying
His
Holiness.
Vidon
Is
Scotch
wen
living
and
acting
in
Italy
recently.
1
.........
.
A
fA'
iir
1
1
Attacking
Plane
Russian
MiG
Probe
Discloses
I-
the
worst
blaze
in
the
city's
history.
It
was
believed
to
have
started
rui
a
short
circuit,
in
an
electric
si?n,
damaged
during
peak
of
a
gale.
The
sign
was
at
the
front
of
the
Time
building,
which
was
destroyed
along
with
the
Dis-morr
and
Edwards
blocks.
Badly
damaged
were
the
Affleck
block
and
the
Norlyn
'building.
All
were
situated
around
Portage
avenue
and
Hargrave
street.
No
lives
were
lost,
and
only
one
of
the
estimated
245
firemen
called
out
for
duty
suffered
an
injury,
and
It
was
minor.
Artiifery
Pound
Rebels
HANOI
French
planes,
tanks
and
artillery
pounded
small
concentrations
of
Communist-led
Vietminh
guerrillas
in
the
Red
river
delta
today.
The
main
rebel
forces
meanwhile
took
a
firmer
hold
on
their
semicircle
of
positions
just
outside
the
delta
defence
perimeter,
strengthening
the
pincers
they
are
expected
to
try
to
close
soon
around
this
Indo-China
war
capital
A
French
high
command
spokesman
said
upwards
of
100
Vietminh
have
been
killed
or
Jotov's
Talk
Dims
Hope
BRUSSELS
I
Reuters
The
ri
Belgian
foreign
ministry
announced
today
that
an
Invest!
gation
Into
the
attack
on
a
Bel
Tuesday
night
at
which
Prime
Min'ster
Churchill
spoke
and
the
Duke
of
Edinburgh
presided.
If
war
with
Russia
should
'fine
this
year,
the
NATO
commander
said,
"the
Soviet
Union
would
be
defeated."
"I
do
not
want
to
say
we
would
win,
because
I
am
sure
in
a
third
world
war
there
would
be
no
winner."
,
DISPLAY
DEVASTATING
Gruenther
"also
told
his
audience
he
is
not
sure
that
time
is
on
the
side
of
the,
West.
Russia's
JAMES
D.
W.
BLYTH
...
quits
commission
Premier
Gives
No
Reason
For
Blyth
Move
VICTORIA
Premier
W.
A.
C.
Bennett
confirmed
today
a
report
that
James
D.
W.
Blyth
U.K.
Cruiser
Blasts
Reds
In
Malaya
Early
Far
East
Peace
r
v'f
stern
dlplo-
remarks
In
Miijolov's
speech
:s
gian
commercial
plane
near
the
Austrian-Yugoslav
border
last
week
"proved
that
the
attacking
plane
was
a
MiG-15
bearing
Russian
markings."
-The
ministry
said
In
a
com
rtf
nlumlr
today
tli:t.y
w
'tui!l
propc-sals.
Hu
ncrused
the
0.8.
of
master-i
PENANG.
Malaya
(Reuters)
About
1,500
workers
were
left
:il-n
minister
Molu-
ninrtin
a
plan
to
undermine
i
The
8,000-ton
British
cruiser
at
least
temporarily
unemployed
1
b'it
killed
chances
munique
that
the
Belgian
am
bassndor
in
Moscow
has
been
has
resigned
from
the
British
n
Iw:.,
-China
by
hi:
tend
the
Indo-China
war
i
Communist
terrorist
target
in
the
,7re
"mnt-
and
'
'
P.?"1U.?.
tions
within
a
few
miles
from
t'
"nut,.
He
rrilicbxd
I
.he
txilicles
of
jurrgle-clad
mountains
of
nor-
ordered
to
protest
to
the
Soviet
Columbia
power
commissldh.
.
government
and
demand
pun-1
He
gave
no
reason
for
Mr.
musical
supply
store,
cafes,
men's
and
women's
clothing
stores,
shoe
shops,
a
cleaners,
a
billiard
and
bowling
parlor
and
several
yu-aiiss
ofiiccs.
Hanor.
French
Onion
losses
were
relatively
light,
the
spokesman
added.
ishitient
of
the
pilot
and
com-
Blyth's
move
but
said
that
he
pensation
for
the
victims.
One
had
received
a
letter
of
resigna-crew
member
was
killed
and
tion
from
Mr.
Blyth
and
was
power
displayed
at
the
recent
May
Day
parade
In
Moscow
was
"devastating."
But
at
present,
he
said,
the
Russians
have
no
answer
to
the
Allies'
long-range
aircraft.
Churchill
said
"peace
through
:
hat
"pciir
fniH":
,
Premier
Joseph
LuniH's
povrnw
:
thrrn
Malaya
to
avenge
the
y
l.
Hie
ii'":-ivi!,y.
mrjit,
which
now
Is
faelns
;
murder
of
a
British
poUce
officer
nlcrenei!
here,
'evere
test
In
the
French
Na-i
"
tf0-
i
milv
mitied
new
1,-ltlonaI
Assembly.
Fon-lpn
Minis-i
A
"""Her
plane
which
flew
d
charc'-s
which!
1t
BWault
hastened
to
Path
ov"r
tne
operaUon
area
later
.u-m
renimeni.
.
iimnedhMcly
after
Molotovs
"-ted
that
a
terrorist
hideout
j
c...,
u.
!irh
tn
take
Dart,
this
after-!0"
narrow
platenu
had
been
KI
PT
I
ROM
JOHS
three
wounded
by
cannon
fire.
seeking
a
replacement.
Several
thousands
of
other
I
The
premier
described
as
"fully
Inaccurate"
a
report
in
workers
were
kept
away
from
their
Jobs
when
police
closed
off
:
Counsellors,
Chhfs
To
Hold
today's
Daily
Colonist
that
Mr
strength
must
be
our
guiding
blasted
to
bits.
Sentences
Hollow
Fight
,
.Iiio'iiv
s)C"ch
"pura-!
noon
In
the
assembly
debate
on
Blyth
had
resigned
"apparently
star."
He
warned
that
if
the
two
of
Winnipeg's
most
import-
The
Newfoundland
was
tn
because
pi
a
ainerence
witn
the
;
Free-World.
relaxe-Uta-detwice
premier
trvre
th
luUfi!
status
of)
efforts,
it
Witt
imperil
Eurdpeaii
i.
n,
nl.
j
hied
nuih.n,;
,
,0'FS
JOII'KI)
j
"a
good
target"
came.
-
cnue
between
Donald
and
Carl-1
one
man
was
given
a
su.s
th
commission.
ing
Wr-.tern
hopes
received
their
For
the
last,
week,
army
und;ti
n.
streets.
Pedcstrianx-
and
jprnded
sentence
and
another
hi:
French
called
ill
atcrc-istve"
and
said
The
Colonist
In
a
newspacre
peace,
and
if
differences
split
the
Allies,
it
will
lead
to
"general
ruin
and
enslavement."
Kli,n,l
n,liii
M,.lr.l.iv
nl
.
tUiHi'A
ilufritts
fiiiVA
ton
wourfli-
I
tf:i
fril
Were
f(
ll'tllflripn
in
t.lW
i
fltinrt
vnulcrriuw
Briornnnn
in
nn.
pmvoc.aUvc
U'rms."(ow-n
l()
cm,mun.sl
trrmsj
ing
the
area
whereC.
N.
Godwin,
!
area.
i
lice
court
when
found
guilty
ot'""'-
ft
Mr.
Blyth
refused
to
take
on
the
(li
li
K,it,es
were
usi
(or
an
indo-C'hinu
pence.
one
of
Malay's
senior
police
offi-
i
Thousands
of
dollars
worth
of
j
taking
part
in
an
affray
Mon
nu
ll
iy
tne
no.suie
cnn,
f,,,.,,.rs
had
rxwrled
rerfi-
was
ku,ed
by
terrorists.
business
was
lost
by
stores
not
day
Given
a
six
months
suspension
him
to
nuike
inipoii
int
eenees-slons,
but
Instead
tic.
toughened
his
stand
and
raised
new
Is
Heading
Canada-Wide
Health
Program
sues.
He
proposed
'thai,
the
confi
to
3
Urged
by
Medical
Plan
Head
enee
bee
in
di.scu-.sion.s
Inuiied
job
without
an
assurance
from
the
premier
that
the
power
commission
would
not
be
taken
over
or
squeezed
out
of
existence
by
the
B.C.
Electric
Co.
"This
assurantc,
according
to
these
reports,
was
not
given,"
The
Colonist
stated.
The
premier
said
today
that
Mr.
Blyth
cusked
for
no
such
assurance.
The
newspaper
said
that
Mr.
Blyth's
resignation
from
the
JMO.OOO-a-yesr
post
to
which
he
was
appointed
only
10
weeks
ago,
has
been
on
the
premier's
desk
.'
lately
on
a
polilirul
settlement
i
,
,
,
in'
ill
A
rea
ii
to
.
.
..
i
A
meeting
between
district
native
chiefs
and
counsellors.
Mayor
George
Hills
and
RCMP
Inspector
Taylor
will
be
held
in
Indian
Superintendent
Frank
E.
,
Anfield's
office
this
Saturday
to
discuss
mutual
relationships
between
the
natives
and
the
city.
The
gathering
is
the
second
such
meeting
to
be
held
within
a
year.
The'initial
meeting
held
last
year
within
a
week
of
the
disturbances
In
the
city
last
August,
have
improved
.
public
relations
considerably,
Mr.
An-field
said
this
morning.
The
meeting
is
confined
to
counsellors,
chiefs
and
the
designated
civic
officials
and
is
not
public,
Mr.
Anfield
asserted.
"
--II..
fl..!.
r'l.i.,.
Hi
,
h,.,,l
HlollltU,
.
.
...
,
...
of
sentence
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
was
John.
Oeddes
while
Raymond
Jackson
was
fined
$50
or
in
default
one
month
in
jail.
The
pair
were
picked
up
Monday
after
police
interrupted
a
brawl
at
Second
Avenue
and
S
xth
Street.
Derailment
Delays
Train
111
iihiu
..ulna
kivikmii.
nniunh
vanuuu
viMt
.e)
iJainiua
's
fir
inc
w
noie
country
mat
was
in
it
rririn
t
ri-ni4'
ttf
n
rt-n!i
i
rl
f
!)
i
I
.
St
o7
can..
!
,th;";
Ing.
Other
delegates
thought
..,hlu,,,rt
'
He
said
the
extent
of
protec-
they
had.
got
around
this
difli-
P''"
fslabhshed
on
u
by
subs(.ribs
a,s0
Boilermakers
.
Decide
To
Stay
Away
From
Work
VICTORIA
j
Two
hundred
boilermakers
suspended
for
five
days
from
HMCS
Dockyard
here
when
they
walked
off
their
jobs,
have
decided
not
to
go
back
to
work
until
the
dispute
is
settled.
A
meeting
of
the
International
Brotherhood
of
Boilermakers
Iron
Shipbuilders,
Blacksmiths
and
Helpers,
Local
191,
yesterday
voted
to
stay
out
until
the
dockyard
pays
the
wage
rates
prevailing
in
other
Victoria
shipyards.
The
men
walked
off
their
jobs
ry
have
sailed
for
the
''.iihK
ill
Area
3,
uc-Cusiij.us
atid
Domiti-
"licials
this
morn-
tuny
wnen
me
uoinuiin.sio
imuun-wiun
ui
ui.
c.
.
mi
-
vailed
widely
In
different
sec
agreed
three
wtvks
ago
U)
Rivcjvoy
oi
Vancouver,
piesiuein,
01
priority
to
the
cease-fire
dis-
1
runs-ynnaua
Medical
plans,
t
...j
i
'
'
said
today
for
several
weeks.
Mr.
Blyth,
the
A
Hnrollmnnl
nn
th
main
linn
re
no
landings
at
the
!
cussion-
'
I
x-rt
Halibut
Exchange
I
Molotov
also
reiterated
the
I
eirst
of
Jasper
is
blamed
by
Pp"
Brazilian
said.',,
15
"if
k
T"onto
Power
hi
an
address
to
the
annual
conference
to
TCMP
directors
with
Traction,
,.,..
it
oieRoH
miidtiMn
that,
the
nrnlilems
Cunnrtian
National
Railway
of
Dr.
McCoy
said
rt
returned
from
Area
!
of
the
tlirec
Indo-China
states
under
way
here,
ficials
here
for
the
delay
In
the
irrival
of
the
westbound
train
from
Jasper.
and
Light
Co.
The
Colonist
quoted
Mr.
Blyth
as
saving:
"The
premier
knows
the
facts
and
he
knows
my
Hons
of
the
country.
He
warned
directors
that
the
growing
demand
from
Industry
and
labor
for
uniform
health
plans
must
be
met.
"It
becomes
urgent
that
we
us
leaders
In
the
field
of
prepaid
medical
care
develop
a
national
program
that
can
be
sold
on
an
area
or
national
basis."
Mr.
MCoy
said
such
a
national
program
"will
give
better
iieiicai
care
at
a
more
reasonable-cost"
than
government-run
health
Insurance.
of
Viet
Nam,
Laos
and
Cumbod-;1110
lu
P-pnm
meuicai
care
la
arc
identical,
and
should
be
I'1'"
making
up
TCMP
were
studying
means
of
Implementing
taken
up
together.
Molotov
also
called
for'
dis-
'"'"
Program.
One
of
the
'""i"
stumbling
blocks
enc.mnt-
ru-ssinns
on
the
.sovereignly
of
i
officials
expect
land-"itrh'.s
by
fishermen
3
within
the
next
few
Th-
train
was
due
in
to
Prince
rP,sons.
He
should
make
any
statement
there
is
to
be
made.'
Price
Talks
Tomorrow
iuperi
Hist,
nigni
at.
iu:3
p.m.
POT
and
is
expected
to
arrive
here
tonight
by
8
p.m.
No
details
of
the
derailment
have
been
received
here,
a
CN
spokesman
said.
k
are
expected
to
pull!
the
three
stales,
even
though
"'a,
'
-'e.'B
medical
.services
west-m
Hui-e't
to
unload
I
they
all
claim
to
be
Independent.
i
-'
n
sail
'to
Vancouver
!
and
for
withdrawal
of
all
foreign
Canada
compared
w.lh
other
rm
,!
.
iPiiwli.!r.ii
meaninn
French
forces.
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of
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WEATHER
Forecast
North
coast
region
Cloudy
today
and
Thursday.
Clear
periods
along
the
mainland
today.
Occasional
showers
tonight
and
Thursday.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Winds
west
15
today,
becoming
southerly
15
tonight.
Low
tonight
and
high
Thursday
at
Port
Hardy
45
and
60,
Sandsplt
45
and
55,
Prince
Rupert
45
and
65.
mittee
representing
west
coast.
after
dockyard
superintendent
Commodore
B.
R.
Spencer
suspended
seven
men
for
refusing
to
work
on
a
job
without
payment
of
a
"dirty
work"
premium
of
25
per
cent
over
their
regular
pny-
The
superintendent
then
suspended
120
more
men.
All
suspensions
were
to
end
i
before
elections
are
held.
1
SUlfi.
fishermen
will
meet
with
oper
ators
Thursday
in
another
attempt
to
set
1954
salmon
prices.
Tendeniien
and
cannery
plant
crews
already
have
taken
their
demands
to
conciliation
boards.
(
OSTS
IIIOHI
R
IN
WKST
I
"Nearly
cverytliing
costs
more
I
as
jrou
conic
further
west.
Costs
l
of
tars,
salaries
and
other
things
!atc
all
higher
and
thus
It
costs
i
more
to
practise
medicine."
He
said
the
ideal
program
en
-
,
I
"
4
visaged
by
TCMP,
under
which
2,000,000
Canadians,
from
all
parts
of
Canada
prepay
regular
WASHINGTON
FISH
CATCH
IN
1953
WORTH
$36,497,100
SEATTLE
i
A
big
catch
of
143,211,321
pounds
of
fish
and
shellfish
was
worth
$36,497,100
when
processed
In
Washington
last
year,
the
State
Department
of
Fisheries
announced
Tuesday.
The
1953
salmon
harvest
numbered
10.519,420
fish,
the
third
time
since
1931
that
the
catch
has
exceeded
the
10
million
mark.
'
.
"The
ftsh
were
an
average
of
$1.20
each,
or
$12,646,300
for
the
entire
catch,"
the
report
said.
j
immt
in
y
iii
i.iiii
uin.i
uj
uujiuu
I
deduction
against
future
doc
pii,i
ti
Mlw;wf.lIWWPWl'WWR.''-H
-
:
T
"SMS's".
'
V
IlilPlll
ifete::
v'
wi
tors
bills
Into
one
of
the
10
plans,
was
national
coverage
at
a
uniform
rate.
But
It
was
"Impossible
to
develop
a
uniform
rate
Families
Evacuated
in
Alberta
After
Rain
Swells
Two
Rivers
"
.
'K
age
to
new
houses.
The
Athabaska
river,
flowing
eastward
then
north
into
Lake
Athabaska,
was
reported
to
have
risen
Ha
feet
higher
than
the
1944
level
when
serl6us
flooding
river
wus
beginning
to
decline
Tuesday
night
at
Devon,
20
miles
southwest
of
here,
and
serious
flooding
is
not
expected
in
the
city.
The
evacuated
families,
numbering
about
10
persons,
were
bllletied
by
the
Alberta
civil
defence
organization.
At
least
one
other
family
was
believed
to
have
left
their
home.
nOOOrO
LAST
YK
Ml
Most
of
the
danger
was
centred
in
low-lying
areas
in
east
Edmonton,
where
the
river
spilled
over
Its
banks
Jn
1953.
The
city's
only
other
serious
flooding
came
last
year,
not
from
the
river,
but
as
a
result
of
heavy
August
rains
which
swamped
EDMONTON
KP
Two
large
Alberta
rivers,
swollen
by
five
days
of
driving
rain,
forced
evacuation
of
at
least
15
families
ami
isolated
two
northern
towns
before
starting
to
recede
today.
In
Edmonton,
the
North
Saskatchewan
rose
an
inch
an
hour
Tuesday
night.
Three
families
were
evacuated
from
river-batik
homes
and
several
other
home-owners
began
moving
furniture
to
high
ground.
With
almost
three
Inches
of
rain
in
the
city
since
Friday
and
an
equitable
amount
west
along
the
main
watershed,
the
river
level
increased
by
almost
11
feet
In
a
24-hour
period
ended
Tuesday.
However,
officials
said
the
occurred.
The
towns
of
Fort
Asslnlboltie
and
Holmes
Crossing
were
isolated,
with
12
families
forced
to
leave
their
homes
near
Holmes
Crossing.
The
river
spread
to
a
width
of
some
two
miles
over
flat
land
near
Fort
Asslniboine.
Similar
flooding,
but
on
a
smaller
scale,
was
reported
at
Broadview
in
southeastern
Saskatchewan.
The
town
reieived
5.75
Inches
of
rain
In
the
last
two
days.
More
rain
was
forecast
In
both
4f.
"'f-Nb.vit
v
til
ANT
Paul
Bunyan
might
not
have
felt
the
0
a
ting
big
enough
to
fit
around
the
pretty
.neck
of
SURPRISING
everybody
with
their
dual
appearance
are
twin
ducklings,
newly
hatched
from
a
single
egg
at
West
Haddon,
England.
Farmer
M
ichael
Wlckstead
said
frankly
he'd
never
seen
twin
ducks
before.
These
represent
the
lone
sue
cessf
ul
hatching
of
20-double-yolked
eggs
set
into
the
Incubator
earlier.
One
thing
is
sure
the
twins
are
twice
as
cute
as
any
singletou.
"
'way,
'9,
of
St.
Paul.
Made
of
heavy
metal,
the
ring
"'
the
basements
to
cause
heavy
dam-
.
provinces
overnight
and
today.
f'ttiyaii
exhibit
at
the
University
of
Minnesota.