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"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
J.
to
the
Great
Northwest'
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
.
FEBRUARY
25,
1954
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Quick
Police
Action
Closes
Theft
Series
A
'22-year-old
Rupert
youth
was
sentenced
to
18
months
in
prison
today,
less
than
six
hours
after
his
arrest
in
the
cafe
he
had
burglarized
four
times
in
two
vvpfks
t
'
Atomic
Project
atomic
proioct
at
Chalk
River,
Ont.
The
big
building
in
ntiA
nuciear
rea-ior.
Berore
the
reactor
broke
down
15
months
substances
used
in
medicine
and
industry
and
enabled
Canadian
research.
The
reactor.
has
been
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Brightens
Life
Bay
Polio
Victim
A
two-hour
police
vigil
in
the
darkened
Central
Cafe
on
Third
Avenue,
paid
off
with
arrest
of
Michael
Moshcnko
as
he
climbed
through
a
rear
window
at
4:40
a.m.
In
city
police
court
at
10:30
a.m.,
Moshenko
pleaded
guilty
to
four
charges
of
breaking
and
entry
and
theft,
plus
a
charge
of
breaking
and
entry
with
in
tent,
and
was
sentenced
to
18
months
In
Oakalla
on
each
charge,
to
be
served
concurrently.
Mr.shenko
netted
a
total
of
$125
in
the
series
of
-
thefts
wlilcli
started
February
10.
On
(hat
occasion,
evidence
disclosed,
he
took
$28
from
a
can
in
the
cafe
kitchen,
where
the
night
shift
had
left
It
for
use
of
the
early
morning
shift.
The
other
thefts
were
from
the
till
In
the
cafe,
from
which
he
took
$50
February
11,
$24
February
23
and
$23
February
24.
Each
time
he
left
some
money
in
the
till.
Police
hud
suspected
the
youth,
a
former
Central
Cafe
thc,t
..
Only
employees
knew
the
lo-
THE
FKfcU
FORM
IN
SCCLPTt'RE
has
been
adapted
to
playground
use
In
surrealistic-like
equipment
displayed
at
the
National
Recreation
Congress
in
Philadelphia,
At
left,
stone
and
concrete
twists
to
form
a
slide,
cave
and
climbing
apparatus.
At
the
righti,
the
multicolored
sphere
becomes
a
climbing
labyrinth
when
entered.
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Delivery
Phone
81
Her
story:
-
They
were
traDDlnn
alone
on
the
Seward
peninsula.
She
was
I
awakened
bv
an
rxnlntnn
nrt
i
his
screams
Bh
saw
him
m.
veloped
in
flames.
A
gasoliiy;
tank
had
exploded.
7
She
pushed
him
out
of
th?
tent
into
a
snowbank
and
rolled
him
about
until
the
fire
was
snuffed
out.
She
rubbed
his
scorched
flesh
with
butter,
and
tore
strips
from
her
ewa
cloth
ing
to
make
bandages.
"With
no
previous
experience
handling
nine
unruly
male-
mutes,
she
managed
to
hitch
them
to
the
sled,
place
her
half-conscious
husband
aboard,
and
began
her
wild
run
for
help.
Using
all
her
strength,
she
rode
the
brake
on
down
grades
and
ran
behind,
pushing,
much
of
the
way.
Finally
they
reached
the
nearest
village,
and
help.
WEATHER
Forecast
North
Coast
Region:
Oale
warning
continued.
Cloudy
with
showers
today
and
Friday.'
Showers
occasionally
mixed
with
snow
northern
mainland.'
A
little
cooler.
Wind
west
20
except
frequently
35
In
exposed
areas
today.
Low
tonight
and
high
Friday
at
Port
Hardy
35
and
42.
Sand-spit
and
Prince
Rupert
32
and
40.
been
at
Miller
Bay
hospital
since
i
1W40.
He
was
just
beginning
to
j
make
progress
in
his
fight
i
against
TB
when,
without
warning,
polio
struck.
The
crippling
disease
hit
the
!
youngster
a
year
bko,
and
since
i
that
time,
Victor
has
been
unable
to
stand
on
his
wasted
legs.
But
that
odd-looking
chair
rig
he's
sitting
In
has
given
him
a
new
lease
on
life.
Little
Victor
feels
more
like
fighting
his
disease
when
he
can
sit
up,
and
Learns
To
Run
Dog
team
Burned
i
in
Gas
Explosion
most
of
the.
distance
behind
a)
other
-
trapping
season
in
the
team
hauling
her
burned
hus-1
wilderness.
'
'
Young
Woman
When
Husband
,
KOTZEBUE,.
Alaska
iff
-
Not,
all
Eskimos
know
how
to
run
a
I
dog
team-
Bertha
George
learn-
ed
the
hard
way.
The
young
woman's
feat
of
endurance
took
her
over
30
miles
of
frozen
tundra
in
far
below
zero
weather
in
the
dead
of
the
Arctic,
night,
running!
Naguib
Isolated
In
Home
CAIRO
(CP)
Egypt's
ruling
revolutionary
council
has
dropped
Maj.
Gen.
Mohamed
Naguib,
front
man
of
the
uprising
that
made
a
republic
of
this
ancient
land
of
the
pha-raohs,
from
the
presi
dency
and
premiership.
The
11
young
army
officers
of
the
council
today
named
as
premier
Lt.
Col.
Oamal
Abdel
Nasser,
36,
driving
force
of
the
King
Farouk
from
the
19
months
ago.
He
has
been
.Nauuib's
dcoutv
I
"t?-
ln-
guarded
Isolation
at
his
simple,
five-room
home
in
suburban
Helmieh.
Capt.
Galel
Faizy,
akle
to
na
tional
guidance
minister.
Salah
Salem,
said
the
revolutionary
council
"has
no
Intention
of
faking
any
measures
against
'Naguib."
.
A
communique
from
the
revolutionary
council
accused
Naguib
of
seeking
to
draw
Egypt
"back
to
absolute
dictatorship,"
declared
he
was
suffering
from
a
psychological
crLsis,
and
re
ported
unanimous
acceptance
of
a
resignation
it
said
he
submitted
Monday.
Cairo
remained
quiet
today.
There
were
no
signs
of
unusual
military
or
police
activity.
Political
observers
believe
there
will
be
little
Immediate
change
in
the
foreign
policy
of
Egypt's
new
government.
Nasser,
however,
Is
rated
the
most
fiery
exponent
of
Egypts
current
bid
for
British'
withdrawal
from
the
canal
zone.
cation
of
the
money.
The
trap
NajjJ(er
als0
8UCCeeds
m
u"
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k'Ji"
"If
CafC
r1Ted'"
f
e
eounctl.
The
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8.1
feet
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of
Canada
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noms
me
jeed
radioactive
jo
carry
on
atomic
ain.
cial
Chair
'Miller
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chubby
lituc
n
the
next
column
;
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and
healthy
as,
I
wy
is
a
patient
In
ispital.
and
suffers
,
tuberculosis.
B
u
t
!
limp-looking
logs
;
TB.
This
little
boy
i
om
the
even
more
i
te.
ph.
nine-year-
ir.
and
Mrs.
Jack
ailltws
who
has
"
If
J
i
1!S
Victor
Joseph
fchill
Top-Level
i
C
r
Mine
Min-!.""
"1
today
he
f
meeting
0f
lhc
1
,
,
k
be
"U,j"r
l0-!",Jt
ruled
out."
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:hc
Commons
de-T'TT
BIB
-Four
hi8
i(1(,as
f
J"n'wnpe
should
be
"apher
I'Ert
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setting
rirc
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f
hk
m
Panv
7
Jllln
P-ie
.
y',i;nEnt"PHr.es
1
dnnij
of
t..t
ne
set
the
in-
B.C.
Premier
Urges
All-0ut
Support
Of
Pea
Cross
Drive
Opening
Soon
In
a
message
to
citizens
all
today
endorsed
the
forthcoming
w,Th
'cbmtuwV
Ted
Trcw
hiding
near
the
window
the
thief
Imd
used
in
his
earlier
break-Ins.
Moshenko
had
been
convicted
twice
last
full
in
the
city,
once
on
a
charge
of
false
pretences'
and
once
for
being
in
possession
of
stolen
goods.
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance,
in
passing
sentence,
said
he
had
tried
leniency
t
in
'
the
former
eases,
but
thai
Moshenko
apparently
did
not
want
to
"go
straight."
Wedding
Guests
Killed
in
Crash
CALGARY
Five
persons,
four
of
them
bound
for
a
wedding
reception,
were
killed
and
three
injured
Wednesday
in
a
two-car
collision
20
miles
east
of
here.
Dead
are:
David
MacKinnon,
26;
his
wife
Lorctlc,
24;
John
Marin,
63;
Mrs.
George
Perry,
2B:
and
Mrs.
Irma
Beason,
55
All
were
from
Calgary!
band,
Raymond,
to
the
nearest
village.
-
She
probably
saved
his
life,
physicians
at
the
Alaska
Native
Service
Hospital
here
reported
yesterday.
He
has
a
good
chance
of
complete
recovery
and
an-
over
B.C.,
Premier
W.
A.
C.
Benn
Red
Cross
Campaign
for
funds
mother-son
-
daughter"
family
is
on
the
way
out
which
opens
here
soon.
.
"As
Premier
of.
the
prpvince
of
British
Columbia,
I
wish
at
this
lime
to
commend
to.
all
the
citizens
of
our
province,
the
annual
appeal
of
the
Canadian
Red
Cross
Society
for
financial
assistance.
,
"Considering
the
wide
range
of
services
performed
by
the
Society,
the
sum
of
$623,000
does
not
seem
a
large
amount
of
money
to
be
raised.
"Every
thinking
citizen
must
be
fully
aware
of
the
magnificent
work
that
is
being
performed
by
the
Canadian
Red
Cross
Society
in
normal
times
as
well
as
in
periods
of
emergency.
"I
am
confident
that
the
appreciation
of
our
citizens
will
find
expression
in
generous
financial
support."
y
i
.
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rebuilt
and
soon
will
be
in
full
manoeuvre
himself
around
Ills
ward,
Instead
of
lying
lu-Ipless
In
bed.
He's
quite
an
expert
with
the
rhuir.
His
legs
arc
strong
enough
to
push
with,
and
Victor
trundles
around
the
ward,
visiting
with
young
fellow-patients.
That
chair,
or
"walker"
as
It
is
called,
is
a
weird,
looking
thing,
but
it
has
meurit
a
great
deal
to
young
Victor.
And
that
chair,
arranged
for
by
the
Kinsmen
Club
here,
is
Just
one
of
the
many
aids
to
polk)
victims
provided
by
funds
from
the
B.C.
Polio
Fund
which
you
arc
being
asked
to
support
this
week.
It
takes
money
iy.
buyVjialk-ers"
and
braces
and
six-ciul
crulelvs
to
help
mI1o
victims
on
(lie
road
to
reeovery.
And
11
takes
more
money
to
finance
the
research
programs
which,
some
day.
may
defeat
the
great
enemy,
polio.
Your
donations
to
the
B.C.
Polio
Fund,
Bon
l.'il.
Prince
Rupert,
B.C.,
will
help
buy
th
it
equipment
and
finance
that
research.
The
1954
campaiKn
clones
Vhls
weekend.
Dog
Team
Pulls
Detroit
Man
to
Work
DETROIT
iPi
The
city's
buses
will
go
to
the
doi;.s
If
Leonard
J.
Chouinard
finds
support
for
his
idea
to
solve
Detroit's
transportation
problem.
Chouinard.
46,
rides
downtown
in
a
little
red
"dog
wagon."
Three
dogs
provide
the
motor
power.
The
construction
worker
says
his
dog
wagon
covers
the
three-mile
distance
from
home
in
about
18
minutes.
"No
40
cents
a
round
trip,
no
start
and
stop,
no
smell
exhaust
fumes,
that
Is
and
no
trouble
finding
a
seat,"
Chouinard
says.
Chouinard's
dogs
are
Kenny
and
Kabitzo.
Alaskan
sled
dogs,
and
"the
big
white
one,"
a
Siberian
samoyed.
They
rnii.se
about
12
to
10
miles
an
hour.
Bruins
Dump
Rangers
5-3
Boston
Bruins
weren't
on
the
skids
after
all.
Their
5-3
victory
over
New
York
Rangers
Wednesday
night
showed
they
won't
be
pushovers
for
the
fourth
and
last
playoff
berth
In
the
National
Hockey
League.
It
was
a
key
game
for
both
clubs
and
the
Bruins
now
lead
the
Rangers
by
three
points,
with
10
games
left
In
the
70-ganic
schedule.
President
Ousted
LONDON
H
North
Syria's
Aleppo
radio
claimed
today
that
rebel
forces
have
overthrown
Syria's
president,
Gen
Adtb
Shishekly,
but
the
radio
station
in
the
capital,
Damascus,
broadcast
normally
at
mid-morning
and
made
no
mention
of
any
trouble
In
the
middle
eastern
country.
'MARRIAGES
OF
CONVENIENCE'
Church
Spokesman
Says
Working
Wives
'Selfish'
Photo
by
Van
Mccr
Studio.
...
thanks
Continues
to
Push
Conference
TORONTO
f.
The
growing
practice
of
newly-married
Canadian
women
to
continue
working
was
criticized
today
by
a
spokesman
of
the
United
Church
of
Canada.
Dr.
J.
R.
Mutchmor,
secretary
of
the
United
Church's
board
of
evangelism
and
social
service,
said
an
Increasing
number
of
men
and
women
"find
it
to
their
advantage,
generally
selfish
advantage,
to
team
up
with
both
partners
working."
He
added:
"This
Joint
arrangement,
scarcely
to
be
dignified
by,
the
name
marriage,
makes
it
easier
to
pay
the
rent,
purchase
stylish
fur
garments,
buy
the
TV,
operate
the
car,
pay
for
the
cocktail
parties
and
generally
to
'go
modern'."
Dr.
Mutchmore
listed
increasing
"marriages
of
convenience"
as
one
of
five
"bad
signs"
in
Canadian
home
life
in
a
report
prepared
for
delivery
to
his
board's
annual
meeting
here.
The
other
.
four:
A
high
divorce
rat;
more
than
four
per
cent
of
all
live
births
are
illegitimate;
the
sine
of
families
is
falling;
the
"father-Pope
Improving
VATICAN
CITY
(CP)
Ailing
Pope
Pius
"slept
fairly
well"
during
the
night
and
his
general
condition
early
today
showed
a
slight
Improvement,
the
Vatican
press
olfioe
announced.
4'
kL
1
-
Klin
WW'--
"
it
ikM
&
"lield
In
reserve."
He
added
that
such
a
conference
should
not
be
undertaken
lightly."
The
prime
minister's
long
campalgii
for
a
meeting
with
Soviet
Premier
Mulcnkov,
President
Eisenhower
and
French
Premier
Laniel
has
met
some
resistance,
largely
from
the
United
States.
Churchill
expressed
confidence
In
the
coming
Geneva
conference
will
produce
"fruit-tul
results"
and
said
there
Is
nothing
improper
in
meeting
Chinese
communist
leaders
"in
negotiation
for
peace".
Royals-Flyers
Play
to
2-2
Tie
New
Westminster
Royals
picked
up
their
first
point
of
their
current
prairie
tour
Wednesday
night
by
drawing
2-2
with
Edmonton
Flyers,
moving
the
west
coast
club
Into
a
fifth-place
tie
with
Victoria
Cougars
in
Western
Hockey
League
standings.
r
11
Si
(.).
J
i
-
1
v
'
va.
tA;i
MODEL
PAT
GREALIS
(right)
dons
a
mechanic's
overall
but
isn't
serious
about
pretending
she
is
an
expert
on
the
engine
under
that
hood
in
the
1954
automobile.
She
and
model
Betty
Dobbie
were
trying
to
drum
up
interest
in
the
National
Automobile
show
at
Toronto
which
opens
today.
They
said
something
about
"nice
lines"
and
a
photographer
got
interested.
THE
RECENT
MILD
SPELL
following
a
cold
wave
has
started
the
annual
run
of
srP
from
the
maple
trees
unusually
early
in
southwestern
Ontario.
This
is
one
of
the
first
pictures
of
the
1954
run.
Billy
Bates,
11,
samples
the
sweet
syrup
on
the
farm
of
Thomas
Bates
In
North
Norwich
township
south
of
Woodstock
I
J