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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XLII,
No.
176
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..'
THURSDAY,
JULY
30,
1953
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
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a
Board
Anxious
Murder
Trial
Adjourned
V'
Tfc
To
Keep
Services
Faced
with
a
.deficit
of
$30,000
this
year
In
operating
costs
of
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital,
the
hospital
board
has
asked
for
a
representative
of
the
BCHIS
rate
board
to
make
a
complete
I
.
"
.
-
"Vi.
study
of
the
situation.
"'I
A
Refreshing
Splash
By
The
Canadian
Prew
U.S.
Policeman
Gives
Testimony
DUNCAN,
B.C.
An
American
police
officer
I
Wednesday
testified
he
heard
Edna
Sampson
ac-jcuae
her
husband,
Cecil,
;
of
murdering
Chew
Deb
Accident
Case
Adjourned
A
further
remand
was
asked
by
the
prosecution
when
ths
case
arising
out
of
an
accident
Saturday,
July
18,
at
the
corner
of
Third
Avenue
and
First
Unless
economies
can
be
made
or
financial
help
received,
the
hospital
will
have
to
reduce
its
services.
In
reporting
this
today,
R.
G.
Moore,
hospital
board
chairman,
said
the
management
had
done
everything
It
considers
possible
to
keep
costs
at
a
minimum
and
still
maintain
efficiency.
The
present
staff
of
99
is
thought
to
be
the
least
it
can
employ,
although
BCHIS
makes
provision
for
only
92.
While
capacity
of
the
hospital
Is
estimated
to
be
104,
the
-1
I
RSTAMUSO
SPECTATOR
In
Nlmcs
splashes
a
bucketful
of
cool
water
on
appreciative
jeer
Jan
Nolten
during
the
fourteenth
lap
of
the
Tour
dc
France
bicycle
race.
Such
lent
from
the
roadside
is
welcomed
by
the
hot
pedal
pushers.
u
-
ky.;
Tr,
hnett
Predicts
Better
Deal
here
three
years
ago.
Officer
Jerry
O'Connell
of
B.C.,
More
Tax
Exemptions
Campbell,
Calif.,
also
testified
4
number
sometimes
goes
above
8tret.
which
five
per.wn3
that
and
this
month
hit
125.
i
were
arrested,
was
heard
before
deal
for
British
Co-
lng
election,
to
form
a
partner-
.
nor
can
British
Columbia
be
Judging
from
the
records
of
"'.f'""
"'
""
day
afternoon.
ti
ni
the
lederal
gov-
other
hispitals,
the
board
considers
that
the
standards
of
operation
locally
are
well
in
line
nd
bigger
Income
tax
s
were
forecast
last
i
The
Crown
asked
for
the
adjournment
as
several
witnesses
were
still
unavailable.
NORMALLY
A
Di:STY,
bumpy
ride,
the
correspondents'
route
from
press
headquarters
to
the
truce
talk
site
at
Panniunjom
turned
Into
a
water
journey.
Torrential
downpours,
flooding
the
area,
turned
every
road
Into
a
hub-cap-high
stream.
premier
W.
A.
C.
Hen-
-
Vi
at
the
preliminary
hearing
of
the
Indian
couple,
charged
with
the
fatal
beating
of
tne
elderly
Chinese
June
29,
1952,
that
Cecil
Sampson
said
he
beat
Chew
with
a
beer
bottle
after
he
refused
to
sell
him
beer
on
credit.
.
Adam
Jimmy,
Edna
Sampson
s
uncle,
testified
that
Edna
told
him
of
the
slaying
while
In
the
United
States
last
year
and
said
if
her
husband
did
not
quit
mistreating
her
she
would
tell
Khip
of
British
Columbia
with
the
federal
government
in
Canada
Unlimited.
"We
will
ask
the
federal
government
for
a
better
deal
for
B.C."
he
said.
"We
want
a
public
investment
program
from
the
federal
government
on
a
rentral
trans-Canada
hiRhway;
we
want
the
PGE
extension
he
spoke
to
a
capac-:it
the
Canadian
Le-
branch
line
of
Canada,,
he
said.
He
scoffed
at
the
suggestion
that
Alberta's
boom
had
become
merely
because
of
oil.
The
Alberta
people
decided
on
Social
Credit
long
before
the
oil
boom,
he
said.
In
B.C.
not
a
barrel
of
oil
had
been
ohtained
and
yet
the
people
had
chosen
Social
Credit
28
to
20
in
the
recent
election.
irrium.
nett.
on
his
first
of-
lo
Prince
Rupert,
was
Pro-Con
Promises
'Insult'
To
Intelligence
of
People
i
sunnort
of
Jim
Mc-
"The
board
is
anxious
to
keep
Cve
,
th
CUgd
to
Bet
back
the
services
of
the
hospital
t'
'rj,,
V"
their
present
level
and,
to
do
w;
"f
V4ance
'August
5.
must
receive
a?
so,
adequate
finan-
i
t
i..
or
earlier
if
convenient.
preScntt
Out
on
bail
of
$100
each
are
aff
Mr
m
Tre
cToperaUng
Kenneth
Bruce
Harrls'
char
"We
are
co-operating
with
with
eB
ith
reslstirig
arrest
driving
BCHIS
in
every
way
to
reduce
wWle
t
and
feel
that
if
(costs
a
suryey
cence
ftnd
M
hia
of
the
hospital
could
be
made
ml
to
do
so
was
Impaired:
by
a
memter
of
the
BCHIS
rate
'cha
G
Norman
T
board,
we
would
be
in
a
better
e(J
wjtn
reslsting
arrest.
intoxi-
lal
Credit
candidate
j
completed
so
that
the
oil,
wheat
i'na
federal
riding.
fnA
coal
can
be
brought
down
lie
of
the
Pacific
slope
!'""
i
c
Fair
treatment
for
all
with
noof
It.
favoritism
for
capital,
manage-j
The
hearing,
was
;
adjourned
ment
or
labor,
was
promised
by
to
Aug.
19
at-
the
request
of
,
'defence
counsel
Tom.
Jiurtey
tfiee'
RF.ksr.
fT
Ptige
3t--
jwho
Wid
h.
wanted
tme.
to
'examine
the
transcript.
of
evi-
he
his
ory
o
Canada,
i
(Bn
nfj
on(rpr
hrBnrh
,jn
By
Th
Canadian
Press
j
of
that
sort
might
have
been
be-
.
,,,,
lieved
then.
Conservatives
are
t
another
earful
Electors
got
promising
politl-
Wednesday
from
Canada
s
poll-1
.
.
Ileal
leaders
on
taxes,
trade
and,
mln,ster
said
Pro.
health,
plus
a
new
earful
on.
conservatives
had
oro-
I
something
that
evtn
"
B
..7
.
cation
and
driving
while
im-
:
dence
by
the
California
v
con-1
are
operating
cintieiiujr
w
nalrerf-
Vina
Turner
v-horoorl
I
lacked
water.
It
has
stable.
-
-
'
--.
1"
Constable
O'Connell,;
who
ar
i
lumber
and
other
with
obstruction
of
a
police
of-
POLICE
INVESTIGATING
FIRES
AT
TWO
SAWMILLS
iiiral
resources.
Vested
the
pair
In
Campbell.;
t
Ji're
must
be
certain
la?
,!,
Tollr
.mised
to
reduce
taxes
by
$500,-
Minister
St
Laur-,
Both
Prime
and
a(.
sam(j
ent
and
George
Drew.
Progressive
time
undertake
programs
wnlcn
Conservative
leader,
are
charg-,
wouJd
cQst
&bQut
$immm.-
ing
about
Ontario
campaning
these
ms
were
to
be
for
its
basketful!
of
85
seats.
CCT
.
carried
g
progressive
Con-
not.
,
He
said
the
board
is
respon
sible
for
seeing
that
hospital
facilities
are
.
available-
for
use
of
the-public
:in
this.
area.
''Therefore;-
we
intend
to
keep
:difTicul-,
i
Canada,"
Mr.
Ben-
ficer
while
in
execution
of
his
duty
and
intoxication;
Henry
Tait,
charged
with
intoxication,
assaulting
a
police
!officerr
Andrew
Derreck,
charged
with
intoxication
and
assaulting
a
po-
i
quoted
Mrs.
Sampson
as
saying
her
husband
hit
Chew
on
the
j
head.
He
said
police
were
called
I
in
to
settle
a
"family
quarrel"
I
And
restore
peace
at
their1
home."
The
critical
hour
has
ip
through
the
Sec-
lioe
officer..,
;;
:,'vw.
'
,
.
leader
J..M,
w
awu
n.ovu
...vu
Uve
government,,
instead
of
the
!'
public,
Xii"
informed:
of
"
British
.fcotamWrf
also
madej
ttinBv
tLes,
might
have
'to
I
tles
?s,""
.-
Wl,
recorded
-treetimepe-l
1
tic
8
';
increase
income
:
tax
collections
I
J,.D.
McRae,'
finance
comr
commit
CHILLIWACK
0i
Two
B.C.
lumber
mills
were
hit
by
fire
today
to
send
the
July
fire
damage
to
Industry
zooming
towards
the
$1,000,000
mark.
v
'
V
'
'
.
.
'
A
$100,000
sawmill
was
'levelled
in
a'two-hOur
blate
at
Aiken
Bros,
plant
here
and
$5,000
damage
was
reported
caused
by
fire
at
a
mill
in
Hope.
Police
are
investigating.
r:
t
pi
War,
because
...
we
hit
On
heau
'
r
rl."
the
premier
said.
tee'
Chairman;
-said
'the
nbsprfn
Pi
the
post-war
boom
I
broadcast
over,
the
CBC
networK.
.
excise
taxes
1B
At
St.
Catharines,
Mr.
St.
.
d
,
,
f,
(
t
was
operating
at
a
loss
in
spite
1:
y
switched
over
a
I
Laurent
said
Progressive
Conser-
Tt
.
(,
t1.
lntjPl,.
of
the
fact
that
the
wage
pic
Offices
Close
.On
Saturdays
vative
promise
of
reduced
taxes
ce
o
the
Canadian
people
to
j
ture
was
better
than
estimated
nri
lncrea-sed
social
benefits
Is
.
t
t
-j
fnr
for
this
this
vear.
year.
"They
continued
to
bicker
heatedly
back
and
forth,
and
at
the
height
of
the
argument
Edna
looked
at
Cecil
and
said:
'I
don't
tell
the
cops
anything
about
the
Chinaman
you
killed
in
Canada.'
"
Later
she
told
officers
on
the
morning
of
June
29
she
and
He
placed
cost
of
operations
shortages.
Trn
the
1
tion
and
catering
to
of
the
armed
services
"iir
purchasing
power.
ie
now
entering
an-
lie
said,
was
rhanK
-
-
uruilll.c
WJeui
ricak
wa
ituw-
an
"insult
to
the
intelligence
of
,
tjons
which
are
cornpletely
ne.
the
Canadian
people.
!
gated
by
other
promises
which.
Allies,
Reds
Both
Charge
Violations
of
Truce
Pact
for
the
year
at
approximately
Effective
August
1,
provincial
"I
can
only
Say
tnai
Uie
VUii-;,,
bof
,.,ih
niml
in
nmmmt
I
nn
nnn
naoip
riallv
rntn
fnr
na
servative
party
Is
living
in
the
twQ
or'
three
tlmes
tne
amount
j
Uen
with
B
c.
hospital
insur-19th
century.
Political
promises
j
pf
proposed
tax
reuef."
Unce
is
$11.30
which
is
covered
p
to
a
peacetime
econ-
her
husband
had
been
on
a
drinking
party
on
the
Quami-chan
reserve.
'
were
no
longer
any
m
fact
surpluses
were
At
Simcoe,
Mr.
Drew
toia
an
by
BCHia
in
tne
lorm
or
scmi-audience
of
about
500
that
a
monthly
grants
to
the
hospital,
government
led
by
him
would
j
Rates
for
patients
without
this
Officer
O'Connell
quoted
Mrs.
said
the
Reds
accused
the
Allies!
of
truce
violations
at
the
meeting
Thursday.
Both
involved
aircraft
which
allegedly
circled
over
demilitarized
zone..
A
UN
spokesman
said
Bryan
"noted
the
allegations
and
will
tell
the
united
states
it
must,
,
insurance
are
sngnuy
mgner,
Sampson
as
saying:
"There
had
Obstruction
Charge
Although
the
request
to
the
government
offices
will
be
closed
all
Saturday
with
the
exception
of
the
gold
commis-
sioner
and
mining
recorder's
office
which
will
be
open
8:30
a.m.
to
noon,-
and
the
land
registry
office
which
will
be
open
10
a.m.
to
noon.
The
step
is
taken
in
accordance
with
inauguration
of
the
five-day
.week
for
provincial
employees.
Starting
Monday,
those
employees
affected
will
work
week-days
from
8:30
ajn.
to
5
p.m.
j
r
abide
by
international
trade
agreements
or
Canada
wouldn't.
As
at
Hamilton
the
previous
leral
government
at
us
no
plans
for
MUNSAN
a
The
Communists!
today
charged
two
more
truce
violations
by
Allied
forces
while
United
States
air
officers
countered
with
charges
that
Red
war-planes'
swooped
Into
North
Korea
from
Manchuria
after
the
cease
fire
deadline
Monday
night.
Maj.-Oen.
Blackshear
M.
Bryan,
head
of
the
five-man
United
Nations
team
on
the
Joint
military
armistice
commission,
Mr.
Bennett
asserted.
deal
with
them
the
same
way
as
!
niRht;
he
referred
to
U.S.
trade
I
barriers
against
Canadian
goods,
!
mainly
farm
products.
Dismissed
BCHIS
to
send
a
representative
was
made
by
letter,
the
hospital
board
also
referred
the
problem
to
Premier
W.
A.
C.
Bennett
during
his
visit
here
to
speak
at
the
Social
Credit
meeting
last
night.
been
a
drinking
party
ai
ine
home
of
my
uncle,
Solomon
George.
They
run
out
of
liquor
and
my
uncle
told
me
to
go
to
Chew
Deb's
and
get
some
liquor.
At
the
Chinaman's
I
knocked
on
the
gate
and
when
he
came
to
answrer
the
knock
Cecil
hit
him
on
the
head
with
a
bot
he
did
allegations
made
yesterday.
We
will
announce
results
of
our
investigations
later."
says
defence
expep-II
continue
for
an-
I
say
they
will
not."
n
time
and
on
bud-
Earlier,
at
Brant
ford,
Mr.
Drew
...
obstruction
,,..
of
ai
.
.
..
Charee
of
,
,,
0,f
iQ
.ioh
The
UN
made
no
formal
complaint
of
Communist
truce
viola
mcreased
to
such
an
police
officer
in
the
execution
mwe
as
prime
minlster
of
his
duty
against
Frederick,,,
bg
gQ
to
Britain
t0
try
tions,
but
an
air
force
officer
t
If
It
were
stopped
tle."
Faulkner
was
dismissed
by
cause
trouble
and
if
to
increase
Canadian
exports
to
sterling
markets
an
"urgent
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
in
po
plinue
it
would
create
said.
lice
court
this
morning.
necessity."
Dealing
with
the
Liberal
argu
The
case
was
the
second
aris
said
a
big
U.S.
radar
station
on
Chodo
Isiand,
off
North
Korea,
tracked
a
large
number
of
Red
warplanes
flying
to
North
Korean
bases
Monday
night.
Under
terms
of
the
armistice,
no
additional
weapons
or
arma
Korea
Armies
Both
Retreat
From
Front
:
ial
Credit
party
be-the
t
way
to
give
Can-
ing
u
out
of
the
arrest
Saturday
U
ment
I'll.
that
11
he
couldn
t
cut
taxes
.
I
Mr.
Sampson
at
first
denied
any
knowledge
of
the
murder
of
Chew,
the
officer
said,
but
when
confronted
with
his
wife's
statement
said
he
went
to
Chew's
house
and
asked
for
liquor
on
credit.
"Chew
Deb
refused,
and
reached
down
and
picked
some
re
money
to
snend
Is
night
of
59
persons
by
KtMr
,
,,
,rf.
...
.hild
of
i0
5
hem
to
keep
some
of
on
charges
ranging
from
intox-
whj
couldn't
woric
0ut
arlthme-
icatlon.
obstruction
and
caus
Phasing
power,
the
tic
on
that
would
not
be
allowed
to
pass
examinations.
We
can
do
id.
ing
disturbances.
"Id
be
done,
he
said.
Police
testimony
statea
tnai.
It
by
stopping
waste,
extrava
ment
could
enter
Korea
after
the
cease-fire
went
into
effect
Monday
night,
aside
from
replacements.
But
air
force
officers
said
such
flights
continued
after
the
deadline.
thing
off
the
ground
and
made
as
if
to
strike
Edna.
It
was
then
gance
and
inefficiency."
ing
the
Income
tax
1
of
the
single
man
Faulkner,
asked
to
"move
on
by
.Const.
Irving,
replied,
"Why
that
a
scuffle
took
place.
"0
to
$2,000;
married
hould
I?
and
was
arresiea
$2,000
to
$3,000.
and
with
some
dificulty.
SEOUL
(CP)
Two
undefeated
armies
the
Allied
and
Red
walked
away
from
the
Korean
front
today,
leaving
In
silence
a
narrow
strip
across
Korea
that
only
days
ago
roared
in
war.
Under
the
armistice
terms
all
troops
had
to
be
out
of
a
2Vb-mile-wide
belt
by
10
p.m.
to
ion
for
children
(mm
Faulkner
and
two
other
de
l"us
f"S
Jl
$150"
DO"
to
$750.
married
man
At
,
Kimberley,
Mr.
uoioweu
said
a
CCF
government
would
Introduce
a
national
labor
code
establishing
maximum
hours
of
work
and
minimum
wages.
This
code
would
also
lay
down
minimum
age
for
employment
and
provide
for
paid
holidays
and
for
equal
pay
for
men
and
women
for
equal
work.
The
CCF
leader
said
the
Lib
'
way
a
I1'
childre
"0
a
ren
could
earn
fence
witnesses
asserted
that
he
asked
the
police
to
"wait
a
minute"
while
he
got
an
explanation
of
why
he
was
being
arrested.
..4
year
year
and
not
drv
ax,
me
Drem
er
aiH
night
6
a.m.
PDT).
The
United
Nations
command
l"t
hns
three
chilrin-n
Neither'
prosecution
nor
de
kin?
hard
for
B.C.
has
fence
could
establish
whetner
the
accused
was
warned
that
hgh."
eral
government
had
failed
to
nrovide
an
effective
national
he
was
about
to
be
placed
under
arrest.
labor
code.
P'V
TAX
jj'iett
said
that
of
the
P'
British
Columbians
4
t
If
an
emergency
arose,
the
federal
government
was
help
said
most
of
the
Allied
front
was
uninhabited
seven
hours
before
the
deadline.
Allied
soldiers
started
leaving
the
battlellne
shortly
after
the
truce
was,
signed
Monday.
South
Korean
troops
pulled
back
in
orderly
fashion
from
the
two-thirds
of
the
front
they
held.
Almost
all
fortifications
were
Mrs.
Willa
Ray,
for
the
defence,
asserted
that
the
police
had
not
acted
in
the
execution
ieaeral
government
in
'WS,
COl'Dornt.liin
t.uvna
less
and
provincial
governments,
being
unable
to
act
together
P
duties
last
year,
only
uniformly,
were
powerless.
1
came
back
to
B.C.
as
the
tax
agreements,
"nt
the
$239.ooo.()on
destroyed.
y
than
was
paid
by
half
I
her
provinces
nut.
t.n-
-WEATHER-
Forecast
1
WMIMIII
"
'
'
Al
i
II
IMP
F
admitted
the
fpriprai
r
Ti!Laetually
sPent
more
North
Const.
Region:
Cloudy
tndav
and
Friday
with
a
few
of
their
duty
and
asked
dismissal
quoting
the
cases
of
Rex
versus
Cooke
from
Canadian
criminal
cases
and
Red
versus
Sutherland
from
B.C.
Law
Report.
Magistrate
Vance
said
that
an
element
of
doubt
existed
in
the
case
and
therefore
the
advantage
was
with
the
accused.
He
warned
Faulkner
Jfco
help
the
police
in
the
future.
"The
police
are
having
a
hard
enough
time
as
it
is,"
he
said.
"It
is
the
duty
ot
evr-rv
clti?.en
to
tsu.t
them."
7
Plane
Down
Off
Luzon
MANILA
A
United
States
'
i
t
sunny
periods
in
the
afternoons.
Not
much
charge
in
tempera
it,
ture.
Light
westerly
winds
"uiuu
m
B.C.
but
it
r
bv
a
10
Per
cent
fed-f
wx,
a
15
per
cent
fnd
custom
duties.
'al
Credit
party
plan-1
tne
balance
of
power
Bett
sairi
Y,
..
j
reaching
lo
over
exposed
waters
AS
PRFTTY
AS
A
"SPIDER"
as
you're
likely
to
find
in
any
web,
actress
Joanne
Dru
looks
properly
smug
after
capturing
the
affections
of
299
sailors
aboard
the
US
S.
Boxer.
Joanne
scored
a
laudslidt
victory
in
Our
Navy
magazine's
contest
for
August
Pin-Up
Queen
vt'heii
the
boxer's
men
mailed
iu
Uielr
mass
vote.
amphibious
plane
with
15
men
aboard
crashed
at
sea
off
Luzon
Island
today
and
five
survivors
were
rescued..
H
miles
off
the
e.st
uiMSi,
AMERICAN
SOLDIERS
and
South
Korean
police
form
a
human
barricade
In
front
of
the
Eighth
Army
Headquarters
in
Seoul
as
noisy
demonstrators
against,
the
TIN
trure
terms
gather
to
voice
thetr
limtests
.
Lo
tomglit
and
lilfeb.
tomorrow
at
fori
Haidy,
Sandspit
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