provincial! 17 M07X3CXAI. LXS3AST, JCT3.-.IA. B. C. jtfdiirdTii'"'' - . April 4. i" 23 2 feet 21.6 feet 14 08 7:5" Doily Deliyery Phone 81 0.9 feet 3.6 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XLIII. No. 78 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1954 PRICE FIVE CENTS 20 05 mum rn lrv f? n 1 Voltes wm pro 1 Losses by Reported French Heavy New York Dockers 1 v- Ey LARKY ALLEN HANOI (AP) The weary defenders of Dien Bien Phu beat off wild new Vietminh attacks today, holding the Communist-led rebels at bay a mile from the heart of the besieged fortress, French counter-attacks, back-1 ed by tanks and heavy artillery ! rounding hills. Then Infantry-fire, shattered every Vietminh ! men rushed the French barrt- . . , , , . . , ,...... -nn , tr ;. . , ' ' Y ,. f ' ; . til - f:u M.RV inches Into her berth at Halifax carrying 1 087 passengers. She a from New York on her voyage from Southampton because of the month-long ..is strike winch ended today. Moving across the stern of the 81,275-ton vessel is Mi fMunr schooner. George's Island In mid-harbor lies In the right background, a and twenty of the Queen's passen gers were returning Canadians. lens Bureau in Labor Department Back on Job i , NEW YORK (AP) I Longshoremen swarmed back to work today, end-iing a 2!)-day strike that cost the port of New York ;an estimated $500,000,000. cades, hurling grenades and plastic containers of high explosives in attempts to cut paths through the barbed-wire maw.s. They opened up with machine-gun, rifle and pistol fire, and mass assault trying to crack the key defences of the fortress, where many fighters have gone for five days without rest. A brief French communique said repeated Vietminh attempts during the night to break d by CCF, Defeated by Socreds finally wielded long knives and j The govern- ed through calm seas of uncon- through the last-ditch defences j sharP bamboo spears in fanat- dtfeatrd a CCF j troverslal bills. railed. The Communist-led rebels -auu-i-i.m uiu-(., had pushed to within a mile of j : ; lay calling for a j The only possibility cf a heat- ers and manufacturers of domestic gas appliances under the disciplinary control. It is designed to make gas economical and safe. Another act Is designed to stop the traffic of Immature and all m tne uepait- tu ungate came wnen ine Dill Hiring bosses stepped in front of the piers and blew their whistles at the traditional time of 7:55 a.m. The men, without pay for almost a month, eagerly formed In half circles to be hired. Folice patroled the waterfront, but things were, peaceful in contrast with the picketing, jeering, sometimes violent atmosphere of the past month. Under pressure from the gov the fortress' centre in seme I places. The outnumbered French! ! granting the Pacific Great East-rd iCCF-Skeenai ' ern Railway borrowing powers of j the mo'ion, said ! S30.000.000. Liberal Leader Ar- wK psychological i thur Laing adjourned the debate i diseased meat Into Vancouver. Prisoner In Oakalla Badly Beaten uren men and ftecause nls group had no all idf such a bureau ! the information it wanted yet. Union garrison clung to a narrowing patch of trenches, bunkers and barbed wire. But they were in grave danger. The position's outer defences were wrecked all Its fortifications riHHloH Kv VlolmlnV artlllapv The house gave second reading ! Living Costs ernment and its own wageless m rejected the I approval in principle to a bill ! wiping out $91,000,000 of Rccum- ek members, the independent International Longshoremen's Asso r, leader Arnold , ulated Interest owed the govern- ciation Flriday night ordered an end to the multi-million-dollar ,7 . w ,V ' VANCOUVER -Oakalla pris- Vietmlnh casualties soared as on officials disclosed yesterday their Communist commanders lnat 28-year-old a prisoner was hurled a human sea of attackers j severely beaten by a group of agajnsi, Dien Bien Phu, trying , priSoners Thursday who accused MAMA CAMEL Peggy takes a proud look at her week-old son Christopher at the London Zoo. The first male of his species ever bred at the zoo, the baby camel will one day display double humps Just like his stately mother. walkout. I LA president William V. Brad-' ley, after conferring with har-1 assed and weary strike leaders, announced: I Appear Unchanged ' ' OTTAWA Uvlng costs, which have been shifting for many months, appear to have moved Into a period of relative stability. w c.iBun ii, iur wic nisi major jhimof being a narcotics "stoolie." ncu vitwiy oi me limo-iuna victim of the attack was War, nOW in its eighth year. A Bnhert Vnlknn whn um tnntrl torf are m-cupa- j ment by the Pacific Great East- domestic service ! ern Railway, b where women i The bill reduces the railway's Kted i debt to SSI, 000.000. h SC-Es'iuiraalti j The bill was one of 21 that re-rtucnt of labor reived either second or third and nlo'.k after th?: final reading. mrr.fn and men 1 One of them was the act gov- .1 aiding a bur- rrnlng the Installation of domestic gas appliances. The act, tn- k supported by troduced in anticipation of nai the vote. natural eas comlm into the rro- French Army source estimated in hosoital for Iniuries to his TV cti-tlr la nuap k: U I fl hllll Ilk IJl BSt m Ml ax tn th. r..nriat nf nV .nv.rn. I 1 1 U 1 1 W tl V 111 rlLIIIL Lil that the Vietminh have lost arms and ribs. 20,000 killed wounded since m ,nd rrtr imHit. 1 or return tn wnrk ! "i" T T t . f V they swept down on the fort They remained unchanged in ... -.,.,'.,'. I f K f Kllllt lir KVAIlin iress In mid-March. The French January for the first time in -t itshlature sail- vlncc, puU the dealers, Install- IW UC UUIIV JQV) WlVJVlll claim 1,000 of those were killed . " vMww vawssaB ! men would turn out on the first . j riav hack at work Thi i, half I ' ; " 1 . . " -The French have not an- A prison official said Vollans was returned to the prison where he and two other prisoners "marked for the same treatment" were segregated from the. rest of the prisoners. The prisoners were reported to have accused Vollans of giving information to the police in Two work crews will be em- district shortly after the close ! nounced their own losses, but To Stiffen Penalties the city's piers. By Monday, I P'oyed this summer n establish- ! of the present session. It is pre- In Paris, where such information however, full gangs plus extra J in8 roadside picnic camps along ! sumed that he will make a study Is sifted and released, officials almost four ears." Indications are that the cost-of-living Index for February, likely to be Issued Monday, will vary only slightly from the January figure. During January prices rose for such things as coffee, pork, hospital rates, soap and taxi fares. highway 16. Bruce Brown, MLA j of conditions along Highway 16 'said the defenders of Dien Bien for Prince Rupert, advised the J for which slightly more than j Phu had suffered "heavy" Crime Comics Defeated Daily News today. Plans for the 1,000.000 has been allocated dur- j losses, but light by comparison connection with last year's record roundup of drug peddlers In Vancouver. with those of the enemy. work were reported by Lands ing the current fiscal year. It is The January consumer price The Cnmmnn in molr nnhllcVinr f ..rlmn i and Forests Minister Robert I estimated that to make a first- The most serious threat looms wtrr.pt to lm- comics and obscene literature ; ' ,nd'x- Va" for measuring workers are expected to get to work on the backlog of $650,000,-000 worth of cargo tied up by the strike. The old 1L.. competing fiercely with the AFL for control of dock labor, had firmly declared It would not end the strike until the National Labor Relations Board recognized it as bargaining agent for longshoremen. cost-of-living changes, remain Sommers. i class highway between Prince j in the northwestern sector of Establishment of such camps Rupert and Prince George an j the plain, where the Vietminh was urged last summer at the j expenditure be of $50,000,000 would; hold one position for launching penalties on pub- subject to .heavier penalties was r.f comics and ob- voted down 35 to 18. 1 ed steady at 115.7. 2.5 points be- " lnw th hfph nf 11R2 rencheH in required. attacks. It is feared that a mas The would have amendment .December 1951. The index is Associated Boards of Tradt- con ' was defeated made a publisher of crime com vention at Burns Lake ar.d has ! TO REVIEW SITUATION since been taken up by Mr. j t is exDected that Mr. Gae- "... "m con- Its and obscene literature liable ' Criminal Code. The night before the strike j Brown. Along the 480-mile ended the union was still trying : stretch between Prince Rupert to bargain with the New York- nd Prince George there is an New Jersev waterfront. r-rmml- almost complete lack of such fa- lardl also will review the situation concerning the proposed road between Terrace and Kitl- based on 1949 prices equalling 100. RENTS UNCHANGED This Is the first time the index has remained unchanged over a two-month period since April. 1950. But perhaps more significant is the fact that the five years, if he is an Indlvldupl and to a penalty of $10,000 if the publisher or owner Is a jfr.l proposed by 'PC-Kamloopyi kVUe 'corporation. Mr. Fulton origin-ATritK a"y Proposed a fine of $25,000 Judge Studies Contempt Case VANCOUVER ) Judgmenl was reserved by Mr. Justice J. V. Clyne Friday in a contempt ol . court action against the Vancouver Province, Its publisher, A. W. Moscarella, editor H. H. -C. Anderson and columnist Eric Nicol. Mr. Justice Clyne said there were "several principles" Involved in the action and for that reason he was reserving Judgment. The order to appear in court resulted from a column hy Mr. Nicol in the Province March 20 dealing with capital punishment. cilities. In addition,. Mr. Brown 'mat. In answer to recent ques-if sion. It offered to end the strike the commission would agree rms asked that consideration beitions by Mr. Brown, he advised to return work permits lifted Biven 10 setting aside one or two j that no plans have been made from 85 I LA members 1 more sites for tne same purpose ! for this beyond conducting a Th rnmmusirm .n fhot along the route of the proposed 1 survey. He added that it was sive charge from there and a break-through might carry the attackers into the key centre area. Heavy and violent Vietminh assaults raged throughout last night, Increasing in tempo in the. early hours before dawn. But wherever the rampaging troops tried to break through. French guns took a heavy toil and hammered them back. The attackers used every device and weapon they had In yesterdaV's two-pronged drive from the northwest and southeast. First came their heavy artillery barrages from the sur- shelter .column, which includes there could be no "compromise .road between Terrace and Kiti-jthe Intention of his department i . tn nnnnliota o-ilh .Via I nm n,im uui reduced tne figure. The law at present provides a maximum prison term of two Jours for publishers and distributors of crime comics and obscene literature If they are individuals and an unlimited fine In the case of corporations. Justice Minister Garson said with lawlessness.' "wast i H'J'n Sriut hrvn ' With frequent: "'in, or wet snow, ti nip.: rat.irc. 15 becominj 1 tonsht. Low to- SttWli'y at Port, 1 15 Nnrthern s-c-' I mat. 1''" lirfiwunic liiumiuuui ' 1 Company of Canada In an en- ;T() VISIT HERE idravor to reach aereement with Mr. Brown also reported that the company whereby it would Public Works Minister P. A. j p;iy 50 ner cent of the cost of Gaglardl intends to visit this I construction. rents, also remained unchanged, halting an 11-month rise. In the last three years the shelter column Jumped 15 points to a peak of 125.4 last December. The Index of food prices edged to 111.7 from 111.6, well below the peak of 122.5 reached In November, 1951. Pork and coffee prices rose, but these were partially offset by fractional dips in the price of grapefruit, potatoes, tomatoes, beef, fish, raisins and orange Juice. OM COUNTRY FOOTBALL wr and rontiini-, the existing law Is quite cn- GLASGOW England defeated j Scotland 4-2 to win the British northerly 15 lorccable. A judge, If he wanted siting 25 in cx- to, could impose a fine of $2,-tonight anrl owi.000 in cases where the con-wntlipit 28 and ; victed publisher was a corpora-25 and 40. i tlon. ' ;i,. . v Elks Lodge Card For Empire Games Fund Tonight Sees Champions Matched in Battle For Prestige Deal Made Yet For Rights International soccer championship today. The victory gave England the right to compete In the. top section of the world cup qualifying tournament. SCOTTISH LEAOUE llltltiiiii Clyde 4, RBith R a. Esl Pile 1. Dundee I. RHiip-rs a. Queen of 8 0. HUMmi H Ayr U 2. Alio A 4. Hlenhousrmulr 0. Kilmarnock t. P-C-Yukon Waterways "The whole town's talking , about" and practically the whole town is going to the ninc-bout boxing card beinR staged hv t.hi ITIIrs Trliro of tho f.ivi." ! V"Pkx fur the resources by Froblsher Ltd. has,noss a tremendous hydro potcn- ol tior fn British yet been made to the B.C. gov '"I Yukon hydro ernment, a Yukon mining official Centre tonight. Two things, maybe three, are drawing people from every walk of life to a fight card that may set Prince Rupert history. First, the show is being sponsored by the Elks in order to build up a fund to send the city's middleweight champion and 1954 Gold LONDON Results uf soccer Karnes plliyecl 111 United KlnRdnm today: ENOLISH LEAGUE IMtlsimi I , Button W 3. Arsenal I. Burnley 1. Chelsea 2. Charlton A 3. Sheffield U O. Liverpool 4. Sunderland 3. Manchester U 3. Cardiff C 3. Middlesbrough 2. Aston Villa 1. i i tlf si '-One m"n is dead says. Gordon Lee, Whltchorse businessman and president of the Whltchorse Chamber of Mines, said in Vancouver Friday that he had been speaking to Premier Bennett in Victoria. Mr. Lee was told by the premier that no conclusion had been reached with the eastern Canada metallurgical company, the Canadian Press reports. Froblsher Ltd. announced early In 1953 that it planned to har- U'?M with m.,n 7 a flst iiRht 01 near-hv ,,. 'night. us- llim Jl . Lewis, RCN, 140 lbs. Bout No. 6 Art Ryan. RCN, 132 lbs vs Jerry Le Blanc, RCN, 134 lbs. Bout No. 7 Maurice Bishop. Prince Rupert, 156 lbs .vs Bill Watts, RCN, 160 lbs. Bout No. 8 Doug Kerr, RCN, 196 lbs vs Bill (Mousel Morrison, Prince Rupert, 187 lbs. Bout No. 9 Trent Kelcheson. RCN. 167 lbs vs Andy Marshall, Prince Rupert, 166 lbs. After the fights are concluded trophies will be presented. Last night the visiting boxers from Terrace and the HMCS Sioux along with boxers from both the Civic Centre and Annunciation clubs were guests at a steak dinner staged by the Elks Lodge at the Broadway Cafe. Exalted Ruler of the BPOE, Eric Speers, thanked trainers Ab Hart of Terrace, Jerry Le Blanc of the Sioux, Martin Saunders of Annunciation and Joe Ward of the Civic Centre club for their work with the boxers. He also expressed the Elks' appreciation of the cooperation received from the Royal Canadian Navy. In reply trainer LeBlanc said that "we have five boxers here for the show and we hope that Prince Rupert appreciates them." ' ' tial in the northwest comer of I B.C. and the Yukon for a huge smelting industry. Surveys for such a project have been going on In the Atlln watershed near the Yukon border region since the initial announcement of tne giant plant by mining magnate Thayer Lindslay, president of Froblsher. Negotiations are being made by the company with B.C. and Ottawa governments for water rights .The federal government administers Yukon's natural resources and waterways. Mr. Lee said such a project would Immensely Increase northern ore tonnage and make mining a low-cost operation In the area with a smelter nearby. At present, Yukon ore concentrates are shipped to Trail, B.C., for smelting. Other mining officials throughout northern B.C. herald a metallurgical Industry In the north such as Froblsher has pro-Dosed as the kick-off to the : Jy tr" 23. died at Bulkley vai T:ta1' he , u P.m. Thurs- "nta with en Gloves titleholder Andy Marshall to the British Empire Games trials in Toronto May 13, 14 and 15. Secondly the return match between Marshall and the RCN's Canadian middleweight champion Trent Ket-cheson has aroused more interest than any bout in the last 15 years. Thirdly at least four of the bouts will see well-known local boys pitted against Navy fighters who arrived yesterday on the HMCS Sioux and today by plane. Due to Prince Rupert's Isolated location fight fans and sports followers seldom have the opportunity to see Prince Rupert boxers in action. Thpir fights are mainly away from home and descriptions come by Ship on View For Two Days The destroyer HMCS Sioux Newcastle U 4. Manchester C- 3. Preston N E 4, Portsmouth 0. Sheffield W 1. Huddersfleld T 4. Totenham 3, Blackpool 3. . Bromwich 0. Wolverhampton W 1. Division II Birmingham C 3. Oldham A !. Fulham 4, Notta C 3. Leeds U 3. Everton 1. Leicester C- 1, Bristol R 0. Nottingham F 3, Bury 3. Plymouth A 1, Blackburn R 1. Rotherham V 1. Brentford 1. Stoke C 4. Lincoln C 1. Swansea T 2, Derby C 1. West Ham U 1, Hull C 0. NANAIMO, B.C. (CP) "Unemployment conditions" were blamed here yesterday as the Nanaimo and District Cancer Society postponed its annual campaign for funds. Lou Moser, provincial director of the Cancer society, said the drive would be held in the early fall. ANDY MARSHALL press. Tonight the public will get the chance to see the hometown boys in action against stiff opposition. Officials for tonight's bouts will be as follows: Ring physician: Dr. L. P. Charbonneau; Referees: Benny Windle and Dido Gurvich; Judges: Lt. T. R. Johns of the FMCS Sioux. Sev Dominate, Dick Ayres; Timekeepers: Darrow Gomez and Al Manson, Continuity: Gus Stromdahl: Announcer: Art BILL MORRISON The program which starts at 8 p.m. is listed below: Bout No. 1 Bobby Smith, 70 lb vs Gerry Dominate 70 lb both of Annunciation club. Bout No. 2 Billy Saunders 85 lbs vs Ken Murray, both of Annunciation club. Bout No. 3 Bobby Dumas, Annunciation, 120 lbs vs Ron Fowles, Terrace, 125 lbs. Bout No. 4 Art Turcotte, Annunciation. 128 lbs vs Ron Earl, Terrace, 125 lbs. Bout No. 5 Chuck Place, Prince Rupert, 138 lbs vs Nelson which Is berthed at the CNR dock and rvl will be open to the public from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. todav and Sun s ti,:u:uner O. H. day, the captain, Cmdr. A. N. r,i , 2? to release OBE, (CD) RCN said wadma oT KanKIn, """tin, Ui nei th ' T . 1 todaV- The Rioux, on a training M' a (,, M ! "uise with 231 men and 14 off!' Doom in me ""i:cers aboard, afternoon. arrived yesterday I biggest mining I country's history word of mouth or through the Murray.