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BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Publiihed
qt
Canada's
Mot
Strotegie
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
VOL.
XL1I,
No,
55
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
MARCH
6,
I9&3
'
the
Great
Northwest"
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Of
Fk
I
Stalin's
Body
Taken
To
Hall
of
Columns
LONDON
(Reuters)
Moscow
radio
announced
tonight
that
George
Malenkov
has
been
designated
Premier
of
Soviet
Russia.
Malenkov,
close
associate
of
Stalin,
took
a
particularly
prominent
role
in
last
fall's
Russian
Party
Congress.
A
dark,
stocky
man
who
hates
the
west,
Malenkov
is
50
years
old.
Others
mentioned
as
possible
successors
were
Leventy
Pavlovich,
Russia's
super-policeman
as
head
of
the
dread
secret
police,
and
Vyacheslov
M.
Molo-tov,
former
foreign
minister
and
one-time
prime
minister.
if
;TJV
I
r
frrti
ii
mi
ii
n
a
i'
in
V
i
Victorious
General
the
bitterest
ualtiet
of
Indo-China's
slx-vcar-olrt
ur
ivu,.,.
defeated
20.000
Co
nmunu,t-led
Viet
Minh
assault
troops
who
sur-inert
tiny
airstrlu
at
Na
Sa.n.
117
mile
wt
by
General
of
the
Army
Francois
Gonzales
de
Linares,
officer
northern
Indo-China.
The
general
ia
shown
touring
Na
San
17
I'i
ID
4
f'
l
11
3
(i
0
feet
23
'J'l
5
feet
IPTSSsst
KM.UM
ami
one
of
('
(I-lively
to
.sturm
the
i
suui
.i
planned
.
xr-rnnd
lories
In
8
tit-
I.ght.
el
Betveen
Point
Li:kv
m
tvuooii
.
duel
on
the
law
be-
v.'.y
Cuijr".
Juiiiie
W
O
i
i
the
defence
lawyer
in
h)'.h
the
crown
h')iif
ds
stolen
end-
yesterday
after-
m
mi
adjournment
to
fturth,
a;H
arittK
fur
St
J-rmain.
former
ut
Kitiir.:it
Const
rur-tMiMamcd
his
client
rhargftj
uri'ler
a
aec-
Criminal
Code
which
ply
to
the
cas.
11:
8.ir'h
said
no
evl-ixrto
given
that
hi.
tKVIU
SIAKIS
ii
y
a,:
mail
service
next
Monday,
.tl
the
Chamber
of
wrvur
requeiU'd
the
liurtli
and
miuth
us
and
incoming
"!iun
Pacific
Airline.
irt
nmil
to
Kkideimte
I
in.
Europe
Uncertain
Over
News
No
Tears
Shed
Nor
Jubilation
Hy
Tt
Cuwttiui
Prat
LONDON.
Western
Kurope
reacted
with
fear
and
uncertainty
to
the
news
that
Stalin
iH
dead.
Except
for
loyal
Communists,
there
Is
no
shedding
of
tears.
But
neither
Is
there
jubilation.
Most
Europeans
took
the
news
Krimly,
with
only
a
few
expressions
of
hope
for
a
letup
in
the
cold
war.
The
biggest
worry
expressed
everywhere
was
that
the
new
ruler
or
rulers
of
Russia
might
scrap
Stalin's
wary
cold
war
policies
and
possibly
plunge
the
world
into
a
shooting
conflict.
Western
diplomats
studying
the
official
death
announcement
found
scant
clues
to
who
takes
over
now.
But
the
announcement
made
it
clear
that
there
would
be
no
new
bid
for
friendship
with
the
west.
Some
western
observers
saw
signs
of
a
possible
crack
in
Com-
By
EDDY
OIL.MORE
Associated
Prew
BUS
Writer
Lawyer,
Judge
JOSEPH
MOSCOW.
The
body
of
Prime
Minister
Stalin,
felled,
by
a
stroke
and
heart
failure
at
73,
was
removed
to
Moscow's
Hall
of
Columns
today
to
lie
in
of
Law
Ends
in
Draw
Firemen,
City
Reach
Wage
Agreement
Settlement
of
the
1953
wage
1
sought
a
12
per
cent
wage
ln-agreement
between
the
city
and
'
create.
Prince
Rupert
Firefighters
As-
j
Firemen
want
the
city
to
ab-sociation
appeared
near
today
sorb-
the
one
per
cent
increase
following
acceptance
by
firemen
!
to
civic
employees
if
a
new
pen-of
city
proposals
under
one
con-
'
sion
plan
proposed
by
the
Union
dition.
1
of
B.C.
Municipalities
is
adopted
A
union
spokesman
said
today
.
by
the
Legislature.
.
i
client
had
committed
fraud,
as
j
laid
out
In
the
clutrite.
j
'
Judge
Fulton
countered:
"I
in
convinced
the
man
toic
i
the
money
and
I
can't
follow
your
reasoning
at
all."
During
unnt
her
heat
of
argu-i
ment
on
li
g.il
torhi.lralllu-s.
'Judge
FulUm
said
to
Mr.
Ho-'
giirth
"You
ay
you
do
not
argus
with
the
evidence
presented
here
It
U
clear
to
me
that
the
accuM-d
U
Kuilty
of
theft,
and
must
be
lo
you
What
would
you
do
If
you
were
In
my
position''"
;
"Your
Honor.
Id
arqull
the
man
lastantly,"
aald
Mr.
Ho-
ip.arth.
.
state.
Funeral
service
befitting
one
of
the
most
powerful
men
In
his
tory
is
in
preparation.
The
Soviet
"Man
of
Steel,"
who
ruled
one-sixth
of
the
earth's
surface
and
dominated
one-third
of
the
peoples',
died
Thursday
night
In
the
Kremlin,
four
days
after
being
stricken.
Death
came
at
9:00
p.m.
and
was
announced
to
the
Russian
people
eight
hour
later.
deep
coma
at
the
end
There
has
been
no
hint
as
to
who
would
succeed
the
man
who
led
the
Soviet
Union'
200,000,-000
people
for
29
year
and
called
the
play
for
Communists
the
world
over.
But
a
joint
statement
AHDSPIT-RUPERT
AIRMAIL
.1
,fm
the
Communist
Party
and
tinuation
of
such
policies
as
strengthening
the
armed
forces,
increased
vigilance
at
home
and
tighter
bonds
with
Communists
abroad.
At
this
stage
were
is
no
prospect
of
any
change
In
policies.
This
afternoon
a
hearse
left
the
Kremlin
while
thousands
assembled
on
Red
square
to
aee
It.
TV.
I
,
.
.
btaun
s
cotlin.
immense
heaps
of
i
lowers
ana
wreath
surrounded
it.
The
Russian
began
filing
past
to
gaza
for
the
lat
Utn
a
Um
man
who
led
them
to
victory
over
Nazi
Germany.
arms
and
genius-continuer
of
the
cause
of
Lenin,
the
wise
leader
and
teacher
of
the
Communist
Party
and
Soviet
People
Joseph
Vissarionovlch
Stalin.
"The
death
of
Stalin,
who
gave
all
his
life
to
dedicated
service
to
the
great
cause
of
Communism,
is
the
heaviest
loss
for
the
party
and
workers
of
the
Soviet
nation
and
for
all
humanity."
it
was
issued
in
the
name
of
the
Communist
party'
Central
Committee,
Council
of
Ministers
(government
cabinet)
and
the
Praesidium
of
Supreme
Soviet
The
Russian
people
appeared
stunned
and
grief
stricken.
Wind
sure
and
hardening
of
the
arteries.
Paralysis
of
the
right
side,
loss
of
consciousness
and
breathing
difficulties
appeared
the
first
day.
Stalin's
Illness
was
announced
first
on
Wednesday
morning,
Moscow
time,
42
hours
after
he
was
stricken.
-WEATHER-
Forecast
North
Coast
Region:
Mostly
overcast
today
and
Saturday.
Frequent
showers
in
the
central
and
northern
sections.
A
few
showers
In
the
southern
section.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Winds
light,
becoming
south
20.
occasionally
30
this
afternoon,
and
west
20
this
evening.
Winds
south
20
tomorrow.
Low
tonight
and
high
Saturday
at
Port
Hardy,
40
and
48,
Sandspit.
37
and
48;
Prince
Rupert,
37
and
45.
firm
control
and
keeping
students
busy,
arrange
tasks
so
that
pupils
know
what
they
are
being
asked
to
do.
A
further
point
was
"
that
teachers
should
return
test
papers
promptly
and
discuss
them
with
students.
Dr.
Swift
says
a
teacher
thoiud
Include
sunie
suuunuy
or
skeleton
outline
with
his
notes
so
students
can
get
notes
In
systematic
order.
Processions
to
Continue
mUNUAt
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Sand-ftesm
W.
J.
BurgeM,
postmaster
here.
Commerce
by
the
Chamber
for
resident
area
of
the
Islands,
mall
to
SamKpit
will
be
carried
From
Sandspit,
a
water
taxi
where
It
will
iret
further
STALIN
.
.
.
lies
in
state
j
The
new
pension
plan
calls
for
an
additional
one
per
cent
!
contribution
by
employees
and
1
further
contributions,
by
the
'
city.
Fringe
benefits
agreed
to
by
both
the
union
and
the
city
In
clude:
Holiday
pay
for
two
week
after
one
year,
for
three
week
after
five
years,
and
for
four
weeks
after
15
years.
Additional
week's
holiday
annually
in
lieu
of
statutory
holidays.
Sick
leave
allowed
to
be
accumulative
to
24
days.
Service
pay,
included
in
the
1952
agreement,
has
been
cancelled
in
view
of
additional
I
benefits.
I
The
city
wage
committee
has
yet
to
hear
from
the
Civic
Workers'
Union
(inside
and
outside).
Its
12-per-cent
wage
increase
demands
also
have
been
countered
with
a
"hold-the-line"
policy
of
no
higher
wages
this
year.
Electrical
Workers
Union
last
month
accepted
the
1952
agreement
after
seeking
a
live-per-cnt
increase
for
linemen
and
a
seven-per-cent
boost
for
telephone
operators.
Mrs.
Black
Slightly
Burned
In
Home
Fire
WHITEHORSE,
Y.T.
(CP)
A
piece
of
toast
nearly
cost
Mrs.
George
Black,
first
lady
of
the
Yukon,
her
home
on
Thursday.
Mrs.
Black,
who
recently
celebrated
her
87th
birthday,
was
alone
In
the
house
preparing
breakfast
when
the
toast
caught
fire
when
she
left
the
kitchen
for
a
few
minutes.
Flames
spread
to
the
curtains.
The
kitchen
was
charred
and
scorched
and
other
rooms
damaged
by
smoke
and
water.
Capt.
Black
was
en
route
to
Atlin
when
the
fire
broke
out.
jter
Tries
to
Kill
Self
'or
l-i
.UtCP.A
f
w
inln-(44-ycar-old
Ni-k
i''
,i.
remanded
on
j
house
keeper,
ai
"W-
l'-a'l'
Math-
'of
2-yer-old
'-.i(i
neuro
boxer.
t
W,illl)crK
Crown
counsel
Bruce
Brown
asked
for
a
conviction,
maintaining
the
charge
wa
correct
and
that
"all
the
essentials
are
included."
Evidence
was
given
by
Mike
Pollcb,
bIao
formerly
employed
at
Killmat.
who
the
crown
alleged
was
the
victim
til
the
accused
Polich
ald
that
he
had
given
St.
Jennain
hi
pay
cheque
In
the
amount
of
$188
27
to
cash
in
Terrace
last
October.
Witness
said
he
had
not
een
accused
after
that
until
last
Friday,
at
KltlmaL
(
Preliminary
hearing
of
th?
caae
was
held
at
Klltmat
tliat
day)
Polich
said
that
In
that
lime
lie
had
not
heard
from
St.
Jer-maln.
nor
had
he
received
any
money
rrom
the
man
with
whom
he
had
bunked
for
"about
a
month"
Both
were
working
on
the
Kitimat
construction
project.
RCMP
arrested
fit.
Jermaln
at
Mayo,
Yukon
Territory,
last
month
l
Const.
Harrison.
RCMP.
told
court
he
had
been
Instructed
to
go
lo
Whitehorse.
Yukon,
to
escort
St.
Jermaln
back
to
Prince
Rupert.
Crux
of
the
argument
presented
by
defence
counsel
Ho-curth.
who
called
no
evidence,
wa
his
claim
that
St.
Jcrmain
had
been
charged
under
section
3f5
of
the
Criminal
Code
which
covers
the
conversion
of
another's
funds
by
a
person
to
his
own
use
after
entering
into
an
t
Rreenient
to
deliver
the
funds
to
a
third
party.
Evidence
In
the
case,
said
Mr
Hogarth,
showed
the
charee
should
have
been
laid
under
section
357
of
the
Code.
Mr.
Brown.
In
his
rebuttal,
told
court
that
as
crown
counsel
he
had
written
the
charge
and
that
"every
element
In
my
charges
Is
Included
In
section
357
and
under
that
section
I
am
asking
for
a
conviction."
Judge
Fulton
told
both
counsel
that
as
Judge
he
must
decide
whether
or
not
the
charge
had
sufficient
elements
to
come
within
section
357.
If
so.
he
must
convict
the
accused.
"But
If
the
elements
are
not
present.
If
the
charge
does
not
"over
the
alleged
crime
committed,
an
acqulttul
Is
the
alternative,"
rejoined
Mr.
Hogarth.
Adjournment
was
called
on
the
convenience
of
both
counsel.
made
housewives
very
angry
and
have
even
galvanized
members
of
the
Housewives'
League
to
say
unkind
things
about
the
minister?"
Mr.
Dodds
asked.
"In
view
of
the
blistering
remarks
by
countless
women,
will
he
reconsider
the
ox-roastlng
ceremonies
and
substitute
them
by
the
more
appropriate
roasting
of
the
minister
of
food
and
his
parliamentary
secretary?"
As
the
house
rocked
with
laughter,
the
minister
shot
back:
"As
I
issue
the
licences
myself
there
is
little
likelihood
of
that
happening."
firemen
will
accept
a
"no
wage
increa.se"
proposal
with
certain
fringe
benefits
Included
provid
-
ing
the
city
agrees
on
a
pen
-
sion
clause.
The
union
originally
had
Job's
Daughters
Accept
Offer
Of
Calgary
Trip
Prince
Rupert's
Job's
Daugh-j
ters
drill
team
has.
decided
to
accept
the
offer
to
perform
in
the
Calgary
Stampede,
big
west
ern
Canada
show
which
opens
July
.
Alex
Mitchell,
drill
master
of
the
team,
said
today
the
girls
have
unanimously
decided
to
ac
cept
the
8tampede
offer.
It
was
received
here
last
week
from
Stampede
officials.
The
drill
team
already
has
brought
considerable
publicity
to
this
city
by
winning
three
years
In
a
row
International
championships
in
Job's
Daughters
competitions
in
the
United
States.
In
1951,
the
team
captured
all
drill
prizes
In
Richmond,
Virginia.
The
same
year,
the
group
staged
an
exhibition
drill
display
at
the
Canadian
National
Exhi
bition
In
Toronto.
Travelling
funds
are
being
raised
by
the
group.
First
activity
In
that
connection
will
be
an
Easter
Tea
and
Bazaar,
scheduled
for
April
2
at
the
Armories.
There
are
33
girls,
ranging
from
ages
12
to
20
IA
the
team.
But
besides
them,
nine
other
person,
including
parents
and
friends,
drill
master
Alex
Mitchell
and
Mrs.
Mitchell,
guardian
of
the
group,
plan
to
travel
with
them.
Meeting
Set
At
King
Edward
School
Tonight
Last
feature
planned
for
observance
of
Education
Wee
takes
place
tonight
at
the
King
Edward
school
auditorium
in
the
form
of
a
public
meeting
and
discussion
panel.
A
program
of
entertainment
also
has
been
provided
in
which
all
member
schools
of
the
city
will
take
a
part
Theme
of
the
discussion
will
be
"Education
Is
Everybody's
Business."
Taking
part
In
the
panel
will
be
A.
Wallln,
vice-president
of
the
Trades
and
Labor
Council;
W.
C.
R.
Jones,
manager
of
Columbia
Cellulose
Co.
Ltd.;
A.
B.
Brown,
school
board
member;
W.
H.
Graham,
school
inspector,
and
J.
8.
Wilson
principal
of
Borden
Street
School
will
be
chairman.
Time
of
the
meeting
Is
8
p.m.
munit
unity
in
Moscow
in
the
death
announcement's
call
for
an
all-out
'
struggle
against
In
iternal
and
external
foes."
But
Imany
feared
any
such
disunity
might
heighten
the
danger
of
war
rather
than
lessen
it.
At
Ottawa,
the
External
Af
fairs
Department
said
the
Canadian
charge
d'affaires
in
j
Moscow.
Robert
Ford,
has
been
j
instructed
"to
convey
condol-jences
of
the
Canadian
govern
-j
ment
to
the
Soviet
government,
i
ment.
Kitimat
Bill
Introduced
In
Legislature
VICTORIA
(CP)
A
bill
providing
for
Incorporation
of
the
municipality
of
Kitimat
was
introduced
in
the
Legislature
on
Thursday.
The
bill
calls
lor
appointment
of
a
city
manager
to
handle
administrative
details
and
for
the
election
of
a
reeve
and
councillors
before
the
regular
annual
civic
elections
In
December
1954.
Candidate
for
orficc
must
be
registered
property
owners
who
have
lived
In
the
municipality
for
three
months
before
nomination
day.
Voters
must
be
21
or
over
who
have
lived
in
Kitimat
for
six
montlis.-
Ottawa
Willing
To
Intervene
In
Grain
Strike
OTTAWA
CP
Labor
Minister
Gregg
said
Thursday
In
the
Commons
the
government
Ls
willing
to
intervene
in
the
west
coast
grain
handlers'
strike.
He
said
the
Labor
Department
is
watching
the
situation
and
will
be
"happy"
to
move
in
"at
the
first
sign
that
such
mediation
will
bear
fruit,"
Mr.
Gregg
was
answering
a
question
from
Arthur
Laing
(L
Vancouver
South)
as
to
whether
the
government
would
appoint
a
mediator
In
the
event
of
a
Joint
request
from
the
disputants.
Rizzuto
Signs
1953
Contract
ST.
PETERSBURG!!.
Florida
(API
Phil
Rizzuto,
veteran
New
York
Yankee
shortstop
has
signed
his
1953
contract
for
a
reported
$40,tKK),
the
same
amount
he
received
last
year
when
he
helped
the
Bomber
to
their
fourth
straight
pennant.
-Km
rooming-
and
with
amauit
Mrs.
Jurelyn
Mix
Smith
was
found
dead
in
i
the
bathroom
of
her
home
Wed-1
ne.sclay.
In
an
upsUirs
room.
Mia.
WulliMTg
was
discovered
tied
to
her
blood-wmked
bed.
her
face
smashed
to
pulp
by"
hammer
blows.
Police
said
she
hud
been
criminally
moulted.
Two
nimbllntt
note
were
found
on
a
table
in
the
Iioiinc,
one
of
which
said:
"I've
done
what
I've
done
and
I
will
keep
on
klllinK
until
I
do
what
I
want
to
do."
M;it
Ivw
S
.stood
silent
In
court
to
hear
the
formal
charge
of
murder
read,
nnd
then
th
case
was
remanded
until
March
12.
After
the
suicide
attempt,
he
was
taken
to
hospital
Krappcd
lo
a
stretcher.
HIh
condition
Is
reported
a
"Rood."
Processions
for
those
wishinel
k
say
-sviaaniya"
(goodbye)
will
continue
day
and
night
until
the
funeral.
No
date
has
been
announced
for
final
services,
nor
has
there
been
any
word
where
Stalin
is
to
be
buried.
The
Hall
of
Column
is
only
a
few
hundred
yards
from
the
great
Mausoleum
In
Red
Square
where
V.
L
Lenin,
Stalin's
predecessor
and
father
of
Russian
Communism,
lies
embalmed
in
a
glass
coffin.
Moscow's
embassies
and
legations
lowered
flags
to
half-staff.
Official
announcement
of
his
death
said
"there
has
ceased
to
beat
the
heart
of
comrade-in-
Flags
Snapped
in
All
over
Moscow,
black-bordered
red
Hags
snapped
In
the
cold
wind.
Thousands
of
yards
of
black
crepe
were
being
hung
on
buildings
and
homes.
Stalin's
fatal
brain
hemorrhage
struck
him
Sunday
night
in
his
Kremlin
apartment,
leaving
him
unconscious
and
with
right
side
paralyzed.
Despite
efforts
of
10
Kremlin
doctors,
his
condition
steadily
worsened.
Thursday
physicians
announced
his
heart
was
faltering.
The
last
months
had
been
a
period
of
Intense
activity
for
the
Soviet
chief.
He
wrote
his
latest
work,
"Economic
Problems
of
Socialism
In
the
USSR,"
a
25.000-word
partial
blueprint
for
Russia's
economic
future
and
took
a
leading
role
In
last
fall's
big
Soviet
Communist
Party
Congress.
A
resume
of
the
leaders
fatal
and
those
who
keep
their
students
busy,
without
overloading
them
with
work.
Dr.
.
Swift
told
a
student
teacher
association
convention
here
that
teachers
who
wish
to
be
popular
with
their
students
might
consider
the
characteristics
most
often
mentioned
by
children
la
dUcuU.g
their
favorite
teachers.
He
said
children
like
teachers,
who
in
addition
to
keeping
'"'"-uie
nim.sell
In
'IHlay
;'l
Ik
.Hl(.d
m
hwln
"
hl
'
and
poked
mU
IlKht
s(M
ket.
found
uneon-w
concrete
fi1K,r
of
'
as
revived
by
an
',r"l
with
the
hmn-1
01
Mrs
Ann
Smith,
h
Card
Jelled
'"'fil.
Planned
f.,r
0'
AnnuiM-tuti,,,,
Kvm
,,r"'"
Martin
's
fl'Hi
and
Ketehl-
'
been
cancelled.
f'rs
Pre
l
vr
'J?
k
f-ying
'Plane
as
sehed
condlUon
jusewives
ra
Minister
Nnii,ui
Dodds
"
Parliament
ui:iy
Biit-
ivcs
ar'
in
a
rece,,.
'
the
Z
7
llrfiilonlul
'""lister
of
l.rt
sltant,
iUi
u
r
'ric-1""raU,nU'0na-
had'
r1(7m
""''d
to
other
Mrs.
Black
suffered
severe
,
illness,
broadcast
by
Moscow
ra-shock.
but
her
only
injury
wasdio,
said
the
brain
hemorrhage
a
slight
knuckle
burn.
'was
caused
by
high
blood
pres
Suggest
Roasting
For
Coronation
'School
Children
Like
Teachers
Who
Keep
Them
Busy
in
Class'
rationed
commodities.
Dodds
argued
It
would
be
of
greater
importance
to
the
tuition
than
the
right
extended
to
tunic
"Communities
to
hold
ox-roasting
parties.
As
a
Coronation
concession
British
housewives
this
summer
will
receive
an
extra
ration
of
four
ounces
of
margarine
and
one
pound
of
sugar.
The
normal
weekly
allowance
is
four
ounces
of
margarine
and
10
ounces
of
sugar.
"Is
the
minister
aware
that
these
miserable
bonuses
have
CALGARY
O
Dr.
W.
H.
Swift,
Alberta
deputy
education
minister,
has
some
tips
for
teachers.
He
says
school
children
like
lo
be
kept
under
firm
control
and
made
to
work.
He
says
that
after
15
years
of
listening
to
his
own
children
discuss
their
teachers,
he
has
decided
the
moat
popular
teachers
are
those
who
keep
their
classrooms
under
firm
control,
without
being
cranky,