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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XLIII,
No.
130
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
JUNE
11,
1954
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FIVE
CENTS
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u
Charges
Commission
ij'ljjaiuj
i
Fishermen
Make
Plans
For
Strike
.1
Being
Squeezed
Out
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Delegates
to
the
21st
annual
CCF
provincial
convention
charged
Thursday
;hat
the
B.C.
Electric
Co.
is
squeezing
the
publicly-Duned
B.C.
Power
Corporation
out
of
business.
A
resolution
was
passed
urg-
n?
th
government,
to
take
over
nt
let
people
think
we
can
com-;he
BCE.
'!
promise
with
capitalism.
We
Robert
Strachan.
legislature
!
must
say
again
that
we
intend
to
nember
for
Cowichan-New-
i
replace
this
worn-out
system
castle,
said
that
Premier
Be-i-
I
w'th
cna
wherein
there
will
be
ittl's
Social
Credit
government
no
room
for
exploitation
of
one
h?s
fa
led
to
go
through
with
group
by
another."
n
original
plan
to
incorporate!
Nearly
150
socialists
are
at-.he
BCE
into
the
government
tending
the
three-day
cenfer-
Ponder
Action
If
Talks
Fail
Salmon
fishermen
of
the
Prince
Rupert
area
will
'
hold
a
special
meeting
to-t
night
to
prepare
for
ac-jtion
in
the
event
of
break
itility.
ence,
which
winds
up
Saturday.
HAIX
of
downtown
WlnrUjxg's
Time-Building
collapses
at
the
height
of
an
early
down
of
negotiations
between
Pacific
fishermen
i
bi.ue
mat
spread
in
tnree
directions
causing
damage
estimated
at
$2,000,000.
The
he
seven
storey-building
was
fanned
bya
50-mlle-an-hour
wind.
(CP
Photoi.
MKS.
ROBIN
offers
a
morsel
to
her
four
hungry
offspring
in
their
nest
above
the
door
of
a
Vancouver
cafe.
The
birds
built
tlieir
nest
atop
the
cafe
door
despite
attempts
by
the
owner
to
discourage
them.
(CP)
Photo)
in-Soaked
Prairie
Districts
and
operators.
,
The
salmon
fishing
season
is
scheduled
to
open
at
fl
p.m.
Sun-clay.
June
20,
and
the
United
Fishermen
and
Allied"
Worker
Union
has
set
Saturday,
June
19,
as
a
deadline
for
an
agreement.
Mr.
Strachan
plso
said
the
Buttle
Lake
powr
project
on
Vancouver",
island
was
slowed
down
when
the
company
prepared
to
lay
a
new
cable
across
Georgia
strait.
WATERED
DOWN
Another
resolution
urging
active
participation
by
the
CCF
in
all
municipal
elections
was
watered
down
to
recommend
only
an
"active
interest"
in
local
affairs.
Rev.
J.
A.
Petrie
of
South
Ok-anagan
said
there
was
a
danger
High
Canned
Fish
Price
May
Thwart
B.C.
Contract
i
Plagued
by
Rising
Rivers
i
CP
-
Rain-swollen
were
being
considered
Thursday
in
the
Wlllowbrook
district,
15
rim'
timed
to
plague
,
night.
The
Saskatchewan
hos-
j
miles
west
of
-Yorkton,
where
Saskatchewan
com-i
pitul
hear
the
farm
was
believed
j
creek
waters
began
to
recede
af-Thuiiidyy
as
the
sun
j
in
no
danger.
ter
surroundine
several
homes
Public
Power
Expansion
"Main
Fear"
TORONTO
CPJames
D.
W.
Blyth,
who
resigned
recently
as
treasurer
of
the
British
Columbia
power
commission,
reiterated
Thursday
that
his
main
reason
for
leaving
was
his
fear
foi
.
the
future
expansion
of
public
power
in
B.C.
Mr.
Blyth
said
here
he
had
received
a
long-distance
telephony'
call
today
from
Mr.
pal
Grauer,
president
of
the
privately-ownsd
The
UFAWU
and
the
Native;
Brotherhood
are
sponsoring
to-j
night's
meeting
at
which
plans
i
for
set-up
of
strike
committees!
and
other
preparations
will
be
discussed
by
the
fishermen,
whot
are
sticking
to
their
slogan
of
"no
agreement,
no
fish."
'
J.
N.
Buchanan,
president
of
itii
first
time
in
al-
Two
bridges
in
the
Weekes
dis
and
forcing
one
family
to
VANCOUVER
O-High
price,
of
tanned
British
Columbia
sal-'
mon
may
prevent
local
producers
trict
In
northeastern
Saskatche-
evacuate.
filling
the
$2,000,000
agreement
with
Italy
announced
In
the
House
of
Commons
Thursday
by
Trade
Minister
Howe.
B.C.
Packers,
said
his
firm
will
i
m
lne
becoming
too
mucn
enter
the
Italian
market
this
j
involved
in
local
politics.
"The
year
but
the
amount
of
salmon
!
opposition
tends
to
consolidate,"
sold
would
depend
on
price
ne
-1
ne
saic-
gotiations.
"I
John
Sawicki
of
Burnaby
said
Mr.
Howe
told
the
Commons
i
he
had
ssen
the
party
split
yesterday
that
the
new
agree-1
"wide
5pen''
over
municipal
poli-ment
widened
the
Italian
mar-1
tics
dealing
with
small,
local
is-
Negotiations
between
and
the
shoreworkers
section
rn
di.il
rirt,s,
howcrer
nuKl
to
full
for
the
:ht
clay.
i
Baiilcford,
the
north
tan
river
rose
six
feet
r
Thursday,
flooding
power
plant
and
an
wan
were
still
withstanding
the;
Further
north,
in
hc
Bc'rtweli
raging
Elomunl
Yivtr,
which
district,
two
small
highway
Wednesday
krxx-ked
out
a
dam
j
bridges
were
reported
washed
and
swept
a
small
house
away,
j
out.
.
At
Meadow
Lake,
175
miles'
Rain
fell
heavily
in
most
west
of
Prince
Albert,
an
esti-
i
southern
regions
Thursday
mated
5,000
head,
of
livestock'
nlcht.
for
the
fifth
stralEht
dav.
Mr.
Howe
said
the
new
provision
for
salmon
sales
"was
made
possible
by
the
lower
prices
now
being
quoted
in
markets
abroad."
Ket
lor
Canadian
codfish,
canned
sues.
I..!
.
iiV.
of
the
unioiv
(Including
cannery
and
net
workers,
reduction
plant
workers
and
fresh
fish
and
cold
storage
men)
have
broken
down
and
a
conciliation
officer
has
been
appointed.
He
Is
J.
C.
Sherlock
who
conciliated
successfully
negotiations
for
the
whaling
sta
salmon
and
synthetic
rubber.
Plans
for
'have
boon
marooned
on
high
and
the
weatherman
forecast
k-Decsonnelgruimd
without
onrt,
.
.
t-hender
howers
.
agalnlorliiy.
But
Roger
Hager,
president
ot
British
Columbia
Electric.
He
said
Mr.
Grauer
told
him
of
reports
in
British
Cotamto.
newspapers
"implying
that
I
resigned
because
I
feared
an
Im
A
proposal
to
establish
long-
twn
welfare-planning
councils
in
BC.'i
basic
industries
was
ni'in
from
the
farm
The
picture
appealed
brighter
Side
roads
in
all
areas
arc
Im
Canadian
f
ismng
company,
.said
passable
quagmires.
New
Industries
narrowly
defeated.
A
strong
labor
group
threw
Its
weight
against
the
council
advocates.
tion
group
earlier
this
year.
1
lerties
To
Be
Assessed
here
Thursday
that
European
countries
could
undprsell
B.C.
In
the
Italian
market.
"Because
our
prices
are
too
high
for
Italian
acceptance,"
he
said,
"we've
not
been
able
to
fill
the
dollar
allocation
for
the
last
two
years."
.,
"Justify"
PGE,
VANCOUVER
-fl)
'Attorney!
In
the
Wcyburn
district
road
conditions
furred
cancellation
of
three
speaking
engagements
by
Pcrmicr.T.
C.
Douglas.'
Regina's
honie-niade
lake,
Wascana,
spilled
over
its
retaining
wall.
.
Many
basements
in
the
city
were
flooded
and,
sewer
mains
were
backing
up.;'
'
tO
Per
Cent
of
'53
Value
General
Bonner
says
new-petro
mediate
grab
by
the
B.C.
Electric
of
the
power
commission."
"Such
a
grab,"
said
Mr.
Blyth,
"cannot
take
place
and
was
not
my
fear.
"My
sole
statement
remains
that
I
mainly
feared
for
the
fu-.
ture
expansion
of
public
power.
In
British
Columbia.
.
"There
should
be
a'foll
share;
for
both
types
of
power
in
the
chemical
,
industries
which
will
IA
'!
-
The
provincial
it's
assessment
depart-mnivd
Thursday
that
to
bring
about
some
n
vt
assessment
next
I'lin
lu
s
are
to
be
ns-m
per
cent
of
1853
PUBLIC
CONTROL
Mrs.
Dorothy
Steeves
said
major
industries
must
be
brought
under
control
of
the
people
of
the
;:.pr0viirce.
Councils'
coni-posed
equally
of
-union-and
company
r
nominees',
would
be.
no
substitute,
she
isafd.
'
'
V
'
i
Provincial
CCF
president
Joe
Corsbie
told
the
convention
the
party's
greatest
need
Ls
"socialist
missionaries
who
will
dediqate
themselves."
'
Mr.
Corsbie
said:
"We
must
next
year's
tax
roll
and
will
also
be
assessed
at
00
per'
cent-
of
1053
values.
,
,,
'
'
K.
K.
B.
Wilclmali,
assessment
eominissioiif
c.
said
that
In
order
to
have
something
worked
out
this
year,
officials
of
his
depart-
However,
there
is
no
existing
legislation
providing
for
conciliation
for
the
fishermen
and
general
negotiations
are
continuing
between
the
fishermen
and
operators.
,
,
,
Tom.
"Parkin,
northern
repre
scntativc
f
the,
UFAWU,
said
this
(unhung
he
expected
to
have
word
this
afternoon
on
any
new
developments
in
the
price
talks
down
south.
He
was
confident
an
agreement
would
be
reached
without
strike
action
by
the
fishermen.
"We
have
always
managed
an
agreement
in
the
past
and
we
have
every
reason
to
believe
we
will
do
so
this
year,"
he
said.
development
taking
place
in
Jritish
Columbia
and
I
am
pleas-
ed
to
hear-
that
Premier
Bennett's
statement
now
gives
that
assurance
unequivocably."
I
ment
were
now
conducting
spot
ion.
commercial
and
cheeks
of
residential
properties
machinery
is
to
go
on
In
every
municipality
to
deter
NORTH'
VANCOUVER,
B.C.
.
The
sixth
of
14
Hntl-sulmiai-Ine
destroyer
escorts
under
con-?truction
in
Canadian
shipyards
will
slip
down
the
ways
here
Tuesday
at
the
Burrard
Drydock
Co.
The
vessel,
HMCS
Kootenay,
will
be
christened
by
Mrs.
Ralph
Campney,
'wife
of
the
associate
minister
of
defence.
arise
in
B.C.'s
Peace
River
gas
and
oil
fields
would
be
sufficient
,
justification
for
extension
of
ilie
Pacific
Great
Eastern
'
Railway.
Speaking
at
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Life
Underwriters'
Association
of
Vancouver,
Mr.
Bonner
said
recent
discoveries
of
natural
gas
100
miles
north
of
the
present
field
will
greatly
expand
the
industry
and
require
new
plants
to
process
by-products.
He
said
railway
lank
cars
would
be
the
only
feasible
means
of
transporting
the
products
of
the
future
developments,
and
that
this
alone
would
Justify
construction
of
the.
government-
pirs
Made
Police
Combing
Arizona
Hills
For
Young
Woman's
Kidnapper
Road
Flooded
In
Two
Spots
EastbounoV
motorists
are
warned
that
two
stretches,
about
100
yards
each,
of
Highway
18
east
of
KWlnltsa
is
under
a
foot
and
a
half
of
water,
but
the
road
is
still
passable,
according
to
the
Department
of
Public
Works
office
here.
A
truck
,and
grader
arc
on
hand
at
the
inundated
spots
to
pull
cars
through
which
get
bogged
down,
the
department
said.
CNR
officials
in
Prince
Rupert
report
that
precautionary
measures
are
being
taken
to
prevent
erosion
of
the
roadbed
of
the
CN
line
east
of
Terrace.
Trucks
are
dumping
rock
to
prevent
the
current
from
eating
Into
the
roadbed,
a
railway
spokesman
said.
irst
Street
through.
First
Street
yesterday
after
city
'irtmcnt
crews
corner
ot
a
sagging
section
mine
the
present
level
of
assessment.
In
most
municipalities
this
will
mean
assessed
values
will
go
up.
Some
municipalities
have
assessment
standards
dating
back
to
depression
years.
"If
the
municipal
district
has
been
assessed
and
maintained
equitably
in
the
past,"
Mr.
Wild-man
said,
"The
resultant
value
obtained
by
the
percentage
application
formula
will
still
leave
an
equitable
assessment
roll.
In
order
to
determine
machln-
PHOENIX,
Arix.
iffi
A
giant
police
search
was
under
way
to-,
Peace
day
for
an
armed
kidnapper
who
owned
railway
from
the
to
North
Vancouver.
Montana
millionaire,
was
returned
to
her
home
unharmed.
She
was
seized
Wednesday
afternoon
as
she
drove
away
from
a
beauty
parlor.
Police
today
combed
the
rugged
Superstition
mountains
POLICE
NAB
SIX
SUSPECTS
IN
RAID
ON'DRUG
ADDICTS
VANCOUVER
(f
In
a
new
crackdown
on
drug
addicts
and
peddlers
police
Thursday
arrested
six
persons
on
charges
of
being
in
possession
of
narcotics.
RCMP
conducted
raids
on
east
end
rooming
houses
and
a
cafe,
taking
into
custody
four
men
and
a
woman.
All
appeared
in
court
and
were
remanded
on
bail
totalling
$40,000.
Highest
bail,
$15,000,
was
set
for
Joe
Sperling,
arrested
in
a
roomlnghouse
with
Mary
Byrnes.
Her
bail
was
fixed
at.
$5,000.
oval
section
of
the
Ml
several
Inches
be-rwl
level
at
the
inter-first
Street
and
several
weeks
ago.
rews,
already
at
work
abducted
23-year-old
Mrs.
Herbert
Smith,
wife
of
a
young
Phoenix
manufacturer.
The
frantic
husband
paid
$75,-000
ransom
In
ca.sh
for
her
return
yesterday
Mrs.
Smith,
daughter
of
Carl
Wiseman,
Great
Falls,
Mr.
Bonner
said
Japanese
Industrialists
are
interested
in
the
development
of
B.C.'s
coal
deposits,
which
total
an
estimated
one
billion
tons.
He
did
not
elaborate.
'iiu
repairing
a
sewer
.
ery
values.
all
industrial
and
the
street,
shored
up
commercial
firms
will
be
asked
'
uf
pavement
with
to
make
out
a
declaratloi)
form,
rs
listing
their
equipment.
177.
where
the
kidnapper
picked
up
the
ransom
money.
He
took
a
valise
containing
the
ransom
late
last
night
and
vanished
into
dusk-shadowed
brush
and
cactus.
Newspapers,
news
services
and
radio
stations
had
remained
silent
about
the
kidnapping
for
24
hours,
co-operating
with
police
request.
Police
said
vicious
threats
in
the
ransom
note
caused
them
to
fear
Mrs.
Smith,
.might
be
killed.
nadian
Heavyweight
Wrestling
Champ
ys
informal
Visit
to
Local
Civic
Centre
The
mutches
are
15
minutes
spring
of
1951
when
he
brought
long
and
far
removed
from
any
!
a
Pro-Rec
team
of
gymnasts
of
the
farcial
"dramas"
dream-
here
on
tour.
"r-
.it
T
mi
rm
'
1,11
irrJ.
-
I,-
7rjSM
H
'
r
.
-
'V-j
Born
in
Minitonus,
Manitoba,
K
AV
KliS
t
but
burly
young
man
m,
the
Civic
Centre
afternoon
with
a
twu-
'sp
Krilh
Mailman,
newly-Caailian
heavyweight
thampion,
a
member
"as
British
Empire
i,m
who
will
wrestle
on
man
,sqimd
for
Com-
1
miners
in
Vancouver
lllv
30
and
August
7
'
""u
the
Centre
for
'
aitl
also
to
sec
Civic
''n"ral
S"crctary
Fred
"i
whom
he
confers
on
inanity
Recreational
affairs.
Iy
Bivcn
a
town-wide
'"."is
home
in
Qursncl
."ln'"R
the
Dominion
'
''"itiplunshlp.
Malt-
ed
up
by
professional
wrestling
promoters.
Six
minutes
of
straight
wrestling
starting
on'
the
feet,
launches
the
bout,
which
is
followed
by
two
or
three
minute
sessions
on
the
mat.
First
one
man
kneels
down
and
his
opponent
tries
to
"put
on
a
hold"
and
attain
a
"fall."
Then
the
other
kneels
and
they
go
at
it
again.
The
final
three
minutes
is
"stand-up"
wrestling.
The
first
fall
ends
the
bouts.
The
35-year-old
Mailman,
who
tips
the
scales
at
about
203
pounds
right
now.
said
that
he
wrestled
three
times
and
got
one
bye.
He
won
two
on
straight,
falls
and
lost
one
split
decision
but
still
won
enough
points
to
take
tho
title.
.
The
smiling
champion
is
no
stranger
to
Prince
Rupert.
He
was
spurts
director
of
the
at
the
Centre,
had
been
invited
to
work
out
with
the
dark-haired
stranger.
After
several
moments
of
grappling
Hogg
realized
that
he
had
come
up
against
a
gent
of
more
than
average
talent.
"You
that
guy
from
Quesnel?"
Hogg
queried.
"Unh
hunh!"
grunted
Maltman.
From
then
on
the
local
wrestler
proceeded
with
extreme
caution.
NO
ILLUSIONS
About
the
coming
BEQ
matches,
Maltman
has
no
Illusions.
"The
Australians
won
at
the
last
BEQ,"
he
said,
"but
South
Africa
Is
sending
six
of
their
heftiest
bruisers,
and
the
English
are
sending
a
lad
who
was
runner-up
kt
the
last-Olympics."
But
whatever
the
competition,
Quesnel's
adopted
champion
will
be
In
there
striving
to
add
a
few
more
points
to
Canada's
total
within
the
next
six
weeks.
"It
won't
be.
easy,"
the
wringing
-wet
Maltmau
said,
as
lie
headed
ioi
the
showers,
'but
Maltman
didn't
take
up
wrestling
until
1947
after
his
discharge
from
the
RCAF.
He
served
ov-l
erseas
with
the
Sixth
Bomber
Command
as
an
aero-mechanic.
Moving
to
B.C.
afler
the
war
he
continued
his
weight
-
lifting
which
he'd
started
as
a
youngster
of
16
and
then
turned
to
wrestling.
ON
ANNUAL
TOUR
When
Pro-Rec
was
changed
over
to
Community
Recrealional
Planning
and
after
getting
his
Phys
Ed
degree
at
UBC,
Malt-man
'was
assigned
to
public
relations
work
and
now
makes
an
annual
tour
during
which
he
helps
further
the
new
provincial
government
plan
and
organizes
recreation
councils
in
B.C.
communities.
As
we
arrived
at
the
Civic
Centre
training
room
to
Interview
Maltman,
a
somewhat
H.
Erickson
Funeral
Held
Funeral
services
for
Henning
Erickson,
who
died
June
2
In
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
will
bev
held
Monday
at
Gren-ville
Court
Chapel
at
2
p.m.
with
St.
Capt.
C.
Frayne
fficiating.
Born
In
Sweden,
Mr.
Erickson
had
lived
in
Prince
Rupert
11
years
working
as
a
carpenter.
He
is
survived
by
a
brother,
Martin
In
Port
Arthur
and
a
sister,
Mrs.
Gideon
Wahlsten
in
Port
ngeles.
WEATHER
North
Coast
Region:
Cloudy
with
occasional
showers
today
and
Saturday.
Not
much
change
in
temperature.
Winds
southerly
15.
Low
tonight
and
high
Saturday
at
Port
Hardy
and
Prince
Rupert
47
and
58;
Sandspit
47
and
ab.
-
no
ten
"very
of
ne
a
member
.filing
team.
,
Radian
trials
were
as
vc
ever
seen
wrest
IClvtn
Centre
for
sevprnl
weeks
In
Ithe
summer
of
19o0
when
he
""'
said,
addig
that
Were
lUflffuri
nn
1
innlr
Tlati
RYi
ru.
fl
t-H
'
nlnt-A
hile
stunned
Dick
Hotia.
was
leaving.
TIRED
OF
THE
plain
white
garages
surrounding
his
Dearborn,
Mich.,
home,
sign
painter
'Bill
Milllngton
decorated
his
with
a
wild-West
mural.
Tin
other
side
hus
a
woodland
scene
painted
ou
it
taillington
says
the
mural
Uikt
about
flav
to
liulot
and
wdcii
he's
tliert
ot
them,
hell
brush
on
anotiitr.
1
tt.i.i
.',.
...
t.,.j..
tr
Tw.
h....tri
U.i,...
Di.tu.rt
u,..icti!
wrestlers
the
latter
was
on
holiday.
lifter
who
works
out
hlmost.
dally
i
we'll
do
our
nest."
also
came
hack
to
Rupert
in
the