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Works
Chairman
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Council
Wish
A
vote
of
non-confidence
in
the
chairman
of
the
j
city's
board
of
works
committee
veteran
Alderman
George
B.'
Casey
was
endorsed
unanimously
at
council
meeting
last
night.
,
The
move
was
made
after
:
Alderman
Phil
Lyons
rose
on
a
"i
thought
I
was
only
safe-point
of
privilege
as
the
meeting
;
guarding
the
community.
I
did
was
called
to
order,
and
protest
ed
a
recent
action
by
Aid.
Casey,
i
Next
move
is
up
to
Mayor
j
George
Hills.
!
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slowly,
with
eyes
of
all
i
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Ji
feri
aldermen
and
the
mayor
cn
him.
Aid.
Lyons
asked
permis-iwas
sion
to
speak
on
"a
very
serious
irum0r,
matter."
iCasey
He
recalled
that
at
a
council
l
ln
meeting
a
month
ago,
council
may
rejected
by
a
7-1
vote
a
motion
j
M
ITII
A
Fl'R
COAT
over
her
evening
gown.
Princess
Margaret
makes
a
very
attractive
appearance
as
she
arrives
at
the
Empire.
Leicester
Square,
for
the
premiere
of
a
new
motion
picture.
Special
Drugs
To
Fort
Babine
Reserve
Special
drugs
for
treatment
of
j
Dr.
O.'
R.
Howell,
zone
supcr-
tinpetlgo
have
been
flown
to
the
Intendent
for
the
northern
area,
Fort
Babine
Indian
Reserve,
45suid
today
40
cases
of
Impetigo
,
.
,
,,
,wcrc
reported
last
week
by
the
miles
northeast
of
Itaelton.
j
In(Uwi
agpnt
at
Ha!!elton
nd
a
Man
Charged
After
Mishap
Proves
Fatal
A
3!J-year-old
Native
of
Morristown
Reserve
was
charged
with
manslaughter
this
morning,
following
the
death
of
a
woman,
fatally
injured
in
a
car
accident
near
Telkwa
last
night.
Charged
was
Sylvester
Williams,
driver
of
the
car
in
which
the
woman
was
the
only
pa.ssenger.
'
The
woman
(unidentified
by
police
pending
notification
of
relatives
was
a
28-year-old
native
of
the
same
reserve.
She
died
in
Bulklcy
Valley
Hospital
at
Smithers
at
8
a.m.
.today.
'
The
fatal
accident
occurred
at
9:30
p.m.
on
highway
10,
about
two
miles
east
of
Telkwa,
when
the
car
driven
by
Williams,
skidded
and
overturned.
Williams,
uninjured
in
the
upset,
reportedly
called
for
an
ambulance
from
a
house
near
the
accident
scene,
and
the
woman
was
rushed
to
hospital
in
Smithers.
A
coroner's
inquest
will
open
tomorrow
at
Smithers
where
Williams
Is
being
held
on
the
manslaughter
count.
Estimate
Close
On
Weather
Winner
of
$25
in
the
"Guess;
the
Weather
Contest"
Number
2,
sponsored
by
Super-Valu
Food
fctore
for
the
week
of
February
KG
to
March
6,
inclusive,
is
Ina
Rirchail
of
128
Fifth
Avenue
East.
Vlrs.
Birchall
estimated
the
high
and
low
temperature
averages
for
the
week
to
be
40.8
degrees
and
31.4
degrees,
while
actual
readings
taken
at
the
Digby
Island
weather
station
showed
actual
averages
"of
42.057
degrees
and
30.185
degrees.
Murder
Hearing
Set
Tomorrow
Preliminary
h"aring
,
of
a
charge
of
murder
against
Charles
Robinson,
31-year-old
fisherman,
has
been
set
for
10:30
a.m.
tomorrow.
Robinson
appeared
before
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
this
morning
and
the
hearing
was
set
over
after
defence
counsel
Gerry
Pcttenuzzo
said
one
of
the
witnesses
would
be
available
In
the
morning.
Robinson
is
charged
with
the
murder
of
Violet
Sampare,
27,
here
last
February
16.
NO
MATTER
where
he
may
be,
the
President
Is
never
away
from
the
affairs
of
state.
Here,
during
his
recent
longweek-end
vacation
at
Smoke
Tree
Ranch
near
Palm
Springs,
Calif,
President
Eisenhower
studies
a
bill
(top
left),
picks
up
pen
while
still
going
over
certain
points
(top
right),
signs
it
(lower
left),
and
relaxes
after
the
act.
Note
the
Chief
Executive's
Western-style
short
tie.
Business
Men,
Party
Leaders
Critical
of
Sales
Tax
Plan
wj
uie
cuy
mecnanic
to
aL-tend
a
meeting
with
Aid.
Casey!
and
works
superintendent
G
E.
Beaton
to
evaluate
some
machinery
which
the
city
planned
to
purchase.
.
Council,
at
that"
time,
consid-'
ered
the
knowledge
of
the
works,
superintendent
sufficient
and
deemed
it
unnecessary
for
the
mechanic
to
be
present.
"However,"
said
Aid.
Lyons,
!
"the
chairman
of
the
board
of
works
called
the
mechanic
to
the
engineer's
office
to
discuss
pur
chase
of
the
machinery.
This
was
entirely
contrary
to
coun
cil's
decision
and
indicated
lack
of
confidence
in
the
superin
tendent."
.
NULL
AND
VOID
While
Mayor
HUU
suggested
that
the
matter
be
deferred
until
"such
time
as
council
matters
are
settled,"
Aid.
Lyons
said
he
felt
"any
proceedings
are
null
and
void
until
this
is
concluded"
and
moved
that
it
be
discussed
before
any
other
business
took
place.
The
motion
was
seconded
by
Aid.
Ray
McLean
and
en
dorsed.
At
that.
Aid.
Lyons,
speaking
to
his
motion,
said:
"I
think
this
type
of
interference
by
any
alderman
is
uncalled
for.
I
think
his
authority
has
been
grossly
misused
and
I
would
like
to
move
a
vote
of
non-confidence
in
the
present
chairman
of
the
board
of
works."
The
motion
again
was
seconded
by
Aid.
McLean
after
which
Mayor
Hills
asked
Aid.
Casey
if
he
had
anythlny
to
say.
"it
Is
quite
true
that
I
did
ask
the-
mechanic
to
come
to
the'
engineer's
office,"
said
the
78-year-old
works
chairman.
"I
asked
him
to
come
to
discuss
the
various
types
of
machinery
believing
that
he
knew
the
mechanical
aspects
of
the
Increase
Mooted
j
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f,.
rOr
VigaretteS
'
VICTORIA
CP)
The
price
tf
.
"
.
r;:
I
per
cent
Increase
in-
the
sales
tax
announced
in
the
budget
Monday.
A
pack
of
20
cigarettes
now
sells
for
an
average
of
33
cents
in
the
province,
including
the
present
three
per
cent
tax.
The
increase,
if
taken
to
the
nearest
cent,
could
Jump
the
price
to
34
cents.
Other,
alternatives
would
be
for
the
clguret
dealers
to
absorb
the
additional
tax
them-
selves,
or
sell
two
package
lots
!
for
67
cents,
a
one
cent
saving
j
on
the
tax.
CCF
opposition
leader
Arnold
WebstT
said
the
increase
will
eventually
affect
the
working
man.
It
would
be
passed
down
from
the
manufacturer.
He
thought
premiums
should
be
lowered
instead
of
an
Increase
in
the
sales
tax.
Mr.
Webster
opens
the
budget
debate
today.
Liberal
leader
Arthur
Laing
said
the
tax
was
"regrettable."
"Now
we
are
on
the
road
to
statism
.
.
.
will
medicine
be
nr-vt?"
he
said.
Dr.
Larry
Giovando,
lone
Progressive
Conservative
in
the
legislature,
said
the
tax
was
Just
eavipg
the
government
slightly
more
than
$4,000,000
it
paid
this
current
fiscal
year
in
subsidy
for
VICTORIA
t
O
p
p
o
s
1
1
i
o
n
party
leaders,
business
men
and
labor
leaders
last
night
were
generally
critical
of
the
British
Columbia
government's
plan
to
increase
the
three
per
cent
sales
tax
by
two
per
cent
to
replace
hospital
insurance
premiums.
Premier
Bennett
announced
the
change
In
his
budget
address
in
the
legislature
Monday.
He
said
it
would
bring
the
government
an
estimated
revenue
of
about
$23,500,000
to
pay
increased
hospital
costs.
The
departmental
estimates
for
the
fiscal
year
ending
March
31,
1955,
tabled
In
the
legislature
by
the
premier,
showed
that
abolition
of
the
premiums
will
mean
more
than
300
employees
of
the
service
will
be
laid
off.
Major
trade
union
groups
in
the
province
already
have
said
they
are
against
any
Increase
in
the
sales
tax.
,
A1FKCT
WORKING
MAN
R.
K.
Gervin,
spokesman
for
the
75.000-member
Trades
Union
Congress
(TLCi
Monday
night
warned
that
trade
unions
would
seek
wage
Increases
to
make
up
for
hospital
insurance
premiums
formerly
paid
in
full
or
in
part
by
their
employers.
not
think
I
was
doing
anything
unfair.
I
have
no
apologies.
I
was
acting
in
good
faith
and
had
no
Intention
of
over-riding
any-
one."
Ald
McLean,
stating
that
he
speaking
entirely
from
Bald
"I
think
perhaps
Aid.
may
not
have
confidence
our
city
engineer.
I
think
he
be
riding
Mr.
Beaton
at
'
committee
meetings."
Aid.
Krueger
said:
"It
is
my
impression
that
Mr.
Beaton
is
being
unduly
over-ridden
at
committee
meetings.
The
works
superintendent
is
the
gentleman
who
is
responsible
to
the
board
of
works
and
council,
and
I
believe
that
If
he
thought
the
mechanic
was
needed
he
would
have
called
him."
MAINTAINS
STAJjD
"I
have
nothing
to
offer,'!
Said
Aid.
Casey.
"I.
stand
where
I
stand."
Before
the
motion
was
put
to
a
vote.
Aid.
Lyons
said:
"It
is
with
considerable
trepi
dation
that
I
find
myself
forced
to
bring
this
issue
to
the
fore.
I
have
great
admiration
for
Al-
rlot-mo
r,
Cov&v
'Vint.
T
rirn't
IViItaIt
test
lriterests
&
ttls
city
,re
J
being-
served
by
him
as
chair-i
man
of
the
board
of
works
committee.
"I
don't
think
his
ideas
are
progressive
enough
for
our
city.
Due
to
the
fact
that
.we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
be
done
in
the
next
year,
I
believe
we
should
have
a
person
who
can
and
will
get
around
more
easily.
"I
believe,
also,
that
we
should
have
someone
who
can
accept
ideas.
I
believe
the
board
of
works
committee
needs
new
ideas."
After
Mayor
Hills
asked
if
.any
other
alderman
wished
to
speak,
the
non-confidence
motion
was
put
to
the
floor.
In
a
show
of
hands
the
seven
aldermen
voted
In
the
affirmative.
Later
during
the
inquiry
period,
Alderman
Casey
said:
,
"I
,
will
not
resign
'
just
to
condone
the
animosity
of
those
i
who
express
themselves
at
this
council
meeting.
It
is
up
to
you,
your
worship,
as
to
what
the
next
step
will
be,
but
I
will
not
quit."
Carthy
had
been
informed
of
the
threat.
'
The
caller,
who
asked
to
speak
with
McCarthy,
was
reported
to
have
said
"You'd
better
get
out
of
the
hotel
something
terrible
is
going
to
happen."
Today,
former
president
Harry
S.
Truman
had
two
comments
one
light,
one
serious
when
told
about
the
mysterious
threat
against
Senator
McCarthy.
NO
ENTERTAINMENT
On
his
customary
pre-break-fast
stroll
reporters
told
Truman
6f
the
anonymous
telephone
call.
The
ex-president
smiled
and
:
jokingly
said:
"O.
pshaw!
I
don't
see
whj
anyone
would
want
to
kill
him
We'd
have
no
entertainment
a
all
if
they
killed
him."
Then
the
smile
vanished
an
Truman
added
soberly:
"I
don'
believe
in
government
by
assas
sination."
The
former
president
addei
that
"the
best
assassination
t
politician
can
get
is
vote
assassination."
Asked
if
he
were
predicting
that
the
senator
migtv
be
defeated
in
a
future
politica
venture,
the
man
who
upset
th
pollsters
in
the
1948
election
sale
he
was
making
no
prophecies.
Commission
Asked
rtlliiterrsl.
special
Mid
be
given
to
would
undertake
S
indent
facilities
iHTlS
0
operating
in
been
reach-
tieral
government
ft
another
six
sujuly
covering
ex-
w
M
that
this
wll'.
,
r
m
orderly
tran.sicr
.
who
is
success-
'
nun
terms
for
a
'
ild
include
the
Uie
servicing
,
statement.
.
Resorts
flight
S
Scare
Bjias
and
Com-
iiy
this
morning
ish-bai
k
to
the
employees
work-ni'd
gaslight.
-Ills
were
put
to
scare
in
th"
0.30
a.m..
when
lul
wiring
sent
f)Ke
screen,
slnrt-llio
called
the
fire
faulted,
but
tlie
f
Power
Company.
(nunc
the
wiring.
'
r.
the
rest
of
the
Jut
m
their
usually
r
iie"
'
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offices,
peer-irinrk
;
'
in
the
dim
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:r
koine
9
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Commission
ice
again,
to
ex-
Iks
of
the
North-Pl,fr
Company
tmd
!plier
of
electric
?
Rupert
nnrl
'"'fit
a
meeting
last
i
';"
Us
stand
of
j
'f
to
comply
with
yfthe
electorate
to
wit
mission
to
take
!
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meeting
of
cj(y!
5
"'n
called
ur
5
to
discuss
(lie
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written
hv
f
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to
till.
f',.,
the
power
qucs-''
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council
t
the
whole
1,tl,,r
from
A
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Rupert;
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a
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"O'lntors'roprc-
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the
assets
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told
of
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fc,1Bp
s
wnv
w"y
the
the
Supplier
of
Electricity
Flown
In
dished.
Muriel
Rower
health
rrorse
at
Vanderhoof,
flew
In
with
the
urugs
aim
pian.s
are
oeing
ior-mulntcd
to
send
a
doctor
and
to
the
reserve
when
weath
er
permits.
While
at
the
reserve.
Miss
Rowe
Instructed
the
natives
on
the
use
of
the
drugs
to
cure
the
!
disease
and
Father
Morin.
OMI,
;
resident
priest
at
Fort
Babine,
(
has
taken
charge
of
the
distri-
j
butlon.
Dr.
Howell
said
impetigo
is
generally
caused
through
lack
of
cleanliness,
but
stressed
that
the
Fort
Babine
outbreak
should
not
cause
undue
alarm.
Most
of
the
40
cases
at
Fort
Babine
are
children,
he
said,
adding
that
there
are
some
250
natives
on
the
reserve.
Once
Again
ninke
a
submission
as
to
the
amount,
It
would
require
Sot
Its
various
assets.
"The
above
Information
was
received
by
the
Commission
recently
and
it
is
felt
thut
the
amount
Indicated
Is
completely
beyond
reason."
While
Mr.
Brown
did
not
dis
close
the
figure,
he
said
"It
Is
so
substantial
that
If
th
Commission
were
obllred
to
pay,
it
could
not
possibly
provide
service
at
as
low
a
rate
as
Is
now
in
effect,
nor
would
it
be
able
to
spend
further
funds
in
extending
the
present
service
.
.
.
"Mr.
Weston
indicated
that
it
was
the
intention
of
the
Commission
to
get
in
touch
with
the
company
with
n
view
t
having
the.
company
make
a
more
realistic
offer."
The
letter
from
Farris,
Stultz,
Bull
&
Farris,
dated
February
24,
said
that
under
clause
32
of
the
1929
agreement
the
city
has
the
right
to
renew
the
agreement
for
a
further
period
to
be
agreed
upon,
and
the
rates
or
prices
for
the
service
shall
be
either
agreed
upon
between
the
1
parties
or
fixed
by
the
PUC.
The
firm
said
NBCPC
Is
pre
pared
to
enter
Into
negotiations
with
the.
city
In
an
endeavor
to
agree
on
the
term
of
the
extended
agreement
and
the
rates
to
be
charged.
i
'
"In
the
meantime
it
is
pre
pared
to
carry
on
the
supply
of
electric
power
to
lt
city
oi
Prince
Rupert
and
Its
citizens,
but
In
doing
so
it
Is
to
be
clearly
understood
that
it
is
without
prejudice
to
its
right
to
seek
a
rate
Increase
either
under
the
agreement
or
under
the
provisions
of
the
PUC."
Threat
to
McCarthy's
Life
Hinted
in
Mysterious
Call
,
tT!'i
s
t
'
'
jia!
the
service.
It
did
not
improyej
the
service
at
all,
he
said.
Tonnage
Drops
vAoouVKR
The
Vancouver
Merchants'
Exchange
re
ports
that
the
tonnage
of
deep
sea
vessels
entering
Vancouver
i
durine
February
dropped
25.643
tons
below
the
figure
for
the
same
month
last.
year.
,
.
The
exchange
reported
that
102
ships,
with
a
tonnage
of
437.325
entered
the
port
last
i
month,
compared
with
462,968
in
February,
1953.
WEATHER
Forecast
North
Coast
Region:
Southern
districts,
occasional
showers
of
mixed
rain
and
snow
on
Wednesday.
A
little
colder
on
Wednesday.
Winds
southeasterly
20
In
exposed
areas
otherwise
light.
Remainder
of
region
cloudy
today
and
cooler
on
Wednesday.
Snow
showers,
winds
westerly
20
in
exposed
areas
today,
southeasterly
15
tomorrow.
Low
tonight
and
high
Wednesday
at
Sandspit
and
Prince
Rupert
32
and
38.
NEW
YORK
wn
An
anonymous
telephone
caller
who
spoke
with
a
Spanish
accent
told
Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel
security
guards
early
today
that
"something
terrible"
would
happen
to
Senator
Joseph
McCarthy
during
the
night.
The
Wisconsin
Republican
checked
into
the
hotel
Monday
night.
A
city
police
officer
was
sent
to
the
hotel
and
joined
a
Waldorf-Astoria
security
guard
in
an
pll-night
vigil
outside
McCarthy's
room.
Neither
police
nor
the
hotel
management
said
whether
Mc-
"certain
thliiKS
that
do
not
come
under
the
Public
Utilities
Commission."
'
Aid.
Ray
McLean
said
"I
believe
we
should
make
a
direct
question
to
the
Power
Commis
sion
regarding
their
Intentions.
"We
asked
them
year
ago
to
expropriate.
They
have
donej
nothing
and
seem
to
have
tak-
j
cn
no
action."
I
Both
Aid.
Mike
Krueger
and
McLean
said
they
believed
the
power
company
here
would
apply
for
a
rate
increase
regardless
of
what
action
is
taken.
Aid.
Norman
Bellis
said:
"It
sertns
like
a
football
that,
now
has
been
kicked
around
for
the
past
three
years.
We
should
get
it
settled
.
.
.
"
The
mayor
reminded
alderman
that
the
city
at
the
present
time
is
without
an
agreement
with
the
power
company
and
urged
prompt
action.
i
xi'iiti
i)
h:b.
29
The
agreement
with
Northern
B.C.
Power
expired
February
28.
It
was
drawn
up
in
1U29.
T.
W.
Brown,
in
his
letter,
said
he
believed
the
city
would
be
wise
in
Insisting
on
a
straight
answer
from
the
Commission
and
for
further
Insisting
thut
the
Commission
exercise
its
legal
rights
under
the
Electric
Power
Act.
Bruce
Brown,
in
his
letter,
told
of
a
recent
meeting
he
held
with
S.
R.
Weston,
chairman
of
the
B.C.
Power
Commission,
and
Forrest
L.
Shaw,
solicitor
for
the
commission.
"They
indicated
that
they
hud
JAYCEE
FATHER
AND
SON
HONORED
AT
INITIATION
A
father-and-son
act
at
the
Prince
Rupert
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
meeting
last
night
was
photographed
for
the
Jaycee
National
magazine
"Action."
The
occasion
was
swearing
In
of
new
members,
when
Barry
Williamson
took
the
oath,
watched
by
his
Jaycee
father,
Don
Williamson.
A
father-and-son
team
Is
a
rarity
in
Jaycee
activities,
due
to
the
age
limits
of
21
to
40
years.
To
cap
the'event,
it
was
noted
that
father
Don
Is
also
a
grandfather.
The
other
new
member
received
last
night
was
Byron
Fiedler
of
CPA.
PEGGY,
the
smiling
chimpanzee,
reminds
you
that
is
Isn't
smart
to
"monkey
around"
until
the
March
15
deadline
to
do
your
1953
Income
tax
return.
Equipped
with
official
forms,
ltistruOiun
sheet,
adding
machine
and
headache
remedy,
the
movie
and
TV
performer
Is
ready
to
make
hers
out.
Peggy's
screen
roles
have
put
her
in
the
upper
income
bracket
among
animal
players,
but
she
seems
pretty
cheerful
about
giving
Uncle
Sam
his
share.
,
been
been
waiting
waiting
from
from
June,
June,
1953
1953
Lv
agreemnt
I
until
toward
the
end
of
Jariu-
U.U1V
coni-i.i.i..
I
.
..
......
cr"ic(;rning
aiy
for
the
power
company
to
J