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Key
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Great
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118
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RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MAY
21,
1953
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Churchill
says
ii
itaiii's
"Iuty"
to
ilainly
to
the
Unites
on
Korean
truce
niicnts
hut
not
toj
Settlement
Subject
To
S1U
Membership
'
'
By
The
Canadian
Press
(
MONTREAL
A
mutually-satisfactory
agree-mcnt
avoiding
a
west
coast
strike
by
seamen
was
reached
today
shortly
before
3
o'clock.
A
joint
statement
to
this
effect
was
issued
by
Canadian
National
Railways,
Canadian
Pacific
Roilwoy,
Union
Steamship
Company
and
the
Seafarers
International
Union
(AFL).
j
It
said
a
common
ground
was
reached
on
terms
of
settlement
of
the
wage
dispute
and
that
the
strike
deadline,
set
for
Saturday
midnight,
had
been
withdrawn
and
the
agreement
is
subject
to
ratification
by
members
of
the
union.
f
Steamship
officials
and
representatives
of
the
Seafarers
International.
Union
(AFL)
met
today
in
Montreal
in
an
effort
to
head
off
a
strike
of
west
coast
seamen
called
for
midnight
Saturday.
to
jro
tiain
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State
Coach
in
Sugar
JOHN
WATTIN(;i;it
of
Wiiiniprt,
an
artistic
cuke
maker,
has
sculptured
in
icing
sugar
a
model
of
the
stiite
conch
to
be
used
In
the
Coronation
procession.
The
coach
is
pulled
by
eight
postilion-driven
Windsor
Greys
and
Wattinger
also
made
a
copy
of
the
St.
Edward's
crowd.
Among
his
previous
works
were
models
in
sugar
of
Winnipeg's
city
hall,
Buckingham
Palace
and
the
crown
t
jewels.
For
the
coach
and
horses
It
took
80
pounds
of
sugar
and
120
hours
of
work.
.
.
First
Halibut
of
Season
Landed
Here
From
Hecate
Straits
Area
:,.iine
time,
Churchiil
favored
a
return
to
approved
by
ii
Nations,
for
reputri-!.'ijm:!iinit
wn.r
prison-::tn
ti
ko
home,
rwrty
(
ritii'.s
of
the
new
palliation
proposal
the
American
negotia-Riniminiom
hart
aban-.!
Indian
plan.
Artliur
After
a
morning
meeting
In
Hist
major
cargo
of
fresh
Fish,
collected
from
Souadaicc
,
air
minister
In
th
j)br
cubinet.
asked
the
office
of
the
department
of
it
In'
did
not
consider
labor,
a
union
spokesman
said:
,
halibut
from
the
fishing
grounds
camp
of
J.
Clausen
&
Son,
were
i
In
Hecate
Straits
area
arrived
;
unloaded
at
AUln
Fisheries,
i
here
at
noon
today
aboard
the
First
halibut
to
come
direct
the
exchange
opening
in
the
morning.
Storm-tossed
seas
and
gale
warnings
which
met
the
opening
gun
of
the
halibut
season
at
"It
looks
good.
They
see
eye
lo
to
propose
a
return
to
eye
on
certain
points,
but
the
dun
plan.
Louisiana
Threatened
By
Floods
strike
call
Is
still
on."
speedy
packer
Hillside
I
operated
from
the
grounds
aboard
schoon-by
Elmer
Clausen.
ifrs
are
expected
tonight
with
bear
that
suggestion
In
ir
m
it
has
not
already
j
12:01
midnight
last
Sunday
kept
some
150
fishing
boats
concen-
j
trated
on
Stephens
Island
on
th
ea,st
side
of
the
Hecate
in
har-
y
thoMKhts."
Churchill
j
So
far
the
Labor
Department
has
taken
no
direct
part,
but
may
step
in
If
no
agreement
is
reached
In
Montreal
meetings.
The
700
members
of
the
SIU
H'
use
of
Commons.
i
ACCEPTING
A
BIRD
OF
ANY
FEATHER
as
a
foster
parent,
this
motherless
chick
sought
solace
under
the
wing
of
a
large
stuffed
owl.
The
orphan
chick
and
the
stuffed
bird
are
the
pets
of
three-year-old
Bonny
Pierson,
who
seems
delighted
and
amused
by
the
feathered
friendship.
jbor
until
Wednesday.
LAKE
CHARLES,
La.
(CP)
The
wildly-spreading
Calcasulue
j
Some
vessels
attempted
to
!
reach
the.
grounds
but
were
ti.
rii'inands
th:il
Brit
-
j
'
voire
at
Panmunjoin,
reiterated
that
.the
branch
are
asking
three
west
coast
shipping
companies
for
an
increase
of'
$50
a
month
after
rejecting
a
conciliation
board
award
of
$30
a
month
increase.
River
swirled
toward
this
southwest
Louisiana
port
city
today
with
the
biggest
flood
threat
in
40
years
and
drove
1,250
families
from
their
homes.
Villons
had
placed
the
!
millet
of
the
Korean
;
forced
to
seek
shelter.
A
further
gale
warning
for
yesterday
was
cancelled
and
anxious
fishermen
met
the
first
fine
day
long
before
dawn,
the
'BIG
THREE'
TO
MEET
IN
BERMUDA
IN
JUNE
WASHINGTON
ff
Prime
Minister
Churchill,
president
Elsenhower
and
Premier
Mayer
of
France
will
meet
in
Bermuda
in
June
to
discuss
world
problems,
it
was
announced
today.
,
'
In
Paris,
Mayer
said
the
big
three
conference
would
dis-'
"cii.ss
feasibility
of
'a
later
conleYence
at
which
Russia
would
be
represented.
'
The
meeting
will
be
held
at
Uie
Invitation
of
President
Eisenhower.
Churchill
suggested
Bermuda
as
the
meeting
place.
In
London,
Reuters
reported
the
date
would
be
June
17.
Siamese
Twins
Die
Suddenly
Due
to
Toxic
Condition
niiTicnn
hands
from
the
25
VESSELS
"High
water
elsewhere
in
Louisiana
caused
two
drown-
war
started.
j
fleet
stretching
for
miles
on
the
I
remind
the
House
it
;
Crews
of
about
25
vessels
of
the
Canadian
Pacific,
Canadian
National
and
Union
Steamships
roiling,
swelling
"flats""0f
'the
f
nr
;n
'limes."
he'
Volunteers
with
bulldozers
t
the
United
States
Is
I
to
the
United
Na-
j
are
Involved
In
the
dispute.
Pending
strike
action,
the
midnight
sailings
of
CPR
ships
out
INVERNESS,
N.8.
CP-Slam-ese
twins
born
here
Tuesday
died
unexpectedly
Wednesday
due
to
a
toxic
condition
inherit-
t
h.i.s
borne
l!i2(lths
of
i
n
in
blond
and
treas-
of
Vancouver
and
Victoria
will
not
operate
Saturday.
Service
from
Vancouver
to
and
trucks
sweltered
in
warm
coastal
temperatures
during
the
night
to
push
up
small
dirt
dikes
to
halt
slowly
rising
waters
in
residential
areas
in
the
eastern
part
of
this
city.
Fire
trucks
pumped
at
the
river
Invasion
which
threatened
the
main
highway
linking
nearby
Lake
Charles
air
force
bae
with
this
city
of
50,000.
maltir
i
not
one
we
Hecates.
At
the
camps
on
Stephens
Island,
small
boats
one
and
two-man
vessels
unloaded
their
catches
all
night
and
well
Into
the
morning.
Some
of
the
"hlghliners"
accounted
for
good
catches,
but
on
the
whole,
fishing
was
termed
mediocre.
Nevertheless,
more
Mian
100,-000
pounds
of
fish
were
taken
Hit
the
right
or
the
Ocean
Falls,
Kitimat
and
Prince
Rupert
will
terminate
after
Thursday's
departure
and
the
hililv
tn
decide.
But
it
ed
from
their
19-
year-old
mother.
They
had
lived
about
33
hours.
,
In
top
condition
during
the
day,
the
twin
boys,
first
children
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Max
Wyr-was,
started
to
slip
suddenly
shortly
after
8
o'clock
and
died
at
6:45
p.m.
Doctors
were
stunned
because
the
twins,
after
one
had
a
brief
setback
early
in
the
morning,
were
apparently
gaining
.in
strength.
Dr.
Frank
Macleod,
chief
surgeon
of
Inverness
County
Hos
French
Cabinet
Defeated
duty.
Hitlmul
Kenarat-
Douk
Problem
Up
to
B.C.
Says
Fisheries
Minister
vlves
from
our
rreat
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fprrss
our
opinion
anrl
plainly
to
Ihrm
miiii
iillers."
VANCOUVER
Fisheries
hobors
who
arc
terrorizing
the
Minister
Sinclair
said
here
Wed-
1
decent
majority
of
Doukhouursi
by
about
75
small
boats.
What
the
big
five-man
schoon-
I
time
have
been
"con-
PARIS
(CP)
The
French
National
Assembly
today
toppled
France's
18th
pdst-liberation
cabinet
by
refusing
to
give
Pre
li.imies
of
view"
on
'((latum;,
Ijetween
ers
which
park
their
own
fish
took
will
be
seen
when
their
i
catches
go
on
the
halibut
ex-change
here.
i
nestlay
night
the
lxiukhobor
and
communities
In
the
Koolen-1
curfew
requested
by
Premier
j
ays."
he
told
a
Liberal
election;
Bennett
would
mean
placing
j
meeting,
"was
to
request
to
Ot-
Cnniida
on
war
footing
to
r.om-;tawa
to
Invoke
the
drastic
War
last
sailing
of
CPR
boats
from
Prince
Rupert
are
Sunday;
from
Kitimat
and
Kemano
on
Monday,
and
Ocea'n
Falls
on
Tuesday.
Tonight
is
the
last
sailing
of
the
CN
steamship
from
Prince
Rupert
if
the
strike
Is
called.
The
Prince
Rupert
sails
for
Vancouver
at
11:15
p.m.
Last
sailings
of
Union
Steamships
passenger
boats
from
Prince
Rupert
are
by
the
Co-quitlam
tomorrow
and
the
Cam-osun
on
Sunday.
Council
Makes
Final
Offer
VICTORIA
ft
Municipal
council
in
neighboring
Saanich
pital,
said
death
was
due
to
a
poisoning
condition
from
wnicn
the
mother
suffered
before
their
birth.
Measures
Act.
ItllTKRlACK
The
exchange,
too,
will
give
the
first
indication
of
what
mier
Rene
Mayer
a
vote
of
confidence.
'
,
The
unfavorable
vole
by
the
assembly
was
on
Mayer's
request
for
power
to
cut
government
expenses
by
cabinet
decree
bat
300
lawless
members
or
a
sect.
"The
only
thing
that
Mr.
Bennett
could
come
up
with
to
cope
with
300
Sons
of
Freedom
Douk-
price
the
fishermen
will
get
this
;
made
its
final
wage
offer
Wed-
nesdav
niuht
in
an
effort
to
tn
sluiw
how
the
Com
'lelit-point
repatriation
Jnled
M,,y
7,
differed
'
Indian
plan
approved
t-'N
ia,t
full.
Churrhill
head
off
a
threatened
strike
of
almost
150
municipal
employees.
Rev.
John
Casey
said
the
council
offered
an
increase
of
5
A
tie-up
of
shipping
also
The
fisheries
minister
added;
"Mr.
Bennett
and
Mr.
Bonner
i
Attorney-General
Bonner)
'asked
for
that
measure
simply
because
they
are
unable
to
cope
with
the
Doukhobor
problem
and
want
to
dump
the
responsibility
Into
Ottawa's
lap.
Enforcement
of
law
Is
a
provincial
responsibility
and
Mr.
Bennett
must
face
up
to
It."
v
differ
in
"two
import-
cent
an
hour
for
laborers
over
year
for
their
special
sea
harvest.
Last
year's
price
ranged
from
16
to
21
cents.
It
is
expected
this
year
the
fish
will
see
a
drop
of
several
cents.
Halibut
are
bought
by
fishing
companies
In
three
sizes,
chicken,
from
seven
to
1
x
pounds;
medium,
up
to
69
pounds;
large
no
limit.
Medium
sized
fish
draw
the
best
price.
would
mean
that
about
500
tons
of
freight
a
week
Into
Prince
Rupert
would
have
to
be
rerouted,
either
by
rail
or
by
air.
This
is
about
half
the
freight
tonnage
unloaded
each
week
on
city
docks.
School
Labor
Dispute
Settled
without
assembly
approval.
He
had
hoped
to
cut
the
mountainous
budget
deficit.
Mayer
took
office
January
7.
Collapse
of
the
French
premier's
government
cast
some
uncertainty
over
the
prospect
for
the
"Big
Three"
meeting,
but
there
was
optimism
that
it
would
go
through
nevertheless.
Dispatches
from
Paris
said
Mayer's
successor
presumably
would
attend
the
meeting.
New
Socred
Party
Formed
In
N.
Zealand
WELLINGTON.
N.Z.
Oi
new
Social
Credit
party
has
announced
plans
to
contest
all
8(
House
of
Representatives
seat;
In
the
next
New
Zealand
genera
election.
Headed
by
R.
O.
Young,
th
''"1111111111.4
plan
pro-
live-iuuiiin
commission
;
l'om
would
provide
take
euiliidy
of
prison-
j
""'
India
had
suggest-
;
'Emission
could
call
on
;
the
present
rate
of
$1.24
W:
same
percentage
Increase
4.62
for
all
.
hourly
paid
employees
and
three
per
cent
Increase
for
all
monthly
paid
employees.
Firemen
and
policemen
are
not
involved
in
the
dispute.
Police
Seek
Child
VICTORIA
ft)-Forty
men,
gs-slted
by
RCMP
search
clog,
Wednesday
night
seawhed
heavy
hush,
around
nearby
Metchosin
for
a
3
'i-year-old
boy
missing
from
his
home
since
early
morn-
HK'IIMONU
11
C.
(CP)
A
labor
dispute
which
threatened
to
clq.se
schools
used
by
4.000
children
,
was
settled
Wednesday
night
nine
hours
before
a
strike
deadline.
The
dispute
was
between
35
maintenance,
and
other
non-teaching
employees
represented
hv
.
Hie
AFl.
RuildlnK
Service
Ridgway
Advises
Congress
To
Continue
Aid
in
Europe
members
to
provide
'"Pervi.ing
prisoners.
"
''oinimmi.st
plan
left
"a!
fate
of
prisoners
"Pat
rial
iim
up
to
po-'iitcrcnce
which
might
ths
or
even
years.
India
wd
the
UN
should
de-,'
prisoners'
fate
If
the
"inference
failed
to
"
iiRiwmnnt
within
30
Auto
Plants
May
Lay
Off
Ling.
,
David
Anderson,
.son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Peter
Anderson,
dlsap-
ft'.;
i
w
i
I
Employees
Union
and
the
school
i
peared
from
his
home
Wednes-board
of
this
municipality..
.;
day
about
10
a.m.
WA8IIINOTON
AP)
Gen.
Matthew
Ridgway
advised
Congress
to
keep
billions
flowing
to
Europe
in
the
face
of
undiminished
Soviet
might
which
he
said
could
inflict
"serious
reversals"
on
the
Western
allies
if
war
should
come.
party
hopes
to
drive
a
wedge
ii
the
two-party
system
which
ha
operated
in
New
Zealand
sine-1935.
The
party
is
based
on
Socia
Credit
theory,
which
originate!
in
Britain
and
spread
to
Canadi
when
the
Alberta
governmen
called
In
its
main
exponent,
tin
late
Major
C.
H.
Douglas.
;
Young
said
"unrest
over
tin
rising
cost
of
living
is
so
grea
that
we
hope
to
sweep
the
House
Unlike
the
Canadian
party
Young's
group
proposes
to
re
vamp
the
economic
system
150,000
Men
DETROIT
(CP)
Layoffs
engulfed
or
threatened
150,000
or
more
auto
workers
today
as
half
a
dozen
major
manufacturers
reported
their
flow
of
parts
choked
off
by
supplier
strikes.
Ford,
Chrysler,
Studebaker,
Willys,
Nash
and
International
Harvester
all
figured
in
mushrooming
production
cuts.
They
apprlbuated
their
moves
to
three
supplier
strikes.
to
the
English
Channel
or
destruction
of
trained
troops
and
equipment.
He
said
Western
forces
would"
give
a
gallant
account
of
themselves,
that
air
power
remains
the
weakest
link
in
their
defence,
but
that
there
has
been
"steady
progress"
in
the
last
year
in
building
up
Allied
power.
Ridgway,
who
becomes
U.S.
Army
chief
of
staff
this
summer,
flew
back
from
Europe
Sunday
to
give
the
committee
his
views
on
the
entire
situation.
The
Allied
commander
in
Europe
testified
that
while
there
are
not
Indications
now
of
"imminent
hostilities"
neither
is
there
any
evidence
of
the
sincerity
of
Russian
peace
talk.
Ridgway
told
the
House
of
Representatives
foreign
affairs
committee
at
hearings
on
the
He
said
the
importance
of
U.S.
LT.
GEN.
WILLIAM
K.
HARRISON
takes
time
out
for
coffee
and
a
doughnut
before
getting
down
to
another
truce
session
at
Panmurijom.
military
help
scarcely
can
be
ex
aggerated.
"The
continuation
of
this
as
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i
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j;
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sistance,
from
which
we
our
foreign
aid
program
that
it
would
be
unwise
to
cut
military
goals
of
the
North
Atlantic
Treaty
Organization
countries.
He
said
it
would
weaken
U.S.
defences.
"Even
with
the
completion
of
selves
derive
so
great
a
return
is
essential
to
the
security
of
the
United
States
as
well
as
to
all
the
NATO
nations."
Ridgway
said
Russian
military
Contest
Chairman
Elected
President
of
Kinsmen
Club
Hard-working
Bill
Bond,
the
man
in
charge
of
the
Kinsmen's
Club
Coronation
Contest
running
each
Saturday
in
the
Dally
News,
last
night
was
elected
president
of
his
club.
He
succeeds
Harry
Sheardown.
V
Mr.
Bond's
election
was
by
acclamation
and
in
his
acceptance
speech
he
said
he
wished
to
remind
members
to
pass
along
the
word
that
entries
in
the
first
three
parts
of
the
club's
contest
do
not
have
to
be
In
until
May
29.
"Your
friends
can
enter
as
many
times
as
they
wish,"
said
Mr.
Bond,
"and
the
more
times
they
enter,
the
more
funds
we
receive
to
help
the
kiddles
of
Prince
Rupert
have
fun."
power
hasn't
Increased
numer
ically
in
recent
years
but
its
-WEATHER-
Forecast
North
Coast
Region:
Sunny
in
northern
portion
of
region
today,
and
cloudy
with
showers
in
southerly
portion
of
region.
Cloudy
with
sunny
intervals
Friday.
Nqt
much
change
in
temperature.
Northerly
winds
15,
decreasing
to
light
tonight.
Low
tonight
and
high
tomorrowAt
Port
Hardy,
Sandspit
and
Prince
Rupert,
45
and
55.
the
goals,"
he
said,
"we
will
still
fall
short
of
the
minimum
defensive
strength
required
to
prevent
serious
reversals
in
the
early
stages
of
a
determined
attack."
Ridgway
did
not
spell
out
what
he
meant
by
serious
reversals
whether
loss
of
Germany
and
Allied
airbases
there,
a
retreat
combat
effectiveness
has
been
strengthened
by
more
modern
weapons,
such
as
jet
planes,
and
improved
training.
In
contrast,
he
said,
the
combat
punch
of
Allied
forces
has
fallen
substantially
short
of
goals
set
last
year
at
NATO
meeting
at
Lisbon.
tn
the
Korean
war,
LVCpl
Paul
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nCDEB
in
the
prisoner-of-war
exchange
U1
vuebec
City,
returns
home.
He
meets
his
momer,
Mrs.
ivunuc
sfctheart,
Agathe
Garneau,
in
the
Quebec
military
hospital.