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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
'"Princt
Rupeit,
th
Key
to
th
Great
Northwest"
VOL,
XLII,
No.
215
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER
15,
1953
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Companies
Object
To
Move
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A
KiKJcial
meeting
of
dty
council
has
been
called
for
September
22
to
discus
the
proposed
move
to
increase
water
charges
to
companies
using
more
than
1()0,(XH)
cubic
feet
per
month.
The
decision
was
made
at
thf
.
.3
regular
meting
last
night
after
a
letter
from
the
five
major
firms
engaged
in
the
fishing
industry
here
said
council's
'
f
IV.
action
would:
Force
an
Increase
In
the-
cost
of
ice
to
the
Prince
Rupert'
fishing
fleet;
I
Gil
TOKOVnrs
Mil
v
jl
PPLY
dwlndcd
because
of
the
strike
of
1,700
members
of
tho
ivers
Union
(AFL-TI.C),
mlik
was
dumpxl
at
Newmarket
because
It
wasn't
being
shipped
1
'ity.
Farm
manager
John
Kaclilka
(lefti
and
some
of
his
helpers
dump
eight-gallon
a
district
farm
while
Bossle
at
far
righ')
looks
on,
a
bit
annoyed.
Some
UOO.OOO
resi-f
greater
Toronto
were
affected
by
the
strike
which
was
settled
Monday.
IV.
Curtail
amount
of
water
to
j
the
fleet,
and
-
Bring
a
request
for
better
A
i
services.
Elevator
Watchman
j
Shotiiil!
ip
Two
seamen
were
charged
with
criminal
negligence
in
police
court
this
afternoon
following
the
shooting
last
night
of
the
elderly
night
watchman
at
the
Dominion
government
grain
elevator.
Council,
at
its
meeting
on
August
24,
announced
water
charges
for
large
consumers
je
Workers
Union
Head
Threatens
itlidraw
Members
From
Congress
:
THE
RCMP
ARRESTED
148
SONS
OF
FREEDOM
Doukho'bors
from
this
tent
village
at
Perry
.
-
Siding
near
Nelson,
B.C.
They
have
been
charged
with
contributing
to
juvenile
delinquency
;
after
parading
nude
in
protest
against
sending
their
children
to
school.
The
Sons
of
Freedom
'
formed
the
tent
village
after
a
wave
of
arson
in
the
Kootenays.
would
be
increased
on
September
1,
but
since
that
time
it
was
discovered
that
It
could
not
do
so
without
first
receiving
approval
by
by-law.
Council
did
not
notify
consumers.
A
strong
protest
to
the
city's
plan
to
gain
more
revenue
from
Its
water
consumers
by
setting
a
flat
rate
of
9.63
cents
per
100
cubic
feet
for
uses
taking
more
than
100,000
cubic
feet
was
launched
by
tne
Canadian
Fish-
MtOI.lt
MOKKISON
uwiPrcshbtalT
WriUT
rlian
Congress
of
Labor
oil
and
mine
workers
unions,
but
iurls-
Apartment
Fire
Being
Probed
I
dlctional
feuding
between
the
EAL
ff
An
uneasy
two
international
labor
bodies
settled
over
the
Cana-I
may
flare
out
anew.
Sllby
Barrett
of
Toronto,
burly
director
of
district
50,
United
Mine
Workers
of
America
(CIO-CCL),
has
warned
of
a
possible
"big
fight"
developing.
And
the
69-year-old
Irishman
has
even
hinted
at
the
possibility
of
the
26.000-member
mine
work
The
two
men,
members
of
the
crew
of
the
British
freighter
Merchant
Prince,
presently
load
After
Two
Women
Die
in
Flames
ing
Co.
Ltd..
Northern
Fisher-
m
ram
nere-
are
oeollrey
VANCOUVER
ffi
Investigators
:
today
launched
a
probe
Into
the
of
two
women.
'MUMLE
GENERATORS
WAT
KEMANO
TODAY
ers
considering
withdrawal
from
from
the
provincial
fire
mar-
West
End
apartment
house
fire
shal'i
office
and
city
detectives
I
Monday
night
that
took
the
lives
men
s
Cold
Storage.
Royal
FlshlBatey
and
,ohn
Crowley.
Company,
Prince
Rupert
Fisher-
Taken
to
hospital
with
a
bul-men's
Co-operative
Association,
let
wound
In
the
hip
was
65-and
B.C.
Packers
Ltd.
year-old
Ous
Magnussen
of
Cow
the
370,000-member
rongress.
Chief
Fire
Warden
Norman
Akin
termed
the
blaze
"very
suspicious"
and
said
he
had
called
in
special
Investigators
to
He
received
a
setback
Monday
In
a
iolnt
letter,
the
five
hljlBv-
Mr.
Magnussen
was
In
fair
as
the
76-delegate
central
labor
aid
his
department
in
the
case.
bony,
opening
a
week-long
con
industrial
consumers
told
coun-!
condition
this
morning
follow,
ell
it
had
given
no
notice
of
,ln?
5emvaLof
??
ca,Ubre
bul
MANO-The
tug
Wilmae
Straits,
pulling
a
Uuge
with
a
H)
carso.
was
due
to
dock
at
this
north
coast
port
today,
shipment
consists
of
electric
generators
and
turbine
t
the
Alrafc
project
and
left
Vancouver
three
days'
ago.
vention,
voted
to
toss
the
miners
out
of
two
Edmonton
chemical
i
tha.
-proposed
Increase
and,
had.
UI-
-
"-"S1"-
v
It
was
the
second
fire
in
less
than
six
weeks
in
the
three-storey
buildisg.
Both
brike
out
in
storage
lockers
on
the
ground
floor.
plants
and
turn
the
territory
t
arbitrarily
put
them
Into
effect
'
Tne
two
sailors
were
to
be
over
to
Alex
McAualane's
Oil!
after
releasing
a
notice
to
the
K'ven
a
choice
of
being
tried
by
Union
i
press
which
appeared
In
The
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
or
elect
Workers'
International
iCIO-CCLh
Price
Controls
on
Milk
Ing
for
higher
court.
They
are
Dally
News
August
25.
Victims
of
Monday's
ire
were
Mrs.
Mary
Elizabeth
Small.
59,
and
Mrs.
Steffany
Marsden,
35.
JAYCEE
AEMBER
DEMANDS
,
'WAR
ON
RATS'.
AJDUAP
Rupert's
rats
had
better
start
looking
for
a
new
home.
.
.
At
last
night's
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce.
Don
Tucker
demanded
that
action
be
taken
to
do
away
with
Prince
Rupert's
home
for
indigent
rats."
Speaking
of
the
thousands
of
rats
at
the
city
garbage
dump,
he
said
"not
on:y
do
we
provide
the
rats
with
a
nice
home,
but
we
also
keep
a
fire
going
24
hours
a
day
to
keep
hem
warm"'
,
'
:
The
rat
problem
was.
referred
to
committee
for
study,
as
'was
a
suggestibh
that
the
dump
grounds
be
hedged
to
screen'
them
from
the
view
of
Highway
16
traffic.
They
were
asphyxiated
as
they
bed
Out
as
of
Oct.
1
This
reversal
of
a
CCL
Jurisdiction
committee's
decision
apparently
caught
Mr.
Barrett
by
surprise.
He
asked
for
a
second
unrecorded
vote.
The
decision.
attempted
to
escape
through
a
ASKED
RECONSIDER
The
firms
asked
council
to
reconsider
the
new
Increase
because
it
hit
at
the
heart
of
the
city's
biggest
Industry
and
"the
charged
that
they
were
criminally
negligent
in
Indiscriminately
discharging
a
firearm.
It
Is
reported
that
the
men
came
ashore
from
the
Merchant
Prince
which
docked
here
Sunday
noon.
They
bought
a
second-hand
22
rifle
-and
a
box
of
shells
and
returned
to
the
ship.
!
smoke-filled
hail
on
the
second
floor.
KIA
'CPl-The
Brltl.;h
was
the
same.
I
55
li.
nor
pnt.
InernaKp
Is
ralhur
Three
others
were
injured
and
government
today
t
all
controls
on
the
milk
above
the
pro-'I.
effective
October
1.
22
other
persons
were
rescued
by
firemen
using
aerial
ladders.
Injured
taken
to
St.
Paul's
Hospital,
were:
The
move
was
taken
as
the
fall
session
of
the
B.C.
legislature
the
first
In
the
province's
history
unt'-M-
a
majority
Social
Credit
gojrnment
opened
today.
The
government
order
is
expected
to
result
in
cheaper
milk
for
the
consumer
and
a
guaranteed
price
for
the
farmer.
Producers
will
get
$5.03
for
100
Els
Ferguson,
burns
and
lacer
Jion
Act,
ations.
-
"It
ithe'votel
may'havc
repercussions,"
he
told
reporters
later.
"There
is
no
question
but
that
the
jurisdiction
in
the
chemical
field
was
given
to
us
in
1940.
It
Is
too
early
to
say
If
we
will
be
retiring
.from
the
congress.
But
there
will
be
a
big
fight."
Compared
to
the
miners
26.000
membership,
the
oil
workers
have
about
4,000.
The
union
potential
In
the
two
Edmonton
plants-Canadian
Industries.
Ltd..
and
Edna
Bruno,
shock
and
effects
Pearson
Praises
Work
of
UN
Bringing
About
Korea
Truce
OTTAWA
(CP)
Lester
B.
Pear-
recognition
of
the
conviction,
son,
whose
term
as
president
of
held
by
the
greatest
part
of
or
Laws
substantial,"
the
letter
said,
"and
to
particularly
penalize
the
industrial
users
over
and
above
100,000
cubic
feet
seems
discriminatory.'
The
letter
said
the
fishing
Industry
Is
the
one
and
only
sustaining
industry
here,
contributing
the
largest
financial
return
of
any
to
the
economy
of
rtince
Rupert.
The
firms
said
that
by
payroll,
taxes
(outside
of
the
CNRi,
by
use
of
utilities'
and
supplies
and
direct
'
purchases
for
cash
of
all
fish
'landed
and
processed
in
Prince
Rupert,
the
fishing
About
7:30
p.m.,
while
they
were
engaged
In
target
practice,
firing
at
tin
cans
and
wood
floating
In
the
water
near
the
ship,
they
were
told
that
someone
was
wounded.
On
finding
the
nightwatchman
hurt,
they
assisted
In
carrying
him
to
the
grain
elevator
foreman's
office
after
which
the
Prince
Rupert
ambulance
was
called.
Batey
was
arrested
and
charged
last
night
and
this
morning
a
warrant
was
Issued
and
executed
for
Crowley.
;
'rounds
of
milk
of
3.5
per
cent
buttcrfat
delivered
to
the
dls-
e
Revised
Ihutors'
phitform
In
Vancou
of
smoke.
Leslie
Atkins,
fractured
right
ankle
and
smoke
effects.
Inhalator
crews
worked
in
vain
to
try
to
revive
the
two
women
who
perished.
Many
of
the
tenants
returned
to
their
rooms
when
they
found
it
was
impossible
to
get
through
the
dense
smoke
to
the
main
exits.
Beside
open
windows
they
the
United
Nations
General
As
mankind,
that
unprovoked
ag
ver.
the
Canadian
Chemlral
Com
KIA
(CP)New
l"'Kl:ih-
Agriculture
M
nlstcr
Kenneth
sembly
ends
today,
says
that
in
bringing
about
an
armistice
pany
Ltd.
Is
about
1,000...;
"!
iih
li(uor,
txmk-;
Klermtn
said
removal
of
con-
10
HrltiMi
fohmiljiu's
trols
"is
in
keeping
with
the
Some
labor
men
close
to
the
CCl.
executive
saw
the
conven
d
Elections
Art
were!
Social
Credit
government's
pol-in
the
sncpfh
!
irv
of
a
minimum
nf
controls."
gression
must
be
resisted."
The
Instrument
for
this
resistance
to
aggressive
Is
the
UN,
"through
which
the
peaceful
and
law-abiding
people
of
the
free
world
can,
if
they
desire,
unite
their
strength
to
maintain
International
peace
and
tion
reversal
of
the
Jurisdictional
I
companies
-
contribute
to
the
Ulmne
at
the
nnnnlnn!
c-
I
...
-
committee
s
decision
was
a
blow
I
prosperity
o
the
clty(
Were
it
not
for
the
fishing
industry,
sessiiin
of
the
Lcgls-
1
etl
mrent.lv
that,
riecontrnl
would
to
the
prestige
and
power
of
72
waited
for
firemen
to
raise
ladders
to
them.
Miss
Ferguson
and
Miss
Bruno
lived
together
In
a
suite
near
in
Korea
the
UN
has
successfully
met
Its
greatest
challenge.
'
From
the
record
of
the
UN
seventh
General
Assembly
session
which
ended
last
June
"we
may
draw
some
confidence
that
the
UN
will
yet
be
able
to
play
its
full
part
In
the
achievement
of
international
peace
and
security."
Mr.
Pearsor.
,
Canadian
external
affairs
minister,
makes
the
speech.
riTirl
liu
the
storage
room
where
the
fire
'Gfivcni'ir
ClareniP
mt
price
of
milk
by
between
one
and
two
cents'
a
quart.
The
present
price
for
standard
milk
in
retail
stores
and
dairy
delivery
is
22
cents.
'w
no
details.
Captain
Dies
Of
Diptheria
VANCOUVER
(CP)
The
first
diphtheria
death
In
Vancouver
in
more
than
two
years
was
reported
Monday
by
city
health
officials.
The
health
department
Identified
the
victim
only
as
an
elderly
tugboat
captain
and
said
he
died
Thursday.
the
letter
said,
both
rail
and
steamship
freight
service
would
be
curtailed
or
non-existent.
PRICE
TO
GO
HP
A
third
Increase
in
the
water
rates,
It
was
claimed,
would
give
the
fishing
companies
no
alternative
but
to
boost
the
See
WATER
Page
S
"n
Included
14
u,eills
w
were
ones
that
the
Today
also
the
government
'"I
Credit
govern-1
returned
to
the
traditional
nre-
Sons
Burn
Eight
Homes
at
Gilpin
GILPIN
(CP)
Eight
more
Doukhobor
homes
were
put
to
the
torch
here
early
today
in
n"1
PUSS
because
Ilf
:
rrwmtlvn
f
vn,nAlntj
lhl
nnml.
year-old
A.
R.
Mosher,
veteran
president
of
the
CCL,
who
plans
to
stand
for
re-election
this
week.
He
was
chairman
of
the
committee
which
favored
the
miners.
And
Monday,
In
defending
'he
committee's
decision,
Mr.
Mosher
warned
that
an
upset
mpy
loree
a
change
in
the
pattern
of
CCL
organizational
and
turisdlctlonal
policy.
August
Bests
iLl5
n""r
of
the
nation
of
the
speaker
of
the
statements
in
a
signed
foreword
to
an
external
affairs
department
publication,
"Canada
and
the
United
Nations,
1952-53,"
which
reviews
the
work
of
the
...
'
'
i
House
to
the
Leader
of
the
Op-
ton
of
"certain
meas-1
position.
started.
"We
Just
made
It
through
an
exit,"
said
Miss
Bruno,
her
voice
husky
from
the
smoke
she
Inhaled.
'
"As
we
were
running
past
a
wall
It
suddenly
burst
Into
flame.
That's
how
Miss
Ferguson's
face
got
burned."
Atkins
was
Injured
when
ce
fell
from
a
"rope"
of
sheets
and
blankets
which
a
visiting
friend,
Bert
Fisher,
was
tying
together.
Atkins
was
reported
to
have
started
down
the
"rope"
before
Fisher
had
It
finished.
w
an
reinunemtlnn
!
iiv
,
n,
ti
.,
rvip
Pino
tv
-",tij
vv
111-11
Hie
iiwu.tc
vyi
11'
vv
seventh
assembly
session.
The
i1P
'''',wd!i
Prom
-.Opposition
Leader
Arnold
Wcb-
booklet
was
issued
Monday.
,
City
Motorists
Instructed
"Stop
on
Red
Flasher
Light"
m.,
"
18
oe-
stcr
seconded
Premier
W.
A.
C
The
UN
intervention
In
Korea
what
police
termed
a
reprisal
raid
protesting
mass
arrest
of
Sons
of
Freedom
last
week.
At
this
communal
village
near
the
Doukhobor
centre
of
Grand
Forks,
fires
broke
out
simultaneously
and
within
minutes
the
shack-like
homes
were
levelled.
..
,
.
iur
.
ucnnrti
s
nomination
01
inoni-
as
well
as
the
ultimate
success
of
UN
action
in
connection
with
'v
bin
as
Irwin
(SC
Delta)
as
speaker.
j
!'ve
the
)p
,)r(''s('nt
!
Also
announced
was
the
ap-
The
city's
Street
Traffic
and
Korea
involved
a
spiritual
as
well
as
a
military
Issue:
"The
night
by
city
council
especially
to
oblige
those
drivers
who
don't
l0n7
to
carrv
11
,
PlnUTienl
01
Ernest
Wincn,
vct-
Parking
bylaw
was
amended
last
-
-nni
oran
nr
211
veur
in
tne
hi;.
the
"seal
year,
know
what
to
do
when
faced
with
a
flashing
red
traffic
signal.
Air
Search
of
Wales
Island
Two
paragraphs
were
added
to
bylaw
No.
1191
which
now
reads
Wa
Was
rf
V
c
B0V"
,
defeated
the
J
$94,000,000
to
J'
u,lt"
September.
-tte
no
lnt"a-
"that
a
driver
of
a
vehicle
approaching
a
flashing
red
light
Fails
to
Uncover
Plane
Clue
July
Sunshine
August
was
one
of
Prince
Rupert's
better
months,
as
far
as
weather
is
concerned.
It
was
sunnier
than
July,
though
not
quite
as
sunny
as
August
of
last
year.
There
was
less
rain
than
in
July
or
in
August
of
1952,
and
there
was
even
less
wind.
Throughout
August
this
year
there
were
104.2
hours
of
sunshine,
and
3.85
Inches
of
rain,
the
latter
spread
out
over
16
days,
whereas
In
August
of
last
year
there
were
110.1
hours
Legislature,
as
deputy
leader
of
the
14-man
CCF
group.
Mr.
Windh,
father
of
Harold
Winch
who
retired
as
leader
of
the
house
group
after
20
years
last
session,
will
back
up
freshman
leader
and
member
Arnold
Webster.
Arthur
Turner
of
Vancouver
was
named
CCF
whip
and
Randolph
Harding
as
caucus
'""wt
n
it
a
t
mi.ki
will
come
to
a
full
stop
and
y
1
tin;
not
proceed
until
the
Intersec
tion
(either
Third
Avenue
and
Peace
Rail.
Outlet
Urged
A
resolution
asking
the
federal
government
to
determine
the
best
route
for
a
railway
outlet
from
the
Peace
River
district
was
endorsed
last
night
by
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce.
The
resolution,
submitted
by
Don
Forward,
will
be
forwarded
to
the
annual
meeting
of
the
'
Oene
l001"1
but
'
s
t
week
that
leK,s.
Fulton
Street
or
Third
Avenue
and
McBride)
Is
free
from
cross
traffic
and
subject
to
the
right
of
pedestrians
in
the
cross
N
ti.iZ-
5?11
mar-
walks."
'"b
tnem
the
itn8
mentioned
'in.
plane
for
the
Island,
but
wasi
unable
to
see
the
"object."
The
report
temporarily
revived
hopes
that
a
plane
carrying
Ellis
Hall,
54-year-old
oil
magnate
from
Texas,
and
four
other
persons,
including
his
wife
and
two
daughters,
might
still
be
found.
Hall's
aircraft
has
been
missing
since
it
took
off
from
Annette
Island
on
August
17
bound
for
Bellingham,
Wash.,
via
Smith-ers.
B.C.
Wales
Island
Is
30
miles
north
of
Prince
Rupert,
bounded
on
the
south
by
Portland
Inlet,
the
The
other
paragraph
states
that
"when
approaching
an
amber
light
a
driver
will
proceed
through
the
intersection
with
B.C.
Chamber
of
Commerce
In
Search
late
yesterday
for
parachute
or
balloon
reported
sighted
hanging
from
trees
on
the
southwest
tip,
of
Wales
Island
proved
fruitless
for
a
Queen
Charlotte
Airlines
Pilot.
A
fisherman,
Roy
F.
Cfiswan
of
the
troller
Aurora
said
yesterday
on
his
arrival
here
from
the
fishing
grounds
off
Wales
Island
that
he
had
seen'
an
object
that
"looked
like
a-
parachute
or
a
balloon"
throuah
good
binoculars
last
'
Saturday.
It
was
also
seen
by
the
crew
of
the
Marion
H.
Less
than
an
hour
after
the
report
was
received,
QCA
base
manager
Emerson
(Wally)
Wal-
I?"
Of
the
tw.
both
at
water
level
and
at
1,00c
feet
and
then
criss-crossed
ovei
the
island
before
returning
tc
Rupert
before
sundown.
...il
No
strange
objects
were
sighted,
although,
he
said
on
landing
that
the
fishermen
could
hav
seen
some
strange
object
withoul
"us
spotting
It
from
the
air."
Only
signs
of
life
near
th
island
were
fishboats
which
wen
spotted
at
varying
distance:
around
the
southern
tip.
Wallace
made
several
trip."
over
the
same
Island
during
tht
giant
search
in
August.
.-
A
reward
of
$30,000
by
Mr.
Hall's
company,
Condor
Petroleums,
has
been
posted
for
anyone
finding
the
plane.
,,
Vancouver
October
26-27.
per
I"
rurit
.:.
V
taX
on
munU
extreme
caution
subject
to
the
Preamble
to
the
resolution
said
the
development
and
econ
right
of
way
of
pedestrians
In
-WEATHER-
Forecast
North
Coast
Region:
Cloudy
with
showers
today.'
Variable
cloudiness
Wednesday.
Little
change
In
temperature.
Winds
southwest
25
shifting
to
northwest
25
this
evening.
Low
tonight
and
high
Wednesday
at
Port
Hardy
and
Sandspit
50
and
62;
Prince
Rupert
50
and
omic
unification
of
the
whole
tne
crosswalks."
of
sunshine
and
8.38
inches
of
rain
in
17
days.
Hottest
day
last
month
was
August
14,
when
the
mercury
reached
73.7
degrees,
while
In
August
'52,
the
highest
temperature
was
72
degrees
on
August
4,
5
and
8.
July
was
wetter,
with
rain
recorded
on
18
days
and
measuring
4.09
inches,
and
a
total
of
only
89
4
hours
of
sunshine.
The
two
Prince
Rupert
traffic
lights
change
over
to
a
red
flash'
er
and
amber
light
after
mid
of
'B.C.
"is
being
Impeded
seriously
by
the
lack
of
a
direct
railway
connection
between
the
Peace
River
district
and
the
northern
line
of
the
Canadian
-
J
last
ses-
SSaLartCmmlsslon
'"oolrnt
,llthei,PurPes
east
by
Wales
Inlet
and
the
north
by
Pearse
Canal.
night
on
week
days
and
all
day
Sunday
when
traffic
Is
at,
a
min
Wallace
twice
flew
along
the
National
Hallways."
imum.
.
1,60.
lac
took
oil
in
Hvechc.iatt
!
southwest
arm
southeast,
coasts