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"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest'
VOL.
XLI1I,
No.
99
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL
28,
1954
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Military
Positions
Must
Remain
Static
By
EDDY
GILMORE
GENEVA
(AP)
Reliable
sources
said
today
that
the
Big
Three
Western
powers
have
agreed
there
can
be
flo
cease-fire
in
Indo-China
without
safeguards
to
ensure
that
the
military
situation
remains
frozen
during
negotiations
for
a
political
settlement.
(ROSBV
J.
D.
W.
BLYTH
POWI.R
COMMISSION
members,
wi
!i,
ha.e
been
busy
In
Victoria
getting
000.000
Crown
Corporation
following
(rmbv.
formerly
Pacific
Region
Man
th
whom
Prinrc
Rupert
city
council
delegation
up
to
date
on
current
and
projected
activities
their
appointment
in
March.
Left,
is
Chairman
igcr
of
Canadian
Wcstinghouse
Ltd.,
Vancouver,
us
of
Applied
Science
at
the
University
of
Ih.
formerly
comptroller
of
Brazilian
Liirht.
Dr.
Hector
J.
MacLeod,
dean
emerit
,;utnbi.
and
right,
I
James
o.
W.
Bly
;
Traction
Ltd..
Toronto.
Mr.
Blyth,
w
ho
was
treasurer
of
the
Commission
for
four"
Tombstone
Vital
Clue
To
Riddle
Scotland
Yard
Probing
Death
STRATFORD
-ON-AVON,
Eng.
(Reuters)
A
Kmall
tombstone
has
become
a
vital
clue
in
the
death
of
a
woman
drown-'
ed
in
the
river
Avon
near
the
burial
place
of
William
Shakespeare.
Police
last
night
hauled
a
59-year
old
grave
marker
from
the
river
bed
near
the
spot
where
the
r
to
moving
to
Toronto
early
in
1953
has
returned
east
to
wind
up
affairs
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up
residence
in
Victoria.
Mayor
0
eorge
Hills.
Aldermen
Mike
Krueger
and
Norman
city
delegation,
did
not
meet
him.
This
source
said
there
is
no
Inclination
on
the
part
of
either
Britain
or
Frajice
to
agree
to
a
cease-fire
without
some
machine
r
y
for
guaranteeing
the
present
lines.
The
United
States
also
is'
reported
insisting
on
safeguards
to
protect
the
French
Accomplished
.
by
Delegation
on
the
attitude
of
the
three
,
native
governments
in
Viet
Nam,
Laos
and
Cambodia,
the
Indo-Chinese
associated
states.
A
highly
Informed
source
s4id
these
three
possibilities
were
considered
during
Tuesday's
talk
between
Molotov
and
Bidault
;
A
-nine-party
conference
limited
to
France,
Britain,
the
U.S.,'
Russia,
Communist
China,
the
three
Indo-Chinese
states
and
representatives
of
the
Viet-mlnh
Indo-China
rebels.
An
11-member
parley,
those
nine
plus
Thailand
and
Burma.
A
14-delegation
group,
those
11
plus
Australia,
India
and
ower
Issue,
City
Council
Hears
I
was
accompli.
ihed
commission
h
id
been
in
office
f
pnncc
Kiiperi
oy
ior
men
a
snort
lime,
the
clrle-
niittments
were
made
the
coin-mission
appeared
most
interested
in
the
city's
power
problems,
til
:
report
concluded.
The
council
went
into
closed
session
of
the
committee
of
the
military
positions.
U
S.
military
authorities
have
said
privately
that
they
believe
anv
cease-fire
would
be
very
difficult,
if
not
impossible,
to
enforce,
since
guerrillas
and
troops
of
the
Communist-led
Vietminh
rebels
infiltrate
all
the
areas
In
Viet
Nam
technically
held
by
the
French.
CONTINUE
PRIVATE
TALKS
France's
Foreign
Minister
Bidault
and
Foreign
Minister
Molotov
of
Russia
pushed
ahead
meanwhile
in
their
private
talks
on
setting
up
a
big-power
conference
on
the
Indo-Chinese
conflict.
Representing
the
Western
Big
woman
was
found
Saturday.
The
kgatiun
to
person-
gation
agreed
that
the.
commis
t
(tie
city's
view-
sion
would
nerd
further
time
to
the
B.C.
Power;
study
all
the
aspects
of
the
city
ity
counc
il
was
told
,
council
s
request
and
require-jments.
While
no
definite
of
Mayor
George
;
1
1
h
j
whole
to
discuss
the
matter.
AS
THE
ROYAL
YACHT
Britannia
sails
from
Portsmouth
bound
for
Tobruk
In
Africa,
young
Prince
Charles's
expressive
face
reveals
a
variety
of
emotions.
He
and
his
sister,
Princess
Anne,
are
sailing
to
be
reunited
with
their
parents,
who
yesterday
visited
Aden.
:ien
Mike
Krueg'r!
I
Btliu
said
that,
it
tombstone
had
been
missing
from
its
usual
place
in
a
churchyard
which
sweeps
down
to
the
water.
It
may
have
been
tied
to
the
body
of
Olive
Bennett,
45-year-old
Scottish
midwife,
when
she
fell,
or
was
thrown,
off
the
river
bank.
The
death
riddle
has
thrown
City
Workers
Get
Pay
Boost
Of
Seven
Cents
I
rnree,
the
French
foreign
min
been
Impossible
to
,
much
through
orris.
ion
went
In
Vietor-to
meet
the
Corn-repeat
its
demand
Power
Commission
:e
the
holdings
of
ister
went
to
the
Soviet
deleeate's
Mission
Housewife
Weeps
As
Jury
Rules
"Not
Guilty"
,
fgW
WESTMINSTER,
B.&
(CP)
shot
as
he
attempted
at
at.
mid-
a
chilly
shadow
over
this
town(
of
half-timberted
houses
and
r
tranquil
river
scenery
where
ad-1
lakeside
villa
just
a
few
hours
before
State
Secretary
Dulles
was
due
to
unveil
the.
United
States
government
policy
laration
on
Korea
tn
th
War
BC.
Power
Com-
CANCER
FUND
HITS
NEW
HIGH
OF
$4,050;
STILL
CLIMBING
Prince
Rupert's
Conquer
Cancer
campaign
has
now
netted
a
record-breaking
total
of
$4,050,
more
than
double
the
$2,000
quota
set
for
this
year.
Ron
Allan,
campaign
chairman,
reported
the
total
at
noon
today
and
said
that
four
or
five
local
canvasser
were
yet
to
be
heard
from
as
well
as
the
out-of-town
districts.
;
.
Noting
that
the
response
to
date
had
broken
a.11
-records
on
local
cancer
appeals.
Mr.
Allan-
thanked
canvassers
and
the
public"
for
their
generosity.
He
also
paid
special
tribute
to
Alderman
Kay
Smith
and
the
late
Mrs.
Oeorge
Hills.
The
former,
a
cancer
patient.'
allowed
her
personal
experience
to
be
recounted
to
assist
in
acquainting
the
public
with
the
work
of
the
Cancer
Society..
Mrs.
Hills,
prior
to
her
death
of
cancer,
had
requested
friends
to
contribute
to
the
cancer
fund
in
lieu
of
flowers
for
her
funeral.
The
Mrs.
Hills
Memorial
fund
amounted
to
$684.25.
1
oiut
the
supplier
ol
r
for
Prince
Huprrt
Members
of
the
Civic
Employees
Federal
Union
No.
5
employed
by
the
city
of
Rrince
Rupert
both
in
the
city
hall
and
on
outside
jobs
have
been
granted
a
seven-cent
wagd
increase
across
the
board.
mid-
.
Eastern
rnnferpnr
f
"A
French
spokesman
hailed
Mrs.
Alberta
Brown,
24-TFar-'
Nieht
to
foTPetils
way
tnto.ihe.
old
mother
of
three
children,
house.
She
fired
through
a
wept
yesterday
as
an
assize
court
door.
!
the
continuing
informal
talks
on
Indo-China
as
a
sign
that
Jury
freed
her
of
a
murder
JZshar,
whose
wife
and
family
mirers
of
the
bard
are
gathered
for
the
annual
Shakespearean
celebration.
.
i
RECONSTRUCT
LAST
HOURS
While
the
pilgrims
honored
the
poet's
birthplace,
detectives
dragged
the
Avon.
Detectives
are
trying
to
piece
together
the
dead
woman's
last
hours.
She
,
left
a
maternity
home
two
miles
from
here
Friday.
The
next
day
her
body
was
the
critical
question
miirht
not
have
to
wait
for
disposition
of
charge.
live
near
Edmonton,
was
known
She
was
acquitted
of
the
rifle
in
the
Mission
district
by
the
Slaying
of
45-year-old
William
name
of
Ollie
Johnson.
Zshar.
a
telegraph
lineman,
who
Th
nniv
itn
aiiH
i
h.
is
been
without
an
.',h
NBU
Power
since
n
the
contract
ex-been
in
force
since
:o
the
council
said:
nation
met
with
Mr.
man
of
the
Com-McLeod,
member.
The
increase
Will
boost
the
city's
wage
bill
by
approximately
$8,000.
City
clerk
R.
W.
Long
was
Instructed
by
council
this
week
to
draw
up
the
necessary
contract
based
on
the
1953
agreement
with
the
accepted
changes.
A
letter
from
the
union
over
the
fence
counsel
Thomas
Dohm
was
was
fatally
shot
at
the
Brown
home
near
Mission
lust
Dec.
12.
Mrs.
Brown
said
Zahar
was
f
the
commission's
I
gave
the
commls-
signature
of
E.
A.
Evans,
secre
tary,
informed
council
that
the
union
had
voted
to
accept
the
Ship
Company
Reports
Profit
VANCOUVER
f
Unloa
the
virtualJy
deadlocked
Korean
problem,
but
might
actually
be
considered
by
the
conference
simultaneously.
While
the
formal
meetings
of
the
19
participating
countries
are
dealing
with
proposals
for
unifying
Korea,
the
Bidault-Molotov
talks
have
been
limited
to
composition
of
a
conference
on
Indo-China.
French
sources
express
belief
that
agreement
might
be
reached
with
the
Communists
soon.
The
arrival
in
Geneva
today
of
France's
minister
for
Indo-China.
Marc
Jacqet,
also
was
viewed
as
another
indication
of
French
optimism.
He
was
re-
Minister
Forecasts
System
For
Fish
Products
Inspection
'ory
of
the
power
in
the
time
of
the
ility
to
the
present
i'-Uuns
were
nuked
I
seen
In
the
river.
The
famous
swans
of
Avon
glided
by
and
spring
flowers,
sprinkled
in
the
I
water
by
children
to
mark
;
Shakespeare's
birthday,
floated
j
gently
over
her.
j
Her
hat
was
found
on
the
flower-fringed
tow
path
known
!
as
'lover's
lane'
not
far
from
the
j
Shakespeare
Memorial
Theatre
where
actors
tonight
play
the
offer
of
city
council's
wage
com
mittee.
1
Other
changes
in
last
year's
I:
iion
in
tf.iifct
t
:
agreement
to
apply
to
the
1954
I
and
power
rcquire-ftitc
years,
the
renin'!.
contract
were
"no
seniority
for
workers
with
only
up
to
six
months
employment"
and
the
across
the
board
wage
boost
f'ffd
all
questions,
i
tragedy,
"Romeo
and
Juliet."
Miss
Bennett
apparently
came
to
the
churchyard
of
Holy
Trin
Mrs.
Brown's
husband,
a
26-year-old
engineer.
He
told
the
court
he
had
never
met
Zahar.
Early
in
December.
Z.ahur
called
nt
the
Brown
home
and
told
Mrs.
Blown
he
was
a
close
friend
of
her
husband.
He
claimed
Brown
wos
running
around
with
another
woman
at
Kemano,
where
he
was
employed
on
the
Aluminum
project.
Mis.
Brown
was
still
in
tears
when
she
thanked
Mr.
Justice
H.
S.
Wood
and
as
she
left
the
courtroom
she
shook
hands
with
each
member
of
the
Jury.
Slif
left
the
court
accompanied
by
her
husband
and
he-father,
Edward
Cook
of
Grand
Forks.
"I'll
be,
content
to
slay
at
home
with
the
children,"
she
told
reporters.
"They
don't
know
what
has
been
happening,
but
they
sensed
something
was
wrong.
I'll
have
to
make
it
all
up
to
which
will
apply
also
to
salaried
i
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'f
j
ity,
possibly
to
keep
a
rendezvous.
Her
lower
set
of
dentures.
with
the
Industry's
problems
and
tions.
A
recent
survey
of
conditions
in
processing
plants
across
the
country
was
the
first
step
In
the
inspection
program.
Dr.
Bates
sail.
The
next
step,
which
the
department
hoped
to
take
this
your,
was
to
meet
with
provincial
yevernment.s.
Their
co
operation
in
enacting
complementing
legislation
and
carrying
out
educational
work
was
essential.
"Ttpl
of
I
he
Public'
i
'
of
V.)
as
our;
Parcel
from
the
dis-1
hcrununisKioii
was!
all
aspects
of
;
Steamships
Co.
of
B.C.
Ltd.
and
Its
subsidiary
companies
Tuesday
reported
a
net
operating
pi
of
it
of
S67,
270,
in
1953.
This
was
an
Increase
of
$49,507
over
the
1:2
net.
In
addition,
president
Gordon
Farrell
reported
a
profit
from
(I.
iwsul
of
capital
assets,
of
$81,-750.
Mr.
Farrell
said
the
company
has
been
successful
in
maintaining
Its
position
In
coastal
shipping
despite
increasing
costs
and
competition.
Airline
services
continued
to
affect
passenger
vessel
operations.
Directors
recommended
a
dividend
of
30
cents
a
share,
pay
spectacle
case
and
a
shoe
were
ported
called
In
to
advise
Bidault
.'employees.
Retention
of
Death
Penalty
For
Murder
Urged
by
Chiefs
stated
that
us
the
OTTAWA
ft
-A
system
of
inspecting
fish
products
In
Canada;
similar
to
that
In
effect
In
other
food
industries,
has
been
forecast
by
Dr.
Stewart
Bates,
deputy
fisheries
minister.
Such
an
inspection
would
not
come
overnight,
however,
because-
ot
the
complexity
of
the
fishiiiR,
Industry
and
Its
'many
problems.
The
fisheries
department.
Dr.
Bates
told
the-annual
meeting
of
the
Fisheries
Council
of
Canada
yesterday,
had
obtained
more
knowledge
of
the
fishing
industry
through
scientific
research,
but
improved
quality
of
fish
was
not
something
that
could
be
brought
about
simply
by
establishing
regulations.
lie
said
no
fish
inspection
found
Tuesday,
scattered
between
the
moss-covered
graves.
The
riddle
Is
being
probed
by
Britain's
ace
murder
sleuth,
Superintendent
John
Capstlck
of
Scotland
Yard.
Paige
OTTAWA
:0
Canada's
police
chiefs
said
Tuesday
that
the
death
penalty
is
a
definite
deterrent
to
murder
and
urged
thr.t
hns
them
now."
able
able
May
May
17.
17.
I
wilities
j
Jet-Cannon
In
Production
DETROIT
i
Army
ordnance
disclosed
Tuesday
It
has
In
mass
production
an
automatic
Jet
li"utci's.-The
Aus-j
U'
d'affHlrcs
in
Mos-
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'if
fa'
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.;
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annnuiiited
i;nvi.rnmcnt
legislation
would
be
undertaken
without
prior
consultation
with
the
fishing
industry.
The
fisheries
department
sympathized
'a
"is
start
In
fur-ilit
it-s"
In
li.nvo
the
forecast
Inspection
would
pose
so
many
complexities
that
lrs(lll.v
night.
the
government
could
not
bring
aircraft
cannon
that
fires
much
faster
than
a
.50-callbre
machine
gun.
The
cannon,
officially
called
"the
20mm.
M39,"
was
developed
to
meet
the
terrific
speeds
the
fighters
demand
In.
firepower.
It
has
b;:en
in
mass
production
at
dlplomntic
urijtii,.,
1
1
,
!
in
such
legislation
without
the
co-operation
and
support
of
the
Helsinki
Run-1
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it
be
retained
In
the
Criminal
Code.
Removal
of
the
death
penalty
would
put
police
officers
in
greater
danger
in
arresting
criminals,
the
Chief
Constables
Association
of
Canada
said
in
a
brief
to
a
parliamentary
committee.
The
association
also
said
courts
should
retain
the
power
to
order
whipping
I?
crimes
of
Violence
but
suggested
that
other
methods
than
the
lash
may
be
more
effective
in
controlling
such
crimes.
'
.
-
Chief
Walter
H.
Mulligan
of
Vancouver,
association
president,
said
that
if
hanging
were
aboN
ished
as
the
penalty
for
murder
there
would
be
an
upsurge
in
major
crimes.
The
threat
of
hanging
stepped
many
criminals
from
carrying
guns
while
committing
crimes.
The
police
chiefs
appeared
before
the
Commons-Senate
committee
studying
possible
changes
in
Criminal
Code
provisions
on
capital
and
corporal
punishment
and
lotteries.
'
Soccer
Workout
Slated
Tonight
A
general
practice
for
all
soccer
players
in
the
city
will
be
held
at
Roosevelt
Park
at
7
tonight,
Maurice
Bishop,
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Football
association
said
today.
Another
practice
wlU
be
held
Friday,
he
said,
after
which
a
meeting
will
be
held
to
choose
teams
for
a
soccer
league.
.
,
.
Industry.
PROBLEMS
OK
CONTROL
There
were
processing
plants
In
Canada
now
that
meet
the
standards
the
department
would
like
to
Net
up.
But
even
these
plants
could
not
control
"
the
quality
of
the
product.
Education
on
the
proper
handling
of
fish
was
required
not
only
among
boat
operators
and
plant
managers,
but
also
among
transportation
workers,
wholesalers
and
retailers
as
well
as
department
officers
who
would
enforce
Inspection
regula-
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Pontiac
motors
division
of
General
Motors
Corp.
I
The
weapon
resembles
a
giant
revolver.
Its
ammunition
is
carried
into
the
firing
chamber
in
a
revolving
cylinder.
It
is
fired
electrically
and
is
gas
operated.
Red
Cross
Seeks
Missing
Man
Word
Is
received
from
Red
Cross
headquarters
at
Toronto
that
the
Red
Cross
of
Bulgaria
is
endeavoring
to
locate
Petko
Di-mitrov
Tochev
who
Is
thought
to
have
been
In
the
vicinity
of
Prince
Rupert.
The
person
making
the
inquiry
Is
Dimitre
Tochev
Anguelov
in
the
village
of
Altl-mlr,
Orehovsko.
,
,
The
Red
Cross
asks
that
Mr.
Tochev,
or
anyone
knowing
ol
him,
get
In
touch
with
local
headquarters
in
the
Northern
EC.
Power
Company
office
l
lry
today,
his
.sixth
:'f'
The
minlsU.v
h"
ld.
that
'full
distance"
would
ltu""''l)le
the
Au.s-I
,
''h
Thursday
f
4
vr,.u.y
ut
lh(,
rsf
In
CunlH-rra
I
"f
alia
of
the
1.
fled
the
I'f'd
Political
asy-
I"
weeks
ago.
fc,
"""entlng
lae,.
,
",e'
u"
ll'e
'
of
staging
a
U.S.
SECRETARY
of
State
John
Foster
Dulles,
at
the
London
Airport,
just
prior
to
his
talks
with
Anthony
Eden,
Britain's
Secretary
of
State
for
Foreign
Affairs.
The
diplomats
discussed
questions
being
taken
up
at
the
Geneva
Conference.
The
American
diplomat
has
since
had
meetings
with
French
Foreign
Minister
Oeorges
Bidault.
,
Forecast
11
North
Coast
Region:
Mostly
clear
today
and
Thursday.
Continuing
cold.
Winds
northwesterly
20
In
exposed
areas
near
the
Queen
Charlottes,
light
along
the
northern
mainland.
Low
tonight
and
high
Thursday
at
Port
Hardy
30
and
48,
Sandspit
35
and
45,
Prince
Rupert
30
and
48.
THE
FONDEST
HOPES
of
many
an
early
American
pioneer
woman
could
hardly
have
foreseen
the
fate
of
Mrs.
Eva
Bowrlng,
62-year-old
grandmother,
who
has
been
personally
operating
her
late
husband's
lOOW-acre
ranch
in
Nebraska
since
his
death
nine
years
ago.
She
hai
jut
been
appointed
Senator
by
Gov.
Robert
Crosby
to
succeed
the
late
Sen.
Dwlght
Grlswold.
Here,
astride
her
favorite
horse,
Trinket,
she
takes
a
last
look
at
her
Hereford
cattle
before
packing
up
and
,
leaving
for
Washington.
7
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vne.nt
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