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Published
at
Conoda't
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Delivery
VOL
XLI1I,
No.
30
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
12,
1954
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Phone
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"1
PC
Member
informed
Plant
Loses
Money
!
1'jV
,
Purchaser
of
the
Prince
Rupert
drydock
and
shipyard
will
not
le
required
to
keep
it
in
operation.
Tl.
:
i;i
Tf
r
.
inih
was
uiHciusea
m
me
nouse
01
commons
at
l-mwmr..
Ottawa
yesterday
by
Transport
Minister
Chevrier
I
f
A
I!V,
POKTARI.E
ICE
SKATING
RINK
welg
'ling
only
60
pounds
for
a
diameter
of
24
feet
qulrkly
and
easily
converts
a
backyard,
gard
m
or
lawn
Into
a
safe
Ice-skating
site
for
the
family
and
neighborhood.
Made
of
tough,
flexible
Krcne,
the
ww
rink
takes
only
a
few
minutes
to
'.set
up
and
is
Just
as
easily
disassembled
for
folding
to
store
away.
Prospect
of
New
McBride
Bridge
Delays
McClymont
Park
Plans
plans
for
improvements
atitween
the
parks
board
and
the!
city
board
of
works.
Mr.
Eby
said
Commissioners
Art
Murray
and
that
the
board
should
have
aEby
were
named
in
charge
of
monthly
progress
report
from
the
park
board's
sport
program
the
engineering
department
as
:
and
public
relations.
A
HKLicorTKR
CAKttlfcS
a
l,uu-pound
training
plane
to
ort
William,
Ont.,
from
an
inaccessible
road
23
miles
away.
The
plane
was
wrecked
on
a
flight
and
could
not
be
moved
by
road.
The
helicopter
lifted
the
plane
by
means
of
cables.
The
plane's
wings
were
removed
and
strapped
to
the
plane's
fuselage.
y
;
Park
Board
Seeks
Advice
ft-
On
Preservation
of
Poles
Worried
over
the
likelihood
of
I
era!
government
asking
tor
sug-
TOUR
GROUP
TO
SHOWER
DAFFODILS
OVER
CITIES
VICTORIA
CP)
The
Chamber
of
Commerce
here
has
announced
tentative
plans
to
shower
hundreds
of
daffodil
heads
on
Edmonton
and
Calgary
during
good-will
tours
there
April
7
to
10.
The
flowers
will
have
notes
attached-
inviting
citizens
to
the
chamber-sponsored
flower
festival
here
early
In
May.
100,000
Welcome
Queen
In
New
South
Wales
Tour
i
He
wiu
replying
to
a
ques-
Won
by
Howard
dreen,
Pro-
srevtivt-t
onservative
member
!
for
Vancouver-Quadra.
Meanwhile,
a
special
Cabinet
sub-committee
meeting
was
set
for
this
morning
to
discuss
the
sale,
which
was
announced
Jan.
2R
by
Donald
Gordon,
chairman
end
president
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
operators
of
th'
plant.
brme
Stuart,
chairman
of
the
special
committee
here
which
has
sent
a
wave
of
protest
to
Ottawa
protesting
unconditional
saV'
of
the
facilities,
was
ad-vi,sed
of
the
cabinet
meeting
by
A.
Bruce
Brown,
who
is
at
present
in
Ottawa
discussing
the
matter
with
federal
authorities.
I
STIIX
IN
SESSION
1
A
Canadian
Press
dispatch
said
Mr.
Brown
was
still
closeted
with
Mr.
Chevrier
at
1:30
p.m.
Jn
the
House
discussion
yesterday,
the
transport
minister
said
the
CNR
is
trying
to
sell
tle
40-year-old
plant
hre
and
"there
will
be
no
conditions
on
the
sale."
However,
he
added,
the
CNR
hoped
to
find
a
purcliaser
will
ing
to
keep
it
operating.
The
railway,
he
said,
was
sell
ing
the
drydock
because
of
a
tvtrenicndous
loss"
in
operating
It
and
the
high
cast
of
repairing
fhe
structure.
He
did
not
cite
figures.
LEFT
BY
-AIR
"Mr.
Brown.
MLA
for
Prince
;
Ruppr.
0ft
here
by
air
last
Tuesday
as
renrenenta'tive
'of
I
he
City
Council,
the
senior
and
junior
Chamber
of
Commerce.
Trades
and
Labor
Council.
Fishing
Vessel
Owners
Association
ind
other
city
industries.
The
special
committee
anc
nmny
companies
here
have
sent
telegrams
to
at
least
six
Cabinet
ministers
protesting
sale
of
the
facilities
with
110
guarantee
tif
adequate
services
being
maintained
for
the
thousands
of
fishing
vessels
and
oastwise
ships
that
ply
between
here,
and
Vancouver.
Payroll
Missing
From
Freighter
UTS
ANGELES
-
Operators
of
the
freighter
Harry
Lunde-berg
said
Thursday
night
that,
disappearance
of
the
ship's
$22,000
payroll
was
being
investigated
when
it
piled
up
on
rocks
off
the
California
coast
last
Monday.
A
company
spokesman
said
the
disappearance
of
the
payroll
was
reported
after
the
Lun-deberg
left
Vancouver,
for
San
Marcos
Island
in
the
Gulf
of
California
to
pick
up
a
cargo
of
gypsum.
.
4
well
as
a
financial
statement.
.
,
',
.,
,
cheered
the
Queen
ami
the
Duke
of
Edinburgh
during
their
drive
from
the
airport
to
the
town
hall.
Later
the
Queen
and
the
duke
went
to
a
fair
ground
where'
14.000
school
children
gave
them
a
bin
welcome.
During
the
drive
through
the
ranlts
of
the
children
the
Queen
was
worried
by
the
common
Australian
fly.
The
cheering
of
the
children
Jtlrred
up
the
fli"g
and
other
Insects,
and.
the
Queen
and
the
duke
found
it
difficult
to
wave,
chase
flies
and
at
the
same
time
to
hold
on
to
Uie
rail
of
their
)eo
Later
the
Queen
and
the
duke
jne
:own
of
Llthgow
before
returning,
to.
Sydney
by
train.
v
f
v5
-'
.
Pull,
rainv
weaiher
k
pt
tilt)
.rowds
!n
Sydney
to
tlieir
suiall-s!
vrt
as
the
Queen
left,
Government
House
today
for
the
third
day
of
her
lour
of
the
New
South
Wales
countryside.
Teochers
Get
Raise
VVRNON.
B.C.
(CP)
Mor"
hall
100
si'honl
teacher
hero
Thursday
accepted
a
board
of
irhlt
ration
award
of
three-and-
mie
half
to
four
per
cent
salary
increase.
The
booid.
will
Increase
school
cost
by
$14,000.
South
Korea
Offers
Aid
In
Indo-China
6
FOUL
I
South
Korea
has
offered
to
send
a
full
army
division
to
help
the
French
fight
the
Communist-led
Viet-minh
in
Indo-China.
Foreign
Minister
Pynn
.
Yung
Tai
said
today.
Pynn
said
in
an
Interview
with
this
correspondent
"it
Is
quite
probable"
that
Red
China
might
retaliate
by
sending
one
or
more
of
Its
divisions
to
help
the
Reds
there.
The
foreign
minister
said
President
Syngman
Rhee
wrote
of
his
proposed
offer
to
Oen.
John
E.
Hull,
United
States
Fa
Ea;t
commander,
before
Hull
went
to
Washington
a
few
days
ago.
Diplomatic
sources
in
Wash
ington
said
Rhee
offered
one
and
possibly
two
divisions.
Hull
said
South
Korea
h'"
not
offered
two
divisions,
but
declined
further
comment.
Pynn
said
the
South
Korean
contribution,
to
the
.Indo-Chinp
war
"would
have
to
be
sharply
limited"
but
that
he
felt
the
gesture
important
as
a
symbol
of
antl-Communlst
solidarity.
During
almost
all
of
the
Korean
war
France
maintained
a
French
battalion
in
the
United
Nations
forces.
The
UN
command,
Pynn
said
has
made
no
comment
on
the
suggestion.
West
Urges
Reds
To
Drop
Big
5
Demand
BERLIN
The
Western
powers
today
pressed
the
Soviet
Union
to
abandon
its
demand
for
a
Big
Five
conference
with
jRed
China,
and
to
Join
instead
,1,.
.ji.ui.b
Kf""-v-"
w
(oreait
uuq
inuo-viiijjese
settlements.
The
three
Western
foreign
ministers
met
for
an
hour
and
40
minutes
with
Russia's
V.
M
Molotov
tn
an
unusual
morning
private
session
in
advance
of
e
regular
Big
Four
meeting
on
Austrian
independence.
There
was
strong
Indication
that
if
Molotov
would
drop
hi-insistence
on
a
Big
Five
parley
Including
China,
State
Secretary
Dulles
would
be
willing
to
reverse
the
previous
U.S.
posi
tion
that
Russia
should
attend
the
proposed
Korean
political
conference
only
as
a
partner
of
China
and
North
Korea
rather
thn
as
a
non-bllligerent.
Western
officials
said
the
use
of
"continued"
to
describe
the
discussion
Indicated
it
was
not
terminated
today
and
would
be
taken
up
In
a
fourth
closed
meeting
at
a
time
as
yet
not
fixed.
Is
Ramu
a
Wolf
uave
Com-
innate
HTiew
st.
savs
th(
he
at
wa'
ct-
World
with-"if
it
is
left
U'
,
id
i
1
1
m
n
cum-
i,
ill
nil
illll'I'VlCW
n
i.,l-ruiniiii'iiliitoi
Hi
11
-if
yiii
t:ik'
v
Ilussiiiil
pcupi-
1
,lclli.U
f
I
tllcil
wl-.ll
uearc
Wll:
u
was
recorded
in
Ii
easting
tuliiuht
ii
,iu"
public
here
,
wut
bark
over
first
made
scv-
j
1
which
wen;
iak-S'alcs
Senate
in-1.1
corroborating
Alsi-r
Hiss
was
an
j
Russian
t'.iivcin-
;
N
SMK
r:u
said
today,
as
had
before,
lha;
j
i
given
the
nam'.
a
I-
.j-rib-d
to
him
us
v,
ft
no
was
1111
as-
hitn
secretary
ol
Kti-t
t
niiu.s,
at
tilt
J
confcri
nrc
o!
mti
ri'inr
set
up
ulions
Oijianiza-
:d
in
Iho
Inter-
n
that
a
ciphe,
KaJ.ikov
told
hur
Moscow
'
that
th.
fcettmius
is
a
Su-
:l
hp
didn't
:.J5
h'Si
nnme
and
1
i't
know
it."
d
whether
"then
evidence
that
Al-Kssor
i
,i-d
with
y
rir.f."
plied
"To
this
1
iat
I
didn't
have
".
but
there
were
ipln
r
clerk
Kula-
'
feme
"",
22.
a
M.r-
"'r'i
'
hoscn
Miss
l,c'"nial
and
as
't'M
during
the
11:11
"f
l''VI
She
I"'
Miss
Canada
-'ai;.'d
In
Wind-1
Wm-i-nly
stiitis-led.
lu
inches;
4;
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23;
Ml
Tax
icipated
1
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en
Pin
MVeJl
,
tclllilUvO
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isi.
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"le
oud-
;'r
and
the
mill
lci1
at
the
pvt
in'ctine.
);'tl'd
2(1
......
mill
-
,titc,
:
last
year,
win
hP
rnt.
of
assessed
;T
ou
Percent
of
halue
of
iinprove.
IA
UlSl'llR-
combined
water
f
".
Estimated
f
tn
2no.noo,
the
McClymont
Park
were
delayed
'his
week
when
the
parks
board
was
told
that
the
provincial
government
plans
to
construct
new
bridge
across
Hays
Creek
on
McBride
street:
j
Postponement
of
the
1954
pro-
gramcame
when
Commissioner
Charles
Balagno
said
the
old
bridge
was
being
removed
this
year
and
that
any
landscaping
projects
would
have
to
be
held
up
until
the
board
learned
what
ground
the
new
bridge
would
.over.
The
swings
mny
have
to
be
moved,
he
said.
The
discussion
arose
when
the
board
again
pondered
the
pro
and
cons
of
building
&'
cement
or
rocK
retaining
wall
below
the
Oyro
swimming
pool.
Commissioner
Bob
Eby
was
named
the
board's
public
works
chairman
to
confer
with
city
superintendent
O.
E.
Beaton
as
to
the
estimated
cost
of
either
type
of
wall.
He
was
also
instructed
to
meet
Aith
1
he
Oyro
club
playground
committee.
Mr.
Eby
said
that
if
a
new-bridge
was
constructed
in
the
park
a
foot
path
should
be
included
underneath
so
children
could
go
from
McClymont
Park
to
the
Algoma
Park
without
hav
ing
to
cross
the
highway.
(The
provincial
public
works
d'
pin
i.ment,
queried
about
the
;
new
bridge
this
morning,
said
a
j
survey
had
been
made
at
the
j
Hays
Creek
site
and
that
if
funds
lor
the
project
were
forthcoming
the
gully
would
be
bridged
by
a
large
culvert
and
fill
project.
Kuch
a
project
would
not
allow
for
a
foothpath.i
4
The
board
will
meet
with
the
city
council
at
a
special
meeting
Monday
night
at
which
plans
for
Algoma
Park
will
be
discussed.
Board
members
expressed
themselves
at
a
loss
ut
what
to
do
with
Algoma
Park
until
the
city
superintendent
established
the
level
of
the
area
land-fill
and
what
plans
he
has
for
continu-
ine
the
fill
Into
Algoma
rark.
Mr.
Balagno
was
placed
in
charge
of
oeautiflration
of
the
city
parks
and
also
the
city's
totem
poles.
Commissioner
Mine
McRae,
appointed
parks
financial
chairman,
told
the
board
that
no
flnaiiciul
statement
had
yet
been
prepared
by
the
city
for
the
month
of
January.
The
last
entry
1
was
made
lieecmber
30
and
the
i
board
had
no
idea
how
much
!
money
was
charged
against
this
yeur.
Hope
was
expressed
that
!
there
woud
be
closer
liaison
be
BATIIURST,
Australia
CP)
The
western
district
of
New
South
Wales
gave
Queen
Eliza-
betb
a
sunny
welcome
when
she
arrived
today
at
Bathur.st.
150
miles
west
of
Sydney,
in
a
RoyiJ
Australian
Air
Force
Dakota.
More
than
lOO.ontijxople
from
Bathurst
and
other
centres
within
a
rad.us
of
200
miles
WEATHER-
NnrUi
I'ohsI.
K'Biiin:
Cloud
and
a
little
mild
today
and
Snturday
in
southern
district
Winds
northeasterly
40
this
morning,
.southeasterly
35
thcrc-11
fU-r.
)w
tonight
and
high
Saturday
at
Sandspit
34
and
39.
Pur
Hardy
38
and
43,
Prince
Rupert
32
and
38.
Jail
Damage
Increased
VANCOUVF.R
C!i
Sun.;
'
Freedom
Muikhobor
womer
caused
$10,000
damage
when
they,
set
fire
to
their
hut
at
suburban
Oiikalla
Prison
Farm
Feb.
1,
fire
department
spokes
men
said.
The
damage
est.lnmli
was
originally
bctwen
W
(Kit)
and
$!i,000.
gestlons
as
to
how
the
poles
might
be
preserved.
1
he
question
of
the
poles'
condition
was
brought
up
when
Commissioner
Charles
Balagno
reported
that
three
poles
have
now
been
completely
1
repaired1'
and
painted
by
Charlea
Dudo-ward
and
that
the
fourth,
the
one
from
in
front
of
the
Salvation
Army
citadel,
had
been
n
uiwn
and
placed
in
the
basement
of
the
firehall
for
repair.
"That
was
the
pole
we
were
afraid
would
be
In
the
worst
shape,"
Mr.
Balagno
said.
"It
will
need
a
lot
of
repairing
in
places.
There
are
furrows
half
an
Inch
to
three
inches
deep
in
it
from
the
beating
it
has
taken
from
h
we"ther.
'
Mr.
Balagno
said
that
on
the
other
poles
Mr.
Dudoward
had
filled
the
crevices
with
a
type
of
putty
and
that
he
wasn't
sun?
whether
It
would
stay
in.
Pair
Charged.
After
Fight
John
Wesley
Donovan
anci
John
Vandal
were
scheduled
tc
appear
in
city
police
court
thU
afternoon
following
a
fight
tc
j
which
police
were
called
at
8bout
8
o'clock
last
night,
The
pair
face
a
charge
of
assault
occasioning
bodily
harm
to
John
Ridley
Watson
and
wit
appear
before
Magistrate
W.
D.
,
Vance.
January
Building
Totals
$14,850
Only
two
new
buildings,
one
valued
at-
$6.M)
and
another
S
500
are
included
anions
building
permits
taken
out
at
the
city
-Uall
during
January
The
permits
for
construction
which
total
$14,850
are
mainly
for
additions,
repairs
and
ren-novatlons.
Last
year's
January
total
of
permits
was
sligluly
higher
at
$16,900.
behave
in
the
same
manner..
"1
am
convinced
Ramu
is
not
and
imbecile
...
He
no
longer
scratches
the
floor,
nor,
except
occasionally,
llcss
water
or
milk
with
his
tongue
instead
ol
sipping.
"When
hot
he
used
to
put
Tfls
tongue
out
as
dogs
and
wolves
do,
and
when
cold
he
crouches.
He
sleeps
also
like
a
dog
or
wolf.
The
first
symptoms
of
a
return
to
human
,
liabits
was
seen
when
he
began
to
weep
like
a
child
instead
of
howling,
and
showed
Interest
in
balloons."
Prince
Rupert's
valuable
totem
I
poles
not
lasting
more
than
six
or
seven
years
more,
the
Parks
board
has
decided
to
write
Dr.
Clifford
Carl
at
the
Provincial
Museum,
Victoria,
and
the
fed
B.C.
Spending
$28
Million
On
Highways
VANCOUVER
?,
The
provin
cial
government
has
committed
$28,000,000
in
the
fiscal
year
ending
March
31,
1954,
for
capital
expenditures
on
highways,
Works
Minister
Gaglardi
said
here
Thursday
night.
Mr.
Gagtardi
was
speaking
at
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Van
couver
Motor
Dealers'
Associa
tion.
At
the
meeting
and
in
an
interview
following
it,
Mr.
Gaglar
di
said
still
another
$11,000,000
has
been
appropriated
for
main.
fonanee
The
government
may
be
able
to
start
the
Marpole
bridge
"within
the
present
fiscal
year,"
he
said.
Also
among
plans
are
four-lane
highway
from
the
south
end
of
the
bridge
to
the
United
States
border,
with
a
bridge
or
tunnel
across
the
south
arm
of
the
Fraser
river.
Mr.
Gaglardi
said
the
British
Columbia
government
wants
to
build
a
road
through
the
North
Vancouver
watershed
to
Squa-mish
and
scoffed
at
Greater
Vancouver
Water
Board
claims
that
it
would
Imperil
the
water
supply.
But,
be
said,
a
road
to
Squa-mlsh
would
open
the
Garibaldi
playground
"where
you
can
ski
12
months
a
year.
Imagine
the
travel
there
would
be
If,
besides
the
road
to
Garibaldi,
we
had
a
four-lane
highway
from
the
border
Into
Vancouver
by
way
of
a
new
Marpole
bridge."
Boy?
convinced
Ramu
is
"anything
but
a
wolf
boy."
DOES
NOT
CRAWL,
RUN
"Ramu
does
not
crawl.
He
does
not
run
nor
show
any
of
those
symptoms
which
other
wolf
boys
and
wolf
girls
exhibitedespecially
Kamala
and
Amala.
the
wolf
girls,
found
near
Calcutta
In
1920.
"We
plan
continuing
behavior
studies
this
month,
at
the
end
of
which
it
will
be
possible
definitely
to
say
what
exactly
is
the
type
of
mental
difficulty
which
Ramu
is
suffering."
Dr.
Sharma
answers:
"All
wolf
children
need
not
nH:iif
hl
'i''-lf
I'M
iV
rVl
f
Levy
in
'54
at
Terrace
Experts
Debate
Origin
of
Child
scheme
provides
for
a
ground
:
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tan
01
z.uuu.uuu
gauou
:
Pllllui.illl
unit
a
f
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n
EAlllailP
j
disposal
area
between
the
village
1
and
the
Skeena
river.
comDris-
LUCKNOW,
India
UP
The
most
debated
wplc
here
Is
whether
a
nine-year-old
crippled
boy
now
convalescing
in
Balrampur
hospital
is
a
wolf
boy.
Picked
up
by
police
at
Luck-now
railroad
Junction
Jan.
17
in
a
deserted
freight
car,
the
boy
has
been
named
Ramu.
Leading
the
opposing
views
are
the
hospital
superintendent,
Dr.
D.
N.
Sharma,
who
says
he
is
"perfectly
convinc-
,
cd"
Ramu
is
a
wolf
boy,
and
Kali
Prasad,
professor
of
psychology
at
Lucknow
University,
who
says
he
is
equally
r
mz
K
t
1
r
....
.
1
ing
some
three
acres.
Increased
taxi
fares
within
the
village
limits
were
approved.
The
change
will
see
fare
for
two
passengers
upped
to
50
cents,
with
an
additional
25
cent
levy
for
each
additional
passenger.
The
commission
also
planned
inspection
of
a
culvert
cracked
In
the
sudden
thaw
and
Ice
break-up
last
week.
Repair
of
the
culvert
is
expected
to
cost
close
to
$2,000.
Tiiiiilni
it
i'i
f'
V"-
v
"w
ii'i
1
mi
1
,
in
'e-
Ml
jj
mmmmm
mmm
PARIS
GENUAKMKS
seem
to
be
purposely
avoid
ng
a
clash
with
these
bold
"convicts"
in
their
striped
uniforms.
The
dramatic
meeting
took
place
in
the
heart
of
Paris
on
the
Place
de
la
Concorde.
Tbe
desperadoes
were
just
students,
costumed
to
advertise
a
school
show.
i
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