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"Prince
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the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
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VOL.
XLIII,
No.
45
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY
23,
1954
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
i
i
,
"-':bt.
'
.....
1H
1
I
Sijjffly
low
Approves
Purchase
Council
Tractor
A
rock
crushing
plant
may
be
purchased
by
city
council
to
solve
this
city's
gravel
problem.
js?et!..
1
Si
C
'
'
fi
?v
1
Aid.
McLean,-
the
only
dissenter
on
the
vote
to
purchase
the
tractor
out
of
general
revenue,
asked
for
a
complete
report
from
the
works
board
as
to
their
lock
and
gravel
plans,
complete
with
costs.
At
last
night's
city
council
meeting,
provision
of
a
rock
crushing
plant
and
purchase
of
other
city
works
department
equipment
took
top
billing,
with
councillors
giving
the
works
board
authority
to
call
for
tenders
on
a
crusher,
approving
purchase
of
a
tractor,
costing
Solt
Mine
Collapses
iM)i;i;K(U'M)
In
a
Windsor
salt
mine
caused
this
chemical
warehouse
to
sink
I
about
$17,000
and
discussing
purchase
of
a
power
shovel.
the
ground.
Water
bubbling
up
from
the
old
salt
workings
created
a
lake
and
the
The
tractor,
needed
for
the
sanitary
landfill
and
other
city
time
threatened
mucn
oi
uie
ciuui
-uie-umiiuiaciunng
section
ot
the
big
$6,000,000
Industries
Limited
plant.
.?
Canadair
Gets
Huge
UK
Order
dock
Committee
Dissolved;
work,
and
chosen
from
several
I
tenders,
will
post
about
$18,835,'.
plus
freight
from
Vancouver'
and
the
provincial
sales
tax.
The
tractor
will
be
purchased
from
general
revenue
of
19541
instead
of
from
the
land
sales'
trust
fund
as
had
originally
j
been
Intended.
T
Council
Takes
on
Battle
MONTREAL
(CP)
Some
50
aircraft,
military
versions
of
the
huge
Bristol
Brittania
transport,
vill
be
built
by
Canadair
,frt
s
Kpocial
com-1
continue
the
drydock
battle.
'
take
over.
drydock
sale
Is-
At
a
meeting
late
yesterday;
The
special
committee
had
afternoon,
the
special
commit-
i
fought
for
a
delay
In
the
pro-tee
chaired
by
J.
Orme
Stuart,
;
posed
sale
of
the
drydock,
or
KETCHIKAN
HIGH
SCHOOL
Polar
Bears,
above,
meet
Booth
Memorial
High
school
Rainmakers
tonight
at
the
Civic
Centre
in
the
first
gam
?
of
the
final
two
in
the
International
High
school
trophy
competition
for
the'
Frank
Murkowski
trophy.
Back
row
(left
to
right):
Jim
Miller,
Jerry
Raines,
John
Gilbert,
Amt
Antonsen,
Robert
Andis,
Carl
Corbin,
John
Valentine.
Front
row
(left
to
right):
Jerry
Johansen,
Don
Maddox,
Bob
Vincent,
Jim
Auger
and
Dixon
Tucker.
:
Courtesy
Ketchikan
Daily
News
,
.
.
'.
1
i
Rupert
Firefighters
Granted
Two
Percent
Wage
Increase
Limited,
it
was
learned
Monday
night.
A
Canadair
spokesman
des
d
itself
out
of
ex-city
council
has
rs;
move
toward
,ew
committee
to
decided
It
had
served
its
pur-
establishment
of
conditions
of
The
proposed
purchase
from
general
revenue
brought
objections
from
Aid.
Ray
McLean,
who
said
it
would
be
unfair
to
burden
one
year's
taxpayer's
with
such
a
heavy
expenditure,
but
works
board
chairman
Aid.
George
B.
Casey
said
that
procedure
would
leave
in
land
sales
funds
free
for
purchase
of
pose
and
called
on
council
to
;.
sale
whereby
the
plant
would
continue
to
function
as
a
dry-
dock.
Last
week's
announcement
by
the
federal
government
cribed
it
as
a
$185,000,000
order
and
said
only
licensing
agreement
-with
the
plane's
designers
the
Bristol
Aeroplane
Company
of
England,
remain
to
be
worked
out.
This
might
take
about-
lour
weeks.
The
military
version
of
the
airliner
would
be
a
four-cngin-
of
a
six-month
postponement
of
the
rock
crushing
plant
and
the
shovel.
There
was
not
enough
in
the
trust
fund
to
finance
ail
three
Items.
,
Prince
Rupert's
lire
fighters
(
Other
benefits
Include
sickU
The
agreement
was
reached
have
won
themselves
a
two
peri
and
compassionate
leave,
MSA
j
after
meetings
of
both
council
cent
wane
increase
and
other
coverage
after
three
months
and
firemen
Friday
with
a
con-
the
sale
deadline,
from
March
31
to
September
30.
had
marked
Bccomplisament
of
their
purpose.
The
committee
asked
city
council
to
take
over,
forming
u
new
committee
with
repre
horsepower
alrcrafvi
fringe
benefits,
plus
a
pat
on
the
employment
and
a
grant
of
one
ciliation
officer
R.
Forgie
of
the
ed
13,400
!
for
use
by
maritime
air
com-
back
from
city
council
lor-
the
montns
pay
on
retirement.
LAiuor
iveiauuius
oumu.
MAKE
OWN
GRAVEL
Aid.
C-u.tfy
said
that,
wltn
8
mantis.
,1
manner
in
which
they
handled
!
crushing
plant,
the
city
could!
sentation
troin
t
very
interested
Ibmly
in
the.:,
to
press
for
!
Pw
'
Tu
i
"T
contract
negotiations.
In
return
they
have
given
up
their
special
call-out
pay
and
will
arrange
time
off
In
lieu
cf
payment
for
call-outs
during
off-duty
hours.
c.iitinurri
continu.d
f
n.mtion
met
ion
.,l
.if
the
trie
drv-
aty
1
o"""i
u
nnv
ui
i
w.n.-
.
..UK'.
"
h-'j
v,...-
towrstte
at
a
prl(,e
equai
production
minister,
was
quoted
"
.
,
.
Ho
or
less
than
the
present
cost;
as
saying
the
initial
order
will
The
rettm-st
won
approval
at
;
Qf
aye,
Hc
sald
thp
machin-I
be
for
$85,000,000
to
cover
lie-last
nights
council
meeting
and
,
v
nmhnhlv
wn,ri
h,mM
forlence
fees,
toolinit
and
engir.-
I
Mayor
Oeorge
Hills
appointed
;
..
.
,
t
of
Uering
and
the
production
of
the
first
20.
nunseii,
niu.
u
orne
d.
h.m
ji
..avi
.
'
!
and
Aid.
Mike
Krueger
lo.or-b
.,J"...,
'
,
I
'canizeanew
city
committee.'
Aid.
Mike
Krueger
agreed.
say-,
...
J
I
TRUTH
'
f
MLS
TO
"
PA
Y
OFF
-
FOR
HONEST,
CHICKEN
THIEF
CENTRA
LI
A,
111.
J
Maybe
Washington's
birthday
had
something
to
do
with
it.
i
-
Anyway,
Arnit
Wallard
Burch
ot
Centralia
couldn't
tell
a
lie
and
it
landed
him
in
jail.
.
Two
policemen
said
they
spotted
Burch
early
Monday
near
a
railroad
track
lugging
a
sack.
They
related
the
following
brief
exchange:
"What
have
you
got
in
the
sack?"
"Chickens."
."Where'd
you
get
them?"
"Stole
'em."
Birch
ts
awaiting
formal
charge.
meet-
ng
that
tne
Doara
oi
-orKs
naa
,
They
will
calL
general
T5.
V
I
J
1
City
council
approved
the
new
contract
terms
reported
by
Mayor
George
Hills
at
last
night's
council
session,
a"fterthe
mayor
and
Aid.
George
Casey
complimented
the
firemen's
negotiators
for
their
conduct.
Along
with
the
general
two
per
cent
wage
Increase,
a
further
Increase
In
the
starting
rate
.1
rnniipetlnn
rfnrosintat
VPS
l
uun.it
mi.
tii.n.i-t
-.ii.
ing.
Mr.
Beaupre
said
the
plane,
in
the
role
of
a
submarine-hunter-
will
guard
Canada's
coastlines
against
potential
enemies.
To
fill
this
role
the
Brittania
will
undergo
extensive
redesigning,
hc
said.
.
.
Mv
......
0
-
r--
rock
at
nil
n.,,r,i!
nUrPctoH
II
1
tl
UHII
TO
lft
"bout
the
same
price
as
the
action
plot
a
further
course
of
j
city
had
piud
for
gravci
on
the
drydock
Issue.
Canadair
president
Geoiirey
Mntmon
som
thp
mane
will
be
was
approved,
making
Degin-
1951.
"You
can't
buy
gravel
at
that
price
now,"
he
said.
Mayor
George
E.
Hills
remarked
that
prepared
gravel
for
this
year
alone
would
cost
the
city
about
$17,000.
or
the
same
price
as
the
tractor,
and
thc
largest
ever
constructed
in
!
ner's
wages
$240
per
month,
Cana,ia.
j
with
top
pay
set
at
$343
a
Mr.
Notman
said
the
com-
month.
40-Foot
Fall
Kills
Youth,
,
...
o,
t
..
-
'
merclal
version's
four
turbo-1
ine
nrcmen
aiso
won
ui-prop
engines
will
be
replaced
by
j
creased
holidays,
now
on
the
3
350
horsepower
Wright
com-!
same
basis
as
other
civic
em-pound
engines
to
give
the
air-
ployees,
with
17
days
after
one
craft
a
longer
range
and
slow-
year's
service,
24
days
after
five
$400,000,000
Dam
Project
Planned
in
B.C.
Interior
would
be
getting
about
$65,000
vcars
and
31
days
alter
10
er
speed
for
reconnaissance
purposes.
worth
of
equipment
for
a
cur
rent
outlay
of
only
$17,000.
a
40-ioot
tun
irom
ira
orcuhb
River
railroad
bridge
now
under
construction.
His
was
the
first
gation
and
presented
to
the
years,
with
the
addition
of
three
days
In
lieu
of
statutory
holidays.
fatality
on
the
bridge
project.
RECEIVES
TENDERS
A
rush
trip
to
Terrace
General
i
Thn
ttrorlf
hna
m
n
n
nu
S
TP-
Hospital
and
an
emergency
op-
iS,
purchased
through
donations
to
the
B.C.
Polio
htllH'd
to
save
the
lives
of
many
victims
of
the
dread
tured
here
Is
eight-year-old
Raymond,
one
of
Van-
';ids
recent
Dolio
victims
Send
vour
donations
to:
eration
failed
to
save
the
youth
VICTORIA
CP)
A$400.000,-000
first
step
toward
converting
British
Columbia's
interior
east
Kootenay
area
into
a
vast
industrial
empire
was
announced
here
Monday.
Lands
Minister
R.
E.
Summers
said
construction
of
a
600-foot
dam
across
the
Columbia
River
north
of
Revelstoke
may
start
within
two
years.
!
er
shovel,
one
of
which,
on
t
WEATHER
North
Coast
Region:
Cloudy
today
and
Wednesday.
A
few
showers
today
becoming
more
second-hand
shovel
in
Kelowna,
provincial
government
Monday.
-"Now
with
cheap
and
plentiful
power,
we'll
have
the
makings
of
a
vast
Industrial
empire."
Mr.
Sommers
said.
"I
can
envision
smelters
for
aluminum-and
titanium,
pulp
and
paper
mills,
pulp
processing
plants
and
a
host
of
other
industries."
The
first
major
hurdle
Is
the
matter
of
remuneration
from
the
United
States
for
upstream
filio
Fnci,
Box
151.
Prince
Rupert.
Comics
Lost'
En
route
Here
The
comic
strips
Blpndie,
Li'l
Abner
and
The
Heart
of
Juliet
Jones
regular
features
In
The
Daily
Newshave
been
delayed
In
the
malls.
It
is
hoped
they
will
arrive
in
time
for
tomorrow's
paper.
offers
to
pay
the
expenses
of
a
city
representative
to
travel
to
frequent
In
the
northern
part
tomorrow.
who
suffered
head
Injuries
in
the
fall.
The
Vancouver
youth
was
employed
by
Dominion
Bridge
Company,
contractors
on
the
bridge
construction
job.
He
was
driving
pins
In
a
152-foot
span
over
the
secondary
Bkeena
channel
when
Little
change
in
temperature.
Kelowna
and
look
it
over.
The
board
was
given
authority
to
avail
itself
of
that
offer,
if
Port
Hardy
35
and
48,
Sandspit
of
Gamma
Globulin
Depend
on
Report
The
dam
will
be
the
first
of
nine
called
for
in
a
blueprint
drawn
up
by
the
'federal
gov
and
Prince
Rupert
35
and
46.
deemed
necessary.
I
ernment
after
10
years'
investi
"INK
CAREY
I'TON
The
re-!
It
had
found
no
evidence
hc
is
believed
to
have
lost
his
balance
and
fell,
landing
on
slush-covered
rocks
40
feet
below.
Fellow
crewmen
lowered
a
stretcher
by
crane
but
the
ln-
t
United
States
,
that
gamma
globulin
was
effec-
fessioll.
n:irlimil.
t.ivn
u-hnn
irlvpn
t
fitmilv
con-
John
Ayres
Dies
Suddenly'
'fal
health
officers,
tacts
of
oersons
stricken.
X
1
''"'""elusive
re-
QI'ALIKV
STATEMENT
i
lured
man's
restlessness
prevent-
B.C.
wants
payment
either
in
cash
or
power
for
the
30
to
40
per
cent
increase
In
power
potential
the
dam
will
give
the
U.S.
The
project
must
be
approved
by
the
Americans
on
the
joint
commission.
Cost
of
the
dam
compares
with
the
$550,000,000
Aluminum
Company
of
Canada
project
at
S
ed
raising
him
on
the
stretcher
I
,
'
BMima
glob-!
However,
the
committee
qual-
f
1
POllO
niflV
Hoto,.
tfl
1
It
1
l
..t
tl.n
and
steelworkcrs
carried
him
to
j
,,li-
iiltU
lUi
SLULVIIICllb
BUUUli
John
Ayres,
father
of
Dick
Ayres,
sports
and
district
editor
of
The
Daily
News,
died
suddenly
in
Chilliwack
late
yesterday.
Mr
Avrft.i.
constructional
en
f
nt
to
which
it
.
:
fee-
I
i
iiii
'
-
v
-1,
'
'Slntf
Ik0?1'!."0"
rgrHMM!
across
the
melting
river
tee.
r
I
OUJIllg
oejr.,,s
IftltlV
uiaiUWimwiu
UVKI
TltMUlU)
Itllt
"
"v
l.uv
mm
Q.
.
ijbv
"
;,u
"Peris
provide
enough
lniormanon
w
the
UnitPrt
Kt.
.i
it
t-
.w.u..
gineer
with
Consolidated
Mining
I
Kltimat
in
northern
B.C.
and
fa
Smeltln
Conmanv
for
more
I
the
$750,000,000
St.
Lawrence
a
t,
,
"wiifl-a
pt:riilili
it
to
coiu:iuue
wiici.iii.i
service
reported
I
minima
trlnhnlln
hnrl
nn
effect
seaway.
i:
llr.
1
.
llt,ltln
tho
Grotto
Trophy
Final
Tonight,
than
25
years,
retired
a
month
j
ago
and
planned
to
enter
pri
Vi
fnnnrl
:
liiicuun(
ui
auiMitviiis
v....
evidence
1
disease
when
used
in
this
way.
i
,u
u
I'm.
.
!"'
a
bloo11
Tne
National
Foundation
for
t,
L
r
or
mit'8-:
Infantile
Paralvsls
had
an-
vate
practice
in
the
Fraser
Valley.
'
!
He
was
enroute
to
his
first
job
as
a
consulting
engineer
when
finL
,
0
'ncn
given
i
nounced
that
It
would
make1
nay
at
the
rnnce
nuptrv
Cards
Buy
Vic
Raschi
,
ST.
PETERSBURG,
Fla.
(CP)
iern,
.
,
ProKrams
I
available
for
use
this
summer
.
Curling
club
tonight
will
see
tne
i
'
1
HI
tile
2!i
urptu
"rcas
1
3.000.000
nrn
nnn
-j
..,mvn
nlnh.
final
fitml
ill
In
the
the
O
Grotto
rotto
Trouhy
Trophy
Com
Com-
stricken.
4hir
h
i,
i
,
doses
of
gamma
glob
re-
petition
at
8
p.m.
with
Holllston
.
..u
ryiucnucs
;
ulin.
worth
$19,000,000.
It
J
,
.
i
affirmed
those
plans
in
com-
in
NaKk.j
New
York
Yankees
Tuesday
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port.
1
Founriat.lnn
nsirient
Basil
meeting
Rowbotham
tor
tne
cup.
Other
league
play
tonight
will
see
Stewart
meeting
Rudderham
and
Turner
facing
Greene
at
7
p.m.
while
at
9
p.m.
Moore
will
take
on
Parker
and
Laurie
will
meet
Warren.
i
A
Braaten
'
char
of
ti
i
O'Connor
said
the
finding
In
the
Mr.
Ayres
was
well-known
in
Trail,
Klmberley
and
Rossland
where
he
lived
after
moving
to
Canada
from
Birmingham,
England,
where
he
was
born.
He
moved
to
Chilliwack
shortly
after
the
New
Year.
Besides
his
son
here,
he
is
survived
by
his
wife,
and
another
son,
Geoffrey
of
North
Battle-ford,
Sask.
A
sister,
Mrs.
Stewart
Gilbert,
lives
in
Birmingham.
f"
this
m.
"'
case
oi
lamlly
contacts
was
to
ph
.
ana
be
expected-'
and
that
the
foun
I'a
a
wpok-
....
Here
are
last
night's
results
nounced
saie
oi
rignuuuiueu
vie
Raschi
to
the
St.
Louis
Cardinals
for
cash
and
several
minor
league
players.
The
Yankees
said
the
deal
involved
"considerable
cash."
Exact
figure
not
announced
and
names
of
minor
league
players
involved
was
not
made
public.
Raschi
and
a
record
of
120
wins,
50
defeats
during
his
in
the
Art
Murray
trophy
com-netltion
for
women:
datlon,
foreseeing
that,
had
urged
unsuccessfully
last
year
that
"by
far
the
lesser
amount
of
gg
be
used
that
way."
V
cViwt,ed
last
ittnf
0rkn',n
re-I,.
,S!I"al
incoats
Rntnman
10.
Ci'ossley
2;
Shier
6,
Wlllson
7:
Ramsay
8,
McBroom
Wni-I,
.
1
vluilliui
Mliu
vile
ixzimv
wit
Dick
Ayres,
who
came
here
5;
MacKenzle
defaulted
to
Mc
I'
voom
.u
u'.l.s
Irom
the
use
of
the
product
In
mass
with
his
wife,
and
seven-year-nlrt
cifliichttr
Bftrhnra
last
Julv.
years
with
the
Yankees.
He
had
fnortMi
sta"
i
Inoculation
programs
does
not
Leod.
t
u,k
.M1yhRd
u
the
'rule
out
the
oosslbilltv
that
It
I
Wednesday
Aftern.H.n
Draw.
MR.
AND
MRS.
WILLIAM
DARST
of
Detroit
ruefully
survey
the
damage
to
their
cottage
on
Lake
St.
Clair
near
Belle
River.'
Ont.,
from
the
top
of
an
Ice
pile
in
their
living
room.
A
strong
north
wind
drove
the
ice
from
the
lake,
piling
it
as
high
as
15
feet
and
smashing
the
fronts
of
about
10
lakesidu
cottages.
.
and
six
defeats
last
left
bv
Diane
this
morning
for
!
13
wins
I
Chilliwack.
I
year.
SMon
when
such
Wakley
vs
Hamilton;
Lewis
,
may
be
used
effectiely
In
programs
Thorn,
Moore
vs
PartrWije.