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May
15,
1954
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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
DRUGS
VOL.
XLIII,
No.
113
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
MAY
14,
1954
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
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Cite's
.To
$11,
1163,
V
1
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r
fez
i
5
1"
I
1
72-Mill
Rate
Fixed
At
Special
Meeting
Prince
Rupert's
$1,163,20!)
budget,
the
highest
in
the
city's
history
was
passed
yesterday
when
City
Council
approved
passage
of
the
annual
rate
by-law.
Aid
Urged
prS'-C"
To
Improve
Shipping
,
J
Approval
was
given
the
by-law
y
wnicn
sei
me
mm
rate
at
1
1,
at
a
special
meeting
of
the
coun-
I
It
1
'
'
Green
Suggest
!
$1,000
Subsidies
wit
to
Cat
?,ujii
V4.
.
.ll
;
L
4
r
(,K
pori
MKNT,
a
picture
from
the
film
found
In
the
camera
of
one
of
Hi..
M-h,,i
,
u-ai-hcr
Hans
Rupp
(centre,
back
to
camera!
rubbing
the
hands
of
his
fiancee
J
"
1
AV.
(I'l)
110W-
:!mcr,
while
other
pupils
do
their
best
to
ward
off
the
numbing
cold.
The
10
German
-
aid
Green
I'C
VailCOll-
and
their
teachers
perished
In
a
bli
:zard
recently
on
Mount
Dachstein
near
Ober-
i
r
1
'
i
rn.
ver-Quadra,
said
Thurs
na
cil
and
no
changes
were
made
and
no
formal
complaints
made.
Suggestion
that
a
formal
complaint
should
be
submitted
was
made
Wednesday
night
by
Parks
Board
Commissioner
Art
Murray
who
took
exception
to
the
city
council's
plan
to
spend
$8,724
of
the
NAlgoma
Park
Trust
account.
;
However,
today
Parks
Board
chairman
Pat
Forman
said
that
he
believed
that
the
24-hour
deadline
to
have
items
placed
on
the
agenda
for
special
council
meetings,
would
preclude
lodging
of
the
board's
complaint.
Of
the
72
mills,
40.291
are
raised
for
the
general
rate,
25.374
mills
for
school
costs
and
1.898
mills
for
the
Civic
Centre
and
the
cemetery.
The
$1,163509
includes
010.52
for
the
running
of
the
day
night
that
Canada's
deep-sea
merchant
marine
is
disappearing
and
called
erdriving
of
Vision"
Blamed
Gambler
Gets
Jail
Term,
Fine
A
new
Canadian,-
Dominic
Biscotti,
was
sentenced
to
one
month
in
Oakal-la
and
fined
$600
yesterday
afternoon
by
County
Court
Judge
W.
0.
Fulton
after
both
defence
and
prosecution
counsels
made
pleas
for
leniency.
Biscotti
had
been
found
guilty
the
day
before
of
robbery
with
violence
as
the
aftermath
of
a
"big
stake"
blackjack
game
in
Kitimat
last
month.
In
passing
sentence,
Judge
Fulton
stressed
the
seriousness
of
the
crime,
which
carries
the
maximum
penalty
of
life
imprisonment
and
lashes,
but
said
i
on
the
government
to
re
Fatal
Mishap
Wear
Terrace
verse
the
trend.
"Even
Switzerland
his
a
merchant
marine,
and
it's
Koine
to
I'elcr
Koch
iind
Ron
Cote,
"
lio
v
li-el';
to
ri
'"
;e
three
-peopli
were
driving
wrst
i
L
the
t!m
pinned
beneath
it.
V,l'h
otli"
i'l;o
w.?re
heoid.
Mr.
Koeh
mid
-1
"rs-bv
h
had
taken
the
In
he
rcmem'ijcied
the
Bell
;ar
,
lured
to
hospital.
Hi.
Ni
vVH
,
y
nil'.;
motor!
t.
vp
h:s
vision
In
I
lie
;!rii"
on
a
diuly
,,s
termed
by
a
v
thf
ci.
use
of
the
,ir
Teriiif
c
May
2,
upprouchlng
him
at
moderate
.'nerd,
wliil?
he
was
travelling;
be
bigger
than
the
Canadian
merchant
navy
by
the
end
of
June,"
Mr.
Green
said
in
the
Commons.
He
was
.supported
by
Clarie
Gillis,
C'CT-Breton
South,
who
said
Canadian
exporters
arc
sa-
i
(ibout
40
miles
per
hour.
Among
those
injured
In
the
cnsli
were
Mr,
and
Mrs.
Joe
Wesley,
parents
of
the
dead
boy.
t-nd
James
Bolton,
all
of
"vhoin
had
been
picked
up
by
thQ
Bell
car
a
few
hundred
yards
west
of
city,
public
works
projects,
police,
waterworks,
telephone
system
and
social
assistance.
Another
$172,044.35
Is
collected
on
interest
on
debenture
and
then
paid
;
botaging
Canada's
merchant
rtiiirl
JO
BARNTM
is
lifted
like
a
peanut
by
circus
elephant
Tiny
as
she
visits
the
Ringling
Brothers
and
Barnum
&
Bailey
circus
in
New
York.
Jo,
a
five-foot
skater
in
an
ice
show,
Is
a
descendant
of
P.
T.
Barnum,
the
famous
circus
impresario.
Tiny
is
famous
for
pulling
Barnum's
personal
horseless
carriage
across
the
U.S.
.
he
accident
scene.
Mrs.
Weslcv
j
manne
by
using
cheaper
foreign
that
in
vie
of
the
youth
of
ths
is
still
in
hnsiiital
In
Prineu
Rn.
I
vessels.
accused
and
the
fact
that,
war
out
on
debt
principals
and
interest.
School
costs,
up
approxi
Within
less
than
10
seconds
of
:
passim?
the
liell
car,
he
had
heard
a
crash
almost
Hi
his
rear
bumper
and
had
thought
he
had
i
a
blow
out.
He
had
pulled
Into
Atrill's
uarage
near
the
scene
to
Investigate
and
looking
bark
along
the
road
saw
the
wrecked
'
cars.
He
had
driven
back
to
the
Bell
car
and
with
the
a.ssistuncf
jof
Roy
AtrlU,
using
'a
tow
rope,
pulled
the
car
buck
onto
its
mately
$14,000
this
year,
amount
to
$169,474.06.
experiences
had
.affected
his
mental
state
a
mild
penalty
was
called
for.
Judge
Fulton
also
recommend
pert,
suffering
broken
arms
and
j
Much
of
Canada's
big
wartime
j
legs.
Her
husband,
suffeiin
hi
merchant
fleet
has
been
trans-!
fractured
pelvis
is
in
Terrace
'
t
ired
to
British
registry,
where
j
hospital.
Bolton,
who
suffered
!
operating
costs
are
lower.
By
broken
legs
and
head
cuts
is
June
30
there
will
be
only
21
'
.iir
l;v.s
h"
Waicrs
of
t
was
Hi"
youny
ii'i
a
few
hours
h
!
ail
IjUihic
in
the
l
was
Mvlcs
Bell
inver
of
the
other
those
la-nionth-Carol
Ann
was
fa-
0'h'Ti,
killed
were
-.ley
of
Tf;n
:iee
tlls-.n,sir
in
the
Bell
:1'7
W.dker
of
Ter-'"r
in
the
Waters
Council
also
approved
a
grant
of
$500
to
the
Prince
Rupert
ed
that
the
prisoner
be
given
Atroort
committee.
The
group
home
from
hospital.
Mrs.
BcU.
wa-going
freighters
under
the)
psychiatric,
treatment
while,
in
Britannia
Escorted
Home
By
Warships
and
Yachts
Canadian
flag,
compared
with
also
injured,
was
taken
to
Van
wishes
the
money
In
order
to
employ
the
services
of
an
en
couver
fof
treatment
gineer
for
an
Independent
survey
regarding
establishment
of
147
in
1!47.
,
.
A
j
Mr.
Green
said
that
of
the
i
21
.ships
remaining
in
June,
only!
14
will
be
In
the
deep-sea
trad;;.!
There
were
rumors
that
eight
!
i
it:
j
of
those,
in
the
Canadian
Na-
I
LONDON
'ff!
Big
grey
warships
joined
millionaires'
yachts
and
fishing
boats
today
in
welcoming
home
Queen
Elizabeth
in
the
English
Channel
following
the
sovereign's
six-month
world
tour.
the
Duke
of
Edinburgh
and
their
two
children
stood
smiling
on
the
bridge.
The
battleship
Vanguard
thundered
a
mighty
21-gun
salute
as
it
neared
the
royal
yacht,
due
in
London
Saturday.
A
light
wind
blew
the
smoke
tional
Steamships
fleet,
would
be
!
-dd.
Seven
other
ocean
vessels;
were
engaged
in
the
coastal
j
trnde.
The
Vancouver
member,
a
i
J1I.
'
'-'-
':
!
In
his
address.
Crown
presecu-"
tor
T.
W.
Brown
pointed
out
that
the
locale
of
the
offence
was
in
the
nature
of
a
frontier
town
where
examples
must
be
set,
if
law
enforcement
was
to
be
established.
He
added
that
at
one
time
the
accused's
mental
state
was
such
that
doubt
arose
as
to
whether
he
should
stand
trial.
Restitution
had
been
made,
Mr.
Brown
.
stated.
'
Judge
Fulton
told
the
prisoner
that
he
had
no
reasonable
grounds
to
believe
he
had
been
cheated.
.
1
"You
cannot
be
allowed
to
take
the
law
into
your
own
hands,"
Judge
Fulton
asserted.
STABBING
PROVES
BLESSING
IN
DISGUISE
TO
VICTIM
DETROIT
i.ri
Samuel
Wilson
stabbed
Felix
Hummett
in
Ihe
stomach
and
actually
did
him
a
favor,
police
reported.
The
pair
argued
and
Wilson
slashed
Hammett.
Doctors
at
Detroit's
i-eceivlng
hospital
discovered
Wilson
had
laid
bare
Huminett's
appendix.
:
The
appendix
was
badly
infected.
Doctors
finished
the
appendectomy
and
the
patient
recovered.
Wilson
didn't
seem
to
mind
the
60-day
jail
sentence,
but
said
he
was
unhappy
about
having
to
pay
Hammett's
$373
medical
bill.
a
landing
field
here.
The
board
of
works
referred
back
to
the
city
without
recommendations
the
matter
of
acceptance
of
tenders
for
the
city's'
annual
gravel
supply.
After
considerable
discussion
as
to
the
quality
of
gravel,
the
lowest
tender,
submitted
by
Kaien
Gravel
Limited
was
accepted.
The
bid
covers
8,800
yards
of
gravel
at
a
cost
of
$33,360.
f.o.b.
at
the
city
stock
pile.
This
price,
It
was
pointed
out,
included
tax.
Armour
Salvage's
bid
for
tle
same
amount
of
gravel,
when
tax
was
added,
is
$33,474.
As
the
royal
yacht
Britannia
from
the
saluting
guns
over
the
cruised
along
the
south,
coast
assorted
collection
oi
yacnte
trawlers,
pleasure
steamers
and
ron.ii'tcnt
advocate
of
a
Canadian-flag
merchant
fleet,
suggested
a
subsidy
of
$1,000
a
year
for
each
vessel.
He
criticized
the
government's
stand
that
in
wartime
it
could
get
back
90
ships
which
had
transferred
to
British
registry.
If
Canada
covin
led
on
a
ship
IKiol
under
the
North
Atlantic
through
a
morning
mist,
thousands
of
Britons
crowded
the
cliffs
and
beaches
to
watch.
They
saw
three
lines
of
warships
outside
Plymouth
approach
the
Britannia
where
the
Queen,
in
fill
Sargent,
in
rdii't
exhoneralinu
'.
from
nil
witness-3'il
w.is
driving
in
ti'.
at
a
moderate
rs
rollided
head-o'i
awl
a
half
west
of
:'.;hw!y
IB.
1
lie
Bel
ri?
for
Tei
lvce
aiif
r
w.is
west-bound.
liciiHt
(luriiit!
th,
I'tnl
over
by
Cor-K
I'ruden,
Included
'nee
on
i
le
calls-ill
four
cases
by
Dr.
and
Dr.
linger
iiuuries
were
main.
in
nil
ruses.
'iU'mI
iniicd
by
.'
ii.il
in
I
he
case
or
1(ts,
unconscious
"
li
Hi
,e
w....
'i.ii'il,
I.ITI
I.H
"l
Becker,
son
'
of
ri
n.
i-1-.c
i-
of
1'nne
Treaty
Organization
in
another;
wt,
she
would
have
a
weak
!
Louise
Starts
Cruise
Schedule
No-Accident
Record
Unmarred
At
CCC
as
Campaign
Near
End
People
of
Kitkatla
Praised
For
Public
Works
Progress
even
rowboats
off
the
shore.
Overhead,
RAF
planes
and
a
helicopter
swept
the
skies.
RISE
BEFORE
DAWN
-
Thousands
0f
Londoners
had
risen
before
dawn
and
travelled
by
special
buses
to
the
south
coast
for
a
view
of
the
homecoming.
They
stood
on
the
shore
or
crowded
into
gaily-decorated
steamers
for
a
closer
look.
Small
boats,
burdened
almost
to
the
wateT's
edge
with
passengers.
Hid
a
thriving
business
throughout
the
morning.
Oazing
through
binoculars,
the
Queen
saw
her
excited
subjects
waving
flags
and
handkerchiefs.
The
17
warsliius
took
only
a
voice
ith
only
the
90
ships,
all
of
which
were
old.
If
the
merchant
navy
were
regarded
as
a
wartime
necessity,
he
asked,
"what's
the
use
of
building
a
big
escort
navy
when
we
haven
I
any
.sl
ips
to
escort."
Officuls
at
Columbia
Cellulose
arc
keeping
the'.r
ringers
crossed
today
as
the
plant
goes
into
it.s
total
of
1(1
last,
year.
Of
the
five,
three
occurred
In
logging
npcra-tions
and
two
in
the
lumber
industry.
Skeena
Indian
Superintendent
F.
E.
Anfield
today
paid
tribute
to
the
people
of
Kitkatla
for
outstanding
improvements
in
their
and
the
people
were
making
a
determined
effort
to
live
under
the
new
council
system.
Law
and
order
was
improving,
especially
The
Canadian
Pacific
Steam-!
ships
Princess
Louise
arrived
1
here
this
morning
In
the
course
j
'
of
her
first
Alaska
tourist
cruise
of
the
season.
'
I
The
Louise
left
Vancouver
i
Wednesday
night
at
8
p.m.,
ar-
riving
here
at
11
a.m.
today.
She
i
weighed
anchor
here
at
1
p.m.,'
heading
for
Ketchikan,
Juneau.
fifth
and
final
day
or
rorest
'
Product
Safety
Week
without
a
i
lost-time
accident.
Safety
Week
,
lends
at
midnight
tonight.
;
The
Watson
Island
plant
has1
'joined
with
other
mills
and
j
louglni;
camps
In
B.C.
In
pro-1
!
uniting
safely
consciousness
dur-
j
log
Ihe
week,
under
the
slogan
j
i
"Let's
Make
Safety
Count."
The
Skagway
and
return,
arriving
few
minutes
to
form
up
around
TTTf
!t
;
v
-'"'
1
I
.
-
!
1
1
I
1
'
back
In
Prince
Rupert
next
Wed-
the
royal
yacht
before
leading
nesday
afternoon
and
returning
the
triumphant
progress
up
the
south
the
same
day.
She
makes
channel
to
the
mouth
of
the
no
stope
between
here
and
Van-
Thames
river,
couver.
Earlier
today
the
Queen
had
IH'iMiii
involved
j
!
v
minor
lujur-Diirl.
he
reiuember-
wliiii
had
liap-
H.'IVev.
who
ws
'"r
buck
to
the
1
iwrby
lniii.se,
said
r(l
a
en
i-
travelling
1
tinned
to
.see
the
"'
"H
and
tall
over
village,
and
to
the
children
of
j
Hartley
Bay
who
won
the
agency
school
competition
this
year.
In
his
regular
Friday
morning
radio
broadcast,
he
told
the
Kitkatla
people
they
could
be
proud
of
their
recent
accomplishments,
which
include
completion
of
a
village
waterworks
system
and
general
community
ciean-up.
The
general
functioning
of
their
village
government
was
improving
greatly
under
leadership
of
Chief
Councillor
Mrs.
Grace
Vlckers
and
her
council.
among
young
people,
he
said.
The
Hartley
Bay
youngsters,
he
said,
are
rightly
proud
of
their
school,
which
won
the
agency
competition.
In
the
contest,
schools
are
Judged
for
attendance,
cleanliness,
maintenance
of
the
building
and
general
deportment
of
the
children.
Some,
78
children
attend
the
Hartley
Bay
school,
built
In
the
year
1951-52.
"They
promised
to
iook
after
It
when
It
was
turned
over
to
them,
and
they
have
done
Just
that,"
he
said.
1
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The
tourist
cruises
are
sched-1
awakened
in
St.
Austell
Bay,
uled
every
10
days
throughout
Cornwall,
to
her
first
sight
of
slogan,
which
was
the
prize'
winner
of
a
contest
last
year,
stems
from
the
first
initials
ol
Labor-Management
Safety
Conference.
plant
personnel
man-
j
ager
Dan
Doswrll
said.
Mr.
Dos-well
stated
that
this
week's
safety
bulletin
stressed
that
It
the
summer.
September
17
will
England
since
last
November,
see
the
Louise
sail
north
from
;
she
was
on
deck
early
to
gaze
here
on
her
final
trip
for
the
:
at
the
golden
sands
and
the
season.
'
small,
quaint
fishing
village.
Boats
)
Area
2
took
a
lifetime
to
make
a
saie
worker,
but.
that
the
record
eonlil
Ik
marred
in
a
second.
MAKKH)
DKCRHASE
Forest
Industry
accidents
in
Julie
Prockter
Awarded
Highest
Marks
Of
Festival
With
Comedy
Performance
)"'sal
""'
Customs
offi-e
'
1,1111
simie
85
boats
1
ili
Ihe
office
for
":r
'
be
on
the
spot
lll'it
.season
orficial-12;0'
a.m.
Sunduy
Top
marks
of
the
Prince
Rupert
District
Music
and
Drama
Festival
to
date
went
last
night
to
high
school
actress
Julie
Prockter.
"a
born
comedienne."
who
gave
a
dramatic
recital
of
"Casey's
Rpvenge."
More
elocution,
dancing
and
drama
were
scheduled
for
today
with
two
Terrace
plays
to
com
B.C.
during
Safety
Week
have
shown
a
marked
decrease
compared
with
the
same
period
in
1953,
logging
officials
reported
In
Vancouver.
Partial
figures
released
by
the
B.C.
Loggers'
Association
and
B.C.
Lumber
Manufacturers'
Association,
sponsors
of
the
safety
week
which
ends
Friday,
show
five
accidents
have
occurred
so
far
this
week
compared
with
a
Adjudicator
Ian
Dobbie
gave
I
'
'"'-sliiet
Dominion
,lll:f
lias
issued
11?
h'llllut
fishing
on
the
sca.son
"ailable
early
Mon-f
-
S.
Reade,
dis-of
fisheries
said
'
Actual
amount
of
l"f
nt
be
known,
he
"
'fend
tnr
i
h
oo
,
!
K
i
J
-
W.H"'
i
v
.
l.vt
ixw
,s
praise
for
an
outstanding
piece
of
workmanship.
A
play
presented
by
King
Edward
School.
Div.
2,
Grade
6,
"The
Wise
Men
of
Gotham,"
was
an
enjoyable
production.
Mr.
Dobbie
said
the
direction
was
well
handled
and
the
pantomlne
particularly
good.
Reactions
were
good
and
line
sequences
well
worked
out.
David
Allan
as
the
mayor
of
Gotham
gave
a
good
performance.
Allan
Cazes
as
Hodge
carried
his
part
well.
Brian
Thorn
turned
in
a
well
sustained
performance.
All
the
characters
lived
up
to
their
parts
and
made
the
play
come
to
life.
NO
RELATIONSHIP
Mr.
Dobbie
has
his
own
way
of
marking
the
drama
numbers
and
stresses
that
there
is
no
relationship
between
music
and
See
JtLlE
PROCKTER
Page
3
tation
splendid.
The
Annunciation
School
group
had
beautiful
diction,
excellent
tone
and
Interpretation.
He
thought
their
projection
a
little
low.
Borden
Street
School,
Class
4,
had
a
good
tone,
fine
diction,
good
projection
and
interpre-taUon.
Choral
speaking
by
Grades
5
and
6,
King
Edward
School,
was
next.
They
had
a
strong
opening
with
excellent
projection.
In
the
Grades
4
and
5
elocution
classes,
the
'
adjudicator
found
the
interpretation
good,
diction
precise
and
projection
clear.
He
thought
phrasing
could
be
emphasized
more.
Sne
Madely
and
Michnel
Greene
were
outstanding
In
the
elocution
classes.
Sue
gave
an
excellent
interpretation
and
Michael
won
the
adjudicator's
Julie
a
mark
of
98
for
her
portrayal
of
Hepzibah
in
the
Booth
Memorial
High
School
play.
"Rise
and
Shine,"
saying
that
she
was
one
of
those
rare
people
who
have
an
instinctive
talent
for
comedy.
The
play
was
one
of
two
Booth
school
plays,
which,
with
dancing
classes,
comprised
last
night's
session
of
the
festival.
Classes
in
elocution,
choral
speaking
and
drama
were
heard
at
the
morning
session
and
instrumental
and
vocal
work
In
,(.
vtiv,
ot,iuu
I
bluhPd
I.
by
then.
i
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j--
i
prise
tonight's
final
session
of
the
Seventh
Annual
festival.
Thursday
morning
at
the
Civic
Centre,
the
large
audience
listened
to
four
classes
in
choral
speaking.
Mr.
Dobbie,
drama
adjudicator,
said
that
he
was
Impressed
with
the
general
presentation
of
the
groups
and
thought
the
standard
very
good.
Sl'ORE
WELL
IN
UNISON
Conrad
Street
School,
grades
3
and
4.
spoke
well
in
unison,
diction
was
fine.
He
thought
they
could
make
better
use
of
phrasing.
Borden
Street
School,
Class
2,
took
full
advantage
of
the
tone
with
diction
good
and
interpre
a
-
-
.
.
ik
-Ti
It
WCATur.
ll)St
rcffmn.
o
n,inlaud
t,i
,
BULLETIN
TERRACE
An
RCAF
OC-3
flew
into
Terrace
this
morn-injr
from
Sea
Island,
Vancouver,
on
a
mercy
flight
and
picked
up
Mrs.
W.
M.
"Bill"
Priest,
dangerously
ill
with
a
cerebral
haemorrhage.
An
RCAF
nurse
and
doctor
were
aboard
the
plane.
Mr.
Priest,
formerly
of
Prince
Rupert,
accompanied
his
wife
on
the
trip.
H't
ei,,,,;,..
'
Hl,u
"W'J
over
the
MOTHER
NATl'RE
recognizes
not
the
seasons
of
the
year,
hence
Santa
Claus,
either
five
months
late
or
seven
months
early,
enters
the
picture
once
again.
Here;
the
right
jolly
old
elf,
fondles
a
new
member
for
his
reindeer
team,
as
Blitzen,
the
proud
parent,
stands
by
with
a
wary
eye
on
the
cameraman.
This
is
the
first
fawn
born
to
the
Alaskan
reindeer
which
were
flown
to
Santa's
workshop
In
North
Pole,
N.Y.,
from
Alaska,
last
August.
-'I'..
.
'
"'"(.ni
and
high
Hllrrl,.
and
the
afternoon.
Second
highest
marks
of
the
festival,
93,
went
to
young
!
Michael
Greene,
In
elocution,
"
'tl
80,
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