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the
Key
to
the
Greot
Northwest"
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RUPERT,
B.C.,
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JANUARY
22,
1954
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Caved
in
by
Big
Fall
,
E
Toe
Cuuatii
in
Press
VANCOUVER.
Hundreds
of
workers
were
routed
out
of
bed
early
today
to
clear
streets
and
sewers
in
this
city
and
surrounding
districts
as
one
of
the
worst
snowstorms
in
many
years
blanketed
lift
a
Tn.
wMfcjst
jr
tflte,
V
'
J"-4
4
vv
,.
.vjr
apz:
-wKk
-V
i
tne
lower
mainland.
One
mainland
snowfall
ranged
from
a
foot
to
18
Inches.
Similar
'II
!
i
!
0
Pilot
;
conditions
were
reported
from
!
some
Vancouver
Island
district.
DON
A
HIIX
somewhere
In
Canada's
narth
country
this
massive
dome
contains
a
radar
antenna
which
can
detect
air
.raft
over
a
wide
area.
If
the
station
cannot
the
planes
as
friendly,
RCAF
Jet
fighters
are
sent
up
to
intercept
them.
This
and
lirr
radar
stations
operating
in
the
North
are
on
guard
24
hours
a
day
to
protect
Rain
drenched
Victoria
Thurs-
1
Survives
day,
clearing
away
most
of
the
j
early
fall
of
snow.
There
was
..
.
Ml
.
.
-
rrom
a
surprise
huuck.
1
4
V
--.
C
,
;
more
snow
during
this
morning
!
!
but,
It
melted
as
it
fell.
Eight
hundred
men
and
140
j
;
trucks
worked
at
snow
removal
j
s
During
1953
Took
Six
Lives,
CP)
-
A
-V.
j
'miiiij
j
in
Vancouver
clearing
streets
j
ST
FELEICIEN,
Qu
after
a
28-hour
siege
of
rugged
j
30-year-old
Montreal
engineer
winter
weamer.
was
rescued
Thursday
from
the
cted
Total
of
$38,000
Damage
fNDFR
THE
TREELESS
stretch
of
tundra
in
a
group
of
Canadian
islands
only
800
miles
from
the
North
Pole
may
lie
one
of
the
biggest
reser
oirs
of
oil
in
the
world.
This
Is
an
aerial
view
of
a
"salt
dome,"
which
geological
exploration
has
shown
is
good
evidence
of
oil.
It
Is
on
Ellef
Ringnes
Island
in
the
Arctic
archipelago.
-
"Given
an
even
break
we'll
I
bush,
two
week
after
his
plane
have
the
city
back
to
normal
crashed
near
an
uncharted
lake
within
two
cays,"
said
city
en-
1
40
miles
northwest
of
La
Tuque'
gineer
John
Oliver.
Que..
'
,
NO
ELAVS
Rene
Lecuyer,
an
amDloyee
of
lost
unci
dam-
In
the
King
George
Hotel
fire
were
ig
$38,547
llFrilrU-d
in
1;
1953.
Prince
Rupert
Earl
W.
Birkcr's
an
rt
to
city
txiuncil
Bus
service
was
maintained
in
j
the
Quebec
Mining
and
Smelting
;
v.arcn
13
and
the
other
was
the
i
victim
of
a
gasboat
explosion
!nd
fire.
i'
Of
the
total
$38,547
in
dam-'
age
loss
to
buildings
was
$;J2.-
to
contents
of
buildings
amounted
to
$6,485.
The
estimated
value
ot
property
.
involved
t.i
fires
Where
actual
damage
occurred
during
lust
yar
wa.
$179,000,
of
which
$122,850
was
buildings
and
$48,150
was
company,
told
rescuers
he
felt
i
he
fatalities
occurred
02,
Chief
Becker
reported.
Loss
most
districts
without
severe
schedule
delays
but
trains
were
running
late
and
plane
service
delayed.
Scores
of
schools
were
closed
tlvoughout
the
province.
Defence
Associations
Discuss
Secret
Report
on
Reserve
Army
"fine"
despite
his
ordeal
in
40-below
weather.
LecUyer's
single-engined
plane
crashed
on
a
flight
from
Lac
Tortue
near
Troia-Rivieres
to
mUOADED
ROCKETS
Voir
ucdc
cno
ccdicc
Bv
daa
e
Mcintosh
j
The
fire
chief
reported
that
:
136
fires
had
occurred
durinu
!
the
year
with
April
providing
the
most
blazes,
a
total
of
23.
i
Twenty-one
fires
occurred
in
by
Brig.
A.
W.
Beament
of"
Ottawa,
chairman
of
the
.con-j
Cauudlan
press
Stuff
Writer
Most
serious
snow
toll
was
at
j
Lac
IX,re
in
'he
Chibougamau
Duncan
where
tons
of
wet
snow
!
nilnl8
area,
165
miles
northwest
caved
the
roof
of
the
curling
of
Quebec.
rink.
Damage
was
estimated
at
j
,,
''
OTTAWA
A
report
on
the
I
lerence
of
defence
associations
'
army
units
in
Canada,
Including
infantry,
artillery
and
engineers.
Brig.
Beament,
a
reserve
officer
and
a
lawyer
in
civilian
life,
said
the
report
will
provide
the
zz
,..:.
:
..
.
,u
$10,000.
'if
I
;
reserve
army,
possibly
contain-
which
opens
its
annual,
and
se-
i
j
ing
sharp
criticism
of
present
cret.
three-day
meeting
here
i
reserve
policy,
now
is
in
the
today.
.
.
,
lies
round
focus
of
discussion
at
the
meet-
v
10-man
Ketchikan,
Aiask,
Rockets
basketball
team
ir
manager
Ralph
Inters
arrived
here
by
air
this
n
and
were
greeted
by
members
of
the
Print
Rupert
.7
Aiwrciaton,
-"
'
-
-
talent-loucied
Ketchikan
snnsirt
is
nrhoHninrf
tn
ri.u
14
in
July,
13
In
August,
sev-n
Many
worlters
were
ldle
be-
J
In
September
and
the
samelcause
ot
the
"Ity
conditions,
number
In
October.
U
in.
No-
!ePO"a"y
n
building
trades.
It
ember,
and
five
In
December.
1
Warmer
weattWr-:
i
forecast
hands
of
Lt.-Col,
Ouy
Simonds,
The
conference
of
defence
t
in8-
He
declined
to
disclose
its
I
chief
of
the
army
general
staff.
!
associations
comprises
some
60
1
contents,
-
.
111:
Wreckage
The
report
has
also
been
red
i
representatives
.
oj
all
reserve
for
tomorrow
but
cloudy
conditions
will
continue
in
mast
districts.
-
'
.
NKW
LOW
RECORDED
game
series.
The
second
tranie,
to'morrow
during
1953
With
a
total
of
3?.
FORT
FRANCES,
Ont
(CP)
!
Charred
remains
of
three
persons
I
were
found
Thursday
in
;
the
i
wreckage
of
a
light
plane,
be-;
lieved
to
have
crashed
two
days
'
calls
being
answered
by
th
city's
ambulance
crew.
Busiest
The
report
was
premred
by,
three
reserve
niajor-gerSfals,
E
Renaud
of
Montreal,
Howard
Kennedy
of
Ottawa
and
H.
F.
G,
Letson
of
Vancouver.
The
three
were
appointed
by
Defence
Minister
Claxton
on
the
recommendation
of
Oen.
Simonds.
Th'eTr
report
wen(
to
the
army
chief
about
a
week
ago.
Local
Fishermen
Approve
Split
Season
on
Halibut
In
Prince
Rupert,
the
mercury
I
also
be
broadcast
by
radio
station
CFPR
beginning
"
'
.
i
,"
team
slated
to
take
the
floor
tonight
against
Don
All-star
crew
is
identical
to
the
one
that
twice
another
version
of
the
Challengers
earlier
In
the
ger
Peters
says
that
Bill
Martinsen,
Joe
Brewer,
ibowitz
and
John
Christonher
the
snurlrnlmra
.r
tr.onur
was-in
aubum,
wnen
Jtna
ollce
agaln
dropped
to
a
new
low
ambulance
(
was
called
out
38
durlng
the
nlgnt
with
an.unoffi-tnnes.
,
i
cial
10-above
recorded
early
this
The
greatest
number
of
cailt:
mm-ntm
'
ago
in
the
international
border
area,
50
miles
east
of
here.
Francis
Einarson,
manager
of
pected
the
season
will
last
longer,
and
better
quality
fish
wijl
be
available
for
the
fresh
I
only
major
casualty
reported
the
airport
at
nearby
Interna-
'
n
far
frnm
stratim
is
Rrh-t
tinnnl
ITnllQ
Minn
coiH
titm
r,f
I
resulted
from
flooded
oil
burn-
Recommendations
fora
May
1
opening
and
split
season
operation
in
next
spring's
halibu
fishing
regulations
were
approved
at
a
meeting
of
the
ATTEND
ON
PAY
DAY
trs
for
which
the
Prince
:
Rnpvrt
j
Mnirhtn'son
.who
slinneri
and
fell!
the
bodies
had
he'en
IripnUfinH
lliikan
team
with
Hnrhm
Jnhtr,n
it,n
t
;
fire
department
was
called
out
while
skating
on
Prudhomme
'
as
those
of
R.
J.
Fox,
56.
of
Ex-
j
Lake.
He
suffered
several
broken
celslor,
Minn.,
and
Bert
Langfurd,
fishermen
s
local
of
the
United
Fishermen
and
Allied
Workers
J.
Ellis
providing
the
height
for
the
backboard
work,
rani,
he
says,
works
In
Bood
around
the
basket
with
ribs
and
is
recovering
in
Prince
40,
of
Fort
Frances.
The
third
i
Union
here
last
night.
.
i
29
times.
Chimney
fires
were
!
responsible
for
14
calls,
the
chief
;
reported.
1
Chief
Becker
reported
thr.t
I
the
city's
fire
alarm
system
ickson
on
hand
to
sink
the
lonir
shnts.
Mrllnn
u
,
,
w-
v.ww..t
'
w
wvwi
s
rru
1
1
4
l
Hlth
being
the
fastest
man
on
the
squad
although
the
J
J.
Mackey
Is
listed
as
belrtff
hnt.h
n
irrvwi
hH-
On
paper,
the
reserve
army
now
has
a
strength
of
some
47,000
men,
about
2,000
fewrr
than
the
regular
army.
However,
many
never
turn
out
for
parades
or
training
and
others
show
tip
only
to
draw
their
pay.
One
army
officer
said
a
bugbear
of
the
reserve
is
the
vast
amount
of
paper
work
involved
at
each
unit.
He
added
that
he
expects
the
report
to
suggest
Crews
were
out
before
day-1
woman
,.
could
not
be
lmmedtetel,
f
h
Lii.'n,..
,k.
wU
which
suggested
continuation
of
trnd
rugged
defence
man.
'
which
almost
fell
apart
during
'the
year
was
now
being
replac
fish
market,
with
less
freezing
required.
The
recommendations
will
b
taken
up
at
the
International
Halibut
Commission
meeting
in
Seattle
next
week.
,
The
union
also
sought
new
regulations
for
c
o
n
s
e
r
v
atton
control
in
the
pink
salmon
fishing
industry
in
the
Fraser
River
area.
The
UFAWU
has
been
pressing
fof
an
international
commission
for
pink
salmon,
similar
to
the
sockeye
commission
which
divides
the
catch
between
Canadian
and
American
fleets.
However,
until
such
a
commis
the
May
1
opening
la
change
to
April
1
had
been
urged
in
some
circles!
and
a
split
set-up
of
eight
days
fishing
and
10
days
rior
Cities
Criticise
gerous.
,
jwere
a
mystery.
The
plane
had
The
weatherman
said
the
cold
'
rnt
bcen
missing,
but
an
aerial
weather
will
continue.
check
was
started
Thursday
Forecast:
:
alter
Mr.
Langford's
mother
said
'
North
coast'
region-Contlnu-
j
slu"
fpared
tncre
nad
8
ing
cold.
Wind
easterly
25
In
cra-sh-
ed
with
a
more
modern
system
that
he
hoped
would
be
In
working
order
early
In
1954.
He
noted
that
there
had'beon
I'll
improvement
in
.supplies
of
modern,
general
fire-fighting
equipment
especially
ladders
j
lay-off
in
area
two,
around
the
I
Queen
Charlottes,
and
10
days
some
solution.
met
Action
on
Liquor
Subject
of
the
reserve
army
,
reached
front
pages
of
Canadian
newspapers
last
week
when
Lt-
open
waters
and
northeast
40
in
;mrl
hnxe
rinrimr
the
navt
wnr
mainland
inlets,
otherwise
lieht
Col.
H.
W.
J.
Jeek,.
a
reserve
offi
Jotess
Face
fishing
10
days
lay-off
in
area
three,
the
Naas
River
district.
In
previous
yearsi
fishermen
have
worked
right
through
until
their
quotas
were
reached,
for
about
six
weeks.
Under
the
split-season
schedule
it
is
ex-
interior,"
he
declared.
The
government
In
announc-
sion
is
established,
they
will
ask
i
looking
forward
to
the
Installa-1
day
at
Port
Hardy
25
and
32:
cer,
said
In
a
speech
at
Vancouver
that
the
army
Is
almost
the
fisheries
department
to
nn
30;
Prince
..u
u.n
Vancouver
'
the
Social
Credit
s
new
ii,uor
rcgula-xneral
approval,
but
Protest
has
erupted
t
Points
which
claim
Ht
out
In
the
cold"
ik
me
regulations
weanesouy
lion
of
the
radio-telephone
svs-,
Sandspit
20
and
said
additional
licencing
areus
tern
during
the
coming
vear.
Runert.
12
and
22
ply
conservation
controls
equal-
non-existent
as
a
defensive
fight-
ly
to
seiners
and
gillnctters.
ing
force.
wuuiu
oe
tiesignaica
in
aoout
a
month.
"llnB
areius
were
Mr.
Claxton
said
later
in
the
Commons
that
some
of
Col
Peck's
remarks
were
"lnjudiciouf
or
unjustified,"
but
that
tlu
officer's
speech
was
a
"well-in
tetitionecl
efforj.
to
arouse
Interest
in
the
reserve
army."
f
Trail,
Kelnwn
sllld
ll'y
are
"big
,i.,v'
c
right
to
sup-11
lounges
and
other
'mises."
0.
Fletcher
of
Trail
y
Is
the
eentre
of
a
':,2.
'!
don't
see
n
leenee
Nanalmo
'fast
one
city
thft
Rt.
Hon.
II.
II.
Stevens,
chairman
of
the
I.lqu
Inquiry
Commission,
said
today
the
success
of
the
new
liquor
regulations
depends
on
the
type
of
administration
given.
The
cabinet
cleared
the
way
earlier
this
week
for
the
opening
of
cocktail
bars
in
Vancouver,
Victoria,
New
Westminster"
aud
Nanalmo
by
the
first
week
In
March.
The
four
major
cities
were
des-iKtiatcd
as
"licencing
areas."
The
new
regulations
rover
a
wide
variety
of
Instructions
dealing
with
the
opening
and
operation
of
outlets
and
rejected
such
suggestions
as
barmaids.
The
act
provides
for
four
types
of
licenced
establishments
and
the
liquor
control
board
will
advertise
for
applications
shortly.
The
public,
within
the
boundaries
of
Vancouver,
Nanalmo,
Victoria
and
New
Westminster
.
....
M....,
1
r,i-
m
Gets
.It
1
1;
:
ru
.
c
iS
Eviction
Says
Union
Appeal
'
VANCOUVER
(CP)
A
resolution
urging
the
federal
government
to
declare
a
moratorium
on
all
mortgages
and
instalment
payments
for
unemployed
workers
was
passed
here
'Thursday
at
the
annual
convention
of
the
B.C.
district.
Union
of
Mine.
Mill
and
Sinelter
Workers
Ind.).
Delegates
said
mounting
unemployment,
especially
In
the
base
metal
industry,
is
causing
thousands
of
workers
to
face
foreclosure
and
eviction
from
homes
and
loss
of
articles
purchased.
Another
resolution
asked
that
a
eustom
smelter
be
built
in
B.C.
to
"break
the
bottleneck
and
monopoly
control
over
small,
independent
mines."
Greek
Ship
Seeks
Help
ASTORIA.
Ore.
HP
The
Greek
freighter
Aristotells,,
1,200
miles
off
the
Pacific
coast;
radioed
for
help
Thursday
night,
and
two
vessels
prepared
to
leave
for
the
scene.
The
Coast
Guard
said
the
freighter
reported
It
was
running
low
on
fuel
on
a
voyage
from
Japan
to
Seattle.
Contract
IWA
Rejects
Proposal
VANCOUVER
(CP)
The
Vancouver
local
of
tin-
International
Woodworkers
of
America
ICCL-CIO)
Thursday
flatly
rejected
a
management
proposal
for
wage
cuts
In
20
independent
log
buying
shingle
mills
on
the
lower
mainland
and
on
Vancouver
Island.
Forest.
Industrial
Relation,,
bargaining
unit
for
coast
lumber
and
logging
operators,
proposed
wage
cuts
Monday
for
approximately
1,000
shingle
null
workers
because
lower
price.i
r.nd
"waning
markets"
hud
riade
operation
of
trie
mills
un
economical.
Canada
Names
New
Ambassador
OTTAWA
CP)
Appointment
of
B.
C.
Watkins
as
ambassador
to
Russia
was
announced
on
Thursday
by
the
external
affairs
department.
Mr.
Watkins,
now
Canadian
minister
to
Norway
and
Iceland,
v
lll
be
replaced
by
Chester
A
Running,
head
of
the
Far
Eastern
and
Commonwealth
division
in
the
external
affairs
department.
Mr.
Watkins
is
expected
to
assume
his
Moscow
post
March
1.
Last
year,
seiners
fishing
off-Miore
were
allowed
a
five-day
week,
while
gillnetters
operating
on
the
river
were
cut
as
low
as
2
'4
to
3
days
a
week,
when
seeding
was
poor.
The
proposal
will
be
taken
up
with
A.
J.
Whitmore,
chief
supervisor
of
fisheries
for
British
Columbia.
by-:
a
union
standing
committee
in
Vancouver
next
week.
The
union
men
also
passed
a
l
('solution
asking
for
changes
in
t'BC
regulations
which
ban
local
broadcasts
of
a
controversial
nature
except
in
the
case
of
elections.
Other
local
organizations.
Including
city
council,
will
be
asked
to
take
up
the
matter.
Members
said
that,
in
the
past,
the
union
had
been
given
air
time
to
discuss
matters
oi
interest
to
fishermen
in
the
district,
but
now
no
such
program
:
were
allowed.
They
feel
the
ban
la
a
denial
of
civil
rights
since
the
CBC
station
is
the
only
radio
outlet
here.
At
a
special
meeting
tomorrow,
the
union
will
consider
fishery
regulations
proposals
submitted
by
the
fisheries
department
for
the
forthcoming
season,
covering
such
items
as
catch
limits
and
opening
times
of
areas.
The
proposals
will
be
studied
and
local
union
recommendations
will
go
back
to
the
department.
V
'CP)
A
u
,,
""fitting
una
re-''-st
eoHst
based
1(in
N..vv
rn
,
Aa.
lumber
Firms
'
Vote
to
Oust
llVA
as
Agent
KELOWNA,
B.C.
(CP)
Tw
B.C.
interior
lumber
operation
have
voted
to
throw
out
th
International
Woodworkers
-
c
:
America
ICIO-CCL)
as
bargain
ing
agents.
Nicola
Valley
Sawmills
at
Mrc
rittt
voted
40-20
for
dwrtifica
lion
of
the
IWA
in
a
govern
nient-supervlsed
vole'
Wednee
day..
Thompson
Valley
Lumbe.
Company
at
Kamhiops
vote
i
1S-7
for
decertification
of
th
IWA.
,
Both
operations
opposed
th
southern
Interior
strike
In
,
n
government-supervised
vole
las',
fall.
,
The
plants
were
closed
by
IWA
pickets
but
operations
weiv
resumed
after
an
Injunction,
forbade
picketing.
,.,1..
.
-u
l"
two
VietnrUi
announcej
W:is
lay.
P:ii
i
.
member
oi
'
wind
i
J
auv
111
wiucn
10
re-
enounce,,,,.,;,
wa
1
H
local
option
pieoiseite
or
y
Raluh
r
!
to
draw
nn
mtitlnn
.
Ull
IJIII'V
"
f
f
"lltltstr
Hi,
,
.
BKTTY
WHITE,
described
by
police
as
the
common-law
wife
of
Donald
Ritchie,
looks
cheerful
as
she
is
taken
into
custody
at
Preston,
Out.
She
was
detained
by.police
searching
for
Ritchie
who
was
wanted
In
connection
with
the
1948
assassination
attempt
of
labor
leader
Walter
Reuther
in
Detroit.
Ritchie
surrendered
in
Preston
several
hours
later.
Iwi
win
i,
,
llle
request
for
a
vote,
applications
i-ouRh)
m"rn-
!
for
licences
will
be
ruled
on.
If
m
'subuMtrin,.
i
i
!
thcre
ls
a
KUt
for
local
op-hirtwy
rvn
.
S
y
I
tlon'
55
Per
cent
of
the
vote
must
i
-poi
and
be
dry
to
block
the
issuing
of
-
....
.
i
licences.
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