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Pacific
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"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Greot
Northwest'
VOL.
XLIII,
No.
115
DRUGS
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MAY
17,
1954
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
P.
35
UmiM
fr-j'
Inquest
Set
Into
Death
Of
Veteran
Fishermen
Rescued
As
Seiner
Founders
A
varied.
catch
and
the
sinking
of
a
fishboat
marked
the
first
day
of
the
1951
halibut
season,
hich
got
underway
at
2:01
a.m.
yesterday.
The
Department
of
Fisheries
-s.
J
Kelly
Wallace
Morgan
of
Kitwanga,
2!)-year-old
father
of
two
children,
was
drowned
Saturday
night
at
Port
Edward.
MTU)
l"lt
SS
photograph
printed
last
November,
a
French
bomber
is
shown
dropping
(uncover
Phu-Nho-Quan
on
the
River
Song-Lang
in
Indo-China.
Now
a
Com-iilustratfd
weekly
called.
"Svet
V
Obrazcch"
(World
In
Pictures),
has
come
up
with
.;wal
pirture
said
to
have
been
made
by
Communist
photographers
in
Indo-China
The
win
the
captions,
fashioned
for
the
Prague,
Czechoslovakia,
weekly,
Is
that
they
were
nifnDiinpliu
in
Indo-China.
The
picture
and
ttie
caption,
which
reads,
"With
the
Usui
ami
napalm,
planes
of
the
Imperialist
aggressors
try
to
break
the
iron
ring
of
the
.h
-B-d
Pi-oples
Army
that
surrounds
them,"
appeared
in
the
April
24,
issue
of
Svet
V
i
The
body
was
found
in
the
i
walcr
near
the
Port
Ed
war?
I
floats
at
about
1
a
m.
Sunday,
I
pnd
It
is
beltrved
Mr
Morgan
fell
from
the
floats
at
about
11
p.m.
Saturday.
News
Broadcast
Starts
Tonight
Tonight
will
see
the
inaug-uration
of
a
Daily
News
sponsored
newscast
over
radio
station
t
TPR,
designed
for
fishermen
and
others
beyond
the
the
reach
of
the
daily
newspaper.
The
newscast,
scheduled
for
5:55
p.m.
Monday
through
Friday,
will
cover
items
of
local
and
regional
interest
not
normally
included
in
the
regular
CBC
news
reports
from
Vancouver.
Canadians
reported
today
that
the
55
foot
seiner
"Victorac".
under
contrac
with
B.C.
Packers,
sank
yesterday
in
20
feet
of
water
with
no
loss
of
life
in
Fitzhugh
Sound,
off
Hecate
Island.
Details
of
the
mishap
arc
few
but
it
is
reported
the
vessel
was
hunting
&ea
lions
used
for
mink
feed.
It
is
not
known
who
were
aboard-
the
boat,
but
it
is
registered
under
the
name
of
Lawrence
A.
Doving
who
skippered
it
for
Nelson
Brothers
last
year.
An
attempt
to
raise
the
vessel
will
be
made.
Three
men
aboard
the
boat
were
reported
safe.
Reports
from
the
fishing
grounds
vary
as
to
catch.
(Thc
catches
of
18
deliveries
at
Oval
Bank
averaged
499
pounds,
but
large
quantities
of
dogfish
were
reported
in
the
area.
st
Kitimat-Bound
Alumina
Port
Edward
RCMP
arc
investigating
and
an
ineiuent
will
open
tomorrow
morning
at
BC
V
aves
Jamaica
ror
b.t.
Port
i
Undertakers
with
Coroivr
!
George
Dawes
presiding.
I
Born
at
Usk,
B.C.,
he
was
son
itlrnU
of
Chief
Wallace
B.
Morgan
and
Mrs.
Morgan
of
Kitwanga.
veteran
off
the
Second
World
War,
he
.saw
long
service
with
the
Royal
Canadian
Engineers
in
France
and
Belgium,
and
was
seriously
wounded.
Mr.
Morgan
was
the
only
Na
To
Land
Catch
BIGGER
CATCHES
After
plncliiK
and
grading
or
i
he
foundation
blanket
(in
which
the
caissons
Would
finally
rest,
the
first
caisson
was
floated
to
Its
final-
position
and
pumping
of
water
into
the
lower
colls
was
commenced,
then
Into
the
upper
cells.
When
It
had
reached
un
upright
position
further
water
was
pumped
In.
to
lower
It
so
It
would
rest
on
the
bottom.
ThU
operation
was
repeated
for
the
01
her
two
caissons.
WHILE
WAITING
for
treatment
at
a
veterlnary's
office,
Devil,
the
Great
Dane,
compares
symptoms
with
the
toy
fox
terrier,
Princess.
The
two
canines
were
treated
at
the
vet's
office
at
Carswell
Air
Force
Base
in
Fort
Worth,
Texas.
The
two-pound
py
fox
received
a
"shot"
from
the
vet,
as
the
150-pound
Dane
received
the
"shock"
of
watching
same.
Larger
boats
to
the
south
have
reported
catches
varying
from
,-
Jiipraciil
of
alumina
,
rock.
Special
drainage
Is
rcqiih
-irfiiiium
Company
of
;
ed
in
the
form
of
weepholes,
sn
up
new
plant
at
Kltl-
thnt
water
will
not
be
entrapped
,
left
Port
Esqulvel.
,
Inside
and
behind
the
caissons.
ifiUrday
aboard
the
By
casting
the
caissons
on
1
their
side
a
draft
of
only
10
feet
i
to
an
Associated
was
required
to
float,
them.
:a'.h
Irani
Kingston,
Casting
of
th
caissons
was
car-urn,
d
ll.tmo
tons
of
rled
out
In
March
and
April,
(t
Irnm
Jiimalcan
I
J953,
nd
required
some
11.000
Hit
alumina
will
be
cublc
yards
of
concrrtC-iio
aluminum
,at
the
(
WnPn
cuml
and
dipped,
all
...
,
,
i
openings
were
closed
with
tem-.nuge
of
the
hydro-
;
porttry
timber
bUknearlg.
Gn
"n?
alumimim
May
9
walcr
as
let
tnto
tllc
i
Bn
Ish
Columbia,
'
casUnlt
oasln
The
calswm,
wm
fH'IITO.
goes
Into
.
thn
-,...
,.,
-
,
At
Sand
Point
4.000
to
7,000
pounds
and
small
1
boats
in
the
same
area
have
tive
veteran
presented
to
Governor-General
Vincent
Massey
during
his
visit
here
last
spring.
He
was
employed
at
Cassiar
Cannery,
and
was
a
supervisor
of
the
Springfield
Club
at
landed
between
500
and
2,000
WASHINGTON
(
Rep.
PeUy
i
R-Wash.)
said
Saturday
ar
pounds
of
fish.
Legionnaires
Join
Protest
rangements
are
being
completed
-
Rpnortjc
from
t.hp
vpdl.
poii;t.
!
thP
north
pnrt
of
Rr.h.m
iiar.,1
1
1
designate
Sand
Point,
Alaska,
Filling
nf
the
caissons
with
gravel-rockfill
material
followed
hs
soon
as
the
caissons
were
finally
positioned,
uMna
mim-
Survivors
include
his
parents,
wife
and
two
children,
Graham,
Against
Burns
Lake
Ruling
and
the
straits,
say
between
customs
point
of
entry
thus
!
P"mittmg
the
landing
of
Can-
8,000
and
9,000
pounds
have
.
,
adian
catches
of
halibut
wanna:
five
sisters.
Judith.
'well-"'
VANCOUVER
.
'
till
they
floated,
and
towed
iiito
,
side-dump
cars
and
later
motor
th
ririf
irift
harhnl1
Watitr
In
I
trtiflru
rinnllv
fh
wrhtirf
tir.i
u
i
ii,
t
ti
-.r
.
juww
imiaeu.
uirccuy
'
west
01
j
-War-.vetfH.ru.wl
thut
Indians
will
be
kept
i
k,.-,
,
,,rA
Sand
Point
Is
on
Pooof
Island.
aiiia
in
Jamaica
has
known
artist
now
studying
at
'
ans
nave
J'ea
ngnr,
against
a
,
out
o
th.
beer
parlors
in
the
a
catch
of
82,000
pounds.
The
i
250
miles
we
of.
Kodiak,
hr
my
since
early
last
the
ballast
tanks
was
then
trans-!
surfaced
with
asphalt
paving.
I'imit'.a
Jimnlfa
I
trt
.
...
.
.
r
-
highest
single
catch
of
this
Area
iB.
inrrf.f
in
fK
Knr.lr
ppIIm
In
nnr,
T
hp
ni-pn
hi'hinri
t.hp
iriiKinn
Kansas
City
University,
Mrs.
"ur"s
LMKC
magistrate
wno
nas
Percy
Sterrett
at
Terrace,
Am-)"
i
Aluminum
Co.
of
group
reported
this
morning,
was
4,644
pounds.
,
anda
at
home
and
two
at
school
tlally
tip.
the
caissons
and
lift,
was
then
filled
by
mutcrlul
the
bulkheads
out
of
water.
pumped
from
the
dredee.
The
nearest
other
point
of
entry
for
Canadian
fishermen
is
Cordova,
about
650
miles
east
:
northern
interior
settlement.
Speaking
on
behalf
of
the
veterans,
Bernard
Isman,
former
president
of
the
Canadian
j
Legion,
B.C.
command,
question-
j
ed
the
right
of
Magistrate
L.
G.
j
Saul
to
make
a
mass
interdiction
of
all
Indians
at
Burns
Lake.
I
"After
a
long
struggle
with
j
Ottawa
Approves
Three
Changes
To
Mail
Boxes
;
in
Albcrni,
and
seven
brother-',
two
at
Albcrni
school,
Ray
ut
!
Houston
in
the
forestry
service,
j
Richard
and
Howard
at
Cassiar,
i
Larry
at
Kispiox
and
Willis
at
i
Kitwanga.
Air
Cadets
To
Get
Flight
In
Amphibian
i
:
-
The
Post
Office
Department
ha
acceded
to
three
of
five
re-
i
the
government,
Gordon
Wlsmcr,
j
of
Sand
Point.
The
extra
distance,
PeUy
said,
made
it
virtually
impossible
for
the
Canadians
to
market
their
catches
from
the
Sand
Point
area
in
a
United
States
port.
Pelly
said
an
employee
of
the
Interior
Department's
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service,
subject
to
approval
of
the
secretary
of
the
treasury,
will
be
designated
as
the
customs
officer
at
Sand
Point
for
the
1954
halibut
season
and
subsequent
seasons.
The
season
this
year
extends
from
May
16
to
Sept.
9.
Flights
in
an
RCAF
Canso
are
Vancouver
Firm
Awarded
Forestry
Building
Job
h
'
i
-Contraet
tor
construction
of
'the
forrstry1
district
office
building
here
has
been
awarded
to
Bennett
and
White
Construction
Co.
Ltd.,
of
Vancouver,
on
that
company's
bid
of
$258,927.
The
local
forestry
office
received
word
of
the
contract
award
today
In
a
letter
from
the
B.C.
forestry
construction
superintendent's
office.
There
was
no
Indication
as
to
when
work
would
start.
The
new
building
will
be
erected
opposite
the
northwest
corner
of
the
court
house,
to
house
the
office
staff
of
the
district
forestry
service.
Other
bids
on
the
job
were
Dominion
Construction
Co.
Ltd.,
Vancouver,
$279,888,
and
Fraser
Valley
Builders,
Terrace,
$278,168.
i
subsidiary
of
Alum-Montreal.
Jamaira
has
bultt
a
Tt
installation
at
Port
0
service
Its
alumina
plant
l.i
bring
ex-ply
the
:o
or
more
01
alumlnn
a
year
re-ipply
Kitimat
and
jwa
will
be
landed
V.-Imit.
SDcclnlly
(ic-
aiMl
wharf.
"f
has
a
capacity
for
w-
ocean
vessels
and
t
h
loading
towers
"'linnls
and
facilities
s5
out
aluminum
In-
I'MTS
d
s!
:
ur
t
n
re
is
rom-''li-er
wpuratn
rein-""'lc
ruisson
unl's.
It
lonp
45
fret
wide-'
h'i;h.
tln-y
contain
M"fl
transverse
cross-'
'mil
centres,
rcsembl-'VK
crates.
The
In-1
1
mixed
gruvel
und
RCAF
Seeking
Recruits
Here
One
B.C.
Boxer
Captures
Title
TORONTO
(CP)
Flyweight
Gerry
Boucher
of
the
RCAF.
Vancouver,
was
the
only
British
Columbia
boxer
to
carry
off
a
title
at
the
Empire
Games
boxing
trials
here
Saturday.
Boucher
scored
a
unanimous
decision
over
defending
112-pound
champion
Pat
-Supple
of
Montreal.
Norm
Jorgensen
of
Vancouver,
dropped
a
split
decision
to
Toronto's
Sonny
Forbes:
Buddy
Pearson,
Vancouver,
lost
on
a
TKO
to
Buddy
Palmer
of
Champion,
Alia.,
and
Wilf
Greaves.
Edmonton,
decisioned
Steve
i-iiaie.
Hiincy.
Trent
Ketcheson,
Victoria,
was
TKO'd
in
first
by
Marcel
Piau,
Montreal,
and
Jack
Barclay.
Vancouver;
was
decisioned
by
Ed
Bergin,
Montreal.
quests
made
by
the
Prince
lormer
B.C.
attorney-general,
Rupert
city
council
for
additional
finally
consented
to
let
the
In-street
letter
uoxes,
according
to
dians
enjoy
our
club
privileges,"
E.
T.
Applewhaite,
MP,
Skeena.
he
said.
Also
approved
was
the
instal-
"This
paved
the
way
to
allow-lation
in
them
to
PUhase
beer
the
of
a
new
parcel
receptacle
j
by
at
Fifth
Avenue
East
and
Green
glaf
ln
licfnced
Voi.
We
wl11
fi6nt
tnls
act
of
Street
and
a
change
in
location
of
the
box
now
located
at
i
radHl
Preiud'ee
to
our
greatest
Graham
and
Atlin
Street
to
'
ablli,y
Tne
Servicemen's
clubs
Second
and
Atlin.
I
sincerely
hope
that
the
disgrace-
Tlie
new
letter
boxes
will
be
I
"ZZI'ZIJ-1
ltnmedlatey-and
installed
at
Eighth
Avenue
EastjUp,n
Ooddard
Street,
Ninth
I
"
Avenu
and
Mi-Bride
Street
and
Icciia
llltimnfiim
Piggott
Avenue
and
Parmeter
l3JUt
VIIIIIIUIUIII
Street,
HANOI.
Indo-China
m
Th?
The
new
installations
culmin-
i
French
announced
today
they
ate
a
move
by
council,
through.
wil!
resume
bombing
of
the
Corn-Mr.
Applewhaite.
to
have
service
munist-led
Vletmlnh's
70-mile
extended
in
the
city.
"hospital
corridor"
unless
the
Postmaster
Jack
Burgess
said
rebels
agree
to
repair
the
Dien
this
morning
that
the
new
boxes
Blen
Phu
airstrip
so
evacuation
will
be
installed
as
soon
as
they
of
French
Union
wounded
can
scheduled
tomorrow
for
Prince
Rupert
air
cadets
during
the
visit
here
of
senior
air
force
and
air
cadet
officials
who
will
put
the
squadron
through
its
annual
Inspection.
Arriving
about
noon
from
Prince
George,
where
a
similar
inspection
is
being
held
today,
the
visitors
will
release
their
plane
during
the
afternoon
to
let
the
air
cadets
have
sqne
time
in
the
air.
-
The
Canso
will
be
manned
by
a
full
RCAF
crew.
The
squadron
sponsoring
committee
urges
parents
of
air
cadets,
and
others
interested
in
this
movement,
to
make
a
point
of
attending
the
Inspection
as
the
squadron
will
receive
marks
for
evidence
of
public
support.
If
weather
conditions
permit,
the
inspection
will
be
held
ln
front
of
the
court
house.
In
the
event
of
rain,
It
will
be
held
in
Mud,
Rock
Slides
Delaying
Westbound
Train
Operations
A
two-man
RCAF
team
headed
by
Fit.
Lieut.
Jim
Fitzsim-mons,
recruiting
officer
for
the
Edmonton
area,
arrived
in
Prince
Rupert
today
to
hold
an
interview
with
anyone
who
wishes
to
join
the
Air
Force.
Lt.
Fitz-simmons,
along
with
Fit.
Sgt.
Bill
Cartwright
have
established
headquarters
in
the
Unemployment
Insurance
Office.
Third
Avenue,
and
will
be
on
hand
to
answer
questions
and
handle
applications
for
the
RCAF
today'
P
Airliner
Mud
and
rock
slides
continued
jurates
be
speeded
up.
are
delivered
here.
to
harass
the
Canadian
National
Railways
today
on
the
line
between
here
and
Jasper,
as
another
small
slide
was
reported
at
T.
A.
Mainprise,
Canadian
National
Railways
superintendent,
who
was
aboard
Rn
eastbound
train
when
notified
of
the
wreck,
hurried
to
the
scene
by
speeder.
A
second
slide,
one
hour
later,
caused
120
feet
of
track
to
sink
as
much
as
eight
feet
at
Dun-ster,
east
of
McBrlde.
The
washout
was
discovered
before
the.
f
Service
the
HMCS
drill
hall,
time
is
7:30
-p.m..
Bulklcy
Canyon.
Starting
and
tomorrow
between
9
a
m.
and
.
,
5
p.m.
This
brines
to
three
the
num
ber
of
disruptions
of
traffic
on
he
line
within
three
days.
The
first
and
most
serious
was
a
(CP)
A
hu
"llatinn
airliner
"""nalmnal
airport
marking
the
first
.
Qnantas
Empire
Pacific
service
be-
washout
at
3:30
a.m.
rlaylight
i
train
was
upon
It.
but
caused
time
Saturday
which
washed
out
an
additional
delay
to
passen-
a
Culvert
ana
lOO
ICCl
Ol
tracn
.
gers
i-augni.
m
mc
inci
anue.
Julie
Prockter,
Roy
Sieber
Receive
Awards
For
Festival
Two
Prince
Rupert
young
termed
a
natural
comedienne
by
people
and
a
Terrace
girl
were
Adjudicator
Ian
Dobbie.
The
awarded
,
bursaries
for
profl-
play
was
repeated
Saturday
ciency
in
the
Prince
Rupert
night.
Music
and
Drama
Festival
at
the
I
Amounts
of
the
bursaries.
ami
Van,
couver.
near
Nlchol,
27
miles
west
of
Canadian
Nuliotial
officials
Prince
George.
Five
crewmen
are
Investigating
the
cause
of
V'ar-iil(i
Au.stra-
and
six
passengers
were
Injured
the
second
washout
and
work
'
flight
to
the
'IS)ll(
and
the
when
the
engine
and
three
cars
of
the
west-bound
train
plunged
Into
a
ravine.
Most
seriously
in-lured
was
the
fireman,
W.
C.
crews
are
filling
ln
the
gap
with
tons
of
rock
and
gravel.
It
is
expected
that
repair
work
will
be
completed
this
afternoon.
Burst-
any
:
u
P'lwcicd
com-
Wade
of
Smtthers,
who
suffered
ing
of
a
beaver
dam,
some
three
,h',
"Irlin'e's
prcs-
a
fractured
leg,
and
back,
steam
grand
finale
concert
held
in
the
Civic
Centre
Saturday
night.
Winning
the
awards
for
musical
proficiency
were
Roy
Sieber,
son
of
the
Rev.
and
Mrs.
L.
G.
Sieber
of
Prince
Rupert,
and
Lorna
Melvin
of
Terrace.
Win-
some
of
which
are
awarded
every
year
for
festival
work,
will
be
decided
later
by
the
festival
associattion.
Bursaries
are
awarded
on
the
recommendation
of
the
adjudicator.
Thp
RattirHaw
nicrht
cnnwirfr
miles
from
Nlchol,
is
blamed
by
CN
officials
for
the
slide
which
wrecked
the
train.
Only
about
an
hour
and
a
half
was
required
to
repair
damage
,
'
f'ysh
and
Lady
-"SJ
P-
1).
Hills,
lord
The
plane
was
vnfi)uv,T's
mayor
51
S'ld
Grant
w,.r-..
scalds
and
oil
burns.
Among
passengers
on
the
wrecked
train
were
Canon
Basil
S.
Prockter.
rector
of
St.
And-
ning
the
drama
award
was
Julie
I
wnicn
lnclucied
ne.
various
iri'u.i...
'v.vviu
rew
s
Cathedral,
ana
r
.
tt.
di.
to
me
iracn
ai
euiKiey
anyun
John
Madely,
director
of
the
this
morning.
The
washout
has
Canadlan
'"-ill
uf
'Tillies.
instrumental
numbers,
elocution
and
drama
heard
earlier
during
Social
Welfare
branch
In
Prince
Ill;
delayed
a
local
westbound
passenger
which
left
McBride
this
"a
Hi,.
I
rip
were
""in
iicv
wspauer
men
morning
at
1
a.m.
Will
;
t,-,
,i
ffim.
ii
.
js
nere
it
U
If
a
4
I
,M"'
U
S.
and
Can-
Canadian
"u!ke
the
urn
Prockter,
daughter
of
Canon
and
Mrs.
Basil
S.
Prockter.
Roy
won
the
award
for
his
performance
of
Slebellus'
,
"Romance"
in
the
pianoforte
Class
under
18,
last
Wednesday
afternoon
and
Miss
Melvin
for
a
Beethoven
Sonata
in
a
pianoforte
Beethoven
ope"n
class,
also
Wednesday
afternoon.
Roy
repeated
the
Romance
In
Saturday
night's
concert
but
Lorna
had
returned
to
Terrace
prior
to
the
concert.
Miss
Prockter
won
her
award
for
her
acting
In
the
Booth
Memorial
High
School
play
"Rise
&
ud
Shine,"
for
which
she
was
the
festival,
was
heard
by
a
large
and
appreciative
audience.
W.
H.
Davidson
was
master
of
ceremonies
for
the
program,
making
the
awards,
and
Mr.
Dobbie
spoke
briefly
to
the
group
on
the
drama
section,
noting
that
in
elocution,
choral
speaking
and
drama,
contestants
had
achieved
a
fairly
high
standard.
Burton
L.
Kurth,
adjudicator
for
all
musical
sections
of
the
festival,
had
returned
to
his
home
in
Vancouver
Friday.
a,lt'y
today.
Rupert.
Canon
Pruckler
was
in
the
second
day
coach,
fourth
car
back
of
those
that
left
the
track.
Ahead
were
another
day
coach,
the
baggage
car
and
express
car.
Canon
Prockter
reports
feeling
four
or
five
heavy
bumps
when
the
train
hit
the
washout.
The
remainder
of
the
train
was
taken
back
to
Prince
George
and
50
or
more
passengers
were
taken
by
two
buses,
and
the
express
In
a
truck,
to
Vanderhoof
and
put
aboard
another
train.
'""'Ulal
"in'
four
ncw-
WEATHER
Forecast
North
coast
region
Cloudy
with
showers
today
and
Tuesday.
Little
change
ln
temperature
Light
winds
today
and
southerly
winds
20
Tuesday.
Low
tonight
and
high
tomorrow
at
Port
Hardy
and
Prince
Rupert,
42
and
6s;
SanOspit.
4o
and
52.
NOW
BACK
HOME
at
Buckingham
Palace
after
a
six
month
tour
of
the
world,
Queen
Elizabeth
is
shown
just
before
beginning
the
two-mile
ceremonial
drive
to
the
Governor's
Palace
at
Valetta,
after
her
arrival
in
Malta.
She
is
Inspecting
the
guard
of
honor
mounted
by
members
of
HMS
St.
Angelo,
made
up
of
Maltese
sailors
serving
in
the
Royal
Navy.
Behind
the
Queen
walks
the
Duke
of
Edinburgh,
in
the
uniform
of
Admiral
of
the
Fleet.
S
a"d
sPeel
by
,n,da
piston
and
"lh"l
eases