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Published
ot
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XLIII,
No.
121
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MAY
25,
1954
PRICE
FIVE
CENT'S
DRUGS
U
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Capitol
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V"S'lwJ
Three-Day
Take
Lost
in
Theft
A
safe-cracker
rifled
the
Capitol
theatre
strong
box
early
this
morning
and
escaped
with
about
$2,000
theatre
manager
J.
H.
Black
reported
today.
The
money,
all
In
small
dc-:
'
Youth
Dies
As
Result
Of
Mishap
Lloyd
.Joseph
Pedersen,
2:j-year-oId
city
youth
injured
in
a
car
crash
Saturday
morning,
died
at
5:35
a.m.
today
in
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
A
second
youth,
Injured
In
the
Sixth
Avenue
crash,
William
Krossin,
17,
was
released
from
hospital
yesterday.
The
third
passenger
in
the
ear,
Arnold
Jonasen,
escaped
Injury
when
the
car
rolled
into
a
ditch
off
bixth
Avenue
between
Ambrose
and
Dotiuld,
east
of
the
bridge.
The
RCMP
van,
which
had
fol
nomination
bills,
represents
three
days
box-office
"take,"
he
said.
Discovery
of
the
theft
at
8:30
a.m.
was
made
by
the
cleaning
woman,
Mrs.
S.
Figas
who
notified
Mr.
Black,
who
Immediately
called
the
RCMP.
Mr.
Black
stated
that
he
left
the
theatre
at
11:30
last
night
after
a
careful
check
of
tne
Work
on
Roads
Promised
By
Gaglardi
'
Kperlal
to
The
Dully
News
TERRACE
Improvement
of
-
r
-
;
'
x
f
1
HID
and
unidentified
member
of
the
PI
oneer
platoon
of
the
Black
Watch
falls
to
disturb
premises.
He
stated
that
he
had
not
had
a
chance
to
bank
the
I
district
roads
was
promised
by
money
because
of
the
long
week-
i
B.C.
Works
Minister
P.
A.
Gag-
!
durKs
wading
around
In
their
pool
as
he
performs
his
ablutions
nrar
the
Canadian
Korea.
(National
Defence
Photo)
y
24
Weekend
Deaths
54;
entical
Number
as
Last
Year
end,
j
uarcn
wno
paid
a
iiying
visu
to
Appearance
of
the
damaged
j
the
area
Thursday,
safe,
which
had
the
dials
punch-
At
a
meeting
with
Terrace
vil-ed
out,
Indicated
that
the
rob-
lage
commissioners
and
District
bery
was
the
work
of
a
profes-
j
Board
of
Trade
officials
Thurs-
'
sional,
Mr.
Black
asserted.
He
j
day
night,
following
a
tour
of
said
the
strongbox
is
located
In
district
roads,
"Mr.
Oagliardi
the
theatre
oiflce,
affording
agreed
that
roads
were
not
up
to
the
safe-cracker
ample
cover
standard
and
said
steps
would
from
being
seen.
,be
taken
for
their
improvement.
It
looks
as
though
whoever;
wlth
regard
to
Highway
16,
did
it
may
have
been
disturbed
wnirn
he
covered
for
a
distance
and
had
to
leave
in
a
hurry,"
,
of
about,
18
miles
east
of
Ter-
,
e"Mi'i
"
In
another
unusual
accident
:i
50
persons
lost
their
LafaiHe.
BUmt
25,
was
kill-
Canada
in
highway
et
Sunday
night
when
crushed
lowed
the
Pedersen
car
in
toward
town
from
Seal
Cove,
was
only
j
about
400
feet
behind
when
the!
crash
occurred,
at
5
a.m.
Satur-
'
blork-and-tHc!:lc
to
a
paper
roll
at
the
Hintle
and
Daui
h
Paper
Company
lant
in
Montreal
when
a
chain
broke
and
sent
three
rolls
huruing
over
him.
Dy
mree
j.miu-pouna
rous
01
paper.
He
was
adjusting
.
a
day.
Both
Krossin
and
Pedersen
I
jrowniiiR.s,
fires
and
y
o(
other
methods
Victoria
Day
week-
were
thrown
out
of
the
car
as
It
rolled
Into
the
ditch.
Police
are
Investigating
the
ac
Mr.
HiacK
saw.
ioois
used
in
rae6i
he
said
the
gection
the
robbery,
a
jemmy,
punch
iwas
in
poor
st,ape
and
work
DRESSED
IN
A
WEIRD,
high-altitude
pressure
suit,
test
pilot
Jack
Walton
looks
like
a
being
from
outer
space
standing
atop
the
fuselage
of
an
F7U-3
Cutlass
before
taking
off
Into
space
over
Dallas,
Texas.
cident,
and
an
Inquest
has
been
Largest
1954
Halibut
Sales
For
Exchange
Recorded
Today
and
single-Jack,
were
left
near
ition
by
The
Cana-showrd
early
Unlay
period
from
6
p.m.
1
Friday
until
midnight
if
latality
toll
had
j
the
safe.
Overlooked
by
the
robber
was
another
box,
containing
cheques.
scheduled
by
Coroner
George
Dawes
for
2:30
p.m.
Wednesday.
The
dead
youth,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
John
S.
Pedersen,
962
Hays
Cove
Avenue,
was
born
at
Anyox,
B.C.,
January
13.
1931.
would
have
to
be
done
on
it.
Questioned
about
the
proposed
Terrace-Kitlmat
highway,
the
minister
said
a
survey
had
been
underway
for
nearly
a
month,
and
that
when
the
sur-
vey
was
completed,
he
had
high
silver
and.
other
small
bills.
Mr.
Black
said
he
figured
the
f
Largest
sales
of
the
week-old
4,000
(131;
chicken
2,000
(12.61
:he
same
number
who
;
halibut
season
were
recorded
sold
to
Bacon
Fisheries.
'
sme
week-end
last
'
this
morning
when
282,500
Active
Pass
25,000
pounds.
robbery,
took
place
between
3
and
5
a.m.'
and
that
the
safe-
Billy
.Pedersen
Winner
Of
TLC
Soap
Box
Races
lie
came
with
his
family
to
Prince
Rupert
.In.
1938
and
re
S3
figure
wai
certain
pounds
were
traded
at
the
Prince
mediums
20
000
(145);
lar?c
M
with
the
expect-"
Rupert
Halibut
exchange
at
a
.
2,000
(13i
cTitcken
3,000
-i
12'
open,
ji
mie
reporis.
price
of
13
cents
for
mediums,
i
sola
to
Boom
risnenes.
he
first,
lone
surlne
2.
cents
lower
than
Saturday's'
Joan
F
III
30
000
pound3
ceived
'lii
schooling
here.
During
his
senior
school
years
he
was
active
In
the
Anglican
Young
People's
Association
of
St.
Pet
building
of
the
road.
I
Thirteen-year-old
Billy
Pcder-'
sen
was
the
toAst,
nf
thp
snnn
.Hi
the
crowded
high-
'
high.
mediums
20.000
'i
14.4
1
:
large
;
a
heavy
toll
In
traf-
j
At
the
Co-Op
nine
bouts
,
8.000
(12.7)
;
Thicken
2,0(10
12.4
1
especially
in
Ontario
brought
in
catches
totalling
i
sold
to
Atlin
Fi.sh-
ries.
er's,
Seal
Cove.
Emit
Haugland.
chairman,
and
Harry
Philip
of
the
viUage
commission
also
discussed
with
Mr.
Gagliardi
the
problem
of
the
proposed
village
water
and
sewage
system
in
relation
to
roads,
where
the
weather
,
172.000
pounds.
i
Gibson
12.000
nounds,
modi-
Police
swarmed
over
the
building
this
morning
and
an
Intense
investigation
is
underway.
Forest
Fires
Rage
in
East
HAILYbfJRY,
Ont.
0,
Fires
un
completion
oi
school
ne
box
spt
yesterday
when
he
won
entered
apprenticeship
at
Prince
j
tne
prlnce
Rupert
Trades
and
Rupert
Motors
and
about
18
Labor
Council's
Soap
Box
Race
months
ago,
moved
to
Kitimat
wlth
a
trip
to
tne
Mission
City
where
he
was
employed
as
a
:
sby
July
1
as
his
reward.
fss
clear
and
warm
the
three-day
wcek-
Yesterday
a
larger
total
catch
i
ums
10.00C
(14.5K
large
2,000
was
brought
In,
but
only"
195.500!
(13.9).
pounds
went
to
the
Exchange
j
'
Co-Op
landings
included
Mar--ith
isnnn
landed
bv
18
boats
1
ble
Isle.
9.000
pounds;
Sea
Maid,
particularly
with
regard
to
the
pnvernment-controlled
Home
for
neavy
amy
mecnanic.
ne
was,
Younir
Pedersen.
winner
of
the
in
tn'ihi.
rn-Dn
Yesterday's!
9.000:
Aleutian,
23.000;
Srlma
home
irUIIl
HlMIMttb
1UI
tne
talities
accounted
for
rths.
with
10
in
On-eight
in
.
Quebec,
claimed
13
lives
and
struck
the
timberiands
of
On
weekend
when
the
accident
oc-
i
H
32.000;
Gustav
25.000;
North
high
price
for
mediums
of
14.7
cents
was
paid
by
Atlin
Fisheries
class
A
event
with
three
firsts,
edged
Chris
Downing,
B
Class
winner
in
the
finals,
held
or.
the
Second
Avenue
raceway
be-
curred.
A
member
of
the
Sons
of
Norway
Lodge
here,
he
is
survived
by
a
sister,
Astrld,
and
a
brother,
for
a
large
turnout
of
spectators.
In
all,
13
youngsters
entered
the
race,
and
eight
heats
were
run
off
in
the
B
event
and
five
in
the
A.
Winners
received
thefr
prizes
following
the
race
from
13
year
old
May
Queen
Jean-nette
Choquette.
WELL-ATTENDED
Crowds
of
onlookers
lined
the
raceway,
which
had
its
starting1
ramp
at
the
North
Star
Bottling
Works
and
its
finish
line
at
the
Civic
Centre.
Boy
Scouts
and
police
were
on
hand
to
keep
the
crowd
back
and
St.
John's
Ambulance
men
patrolled
the
finish
line
in
case
of
accidents.
A
rope
finally
had
to
be
fetched
by
police
to
keep
back
the
eager
spectators.
John
Dyck,
chairman
of
the
council's
race
committee
drew
up
the
heats
at
the
starting
ramp
and
Ed
Hlldebrand.
A.
J.
Majore,
Harry
Harrison,
Joe
the
Aged,
which
is
linked
with
the
village
water
supply.
Counting
Net
Stolen
A
counting
net
set
in
Diana
Creek
by
deoartment
of
fisheries
biologist
John
Stokes
has
been
stolen.
Rhodes
Jeffers,
fisheries
technician
said
today.
Mr.
Jeffers
said,
that
the
net
with
which
the
fisheries
men
had
been
counting
coho
fry
up
until
ern
Breeze.
45.000;
Son.ta
t
5
000;
Strafen,
24.000:
Mobra,
15,000;
P.
Dorcen,
31.000;
Cihar-lotte
S.
5.000;
Reward
i.
ltf.OOO;
All
Star
13
000;
Fridelia
III
34,-000;
Balsac,
23.000;.
Taplow,
23.-OflO;
Dovre
B
53,000
and
the
Property
A,
25.00"
TODAY'S
LANDINGS
On
tooays
landings,
prices
to
the
American
boat
Artlcc
which
landed
49.500
pounds
of
which
39.000
pounds
were
mediums.
Catch
break-downR
witn
prices
In
brackets
are
as
follows:
YESTERDAY'S
LANDING
tario
today
and
at
least
,1,800
acres
of
stands
have
been
destroyed
by
two
Uncontrolled
blazes.
One
of
the
fires,
started
Monday
by
careless
anglers,
was
raging
unchecked
in
the
Hailey-bury
area
about
05
miles
north
of
North
Bay.
It
spread
across
a
214-mile
front,
leaving
a
black
stubble
of
valuable
pine,
fir,
Henry,
both
at
home,
and
his
j
parents.
j
Funeral
arrangements
will
be
'
announced
later.
Terrace
Man
In
Hospital
After
Plunge
Special
to
The
Dully
News
TERRACE
In
Terrace
Gener
May
24
Frisco
(U.8.)
20.000
pounds,
mediums
12.000
(14.5)
:
paid
by
all
fisheries
were
medl-
spruce
and
balsam
in
its
wake,
j
May
22.
had
been
taken
along
inrffrf
7
000
(13.5):
chicken
1.000
1
ums
13
cents,
large
13
cents
ana
Wind,
Rain
Fail
To
Halt
"Coronation'
IlltlO
Irum
all
causes
In
'ailed
22,
four
more
umber
reported
from
lerc
were
five
deaths
lunswick
and
British
three
in
Nova
Scotia
n
Newfoundland.
No
ere
reported
from
katehewan,
Manlto-ite
Edward
Island.
toll
included
four
.
two
In
British
d
one
In
both
On-
Wcbcc.
nck
Allan
Huscroft,
"
flve-year-old
daugh-'fre
bludgeoned
and
"death
on
their
dairy
Lister,
B
C,
Mrs.
Hus-far-old
husbnnd
was
M12
5)
sold
to
Atlin
Fisheries.
chicken
11
cents.
!
Arllcc
(U.S.)
49.500
pounds,
Catch
break-downs
are:
Silver
mediums
39.000
114.7);
large
Hordc-25.500
pounds,
mediums
nnno
(13
71
chicken
1.500
(12.5)
13.000;
large
500;
chicken
12,000
The
other
was
giving
more
with
the
can
in
which
the
fish
than
100
firefighters
a
tough
'are
caught
and
also
the
pess
time
In
the
Espanola
district
30
holding
down
the
can.
He
said
miles
southwest
of
.
Sudbury.
that
If
the
equipment
Is
brought
More
than
600
acres
of
woodlands
i
back
or
turned
in
to
a
fisheries
have
been
destroyed.
I
official
no
charge
will
be
laid.
al
Hospital
with
severe
Internal
Injuries
Is
Norman
Ritchie,
40,
injured
Sunday
when
his
car
plunged
down
a
50-foot
embankment
near
here.
The
accident
occurred
at
about
4
p.m.
Sunday,
when
Ritchie's
car
careened
off
Highway
16
near
the
northern
approach
to
the
Skeena
bridge,
to
plunge
50
Nlccoli
and
Emilto
Miagilocchi
handled
the
cars
for
starting.
At
the
finish
line
were
C.
Rudolph,
handling
the
phone
and
judges
Sev
Dominato,
Morton
Sanders
and
A.
C.
Cameron.
Results:
Grand
winner
and
Class
A
winner,
Billy
Pedersen;
sold
to
B.C.
Packers.
sold
to
Booth
Fisheries.
Invcrcan
II
17.000
pounds.
Betty
L
20,000
pounds,
medi-medlums
12.000
(145);
largo
I
urns
17
000;
.large
2.000;
chicken
1.000
(12);
chicken
4.000
(12)
'
1.000
sold
to
B.C.
Packers,
sold
to
Royal
Fisheries.
Good
Hope
1-31,000
pounds.
Invcrcan
III
16,000
pounds,
mediums
21.000;
large
2.000;
mediums
14.000
(14.5);
chicken
chicken
8.000
sold
to
Atlin
Flsh-2
000
(12)
sold
to
Royal
Fi.sh-1
erles.
erlcs
Waterfall
41,000
pounds,
me-Teeny
Milly
28.000
pounds,
diums
31,000;
large
3,000;
chick-mediums
20.000
(14.51;
lanw
cn
7.000
sold
to
Atlin
Fisheries
L
j
Melville
33,000
pounds,
medi
End
to
Pacific
Bomb
Tests
Urged
by
Shoreworkers
An
Immediate
halt
In
hydro-1
workers,
was
released
today
by
gen
bomb
tests
in
the
Pacific,
the
union,
and
an
eventual
permanent
ban
The
letter,
signed
by
union
on
all
atomic
and
hydrogen
secretary-treasurer
Ray
L.
Gar-weapons
Is
called
for
In
a
letter!
diner,
expresses
the
concern
of
runner
up,
Alan
Majore;
third
With
a
vole
of
thanks
to
the
pupils
of
Annunciation
School
who
had
elected
her
and
to
the
Kinsmen
for
sponsoring
th-Queen
contest,
pretty
13-ycrtr-old
Jeunnette
Choqnel.te
declared
the
May
24
sports
day
open
at
Roosevelt
Park
yesterday
and
bade
her
hundreds
of
"subjects"
to
have
a
good
time.
The
young
Annunciation
May
Queen
was
crowned
by
last
year's
queen
Lorraine
Martin
In
a
wind-
and
rain-blown
ceremony
surrounded
by
her
princesses
on
a
special
platform
after
a
change
in
plans
moved
the
scene
from
a
morning
crowning
at
the
Civic
Centre
to
the
afterniHin
coronation
at
the
icei
to
uie
vanaaian
national
Jackie
Dennls
Griffiths;
fourth,
il
l
.
'
from
the
Prince
Rupert
Shore-
members
over
the
H-bomb
tests
being
conducted
by
the
United
ums
zy.uuu;
laiKe
i.huo,
i:ihcm.'u
8,000
sold
to
Atlin
Flherirjj.
Bessie
Mac
21,000
pounds,
mediums
15.000:
large
1.000;
chicken
5.000
s'jld
to
Royal
Fisheries.
Roamer-25
000
pounds,
mediums
19,500:
large
500:
chicken
.uuway
traces
oeiow.
.
Rudolph
and
Ray
Mclntyre;
Mr.
Ritchie
was
alone
in
the,
consolation.
Sidney
Dickens,
car,
which
was
completely
class
B
winner
and
grand
wrecked
in
the
crash.
runner-up,
Chris
Downing;
sec-
Married,
with
three
children,
ond.
Charles
Armstrong;
third,
the
accident
victim
had
been
Albert
.
Rudolph;
fourth
Reid
working
at
Kitimat.
Formerly,
Nelson;
fifth,
Danny
Phillips
he
was
employed
by
Dominion
and
Ray
Rudolph;
consolation.
Bridge
Company
here.
Jimmy
Wilson.
States
In
the
Pacific.
workers'
Local.
United
Fishermen
and
Allied
Workers
Union,
to
the
Hon.
L,
B.
Pearson,
Canada's
external
affairs
minister.
A
copy
of
the
letter,
drafted
at
the
last
meeting
of
the
shore-
;h
murder.
.
j
;(lut.
26,
was
found
oronto
rooming
house
"winds.
Police
said
Bajerowskl,
28-year-'"imigrant,
was
ar-!
his
parents'
homq
In
nt..
32
miles
north
"d
charged
with
the
:er,
HKI.I)
'
'
'
'
Que.,
scyeivyear-?)nlcr
whs
beaten
to
ahascball
bat.
Police
'"mother.
Mrs.
Louis
w.
Is
ling
held
as
"'"t
wltnr.ss"
in
the
'"'id's
inquest
will
be
;l
""usual
fatality
was
,,
H-year-old
Ward
Vancouver
Hi.
Hiort
i..
5.000.
sold
to
Royal
Fisheries
B.C.
Producer
56.000
pounds,
park,
mediums
38.000;
large
2.000;
,
The
May
Queen
and
her
party
chicken
Ifl.OW)
sold
to
B.C.
Pack-
drove
on
to
the
park
grounds
in
pis.
.
identical
flaming
red
eonvcrt-
Invercan
IV
30,000
pounds,
lbles,
loaned
specially
for
the
mediums
15
000;
large
..
10,000;
occasion
by
T.v
W.
Brown
and
chicken
5.000
sold
to
B.C.
Pack-
John
Finlayson
following
a
spe-ers.
jcial
lunch
downtown
arranged
Co-Op
Inndings
today
Includ-
by
the
Kinsmen,
ed
the
Morris
H
with
20.000
Master
of
ceremonies
for
the
pounds;
Zenith,
26.000;
Five
!
crowning
ceremonies
was
Kins-Princes
20.000;
Kyrielle
13.000:
man
Mickey
Fudger,'
who
also
i
Ui
v'T"
"
Kelowna.
B.C
from
'e
s,irfPrra
whPn
he
'
'
Nf
ball
while
plav-
Katen.
18.00(1;
Olympta
III,
13,-
doubled
as
chauffeur
for
the
"'J.
Mielkp
onrt
hlo
It
points
out
that
Japanese
fishermen
have
been
seriously
affected
by
radiation
burns,
despite
their
distance
from
centre
of
the
blast,
and
that
leading
scientists
in
several
countries
have
warned
there
could
be
fat-reaching
ef
lects
from
such
tests.
"It
Is
within
the
realm
of
possibility
that
fish
on
the
B.C.
coast
could
become
contaminated,"
the
letter
continues.
"We
need
not
dwell
on
the
terrible
result
of
such
contamination
to
the
consuming
public
as
well
as
to
those
who
catch
and
process
the
fish."
"We
do
not
want
to
see
the
time
arrive
when
geiger
counters
are
standard
equipment
on
fishing
vessels,
farms
and
in
processing
plants."
.
The
letter,
a
copy
of
which
has
been
sent
to
E.
T.
Apple-whaite,
Skeena
MP,
concludes
as
follows:
"I
have
been
instructed
to
call
cn
you
as
the
Canadian
representative
to
the
United
Nations
to
strive
for
the
permanent
banning
of
atomic
and
hydrogen
weapons.
Meanwhile,
In
the
interests
of
humanity
everywhere,
we
urge
you
to
call
for
a
cessation
of
the
H-bomb
tests.
bov
was
struck
when
i
..V
v
.
f
r-
Lmj
000;
Oslo,
30,000;
Cape
Spear,
j
12,000;
Gony,
20,000.
j
.
.
t
W
the
ball
out
of
the
fEATHER
May
Queen.
Also
on
the
platform
were
princesses
Marena
Postulo
of
King
Edward,
Barbara
Dodd
of
Conrad.
Hilory
Kemp
of
Booth
antl
Evelyn
Rowe
of
Borden.
The
crowning
ceremonies
concluded
when
emcee
Mickey
Fudger
announced
that
free
Ice
cream
was
available
on
the
park
grounds
for
the
chlldcrn.
Kinsmen
Children's
sports
day
followed
until
rain
halted
the
events
and
ball
gnme
between
Prince
Rupert
Oldtimers
and
Younger
ball-players
was
cancelled
completely.
(See
story
of
Children's
sports
on
Page
S.)
"iTeast
Region:
Variable
.Way
with
a
few
the
mainland,
"cloudy
intervals
to-change
In
tem-ta
,d
uthwest
15
in-
terly
20
by
eve-
Grenade
Injures
20
in
Morocco
MARRAKESH.
Morocco
(Reuters)
A
grenade
was
hurled
today
at
the
military
bodyguard
of
the
French
resident-general
Aiignstln
Ouillaume,
Injuring
20
persons.
The
injured
were
10
Moroccan
Infantrymen
and
10
civilian
Moroccans.
Three
of
the
soldiers
are
reported
In
a
serious
condition.
BI.UE-EYEU
Jacoba
Oerardlna
(Koosje)
Bol.
19,
becomes
the
100,000th
Dutch
immigrant
to
arrive
In
Canada
since
the
end
of
the
Second
World
War
when
she
arrived
at
Montreal
aboard
the
liner
Groote
Beer.
She
was
greeted
by
government
and
Dutch
embassy
officials
in
a
multi-language
ceremony
aboard
the
liner.
(CP
Photo)
"lllgnt
inri
V.I..U
"The
Elevation
of
the
Cross,"
was
recovered
by
police
THE
S30.000
RI
RI
NS
MASTERPIECE,
"
Port
Hardy
Sand-
after
It
was
stolen
from
the
Art
Oallery
at
Toronto.
It
was
found
by
a
caretaker
on
the
lawn
of
the
Ontario
Parliament
buildings.
(CP
Photo)
R"peit
45
and