jVINCSAL 1BRARY , ( '. SORROW'S ORMES- d - TIDES vic;3,:ia. s. r. IT u . '' ".! - 4 ,r Standard Timet If -5 ;(. Daily Delivery Phone 81 June 3.. UJi 22.5 feet 198 feet Ofl feet 6.9 feet 2:19 15:24 0:01 21:08 . , ' NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER ' Published or Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL, XLIII, No. 128 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1954 PRICE FIVE CENTS DRUGS Of Only Slight Changes ' " vHI . ; : f . ? . (.-.. i , - .- - jtJii jBLafeitfiiii'ii)ffli'Wi(iiilMi'ittiii fliWiH f fiT- nr r 1 nr Tri rrrfti r T frtiH r r -fViwr "nr-'-'- rif t art ifrftfr- rWtf r -ftfrritn win Wi'lWir rtw W auminWr ij ii : ii rt In f ift First Cargo Of Alumina eeded Says Bennett At Kitimat KITIMAT, B.C. (CP) A milestone in the giant Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd. development here was reached Tuesday with the arrival of the first deepwea freighter VICTORIA (CP) Premier Bennett announced Tuesday the Pacific Great Eastern Railway will call for tenders for the Squamish-Vancouver extension within 30 days. , wyml 'glnar ounderson. poe Iji a press-conference the pre-, vice-president and former fin-mior, president of the govern- Encc minister, have been ap-ment-owned line, said tenders pointed as a special committee for construction of a bridge on construction, over the Capllano river will Dej Mr Bennett also announced called within a week. . sjx surVcy parties are preparing Tenders for the line from to stalt survcying the northern Whytccliff in West Vancouver to I extension. Squamish will be called at the I The premier al; said the rev-epd of this month. Only minor, rnue Bnd trafflc for pacific reconstruction work is needed joreat Eastern Railway for the on the existing road bed from firs. four months of this year 1 M 11 till TMTAI l l.AR tnkc-off performance bya Bo::lng B-4G-B shows the plane zooming xl Willi the help of a high-thrust liquid-propelled rocket Installation. The unit, developed Ddured for the U.S. Air Force by the Aerojet -General Corporation, provides added power oil, permitting heavier payioads. Increased range, shorter runways, or a combination of The new power plant Is a dual installation contained within the fuselage. When not the extended parts retract, leaving the aircraft In a "clean" condition. , bearing a cargo of alumina from Jamaica. ARTHUR lAING Uefti MLA and B.C. Liberal leader was sched-led to arrive today aboard the Prince Rupert for a series of i)ieetings. He was to speak to a Oyro dinner meeting at noon today but missed the meeting due to delay in the boat's arrival. The Rupert was not expected in until 4:15 p.m. A. Bruce Brown, MLA night) will join Mr. Laing in speaking to a public meeting tonight and travel east to Prince George with the Liberal chief. The freighter Sun Karen delivered 11.000 tons of the pro West to North Vancouver. The premier also said he expects the federal government to pay half the cost of extending the railway. ipper, Crew of Prosperity A increased by 20 per cent compared to the same months last year. During the same period revenue and traffic for national cessed bauxite which is used In the production of aluminum. The cargo was unloaded by automatic conveyors into a storage building where it will be available to the smelter whicTi Is He said Attorney - General 1 railways dropped 10 per cent. Robert, Bonner asked for 50 per I The railway's financial condl-cent of construction costs when I lion was "showing a nice im-he was in Ottawa early last provement over last year." month. The request was follow-1 "Expenses were up too," he ed with a written request from said, "because of the delays caus- School Attendance Areas Re-Arranged by Trustees Premier Bennett. The latter was : ed by the present barge system. nf ftciiillv acknowledged bv Prime and because of increased car st Up After Sinking Ordeal crin New Westminster The cstptain and crew got off due. to the roughness of the wll-known in the ! in the dory, leaving behind all water at Langara where the -lapert an a, Capt. A. C. their pear except a few personal plane has to land on the open ristiatiM-n and his five- i belongings. sea. tare resting up today! "We rowed for about an hour," Loss of the Prosperity A.was t Rupert after escaping ' the captain said, "until we got to ' quite a blow to Capt. Christian- shilling halibut vessel I the Bate Puss. We could sec her sen, although the vessel was In- ! A. early yesterday ! lights and rowed towards them." sured. He doubted if it could be .aft Frederick iKland. . ' The men dried their clothes salvaged due to the heavy coxt men were brought Into , 011 the Bute Pass and after being of obtaining equipment. Adding 3iiiert last night by a l'''" at llie Co-Op camp at I.an- to the weight of the sunken tarlotti s Airlines plane I Kara waited for the QCA plane boat, now lying in six fathoms of ay Capt. Norm Jermyn ! lo P'ek them up. It was delayed water ' were 16.000 pounds of ' Fishermen's Co-opera-! urt'l nearly R o'clock last night hnllbut 4 " "" f P ' .... ; t..f - 1 '..'' i J 1- 1 ' I 5 4' '.- I -i i, ' j. .. i I Minister St. Laurent. "I am con scheduled to begin operations by the end of July. Capt. Trygve Waalaman made the trip to tile almost completed Alcan smelter in 18 days. When fully constructed, the $550,000,000 plant, the world's largest, will require 100 such shiploads of alumina annually. Meanwhile, finishing touches rentals." fident the federal government The problem of school popula-I Port Edward school, and- ap-tion and staff requirements proved applications' for staff brought a proposed change in! posts from, Warren O'Rourke of school attendance areas in the I Vancouver and Mrs. Marion city at last night's meeting of Bevage of Timmins, Ont. Both will pay half the cost of extending the PGE," the premier said. "The federal cabinet now is studying our request." The recent session of ihe legislature granted the PGE bor District 52 school trustees will teach at Booth High. B.C Residents Miss Out In Big Sweep are being put to the generating equipment in the cavernous underground powerhouse hewed Several other applications were studied by the board at a session in camera following the The board planned to have Conrad Sreet School area Grade 6 students attend Conrad school rowing powers of $30,000,000 for: pan Lungara Lslond and offers will 1 extension of the railway. board meeting, next fall, instead of moving to m had been taken to J jsti.iy before -dawn ir.j picked up. by Uie' King Edward School as has beeni be made to some. the practice in recent years. - j Meanwhile, the board accept j Cost of the southern extension j If estimated lrt the neighbor-j hood of $10,000,000. The northern extension from Prince out of a mountain at nearby Kemano. Helicopter-supplied crews arc stringing a second circuit on the transmission towers througii Kildala pass where winter conditions brought work to a close last year after the laying of one circuit. It was also decided to change ! ed 10 resignations and one quest for a year's leave of ab the boundary between King Ed I George to the Peace River coun Eight Canadiaas will share, a total of $532,000 winnings on the 175th derby run today at Epsom Downs, England, won by the American-owned Never Say Die. The eight Canadians won on the first three horses, two fro:n sence, the latter from Miss Helen Langley who plans a year-long tour of Europe. Staff resignations were of Nancy Hopkins, L. WasuiU, Ev PRICES. CONTINUE CLIMB .' AS U.S. BOAT PAID' 18.5 Prices at the Prince Rupert Halibut Exchange continued" to climb today as the season's top price of 18.5 cents was paid by Atlin Fisheries for medium and large fish brought In by the U.S. vessel Howard B. . The Howard B landed 26.500 pounds, of which 19.500 pounds were mediums and 4.500 large. The 2,500 pounds of chicken sold at a price of 16 cents. No boats unloaded at the Co-Op this mofning but the Covenant which came in yesterday afternoon reported a catch of 28.000 pounds. Prices last year at this time averaged 1 7.5 cents. try is estimated at $50,000,000. Engineers now are correlating construction plans for the southern extension and the Howe Sound Squamish-Vancouver highway which will run near the rails for a large portion of the route. Railways Minister Ralph Chet- Ontario and Quebec, collecting $140,000 each. elyn HreKoiKa, n. Jrhnson, ward and Borden Street schools, moving it one or two blocks west to relieve congestion at Borden Street. "King Edward, with a Grade 6 class removed to Conrad, wouid have more room for students in other grades. The two-room addition now under construction at Conrad would provide ample room for a Grade 6 class. ' NO BIG INtRfiANK ' No British Columbians were in the top money but Gordon H. , Visitor Seeks Purse Lost Near City Hall Eiaine Leifer, Mrs. H. I Norman, Edith Jack, Lillian Smith, Miss M. Elliott and Ruby Steele. s of Vancouver. , t off tin plane at Seal : la.it night with Capt. n were Runar Hed-d Ole Webstead of Van-Haaken Skipness of Ra?nvold Soring of " and Alan Ronncscth Itstmlnster. Christiansen said that isperityi which . he has tid sailed In these waters ' 'as built In 1924 at bor. nearly got off the t hland rtx;ks. I Mil l l Urted to back off," he at the engine failed for I time In her life." He "t heavy swell carried W onto the rocks. Rockwell, Smithers CNR trackman, will collect $2,000 for his A Vancouver woman, In D.-i,-.,.n nvu.,-f t..fl.u - No great increase is expected Port Edward School Finished Except For Few Minor Details i pealed for i.Ur Tt'um of' heri ! L tt tcmber 1.866 approximately pup- Obtaining Benefits Illegally Results in Fines, Remand ' purse which .she lost, last night WtiC CIllUllU ill TBUUIU Ulfl n C, It CI want ,1 fitt, I . ,... .. . v,..j tnct schools. Tentative estimate Three Dcrsons pleaded guilty sion reported that both Mrs. The visitor, who preferred tc ; r,om thc varilius scnooi prin-icmain anonymous said she is;cipalii for next September's en-badly handicapped without hr j miiment give a total of about eye glasses, which were in the 1934. ticket on Cloonroughan, despite the horse's failure to run in ths -money. Arabian Night was judged second In the race and Darius third, when photo was examined. Twenty-two colts, including Canadian-owned Blue Sail which finished tenth, took part in the 1 Vi-mile classic. The Queen's horse. Landau, finished out of the money. Blue Sail, owned by publisher Max Bell and Frank McMahon ol Calgary, was ridden by Johnny Longden. The winner's time was 3,354, well off the record. it his plan to beach the ! this morning in police court to Mendels and Jackson had return- Completion of the $144,000 Port Edward school except for a few minor details was reported at last night's meeting of the Board of School Trustees, District 52. Students will occupy the school at the opening of the new term in September. " Work oil the new school building, atop the hill overlooking the Harry Robbins of Nelson Brothers. The company, which has rented the old building to the board for school purposes, needs it for its own use. It was noted that many of the old desks and other equipment in the school were property of the Indian department, loaned to the board for the school. However, a letter from Indian Super a andy shore about half obtaining unemployment insur-:ed the muney. further along the coast- ! ance benefits while working and I Ernest Ratchford. who is : two were fined while the other ! charced with obtaining nearly Thc board planned U. place one extra teacher at Booth handbag. The purse also contained important papers and about $85 in cash. She hps been told Unit some- Memorial High' School for a total of 29 teachers to handle Imt Ilonne.seth got Hie sliip swayed and on Hie rocks. He' was !n trying to rulse some-the radio-telephone, he one was seen picking the purse the expected 671 students. Eleven up. and so is appealing to th it teachers were planned for Con- ease was held over until Friday j $305 in benefits from July last for sentence. ; year to amiary 1954 was remand- Fined $25 and costs was Erie rd until Friday for sentence. H. Jackson who obtained $151 in The Unemployment nsurance benefits between October and , Comm,ssUm charges that Ratch-SES'Z ?Xrfr Xn: ford rcecived the benefits while village, was started last August person to return the purse to rad school's 382 students; five by Fraser Valley Builders of Ter intendent F. E. Anfleld, thanking the board for its co-operation over the years, offered the board the pollc orrtee or to 621A Sixth teachers for Port Edward's 148; ' race. The building was expected Avcnu West, phone Red 448. A one more for a total of two I to be conmleted for occuoancv iiildn't raise a soul." he Tc tried everyone but It Ings. i making $900 as a brer waiter In ! reward is ottered, ut Lis h, th mmliw i t..'l....... i. .1,1 vtufrUii-ntK w n i Terrace. ! - '"a everyone was asleep. ! Vance that as he had only been j Maclslrate Vance said .that ! City Building Down From 1954 Prince Rupert building for the month of May is down $10,000 as use of the equipment for as long as it wished. Some of the desks, still usable, will be transferred to other district schools. VANCOUVER ft The Seattle-based halibut schooner Yakutat teachers for Port Essington's 32 earlier this spring. However, youngsters. hold-ups Mn delivery of some No additional staK was plan-1 special materials delayed the job. ned for other schools, and the Some small paint jobs, instal-Inverness school may be closed j lation of grills and a few other entirely, depending on the num-i jobs remain to be done, accord-ber of children enrolling. If , Ing to a report by architects nrettv rnirh vninv I fmnlnvrd nart time he had not , would UKe 10 nave moie imor Mrs. Ferguson Dies Aged 71 n said, "i thought for j thought it necessary 10 turn in "e weren't going to get t his unemployment insurance , book. Jean Lumsden Ferguson. 71. was driven on a reef in Seymour compared to a year ago. wife of Arthur E. Ferguson, co- there are 8 students, a teacher For obtaining $19.35 In benc- Figures released today by the Narrows early today but the owner of B.C. Undertakers died will. De sought. 1,1 l'll fits last year, Mrs. Jean Menfleis fit Ai was fined $15 and costs. The Un this morning at 10:30 in Prince APPOINTMENTS MADE Sharp and Thompson, Berwick, Pratt, but the building will be turned over to the school board within the next few weeks. Meanwhile, the board planned to move equipment out of the old building at Port Edwavd as soon employment Insurance Commls- The board reported appoint seven-man crew escaped injury and were taken off by a Vancouver tug. Later the Yakutat was pulled off the rocks and started for Seattle under her ment of John Steele, teacher ut 0 Workers hydock Port Esslngton for the past two years, as principal of the new as possible, on request of Trustee own power. mation nlxuit Ratehford's Insurance book, before bringing down sentence. Ratehford stated that he had not turned in his Insurance book because his employer had not asked for it. The Commission claims that It Is the responsibility of the employee to hand in his book. '"It's up to the employer to see that the book Is stamped," the magistrate asserted. "However, there's no question of guilt. I would like to see this man's book before I pass Judgment," he said. Failure of a chartered accountant to file an Income tax return in time for his client resulted In George A. W. Dibb being fined $50 and costs. An adjournment of eight days was granted so that additional information could be brought in on behalf of Marcel Paul Blain 'SMOOTH, N il. 11 - A Kln early today kill-fjviliun workmen aboard l SI.Mt.ea Kn Rupert General Hospital after i a week's illness. Mrs. Ferguson came to Prince Rupert eight years ago from the Crowsnest district where she was a Past Worthy Matron of the Minerva Chapter of the Eastern Star. Born In Sydney, Australia, her family moved to Rutherglen. Scotland when she was a girl. She came to Calgary In 1910 and married in 1914, living in Fer-nie, B.C. and Blairmoic, Alia, before coming here. She is survived by her husband, four sons. Hugh and Jack in Prince Rupert, David in Saskatoon and Donald in Dawson Creek as well as five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. the Portsmouth naval '"lor en tire-watch dutv S 1 Ta.i":.s, Afr-. 'tf ; .. " . ,j ... """'",V- - r J It , humed by the blast, 't'omlilinn was described city building department show that building permits issued for May represent only $19,135 as compared to $29,626 for the same period la.st year. Only one new dwelling permit was taken out last. month and that was for $3,500. Major Improvements in the month past include a $3,000 addition to a service station, $5,000 for an Ice tower and a $2,000 cement basement at Seal Cove Circle. Last year In May $18,000 represented three permits taken out tor new dwellings. Improvements to business houses in the city in May last year to the extent of $7,800 were made. WEATHER North coast region: Southern districts sunny today, cloudy tonight and Thursday. A little warmer. Light winds. Low tonight and high Thursday at Port Hardy 40 and 62. Remainder of region cloudy with little chnnpe in temperature A few light showers this morning. Winds southeasterly 20 In exposed areas today, otherwise light. Low tonight and high Thursday at Sandspit and Prince " nueiil." fcix other civil " WR my, lh(! Kubmarine "Jl injured. ' 1 """en E. Cmnln rnm- r u' Hie shiuvard. said and Emll Joseph Blaln, charged with failing to flic an Income tax return in time. - h ns In the submarine's isdll''t tank, where the two .11'"' su,'aynB a plastic .""uniiirlne (t pot appear oantaged , but a thorough ordered lmmediiitelv. Mishap Blocks Highway j 1 destined for the Columbia Cell blast ulose Company spilled all across n the Siragb was RGMKMIttiR HIIR? Though she was a movie queen in an the highway. ;u"u such disaster to a tis ! , A derailment of nine Canadian National logging cars between Salvas and Exstew has blocked Highway 16. department, of Public Works officials said this afternoon. ' No one was hurt In the de- Canadian National officials say other era, Pola Negri radiates avy vessel 111 . Wednesday an ex-4 glamor as she arrives in New that It is possible that both the oi'Ked the east and westbound trains will HAVING DEALT FIRMLY with those "pesky human motorists" by stopping all traffic on Montauk Highway, Long Island, Papa Swan lea ds Mama and seven cygnets across the road. The long-necked creatures were on their usual Sunday stroll, waddling in single file. ,, " wuonset Point, R.I., York from Hollywood, ine one-time star Is in the East on a business trip. Rupert 45 and 55. be delayed by the mishap. jralluient which saw pulp logs,