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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"
VOL.
XLII,
No.
248
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
OCTOBER
24,
1953
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'
Rain
Halts
Flood
Area
Rescue
Work
Decision
of
Union
Expected
Monday
Oxficials
of
nine
Pacific
coast
pulp
and
paper
companies
and
members
of
the
International
Brotherhood
of
Stilphite
and
Paper
Mill
Workers
are
anxiously
awaiting
results
of
a
vote
taken
this
week
by
son:e
4,000
union
members
as
to
whether
the
companies'
latest
offer
has
been
accepted.
,
-yt
-
-
I
"
h
v
J
!
"
;
'
;
I'
V?-
r
I
It
v
t
0
p
,
'
OLIVETO,
Italy.
Heavy
new
rains
sent
Affected
in
the
Prince
Rupert
r
wildly-raging
torrents
boiling
anew
through
at
area
are
some.
400
members
of
least
half
a
dozen
flood
I
1
1
i
Dancer
Triumphs
Over
Disease
,
stricken
villages
today
in
this
mountain
area
above
local
708
of
the
Sulphite
workers
employed
by
Columbia
Cellulose
Co.
Ltd.
at
Watson
Island.
Latest
move
In
the
negotiations
between
the
companies
and
the
union
was
taken
by
the
companies
Wednesday
when
they
made
a
new
offer
of
five
O'NKlIXHmofjths
lier
sUxklngs
at
Her
Majesty's
Theatre
in
London.
wJvrro
Khc
j
in
a
musical
snow
alter
doctors
sai
i
Infantile
paralysis
would
keep
her.
from
ever
it
i
X
f
5
ll
4
r
4?
t
;.'t
itgum.
But
the
young
blonde
over;amc
the
disease
which
struck
five
years
aeo.
This
award
was
accepted
by
the
companies
but
rejected
last
week
by
the
union
by
a
9
to
1
majority.
FBI
Question
Taxi-Driver
In
Kidnap
Case
ST.
LOUIS
(AP)
FBI
agents
routed
John
Hager
out
of
bed
at
his
home
here
early
today
in
)n
dance
before
Queen
Elizabeth
II
in
a
variety
show.
-Li
r
i
UNITED
cents
per
hour
increase
and
an
upward
wage
adjustment
for
certain
classes
of
tradesmen.
Tabulation
of
the
vote
is
being
made
in
Vancouver
over
the
week-end
and
results
are
expected
Monday.
A
union
spokesman
said
today
that
if
the
majority
of
the
men
t
Fishing
Year
Sees
Ketchikan
Ueggio
Calabria.
!
The
storm
added
to
the
vast
devastation
caused
in
the
last
two
days
when
flash
floods
inundated
a
thousand-square-mile
area.
Officials
of
Reggio
Calabria
province
said
the
death
toll
figure
might
pass
100.
Today's
floods
halted
attempts
of
rescue
workers
to
get
food
and
other
emergency
supplies
to
an
estimated
3,000
hungry,
grief-stricken
villagers
trapped
in
their
flooded
mountain
communities-
.
NATIONS
'n
Grm
as.
almnn
ranilal"
j
do
not
accept
this
offer,
a
gov-!
ernment-supervised
strike
vote
1
will
be
taken
in
each
of
the
nine
DAY
October
24
a
surprise
development
In
the
Bobby
Qreenlease
kidnap-slay-in
g
case.
Hager
was
the
cab
driver
who
gave
police
the
tip
that
led
to
the
arrest
rf
Carl
Austin
Hall.
V
siVtoi(
I
for
the
present
salmon
situation.
'
open.
In
B.C.,
all
net
fishing
IN-Tlns
city,
which
j
Fishing
seasons
in
the
past
have
ceases
over
the
weekend,
and
in
$
to
Uit
title
of
the
been
so
designed
to
catch
the
Bdaitlon,
certain
areas
are
closed
fatal
of
the
World,"
,
greati-st
number
of
fish
during
!
for
loneer
Dcriods
durinn
the
mills-
Affected
by
the
voting
are
Columbia
Cellulose
Co.
Ltd,
Watson
Island;
Alaska
Pine
and
Cellulose
Co.
Ltd.,
Woodfibre
(M
it
unchallenged
,
the
peak
of
the
runs,
but
little
j
peak
of
the
season,
giving
ample
The
delay
increased
the
peril
of
possible
disease
spreading
through
the
revaged
villages.
jnow
held
with
Mrs.
Bonnie
quarter
caniury,
;
aurntlon
naa
been
given
to
es-
t
escapement
of
salmon
heavy
'
Fa
ills
losing
its
grip,
icapement
of
spawners
up
the
with
ripe
spawn.
'
Brown
Heady
In
Kansas
City
division;
Alaska
Pine
and
Cellulose
Co.
Ltd.,
Port
Alice;
Howe
Friday
night
a
ministry
of
works
official
in
charge
of
rescue
op
streams.
!
That,
say
some
of
the
Alaskan
under
federal
kidnapping
charges
In
the
case.
Hager
was
questioned
recently
Viv
nnlli'B
rtffifiala
hartt
whn
n
rn
f
joutheuslern
Alas-
Sound
Pulp
Co.
Ltd.,
Port
Mel
As
opposed
to
the
fisheries
accounts
for
experts,
a
general
j
erationg
erations
said
sajd
i
out
of
which
the
the
authorities
were
watching
for
an
outbreak
lon;
MacMillan
Si
Bloedel
Ltd.,
In
was
born,
is
but
Harmac
division;
MacMillan
&
Ti-Kuisuuns
applying
io
increase
in
u..
Baimon
runs
there
are
no
closed
periods
for
!
while
Alaska's
salmon
are
head-net
fishermen
once
the
season
I
ed
for
extinction.
of
epidemics-
conducting
a
closed-door
inquiry
mon
of
its
former
Bloedel,
Port
Albernl
division
into
reported
discrepancies
in
roni
,n.
r-..
v.ii.'
x
.
Five
World
Crises
Averted
During
UN's
Eight
Year
Span
i
id
Uie
slogan
itself
l-'.j
is
.Uullov
.and
A
Elk
Falls
Cn
Ui.
Duncan
Rax.
ne
reiusea
W
commeni
the
ears
of
those
on
today's
developments.
Hurst
Riter
2:30
Tomorrow
Union
locals
involved
are
lo
Troops
Assume
Handling
Of
Strike-Bound
U.K.
Gas
Celebrations
marking
the
day
jcaJg
708i
Watson
ultlnd;
extinction
of
Alas-
76,
Oct.
24,
1S45
when
the
UN
Hager's
wife
told
reporters
that
two
men
who
identified
themselves
as
FBI
agents
told
Hager
they
were
taking
him
to
their
office.
charter
went
into
force
were
I
Powell
River;
297,
Port
Mellon;
312.
Ocean
Falls;
494,
Wood-fibre;
SI
4,
Fort
Alice;
592,
Port
UNITED
NATIONS,
N.Y-
(AP)
The
United
Nations
celebrated
its
eighth
birthday
today.
Its
60
members
held
globe-girdling
observances,
and
top
figures
here
took
a
look
at
the'ecord.
Funeral
services
for
Alan
Mc-jan
Hurst.
56.
Booth
Memorial
I
natuiiil
resource
Stiitry
which
follows
Impressed
at
terrl-iarinp
by
cannery
frhernien
and
the
fcilife
Sorvice
follow-
LONDON
(AP)
Troops
in
full
week-end,
standing
by
to
dal
;Hin
school
principal,
who
died
1
M.1.U
n...,.lhln,nB,i,.n.u
"
.
.
.
......
...ill
huttip
kit
tvk
over
distribution
with
any
possible
-emergency
suddenly
Thursday
night,
will
The
UN
was
conceived
in
an
planned
at
the
UN
headquarters
and
In
many
countries.
"UN
Week"
was
observed
in
Canadian
and
American
schools
with
special
programs-
and
studies-
Churches,
throughout
the
world
observe
"UN
Sunday"
tomorrow.
.
Y
.
At
virtually
the
same
time.
FBI
agents
and
police
seized
an
unidentified
man
and
woman
from
a
downtown
'hotel,-
along
with
-two
suitcases
and
an
over
be
held
at
the
Civic
Centre,
2:30
j
nere
of
East-West
al-
of
emergency
gasoline
supplies
id
mZ
irous
salmon
season
Din
Sunday,
wixn
itev.
&
liance
and
dedicated
to
the
the
London
ares
today
as
a
wim-j
n,.,.,
brisk!y
Into
the
city's
Wright
officiating.
Albernl;
695,
Harmac;
742,
Duncan
Bay.-
-
i
,
.,'!.:'
.'!;.,!
Wage
negotiations
opened
L
in
June
ahead
of
jtha'
July
expiry
date,
lof.i
Uiei!
1952-53
cohtradt,
with
-
the
union
requesting
an
increase
of
10
cents
per
hour
and
a
northern
wage
differential
for
employees
of
Columbia
Cellulose
due
to
a
higher
cast
proposition
that
all
nationi
had
cat
strike
of
tank
truck
drivers'
fcne
of
the
major
de-
night
bai?."''
'
'
'
nymns
win
oe
sung
uy
o
n
equal
lnterest
in
world
peace
gasoline
depots
at
dawn
today
and
swung
aboard
the
fleets
of
tier
Alaska's
worst
i
lhat
ali
Dut
paralyzed
district
The
FBI
refused
comment
on
raemonai
nISii
and
co-operation.
idle
tank
trucks.
whether
there
was
any
connec
mod
transport
went
into
Its
sixth
towns
unci
many
,,.
tion
between
the
pair
and
the
.
Greenlease
case.
,
Actions
of
the
Soviet
Union
i
since
then.
Western
delegates
!
say,
have
clouded
over
this
rosy
view.
I
fl
leartini;
for
winter
j
But
trcsh
troubles
loom
in
the
4
to
combat
sudden
wake
of
tne
government's
order
FBI
and
police
have
been
con
of
living
in
Prince
Rupert.
The
companies
countered
with
a
two
cents
per
hour
increase.
Basic
ducting
an
intensive
hunt
for
the
missing
half
of
the
$600,000
Onne
Stuart,
Dr..
R.
O.
Large,
W.
F.
Stone,
Joe
Scott,
Dr.
A.
W.
Large,
Clifford
Ham-
Honorary
pallbearers
are
R.
H
David-iou,
Uiaham
Alexander,
Dr.
L.
W.
Kergin,
Charles
E.
Starr,
Weldon
McAfee,
R.
O.
Moore.
Don
forward
will
be
in
charge
of
ushering
and
other
arrangements
for,
the
service.
B.C.
Undertakers
are
in
charge
of
lu-
"Yet,"
United
States
delegate
Henry
Cabot
Lodge
said
in
an
anniversary
statement,
"it
not
only
survives,
but
functions
helpfully,
although
imperfectly,
despite
the
fact
that
the
Com
The
2,600
drivers
fiuit
work
j
Monday,
demanding
the
dismis-1
sal
of
all
non-union
co-workers,
full
union
recognition
by
the
industry
and
a
10-shilllng
weekly
pay
raise.
They
have
been
averaging
7
5s
6d
(S20.37)
a
week.
The
No.
1
task
(for
the
troops
is
to
get
food
distribution
trucks
on
the
road
again
1"
order
to
deliver
the
huge
.city's
vital
lood.
Thousands
of
households
probably
will
be
without
their
precious
Sunday
roast
because
of
Voting
Change
Sought
by
WA
A
campaign
to
obtain
the
civic
franchise
for
all
adults
of
six
months'
residence
in
the
city,
and
to
abolish
the
$2
registration
fee
for
non-property
owners,
is
being
launched
by
the
Women's
Auxiliary
to
the
United
Fishermen
and
Allied
Workers'
Union
here.
At
their
last
meeting,
members
of
the
auxiliary
planned
to
calling
in
the
soldiers.
Bus
con
ies
(U.S.
operated)
(
Sudors
and
drivers
at
several
of
f
their
regular
sea-
tne
Lond,m
transport
board's
de-Sthat
they
have
been
!
potg
voted
to
waik
out
if
their
fir
payroll
for
next
'
vchcles
are
filled
with
army-
a
job
is
no
longer
i
delivered
gasoline.
fw-
I
The
troops
moved
in
as
every
fry
operators
have
.
RaraRe
within
a
40-mlle
radius
of
.V
pull
out
of
Alas-
j
i,om,m
reported
its
fuel
tanks
f
r.
and
process
all
!
dry.
f
i
next
year
In
I
Th
government
has
clamped
rate
at
present
is
$1.50
per
hour.
When
no
agreement
was
reached
between
management
and
the
union
a
hearing
before
a
conciliation
board
was
asked.
The
conciliation
board
award,
which
was
not
unanimous,
was
for
a
four
cents
per
hour
ransom
money
paid
by
Robert
C.
Greenlease
of
Kansas
City
In
an
effort
to
secure
the
freedom
of
his
six-year-old
son,
who
was
found
8lau
after
the
Hall-Heady
arrests.
Hall
contends
he
does
not
'
know
what
happened
to
the
missing
$300,000-
munist
bloc
is
fighting
a
cold
;
war
with
the
rest
of
the
world
net-til
nrrjintfcmnnt.v
and
without
its
'i
hi-in
will
he
sections
reserved
'
both
within
f
iMCKing
tne
fisliion
a
riEld
ration
system,
giving
in
the
Civic
Centre
for
the
chambers.
school
staffs
and
the
Gyro
Club'
"During
lis
eight
years
of
life,
of
which
Mr
Hurst
was
vice-
H
has
successfully
dealt
with
r,,-,wiri,...i..
Alxi.
in
aUernlunce
five
crises
that
threatened
to
waters
the
gasoline
shortage.
FsscntKI
services
sui
h
as
hospitals.
Ptnrmlnnces,
postal
deliv
h
and
Wildlife
Ser
send
letters
to
the
shoreworkers
i
essential
public
service
first
call
on
avalluble
gasoline
and
oil.
ki:i:p
cabinet
handy
Trime
Minister
Churchill
ordered
nil
members
of
his
cabinet
to
remain
in
London
during
the
in
I
body
which
looks
phcries
and
game
as
fl:-?
extensive
Invns-f
the
diminishing
will
be
a
contingent
from
cuna-
explode
into
general
warfare
dian
Legion
Branch
No.
27.
Mr.,
in
Iran,
Palestine,
Greece,
In-iiurst
served
two
full
terms
on
doncsia
and
Kashmir,
the
Legion
executive
and
for!
"In
Korea
it
has
organized
ery,
sewage
disposal
units
and
undertakers
come
next
on
the
list,
with
some
deliveries
going
"f.l
of
the
UFAWU
and
to
all
other
unions
in
the
city,
asking
i
tlvir
support
in
the
campaign.
CCF
Hopes
to
Boost
Majority
In
Nfext
Week's
By-Election
REGINA
(CP)
Saskatchewan's
i
gresslve
Conservative.
CCF
government
seeks
to
boost
I
John
Thiessen,
47-year-old
its
representation
In
the
53-seat
I
Aberdeen
farmer,
carries
the
I
to
public
transport
and
garages.
three
years
was
a
member
of
part
of
the
free
world
success
l
The
letters
also
asked
locals
committee,
in
this
fuUy
to
repel
I
bloody
the
building
open
jam
j,0s
r
he
qusSon
of
he
responsible
for
aggression
which
threatened
the
representation
on
city
council.
capacity
was
the
furnishings
of
Club
27.
j
peace
and
security
of
.the
emire
the
general'
con-P"n
among
experts'
is
J
WS
is
itself
to
blame
fy
Lost
Members
also
planned
study
provincial
legislature
to
44
government
banner
in
Rosthern,
Tomorrow
night
the
remains
tree
world.
This
is
the
first
time
i
of
the
Indian
Act,
blaming
prob
members
in
by-elections
to
b;
held
next
Wednesday
in
the
rid
W1U
oe
lanen
MJ
tne
ooui
wrui
uisioiy
nuu
an
ainy
w.;
orUlnir
out
of
the
act
for
passage
to
Vancouver
where
,
repel
aggression
by
collective
problems
in
policing
Hni
of
tw
this
Aitv
city.
opposing
Liberal
Samuel
Carr,
48,
rural
municipal
secretary
for'
Warman,
and
the
Social
Credit
candidate,
Martin
K.elln,
34-
Suggesting
that
changes
ln
ings
of
Rosthern
and
Souris-Estevan.
The
by-elections
also
may
cremation
will
be
held
next
i
measures
under
the
auspices
or
Thursday
at
Simmons
&
Mc-1
a
world-wide
international
or-
Bride
Funeral
Chapel.
!
ganization
has
been
successful.''
the
act.
would
improve
enforcement
of
law
and
order
In
Prince
produce
the
first
Progressive
Jck
Crash
j'N.
NY.
lAPl
A
",r
from
Montreal
I""
W!
to
1.000
cases
whisky
crashed
and
ibrldHf
Friday
night.
P'"(?
rareo
strenmoH
Rupert,
the
meeting
decided
to
,
Conservative
voice
in
the
assem
ask
a
representative
of
thejbly
since
1934.
Present
standing
Metlakatla
Council
to
attend
the
Is:
CCF
42;
Liberals,
nine,
and
year-old
farmer
and
first
vice-president
of
the
Saskatchewan
party
organization.
The
CCF
candidate
in
Souris-Estevan
is
William
Schieman,
30,
Oxbow
teacher.
His
opponent
is
Robert
Kohaly,
32,
Estevan
lawyer,
who
has
the
support
of
Liberals
and
Progressive
next
W.A.
meeting
and
outline
;
two
vacant.
Alderman
Krueger
to
Open
Local
Curling
Season
Tonight
Muenriments
to
the
act
sought
by
the
Native
Brotherhood.
Five
candidates
filed
papers
when
nominations
closed
Oct.
13.
The
CCF
entered
two,
Liberals
one
and
Social
Credit
one.
A
filth
candidate
is
backed
jointly
by
the
Liberal
and
PC
parties,
although
he
is
a
Pro-
Aid.
Mike
Krueger
will
throw)
f''1
'
a
lane
of
five.
v
Injured
as
the
P'siR
in
heavy
fog,
ptomobile
parked
on
Nlre
said.
Both
ve-N.
estimated
the
loss
l'M.000.
the
first
rock
to
officially
open
City
Experiences
First
Heavy
Frost
Heavy
frost
came
to
Prince
Rupert
last
night
as
cold
Pacific
Seamen's
Strike
Comes
to
End
Girl's
Death
Self-inflicted
Death
of
a
17-year-old
native
girl
at
Fort
Babine
Monday
was
self-inflicted,
according
to
Coroner
Aubrey
Fisher'
of
Burns
Lake,
RCMP
reported
here
today.
The
girl;
Alice
Aslin.
was
found
Nov.
3,
with
regular
curling
starting
the
next
day.
All
entries
have
been
drawn
in
the
Primary
event
with
losers
dropping
to
the
Secondary
event-
,
Draws
lor
Monday
and
Tucsr
day
have
been
completed
and
all
games
are
ln
the
Primary
event
and
will
be
of
10
ends.
First
draw
starts
at
7
p-m.
sharp.
Monday
7
p.m.
Draw
Ice
(1)
Johnson
vs.
McLean;
(2)
Stewart
vs.
Anderson;
;(3l
Rudderham
vs.
Melghen.
34
r-
Sy
?
x
TV
Comic
the
Prince
Rupert
1953-54
curling
season
tonight
when
a
full
evening
of
curling
followed
by
a
social
gathering
will
be
staged
at
the
local
rink.
The
Prince
Rupert
Pipe
Band
under
the
direction
of
bandmaster
Jack
twai
t
will
be
in
attendance
and
the
finals
of
the
President-versus-Vice-President's
bonspiel
will
be
completed.
Also
to
be
run
off
will
be
the
finals
ln
the
ladles'
curling
club
OTTAWA
fCPi
A
seamen's
strike
threatening
to
paralyze
Canada's
ocean
merchant
fleet
ended
air
covered
the
northwestern
half
of
the
province.
Some
cloud
has
formed
but
there
has
been
no
precipitation.
However
Pacific
storms
are
becoming
more
active
offshore
and
rain
will
come
to
the
north
coast
later
In
the
day.
By
tomorrow
rain
is
expected
over
shot
to
death
in
her
cabin
with
a
.22
rifle
beside
her
at
10
a.m.
Monday,
by
neighbors
In
the
Indian
village.
They
heard
a
shot
President-versus
-
Vice-President
Seamen
who
walked
out
Sept.
29
settled
for
a
basic
$6-a-month
wage
increase
and
a
shortened
work
week.
The
settlement
was
a
compromise
on
the
part
of
9
p.m.
Draw
(11
Moore
vs.
Thorn;
(2)
Ford
vs-
Turner;
(3)
Warfen
vs.
Aston.
Tuesday
7
p.m-
Draw
':
(1)
Berg
vs.
Skallmerud;
(2)
Taylor
vs.
Dlbb;
(3)
Shier
vs.
?pcr
Today
"J
V-nm
addicts
7
sets
of
comics
in
f
Ns
today.
Due
to
ving
holiday
the
f
of
the
serial-type
lhn?f,
behlud
and
ln
r
thcNeHi,lun.
"ot,
today.
First
set
"h
follow
t
be
,ound
on
m
lft
the
f
next
lot
on
f
bonspiel.
Curlers
are
asked
to
bring
their
wives
to
the
grand
opening
and
lady
curlers
are
asked
a
both
the
sailors
and
the
ship
operators..
and
went
to
Investigate.
RCMP
officers
and
the
coroner
flew
from
Burns
Lake
in
to
the
village,
situated
at
the
north
end
to
bring
their
husbands
most
of
the
coast
and
northern
sections
of
the
Interior.
It
will
be
somewhat
milder
tonight.
Winds
will
be
southwesterly
2(-Sunday
afternoon.
Low
tonight
and
high
tomorrow
at
Port
Hardy,
Sandsplt
and
Prince
Ru-
On
Monday
the
annual
mixed
Dominate.
HOMMNO
HIS
TROPHIES
and
smiling
triumphantly
.Is
Alex
Adamski
39,
the
210-pound
truck
driver
from
Chicago
who
won
the
National
Roadeo
Championship
at
St.
Paul,
Minn.
He
truck
over
the
tough
semi-trailer
18,000-pound
wheeled
his
giant
serpentine
"roadeo"
course
to
win
the
event
in
the
tand&m-axle
annual
"roadeo"
is
sponosrd
by
class
for
the
third
time.
The
American
Trucking
Association;
Inc.
.
bonspiel
will
get
under
way
wim
j
9
p.m.
Draw
'
An
offshoot
of
the
surprise
settlement
was
that
It
will
speed
a
cabinet
decision
on
whether
federal
subsidies
should
be
provided
to
keep
the
deep-sea
fleet
operating
(1)
Newton
vs.
Wakely;
(2)
of
Babine
Lake.
The
girl,
survived
by
her
mother,
Mrs.
Alice
Aslin
of
Burns
Lake,
was
said
to
have
been
despondent
toi
ywtsi'al
months
play
continuing
each
evening
next
week
except.
Sunday.
The
Matthews
vs.
Osterberg;-
(3)
!
pert,
42
and
52.
finals
Bre
sisW
Tor
Monday,
j
Eyolf
son
(bye),
)0m'