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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Delivery
3:09
VOL.
XLIII,
No.
81
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C..
WEDNESDAY.
APRIL
7.
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Students
Keep
Busy
On
Unfamiliar
Tasks
.
A
record-breaking
180
students
from
Booth
Memorial
High
School
"took
over"
the
city
this
morning
and
reports
up
to
press
time
showed
all
were
Cobalt
Bomb
Feasible
doing
well.
Prifili
hv
Van
Uuac
Uiurii,.
HKillMCillTS
of
'
Future
Citizens'Day"
today,
was
a
special
cltv
council
meetin
was
shown
the
workings
of
the
composing
room
and
the
intricate
business
of
"making
up"
the
pages
of
today's
paper.
Jim
Saville,
.promotion
manager,
sampled
the
Job
of
writing
advertisments
and
the
method
Two
of
the
students
who
"signed
up"
as
first
aid
workers
with
the
fire
department
went
on
assignments
before
noon
and
assisted
ambulance
men
on
two
calls.
students,
headed
by
Mayor
John
MacDonald,
left,
took
part.
City
Clerk
Hlen
recorded
the
observations
of
the
student
aldermen
who
earlier
had
made
a
tour
of
inn
on
the
"council
were
Aldermen
Ron
Black,
Freddy
Krlstmanson.
Shirlev
Hargrove
accompanied
j
by
which
the
promotion
mana-
Sankcy,
Gary
Mortson,
Oreig
Forbes,
Peter
Bartlett,
Helen
Olson.
Don
driver
Jack
Franks
and
Jack
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advertising
manager
ads
In
the
various
ger
and
"dummy"
NEW
YORK
(CP)
The
New
York
Times
says
today
that
"the
most
dreaded
weapon
of
all,"
the
cobalt
bomb,
can
be
successfully
built.
An
article
by
William
L.
Laurence,
the
paper's
atomic
writer,
says
the
cobalt
weapon
could
produce
"a
deadly
radio-active
cloud
320
times.
more
powerful
than
radium."
"The'
cloud
can
travel
with
on
Electrical
Goods
Reduced
Ewart
on
a
house
call
and
Louise
Freeman
went
with
Franks
and
Jack
Furness
on
a
call
to
the
Prince
George.
STARTED
HOUSEWORK
On
arrival
at
the
fire
hall
this,
morning,
the
student-firemen
started
with
the
regular
"house
work"
sweeping
the
floor
and
making
sure
the
fire
engines
were
in
top
shape.
pages.
One
young
man
who
went
to
Deeth's
pharmacy
to
clerk,
learned
the
duties
of
the
regular
worker.
One
of
his
duties
was
to
wash
the
front
windows.
So,
Russ
Morrison
donned
a
jacket
and
with
bucket
and
cleaner
completed
the
chore
in
short
order.
come
Levies
Remain
Unchanged
WSIANC
A
Staff
WrU'T
t
And
how
much
of
the
savings)
But,,
what
Mr.
Abbott'
has
will
go
to
the
buyer
of
tax-cut;
skimmed
from
the
tax
bill
is
goods
is
problematical.
j
estimated
by
him
to
be
worth
to
In
his
10th
and
last
budget,
the
taxpayer
S36.000.000
in
the
the
prevailing
winds
over
dis-
j
tances
of
thousands
of
miles,
HpiitrnviniF
all
lifo
in
itft
nath
I
unaer
tne
airection
or
cnier
TFACH
CI.ASSFS
-Canadians
can
year
of
paying
same
federal
Earl
Becker
and
his
staff,
the
,
students
who
took
over
leach-students
donned
smoke
masks
inB
.obs
at
the
elempnturv
TOBY,
Winnipeg
zoo's
lion
cub,
gives
a
snarling
response
to
the
timid
advances
of
Murgatroyd,
the
lamb.
Typically
tl;e
photo
was
taken
at
the
end
of
the
month
in
which
March
weather
across
Canada
acted
more
like
a
lion
than
the
fabled
lamb.
fiscal
year
thijt
ends
March
31
and
$40,000,000
for
a
full
year
after
that.
The
bomb
could
De
exploded
and
were
shown
how
to
run
up,
schools
taught
in
classes
dur
presented
to
me
commons
last
niKht,
Mr.
Abbott's
main
tax-cutting
effort
Was
to
clean
off
the
last
of
the
electrical
appliances,
not
Including
radios
from
a
ship
In
the
Pacific,
for
I
stairs
carrying
oxygen
masks
ne
big
bite
from
TK
-
Il
I...
i
ti
ing
the
morning
and
were
shown
!
and
various
equipment.
i
ru
"
tI,mp,
hundreds,
even
estimated
as
for
K,
accounting
i
anrts
mllM
frnm
,hp
rfMiit
the
various
duties
of
the
regu
and
TV
sets,
that
have
been
,
$33,000,000
of
the
tax
saving
in
toiled.
Taxes
d
and
olher
con-:h
d'rlrical
ap-
under
a
special
15-per-ccnt
ex
lar
teachers.
Most
of
them
were
given
assignments
before
leaving
for
"work"
and
some
helped
correct
work
books
of
the
young
pupils.
the
current
fiscal
year;
the
other
$3,000,000
came
from
the
elimination
of
the
general
10-per-
ri'
ad
of
the
li:.l,
else
tax.
Exempted
from
this
tax,
also.
Contract
For.
Addition
To
Conrad
School
Let
The
mayor
and
Council
elected
by
the
high
school
went
into
session
at
1
o'clock
to
discuss
problems
which
they
investigated
during
a
tour
of
the
city
this
morning.
The
Future
Citiens'
Day,
a
restricted
were
unices
mciuoing
iurs,
lire-
cent
sales
tax
on
and
the
cloud
would
travel
with
the
winds
towards
the
United
States
West
Coast
and
the
rest
of
the
North
American
continent."
The
article
goes
on
to
say
that
it
is
this
type
of
bomb
of
which
Albert
Einstein
said:
"If
successful,
radio-active
poison
At
King
Edward,
principal
R.
G.
Moore
had
a
particular
inter
arms,
Rolf
and
fishing
equip-(group
of
articles.
ment.
cameras
and
travelling,
one
main
hem
In
these
was
Bear-
I
heavy
equipment
bought
by
mu-
'join
in
Finance
.i
1S54-50
bud-ss
than
one
per
i'r.al
tax
bill.
est
in
one
of
the
12
students.
sucn
nousenoia
articles
as
,
nicipalltJes,
such
as
road
grad-
i
sponsored
by
the
Junior
Cham-Contract
for
a
wo-room
addi-
,
adjacent
to
the
ball-playing
t
ber
of
Commerce,
saw
to
Conrad
Street
School
has
'
area
in
Roosevelt
Park
and
also
dents
in
practically
all
awarded
Eby
it
Sons.
.
I
will
ask
the
Parks
Board
for
town
stores
and
businesses.
ers
and
fire-fighting
gear
ing
of
the
atmosphere,
and
pi
Kvin
empire
hence
annihilation
ot
any
UIc.
eieevncai
siovus.
wasners
ana
refrigerators
had
been
exempted
from
the
special
excise
tax
In
tarllcr
uirller
budgets.
budgets.
Thta
was
disclosed
at
a
schooll
their
approvaL
At
the
Family
Market
Tommy
Mr.
Moore
turned
over
his
class
for
one
period
to
Jimmy
Baldwin,
whom
he
taught
in
the
same
school
in
Grade
6
several
years
ago.'
.
k
-.
At
Conrad
Street
school,
principal
Gordon
Bateman
also
expressed
pride
In
the
two
student
teachers
Jean
Golds
and
Palsy
board
meeting
last
night.
Reports
from
(ST
Mr.
Abbott
budgeted
for
V
$4.-
j
on."rth'
wi"
have
bru1gh
the
MnnrphniiSD
was
havinp
a
cmnri
schools
showed
at.tpnrianep
rinr-
'
:
,
.
,
Despite
Despite
appeals
appeals
for
for
reduction
reduction
i
000.000
surplus,
a
small
amount
'
6
ine
iirm
was
uit
lowest
01
fnisr
firms
whirh
snhmit.tpH
ton-
liiiir
i
1
1
1
.(
i
I
1
1
1
1
l
hr
wrvrn
w-
WC
lor
lne
ta3
m
otner
directions,
i
in
the
light
of
forecast
budget
j
-
jeral
customers
and
according
to
Harold
Hampton
"was
doing
a
LIVIIIJ
I
Mr.
Abbott
kept
it
in
effect
on
revenues
of
$4,460,000,000.
He
automobiles,
radio
and
TV
sets,
I
admitted
It
could
be
a
deficit
of
nhnnnprunhH.
and
clenrs.
He
i
amnnH
ttin
non
firm
whirh
would
ders,
and
already
has
begun
,n
March
stalled
more
than
work.
The
Job
will
be
completed
i
1,800.
Here
are
the
figures:
in
time
for
the
school
term
this
Booth
602;
Borden
299;
Conrad
fal1-
'
j
and
Seal
Cove
340;
King
Edward
The
addition
will
aiake
room
414.
Port
Essingtori
29:
Port
for
an
additional
80
students
as
.
,
..
e.,riH.
m.
tm,
H:ghlmhts
f
i
also
left
taxes
unehaneed
on!
ho
hie
first.
If
th
Cnnariian
r
Abbott's
bud-
otricr
tobacco
articles
a
n
d!
economy
did
not
pick
up
enough
Rotary
Choir
To
Be
Heard
On
Air
Friday
22
and
Inverness
14.
good
job.
INTERVIEW
WORKERS
Four
students,
who
were
scheduled
to
make
a
broadcast
over
CFPR
this
afternoon
spent
a
busy
morning
Interviewing
workers
in
many
firms.
Making
up
the
broadcast
were
Barbara
Doumont,
Ken
McKin-non,
Margaret
Watts
and
Roy
Pedersen.
i
well
as
increase
the
basement
I
area.
It
will
be-constructed
at!
i
the
corner
of
Hays
Cove
Avenue
j
and
Conrad.
Prince
Rupert's
popular
Ro
t
j
liquors.
steam
to
overtake
a
slowdown
i
The
special
15-per-cent
tax.in
the
rate
of
progress
of
the
Personal
or
cor-
was
cut
on
a
variety
of
other
'last
few
months.
'
j
articles
to
10
per
cent.
j
Hls
budget
income,
an
al!-
!
include
automobile
;
,ime
hlgn
compared
with
an
es-
"
lax
of
15
per
tires
and
tubes,
clocks,
watches,
;
Umated
$4
400.086.000
as
the
ac-ur
eleetrical
ap-
j
fountain
pens,
glass
and
china
,
tual
gpcnalng
for
1953-54,
the
and
Vme
other
ware,
toilet
preparations,
some
previous
high.
The
spending
ve
immediately,
'smokers'
supplies,
matches,
soft;
gure
WBS
above
the
1953-54
drinks
and
confectionery.
peacetime
high
of
$4,389,979,000
'
tax
reduced
to
BENEFIT
MM:r
ACTI'I-.EIIS
but
below
the
all-time
peak
of
wide
ranue
of
a
11
ro,i,i
4.,.,
..
5
322
000
000
In
the
1943-44
war
Wilson
both
of
whom
he
taught
in
that
school
more
than
seven
years
ago.
Young
Elizabeth
Jones
spent
a
busy
morning
with
a
class
of
40
Grade
4
pupils,
teaching
language
and
helping
Mrs.
Cobb,
the
regular
teacher,
in
committee
work.
She
also
helped
the
children
with
their
Easter
work
before
lunch
time.
Bellhop
Dick
Flood
at
the
Savoy
Hotel
and
John
Howell
at
the
Rupert
enjoyed
their
chores
and
both
had
received
several
"tips"
by
press
time.
The
day
will
come
to
a
close
for
the
students
with
a
coke
party
at
the
high
school
at
5
o'clock.
Arab
Troops
Repel
Attacks
tary
chorus
will
be
heard
in
the
CBC's
weekly
"Paradcof
Choirs"
Friday
night
from
0:30
to
11
p.m.
over
CFPR.
The
40-mcmber
chorus,
dir
Meanwhile'
John
Currie,
clerk
of
works
for
the
board,
reported
good
progress
is
being
made
on
construction
of
the
new
school
at
Port
Edward.
The
$144,000
structure
Is
ex
JERUSALEM
i
National
guardsmen
and
Arab
Legion
ected
by
Charles
P.
Balagno.
re
pected
to
be
completed
early
in
May,
but
will
not
be
used
until
j
trooP5
repelled
two
Israeli
at-
Jordan
Tues
...
.
1
m
vnc
oyi
1
iai
v
Abim
vnA
v.
u
i-u,
,
1
.
f
eitective
lm-
u,hi,
K
a,-r.t
tnr
f
ih
vpar.
tacks
on
a
village
the
fall
term.
reduction
in
taxation,
take
hold
"On
personal
income
tax,
the
at
the
manufaeturine
end.
What'
maximum
allowable
as
deduc-
corded
the
program
of
six
choral
numbers
at
sessions
in
the
King
Edward
School
here
last
week.
The
program
Includes
many
of
the
numbers
presented
in
the
choir's
recent
spring
concert.
WRITES
EDITORIAL
Three
boys
who
"ran"
the
Daily
News
spent
the
morning
learning
the
business.
Editor
Jim
Bateman
wrote
today's
editorial,
several
"heads"
on
stories
and
then
made
a
trip
'around
the
city
to
gather
news.
He
will
write
the
story
on
the
afternoon
council
meeting
for
tomorrow's
paper.
Morris
Dean,
shop
foreman
Trustees
decided
to
apply
to:
the
city
council
for
construction
of
a
school
building
in
the
.area
salts
tax
remov-
the
buyer
gets
out
of
them
de-'tible
from
taxable
income
for
the
''Pally-purchased
pends
on
how
the
cuts
are
pass-1
payments
made
into
a
supcrait-
'
other
ar-
ed
along
through
the
distribut-1
nuation
fund
was
mcreasea
to
Major
compositions
are
"Going
j
,
Home,"
or
Largo
from
Dvorak's
'
WEATHER
f
immediately
i
$1,500
from
$000.
Ing
chain.
day
night
after
fierce
exchanges
with
automatic
fire
and
hand
grenades,
a
Jordan
military
spokesman
said
today.
Maj.
Moharrfmed
Izhaq,
senior
military
delegate
to
the
mixed
armistice
commission,
said
the
altackers
withdrew
leaving
blood
stains
on
the
ground.
The
alleged
attack
came
on
the
eve
of
Thursday's
debate
in
the
United
Nations
Security
Council
on
an
earlier
Jordan
charge
that
Israel
was
responsible
for
an
armed
attack
on
a
Jordan
border
village
In
which
uciro.i
from
tax-1
suwrannuation
s
mrrra.spci
to
'm-
effective
on
Playgrounds
Supervision
To
Be
Decided
The
executive
of
the
Civic
New
World
Symphony,
the
Student
March
Song
from
Romberg's
Student
Prince
and
two
Negro
spirituals,
"Let
My
People
Go"
and
"Soon
I
Will
Be
Done."
Mrs.
Mary
Bird
Is
soloist
in
the
first
spiritual.
The
weekly
CBC
feature
presents
choirs
from
throughout
Forecast
North
coast
region
Cloudy
today
and
Thursday.
Occasional
showers
today,
intermittent
rain
Thursday.
Winds
southerly
20,
frequently
increasing
to
southeast
30
in
exposed
areas
near
the
Queen
Charlottes.
Low
tonight
and
high
Thursday
at
Port
Chamber
Honors
Phil
Ray
'
tox
on
liquor,
.
les
ciKars.
auto-wn
sets,
radios
hs.
B.C.
In
an
effort
to
encourage
i
Hardy
38
and
45,
Sandspit
and
their
work.
1
Prince
Rupert
35
and
45.
I
nine
Arabs
were
killed.
Members
of
the
Prince
Rupert
LATE
RETURNS
SHOW
DRIVE
FOR
RED
CROSS
NEAR
TOP
Returns
for
the
Red
Cross
drive
in
this
district
have
reached
$5,310,
Stan
Saville
at
campaign
headquarters
reported
today.
The
objective
is
$5,500.
With
several
points
to
be
heard
from,
Mr.
Saville
expressed
confidence
that
the
quota
would
be
met,
and
possibly
exceeded.
Results
are
still
awaited
from
Masset,
Queen
Charlotte
City,
Skldcgate,
Butedale,
Stewart,
Alice
Arm
and
several
communities
on
the
Skecna
river.
"With
less
than
$200
to
go,
the
situation
looks
promising,"
'Mr.
Saville
said.
"Donations
from
outside
points
have
been
good
so
far,
and
there
Is
every
reason
to
hope
that
this
will
continue
as
the
balance
comes
in."
Although
the
campaign
was
over
at
the
end
of
March,
there
is
normally
delay
In
counting
final
tallies
id
this
district
because
of
the
wide
area
covered.
Centre
Association,
at
a
special
meeting
scheduled
for
this
afternoon,
will
make
a
decision
on
the
city
park's
board
request
for
Centre
supervision
of
summer
playground
activities
throughout
the
city.
A
parks
committee
of
the
Centre,
headed
by
Norton
-
Chamber
of
Commerce
this
week
paid
tribute
to
a
man
who
has
served
them
faithfully
for
nearly
a
quarter
of
a
century.
Honored
was
Phil
Ray,
who
1
,,)r
withholding
i
salaries
anrt
f
through
1954.
s
wanted
?as
and
mii,,.
was
presented
with
a
desk
set
f
PHUIor.ii
.h
and
pen,
suitably
engraved,
"as
Youngs,
met
with
parks
board
representatives
last
night
to
a
token
of
the
chamber's
appre
ciation
for
loyal
and
faithful
service."
1
S.000.0(I0
for
a
study
the
matter.
The
parks
board
wants
Civic
Centre
general
secretary
Fred
Dr.
L.
M.
Greene
In
making
the
presentation
praised
Mr.
Ray
for
Jones
to
line
up
a
summer
pro-his
hard
work
on
behalf
of
the
I
gram
for
children's
activities
chamber
and
said
he
was
"a
good
,
in
park
playgrounds,
and
to
su
pervise
recreational
directors
to
citizen
of
Veto
Power
on
Use
of
H-Bomb
fcS
Qnnmpfl
hi
km
II
pnAtftrs
be
employed
by
the
parks
board.
In
early
years
here,
before
Mr.
Ray,
In
replying,
said
that
it
was
with
regret
that
he
gave
up
the
post
as
secretary.
There
the
parks
board
was
established,
was
a
great
deal
of
work
entailed
'
the
Civic
Centre
organized
play-in
the
job,
he
said,
but
if
done
j
ground
projects,
and
two
years
,'J...
:
K('y
I
itself."
Truman
and
o
t
h
e
r
s
l
Senator
Harry
F.
Byrd
Dem.-
ago
there
was
limited
participa
properly,
It
proved
a
most
Inter
,',
0uth
parties
aureeri
hnwpvpr
that,
thn
1943
!Va.)
a
member
of
the
Senate
1
'
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.
.
.
.
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v4.
.
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.
.
f
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.y
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"isi:-gr,"7
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aV
th;.t
ti
Great
Brlt-
J
"
v"t0
hv
"yarc.t..,.,.
i.
understanding
reached
at
Que-
armed
services
committee,
said
bee
would
not
cover
the
H-bomb,
that
as
he
understands
the
Els-Asserting
that
Hlckenlooper
enhower
administration's
mill-was
"absolutely
right,"
Senator
tary
policy
"there
will
be
no
mas-Wllllam
F.
Knowland
of
Califor-
sive
retaliation
unless
the
Rus-
nl
RrMihlW.nv
ri.mr
Inarinr
RnM
I
silins
attack
US."
Muted
UP
the
ls-
'Marat
in
n
tne
In
an
interview
that
the
agree-
"If
we
have
time
to
consult
th...
,
"H
int'mc
ment,
was
"tint
sHtisfnetorv
and
with
our
allies,
well
and
good
esting
task.
He
added
that
he
would
give
all
possible
assistance
to
the
newly-appointed
secretary
Mrs.
Jocelyn
Bolton,
"with
some
of
the
extraordinary
letters
received
by
the
chamber
from
all
parts
of
the
world."
The
chamber,
just
prior
to
the
presentation,
had
approved
the
action
of
a
committee
under
Peter
Bird
which
had
met
with
the
Museum
Board
and
the
Prince
Rupert
Tourist
council
in
the
appointment
of
Mrs.
Bolton
as
curator
of
the
Museum
of
Northern
British
Columbia
and
secretary
of
the
Prince
Rupert
tion
by
the
Centre
in
parks
activities.
'
If
the
Civic
Centre
agrees
to
the
project,
more
use
of
the
Centre
by
children
during
wet
weather
will
be
included
In
pro-
gram
plans.
Attending
the
session
were
Mr.
Young,
George
Viereck,
Emil
Blain
and
Mr.
Jones
for
the
Centre
and
Chairman
Pat
For-man,
Duncan
McRae,
Bob
Eby
and
Art
Murray
of
the
parks
board.
The
Civic
Centre
decision
on
the
project
will
be
given
the
parks
commissioners
at
their
regular
meeting
tonight.
But
if
we
are
attacked,
we
win
was
changed
strike
back
and
there
will
be
no
time
for
any
consultation.
British
officials
already
had
given
their
opinion
that
the
former
agreement
no
longer
holds.
state
Secretary
Dulles
has
In
il
,
-
"nieci
acrCnd
World
'ft,bUtthout
stiu
was
in
'
I.CUy,
had
dicated
that
a
situation
might
Any
agreement
that
gives
any
LIKE
A
STEEL-SKINNED
WHALE
surfacing
from
the
deep,
a
Navy
transport
deliberately
submerged
in
snow,
glistens
In
the
slanted
rays
of
the
Arctic
sun
near
the
Bay
of
Whales,
Alaska.
The
U.S.
Navy,
concerned
with
the
maintenance
and
storage
of
supplies
and
equipment
In
the
Arctic,
sent
a
team
of
experts
to
within
a
thousand
miles
of
the
North
Pole.
Constructing
an
airfield
large
enough
to
accommodate
wheeled
aircraft
in
the
unbelievably
short
time
of
two
months,
the
experts
then
began
the
series
of
tests
to
determine
the
effects
of
extreme
cold
upon
machinery
and
men.
other
nation
a
veto
on
our
use
arise
in
which
sucn
retaliation
of
atomic
weapons,
on
which
our
would
be
launched
in
response
hi
T;ooper's
very
existence
may
depend,
can-
to
uommunisi
Bgg.cooiu.i
not
be
Justified?'
Knowland
de-
volving
a.
direct
attack
on
the
clared..
!
U.S.
.
.
i
Chamber
of
Commerce.
"
laks
for
J