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"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Delivery
VOL.
XLIII,
No.
22
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY
,27,
1954
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Phone
81
FtMOET
MliM6t5
Eb
fc
'toHmwC
-
.
Snowstorms
Snarl
Cities
-mtx
'.
,
,
V.
..v
.
t
r
-i"Ter-i-ii
T
I
CPA
Plane
Grounded
As
Snow
Hits
City
Gale
force
winds
kept
the
Canadian
National
Steamships
Prince
George
from
docking
for
an
hour
today
and
a
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines
plane
was
grounded
due
to
lack
of
visibility
as
milder
weather
brought
a
continuing
snow
storm.
rt
r
ft
f
jU
I
IHM
HIE
IH..KNOARY
boy
who
stuck
his
thumb
ilh
m-HlKie-wlkie.
Kvcr
since
the
tra-ric
floods
of
February,
1953.
dike
KUards
have
instant
duty,
watching
the
ocean
and
dikes
at
key
points
and
reporting
conditions
to
,
itics
via
tills
equipment.
This
man
is
on
watch
at
the
Volkeruk,
near
Fijnaurt.
is
Urged
Berlin
Conference:
kip
Over
Russian
Proposal
px-Stale
Secretary
to
grips
Immediately
with
prob-
United
States
urg-
lems
of
German
unification
and
'
Churchill
To
Retire
When
Ready
LONDON
CP-British
politic'
lans
are
just
about
agreed
that
when
Sir
Winston
Churchill
retires
as
prime
minister
it
will
be
in
his
own
good
time;
Predicting
the
prime
minister's
plans
has
become
one
of
Parliament's
favorite
pastimes.
sir
Winston
smiled
and
called
neart,n
R'd
beclif,e
"J
fj1"'
th?,M
?J
8"t0fihl!l!?mored
"ftl?ment
cal"e
up
ta
thf
"ous
of
Commons
Tuesday
night.
Queen
returns
,
,
m.J
In
,
May
e
from
her
Commonwealth
tour.
r,,,
..i
i
.
i.
.j
'
t
;h!ialist
r
J161?'?
li11
,.TUMitay
nifilti
there
Jhe
?.m5J?lntater
knows,tht
I"
"Pulation
a.
a
result
of
the.
speech
made
by
i-
I
I
.
.
.
'
waiipm
wnira
n
conference
today
European
security,
action
on
Russia's
Dulles
said
the
Soviet
demand
r
a
meeting
with
fn
k
five-power
conference
in-1
China
and
to
come
eluding
the
Petplrlg
government
i
i
i
i
5
capricious
wind
romned
around
Prince
Rupert
harbor
before
noon
and
prevented
-the
Prince
George
from
docking
for
80
minutes
while
dozens
of
stevedores
and
shivering
residents-
watched
the
ship's
futile
efforts
to
berth.
Several
fishboats
and
two
packers
stood
by
to
give
aid
if
necessary.
The
George
arrived
in
the
harbor
on
time
at
11
a.m.
but
it
was
12
noon
before
the
gangplank
was
raised.
'
THREE
PASSES
Skipper
Reg
Sparkes
brought
the
ship
around
in
three
futile
passes
at
the
dock
before
the
fourth
attempt
brought
victory
over
the
wind.
Each
time
the
ship
started
to
sidle
in
toward
the
dock,
a
gust
of
wind
would
'
uJt
th"
eotn
h
enri
time
Capt.
aparkes
backed
her
ud
to
try
aealn
'
I
V,!i,
'J
Finally
lift
guided
u.v,.
her
toward
the
harbor
entrance
and
out
ol
sight
of
the-watchers,
swung
her
around
and
headed
in
again
for
a
perfect
berthing.
.
Th.m.
i..t
.
tk.
-
"
"
w
J
"
i
IV
shin
was
Minted
In
the
.
1
posite-
direction
to
her
usual
position,
preventing
unloading
of
freight.
The
fishboats
and
packers
circled
out
into
the
harbor
after
the
big
ship's
third
landing
at
tempt
failed,
and
prepared
-..to
nudge
her
into
the
dock
"from
the
port
side
if
the
wind
tried
AL
ISSUES
FACING
'
;
'
;
t
K
CENTRE
ASSOCIATION
agenda
and
sever!
contr(ver,sial
issues
face
the
THE
MERCURY
STOOD
at
33
degrees
below
zero
on
Winnipeg's
famed
corner
of
Portage
and
Main
Street
when
Winnipeg
Tribune
reporter
I.eon
Kossar
donned
an
old-fashioned
bathing
suit
and
straw
hat
to
show
shivering
citizens
in
the
background
that
it
wasn't
really
that
bad.
Said
Kossar:
"It
just
takes
stamina,
courage,
fortitude,
determination
and
sheer
stupidity."
House
Votes
130-37
re
Association
uhen
it
holds
Its
annual
meeting
at
In
Ontario
i
liy
The
Cmuulluu
Vt-HH
!
Heavy
snowstorms
snarled
traffic
in
parts
of
eastern
Canada
today
i
while
the
frozen
Canadian,
Prairies
went
into
a
third
week
of
sub-zero
l'mieratures.
Kouthern
Ont.irlo
not.
up
to
live
inches
of
snow.
Falls
in
the
Toronto
and
Kitchener
aifos
plugged
some
sideroads.
The
storm
covered
almost
rill
of
southern
Ontario
and
work
crews
from
all
of
the
province's
M
department
of
highways
sta-j
Hons
were
busy
clearing
and
s
Hiding
roads.
Hoods,
meanwhile,
ore
threat-i
ening
in
British
Columbn
s
lower
mainland,
where
warmer
weather
is
melting
the
more
than
four
feet
of
snow
that
has
fallen
in
the
mountains,
New
Westminster
feared
a
record
66-inch
snowfall
could
tttUM;
Wlf
WOrSl.
IIOOQ
III
X.le
city
s
history.
Temperatures
at
some
Canadian
centres
Tuesday
night:
Vancouver
31
above
zero.
Ed-
mont.on
27
below
zero.
Saskatoon
i
-JB,
Winnipeg
-21,
Toronto
23.
Ottawa
and
MontreaJ
16,
I,
Saint
Saint
,
"""
.
naiiiax
a
Fifteen
consecutive
days
:i!
severe
cold
have
claimed
24
!'vcs'
fllri'tlv
,,r
tndirectly
on
,h,'
17'rl,''s
lind
.J16"""?
'"T
P'u's
s"w
on
the
west
coast.
While
Mayo
in
the
Yukon
was
flnUrd
by
a
54-below-zero
read-
"
comparkuvei,
JaVm
in
temperatures
of
32
and
31
above,
respectively.
It
was
-52
ut
Embarrass
in
northern
Alberta
and
-51
at
Dawson
City,
In
the
Yukon.
A
blizzard
which
caused
considerable
snow
drifting
in
southern
and
central
Saskatchewan
blew
itself
out
early
today,
while
Vancouver
added
another
1VS
inches
of
snowfall
to
give
it
a
total
of
30.7
for
the
month.
Up
to
6'2
inches
fell
at
several
points
on
Vancouver
island.
The
Fraser
Canyon
highway
was
clgsed
to
all
traffic
Monday
night
after
a
series
of
slides
made
the
route
impassable
but
was
cleared
this
morning.
cntrr
at
8
p.m.
Friday.
been
reported
that
should
the
Idea
of
an
Ice
arena
or
shimming
pool
In
Prince
Rupert
be
given
suffl-
&ri
oy
uie
membership
at
Friday
night
s
meeting.
nn
rirtuhi
nrn
aV,oll
vn
1
..i
entre
would
be
obligated
to
atart
work
ou
one
or
projects.
"
.
"
'
'
To
Increase
Salaries
'
"""""
"
...
.....
lVClTIUjJ
some
distinguished
enllghtment
-shortly."
.-
-.
w."-,
,
..-..,
The
?9-year-old
Sir
Winston
then
murmured:
"It
Is
a
dclus-
ents
Riot
in
Madrid
Third
Successive
Day
any
more
tricks,
but
.
(jieir
aif
.Aaving
brought
my
hearing
aid."
.
waant
required.
''
f
f
He
then
seftt
his
son-in-law'
OTTAWA
(CP)
Increases
In
his
party
also
favors
only
$2,000
Parliamentary
salaries
and
in-
of
the
proposed
$4,000
increase
demnlties
totalling
more
than
in
Commoners'
indemnities.
$1,500,000
a
year
have
won
pre-
The
increases
will
give
mem-llminary
Commons
approval.
of
Parliament
$10,000
year-Members
voted
130
to
37
Tues-
y
conpared
with
$6,000
at
pres-day
night
to
support
a
govern-
net;
cabinet
ministers
and
the
ment
proposal
to
boost
the
pay
Commons
opposition
leader
of
Commoners,
Senators
and
I
$27,000
compared
with
$18,000:
cabinet
members.
Following
a
j
and
the
prime
minister
$37,000
day-long
debate,
two
bills
giving
!
compared
with
$23,000.
effect
to
the
raises
were
Intro-1
speakers
of
the
Commons
and
dU('rd-
'Senate
will
receive
$23,000
in-
MI)
(ReuterS)Spanish
students
dashed
I
l
.
.
i;
t
,i
.
i
.
.
....
...
ii
I'unce
ior
tne
tniru
straignt
day
during
Itration
outside
the
University
of
Madrid
one
nine.
Informed
.
After
gathering
outside
the
university
grounds
early
today,
some
1,000
shouting
studenk
.
stead
of
$18,000:
the
deputy
Commons
speaker
$17,500
In-
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines
of-stead
of
$11,500;
the
Senate
flclals
said
this
afternoon
that
government
leader
$20,000
in-J
the
.
plane
scheduled
to
leave
Liberals,
Social
Crediters
and
five
CCF
members
voted
approval
of
the
government
reso
iution
preliminary
to
introduc
Hon
of
the
bills.
It
was
opposed
by
Progressive
Conservatives,
who
want
a
royal
in
the
dike
is
this
dike
euurd
'
j
I
;
I
j
,
i
i
"Is
primarily
a
device
to
attempt
w
secure
ior
the
regime
a
position
!
In
councils
of
the
world
which
it
has
not
earned
or
had
accorded
to
it
by
the
international
I
community
generally,
in-
!
eluding
the
United
Nations."
I
"Certainly,
this
four-power
I
conference
is
not
the
place
to
l
decide
the
matter."
j
Russia's
Foreign
Minister
Molo-
tov
iiad
submitted
to
the
eon-
t
j
lerence
s
second
session
Tuesday
j
.untiai
unumwwii
inning
lJl
B
;
five-power
meeting
in
May
or
'
June.
I
The
U.S.
had
already
rejected
!
the
whole
concept,
but
it
also
,
had
accepted,
along
with
Britain
,
and
France,
the
Russian-
i
spoasored
agenda
which
put
the
,
nve-power
proposal
as
the
ilrsli
Item
of
business
beginning
in
to-
i
day's
third
session.
J
American
sources
."disclosed
!
that
Mololov
had
decided
against
anv
unon-h
in
hehxif
nf
hi,
R.ri
;
China
motion
this
afternoon.
1
!
contrary
to
reports
that
he
ST
n,nke
8
w
-
Duiie.
Briuan-
Anthony
den
and
France's
Oeorgcs
Bi-dault
said
they
agreed
to
the
Soviet
order
of
business
not
because
they
were
willinir
to
meet
with
Bed
China
but
because
thev
wanted
to
pet
the
subiect
Dulles
flatly
rejected
a
five-power
conference
In
.his
opening
speech
Tuesday,
saying
the
U.S.
would
not
meet
with
the
"Chinese
Communist
apgressors
for
the
purpose
of
dealing
generally
with
the
peace
of
the
world."
If
Ji:
"
-
I)
Q
J-
i
m.
tried
to
march
on
the
ministry
,
out
of
the
way
and
buckle
down
of
Information
building,
but
I
to
work
on
the
problems
of
Oer-w
ere
driven
off
by
police.
mtln
unification
and
Austrian
The
students
have
been
pro-
Independence.
commission
to
study
the
ques-!Tf.
TO
tion,
and
14
members
of
the
I
CCV
imrtv.
which
wnnU
the
l
Senate
abolished.
M.
J.
Cold-l
well,
CCF
leader,
said
most
if
Fires
f
Raze
m.
Two
y
Greenville
Homes
,
,
...
Two
homes
in
Greenville
were
completely
destroyed
but
no
one
was
mjurca
wneii
names
swepi,
Thomas
Barnctl
I
Comox-Alber-the
homes,
of
Josuah
McKay
and1
ni)
ani
Erhart
Regier
(Burn-Mr.
and
Mrs.
Fred
McKay
early
aoy.
Coqultlani.
this
morning.
Pr,lnf
Minil.,
s,
Ijlllrpnt
!
ion."
When
Fletcher
first
mentioned
his
retirement,
Churchill
grinned
and
apologized
for
"not
and
parliamentary
private
sec
retary
Christopher
Soames,
out
to
get
the
prime
ministerial
ear
trumpet.
Loud
cheers
greeted
Soames'
return
with
the
hearing
aid.
Churchill
listened
with
a
smile
to
attempts
by
Fletcher
and
Labor
member
Roy
Jenkins
to
draw
him
out,
but
said
nothing
more.
Only
Monday
the
prime
minister
went
out
to
a
wind-swept
range
to
make
a
personal
try-
out
of
the
new
Belgian
r.
n.
to
adopt
as
the
standard
in-
fantry
weaPn-
Wearing
a
heavy
ercoatMnd
iealed
'n
a
cha
r'
Churchill
fired
two
down
shots.
and
,.thc
rane
wrden
said
he
17
got
nt
"a
"a
torv
very
trnnA
good
score."
vrtm
"
Pope
Cancels
Audience
VATICAN
CITY
(Reuters)
Pope
Plus
today
cancelled
a
private
audience
scheduled
Frl-
'day
with
Britain's
Field
Marshal
Viscount
Montgomery.
The
pontiffs
condition,
however,
was
reported
Improved
and
he
worked
In
his
private
apartments.
His
illness
was
disclosed
Tuesday
as
a
form
of
"nervous
stomach"
caused
by
overwork
In
'
an
announcement
cancelling
a
general
audience
scheduled
for
today.
'
slums
of
Lincolnshire,
broke
his
health
again
and
in
1949
arthritis
forced
him
to
retire
from
his
clerical
duties.
His
new
titles
and
estates,
which
he
would
describe
only
as
"substantial,"
came
as
a
shock.
"I
had
just
received
a
letter
from
my
brother
on
Monday
and
he
told
me
he
was
In
the
best
of
health."
.
Lord
Heneage
spends
his
days
writing
to
people
he
has
met
all
over
B.C.
and
during
his
term
as
B.C.
commissioner
of
Boy
Scouts
and
as
chaplain
of
the
Fifth
Garrison
Artillery
In
Victoria,
all
duties
which
he
has
long
since
given
up.
Captain
Sparkes,
still
smiling
despite
his
hour-long
battle
of
wits
with
the
wind,
said
the
landing
problem
was
the
last
straw
ofter
a
grim
night's
trip.
The
GeorEe
sailed
through
snowstorms
most
of
the
nieht.
here
at
10:45
was
forced
to
re-
main
at
the
Seal
Cove
air
base.
The
gale
warning
continued
for
the
North
Coast
region
with
clouds
and
snow
flurries
fore
:::
:i"
z.
and
tomorrow.
Winds
will
be
west
30
today
decreasing
to
vaslable
15
by
to
-
night.
Low
tonight
and
high
f
ort
h,Hv
vn
35.
Sandsplt
.
'
and
Prince
Rupert
i
,
23
and
32.
VANCOUVER
CP-Red
Cross
officials
have
advised
B.C.
hospitals
that
they
caiuiot
supply
blood
for
transfusions
because
of
snow-blocked
highways.
Hospitals
in
Vancouver
were
asked
to
keep
transfusions
to
a
minimum.
Dr.
B.
P.
L.
Moore,
medical
dlrector,
said
blood
supplies
are
decreasing
rapidly.
VANCOUVER
CP)l-A
15-
month-old
boy
suffering
fronij
pneumonia
in
a
storm-isolated
farm
house
at
Upper
Sumas
re
ceived
life-saving
drugs
after
a
two-hour
mercy
trip
by
the
crew
of
a
B.C.
Electric
snow
plow,
iMonday
night.
Sitting
among
liis
books
and
letters
in
his
modest,
four-room
west
end
apartment.
Lord
Heneage
described
how
he
was
sent
to
all
the
out-o-the-way
church
outposts.
"I
know
this
province
like
the
palm
of
my
hand,"
he
said.
He
has
not
been
back
to
England
since
1922
when
the
original
baron,
his
father,
died.
He
is
doubtful
if
he
will
ever
return.
"It
has
all
been
so
sudden.
I
haven't
really
decided
yet.
In
my
travels
around
the
province
I
have
made
a
great
number
of
.friends
and
I
really
like
the
country."
It
was
his
wide
travelling
In
rugged
country
which,
like
the
iiid
Generalissimo
rnmcnt
In
prcuur-
f:
severe
measures
outbreaks.
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version
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Lon-Blrl-
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has
the
slulistles
as
the
U1't
30,
waist
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J4.
A
lovely
Day,
A
Uighton!
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Ninth
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U0c..Iy
yes-
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B'C
2U
years
as
talking
,JiHl
who,,
l
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,
0,,B
c"l-
mortem
would
be
'rhcie
since
she
was
10
slx-year-old
Six
adults
and
two
children
!
escaped
from
Josuah
McKay's
home
and
Mr.
and
Mrs.
McKay,
two
other
adults
and
four
child-1
ren
fled
the
second
burning
!
building.
A
bucket
brigade!
musrerea
lmmeaiateiy
failed
lot
savevwie
nouses
or
any
of
the
belongings.
Friends
of
both
families
are
rallying
around
to
help
and
aid
will
also
be
forwarded
from
the
Indian
Agency
in
Prince
Rupert
Aged
Clergyman
j
stead
of
$13,000;
and
the
Senate
j
opposition
leader
$18,000
instead
iof
$10,000.
DolBLE
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INDEMNITIES
The
bills
provide
for
a
doub'
""B
'
",e
taxaoie
ses-,
s,onal
indemnity
paid
members
;or
both
houses.
It
would
be
the
first
increase
in
the
Indemnity
'r
i20
,
.
nip
nve
L.,r
memoers
wno
approved
the
government
resolution
were
Harold
Winch
j
I
(Vancouver
East".
Clarle
GUUs
lfw
Rl.,,,,.n
Snllthi
jn..nh
Nosewort
h.y
(York
South)
i
said
members
of
Parliament
are
underpaid.
They
should
receive
enough
to
permit
"complete
in-
dependence
and
objectivity
in
dealing
with
public
affairs."
The
government
accepted
re-
sponsibility
for
the
increases,
but
Liberal
members
could
vote
as
they
saw
fit
individually.
An-
nouncement
of
a
free
vote
means
the
government
would
not
be
.overthrown
If
the
pro-
posals
were
defeated.
Inherits
Title
fushioned
car
trumpet.
The
questions
concerning
his
private
affairs,
he
refused
to
answer.
In
an
interview
he
traced
his
history,
from
his
birth
in
England
and
his
graduation
from
Cambridge
University,
to
his
early
work
as
a
young
minister
among
the,
slums
of
Lincolnshire.
It
was
his
work
in
the
slums
which
broke
his
health,
sending
him
to
Canada
where
he
became
rector
of
St.
Mark's
Anglican
church
in
Victoria
from
1909
to
1912.
From
1912
to
1917
he
served
as
chaplain
to
the
Bishop,
of
3ritish
Columbia.
testing
agaln.it
Spanish
press
and
radio
versions
of
earlier
demonstrations
demanding
the
return
of
Brttlsh-held
Gibraltar
to
Spain.
Queen
Elizabeth's
scheduled
visit
to
the
rock
bastion
next
May
had
prompted
the
new
outcry
against
Britain.
The
demonstrations
began
among
the
students
themselves
but
Tuesday
turned
against
police
for
trying
to
curb
them.
Police
headquarters
Tuesday
night
announced
that
18
per-!
sons
were
hurt
In
Monday's
clashes.
No
casualties
were
re
ported
Tuesday,
and
It
Is
understood
that
all
students
arrested
were
released.
Halibut
Fishing
Problems
Studied
SiiATTIJfi
i
The
International
Halibut
Commission,
controller
of
the
$10,000,000
North
Pacific
Halibut
industry,.
Is
In
session
here
to
reeoinmeiid
dates
for
the
19i4
season.
Henry
Dunlop,
coinmluslon
director,
said
United
States
and
Canadian
fishermen
landed
60,-000,000
pounds
of
halibut
lust
year
and
received
about
$10,000,-
j
000
for
their
catch.
Harold
II.
Thorn,
manager
of
Atlin
Fisheries
and
Norman
Chrlsteiisen
of
Canadian
Fisheries
are
local
representatives
attending
Uie
commission
sessions.
Firemen
Called
On
Smoke
Scare
No
fire
was
found
yesterday
afternoon
when
the
Prince
Rupert
fire
department
was
called
out
to
the
200
block
of
Third
Street.
Called
when
smoke
was
seen
emerging
from
underneath
the
buildings
below
the
Northern
B.C.
Power
building,
the
firemen
turned
a
hose
underneath
the
building
as
a
V-.
.
Reluctant
To
Leave
B.C.
To
Claim
Title
Mm
VANCOUVER
(CP)
A
76-year-old
retired
clergyman,
living
In
a
world
of
books,
letters
and
silence,
Tuesday
became
Lord
Heneage.
The
title
and
"substantial"
estates
In
England
passed
to
Rev.
Thomas
R.
Heneage,
a
bachelor,
on
the
death
of
his
brother,
who,
at
87,
was
one
of
Britain's
oldest
barons.
Bound
by
tradition
to
two
lands,
the
new
Lord
Heneage
said
he
would
be
reluctant
to
leave
British
Columbia,
which
gave
him
back
his
health,
then
snatched
It
away
again.
Deaf
and
partially-crippled
by
arthritis,
the
stern-faced
peer
listens
through
an
old-
MRS.
MARY
Bl.l.l.,
48-year-old
widow
of
a
Belleville,
Ontario,
engineer.
Is
taken
from
her
home
after
arrest
on
a
charge
of
murdering
her
husband.
The
body
of
her
52-year-old
husband
was
exhumed
seven
days
after
he
died.
She-
Is
shown
with
Inspector
Clair
Hayes
of
Belleville
police.