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9
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be
11
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ot
Conodo's
Most
Strotegic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XLIH.
No.
135
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JUNE
10,
1954
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PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
"Building
Citizenship"
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Oka
pveir
Coltrbs
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Sett.
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tail
If
Power
Issue
f
li
Spai
rus
v.an
Civilian
Recruiting
To
Open
Here
Shortly
Establishment
of
an
Air
Force
Filter
Station
in
'rinee
'Rupert
with
more
than
200
supporting
obser-ation
posts
in
the
surrounding
district
is
planned
y
the
RCAF
according
to
a
wire
from
E.
T.
Apple-
whaite,
MP,
today.
For
Probe
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Demands
for
a.
thorough
investigation
of
government
policy
regarding
the
relationship
of
the
B.C.
Power
Commission
ani
privately-owned
p
o
w
e
r
corporations
were
voiced
Wednesday
night
hy
both
CCF
and
Liberal
leaders.
The
mounting
criiirism
follows
the
resignation
of
Commission
member
James
Blyth
bo-
Mr.
Applewhalte
said
that
th-?
Ground
Observer
Corps
of
the
RCAF
will
establish
the
centre
:ind
open
recruiting
for
the
observation
posts.
Volunteer
civilians
will
man
the
observation
posts
and
the
filter
centre
with
a
few
regular
RCAF
perronnel
stationed
at
the
centre.
The
network
of
observation
posts,
he
said,
would
aid
the
air
defence
system
In
providing
information
on
low
flying
aircraft
in
the
mountainous
regions
and
over
the
Queen
Charlottes.
Assistance
in
search
and
res-sue
operations
also
is
an
objective
of
the
service
which
at
present
involves
60.000
volunteers
from
Newfoundland
to
British
Columbia.
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1
1)
IN
THE
NEW
British
Columbia
build
.ng
whikh
was
opened
yesterday
by
Premier
W.
.nctt
at
the
Pacific
National
Exhibition
grounds
is
a
huge
relief
map
of
the
province
rs
every
community,
stream
and
mountain.
The
picture
above
shows
the
map,
;
with
more
than
1,000,000
pieces
of
plywood
which
took
seven
years
to
make.
a
"space
ship"
view
of
B.C.
from
a
height
"f
more
than
100,000
feet.
Figures
of
ms
mi
map
Indicate
size
of
map.
George
Challenger,
Vancouver,
cartographer
and
tin'
map,
is
at
the
top,
centre,
kneeling
ou
the
locution
of
Vancouver.
Mario
Crema,
i
'iilcr.
Is
working
"on
the
north
end
of
Vancouver
Island,
right.
At
lower
left,
Bob
r
wliu
os.'i.stfYJ
his
father
Is
sland'ng
at
Prince
'George:
above
him
is
Bill
Napier,
iilcr
at
K
am
loops,
and
at
top
left,
Ernie
ifHiio'
k,
also
u
PNK
carpenter.
Is
at
Kelowna.
strip
is
In
its
permanent
location
and
the
east
and
west
portions
will
be
fitted
to
Peace
Talks
Bogged
Down
GENEVA
i.Ti-The
Indo-China
peace
talks
eppeared
today
to
have
entered
a
new
phase
in
which
both
the
Western
powers
and
the
Communists
are
trying
to
blame
each
other
for
the
anticipated
failure
of
the
conference.
Neither
side
has
declared
publicly
that
further
negotiations
are
useless,
but
the
stiffer
attitude
of
the
major
delegations
makes
clear
that
they
hold
little
hope
of
agreement
on
a
ceasefire
for
the
Far
Eastern
battleground.
The
nine-party
parley
scheduled
another
meeting
today
but
it
was
expected
to
produce
only
another
round
of
charges
and
counter-charges.
There
was
no
progress
at
all
yesterday
on
the
Indo-China
problem.
A
British
spokesman
said
"progress
has
not
been
slow,
it
has
been
nil."
i
Delegates
kept
a
close
watch
cause
of
what
is
reported
to
be
a
struggle
bi-twoen
the
Com-
mission
and
tin;
B.C.
Electrie
Ltd.
Said
Liberil
Leader
Arthur
Laing:
"In
the
light
of
Blyth's
statement,
and
as
the
Power
Commission
has
done
an
amazing
good
jub
alt
round,
particularly
in
rural
electrification.
9
Damages
Awarded
as
Court
CLOSE-CP
OF
PRINCE
RUPERT
area
on
big
relief
map
in
B.C.
building
at
PNE
shows
Skeena
River,
centre,
with'Smith
Island
and
DeHorsey
Island
at
Its
mouth.
Conical
shaped
island
to
right
of
Smith
is
Kennedy
Island.
Next
large
inlet
to
left
is
Prince
Rupert
harbor
with
Dlgby
Island.
To.
left
of
Digby
is
Tsimpscan
Peninsula.
Layers
of
plywood
used
in
making
map
give
it
a
seriated
effect.
Map
has
since
been"
painted
and
completed.
PNE
runs
from
August
25
to
September
6.
Evacuation
Report
Untrue
i
Initial
task
of
the
Air
Force
in
setting
up
the
service
here
will
be
training
of
volunteers.
Instruction
will
be
given
in
reporting,
plotting,
tracking
and
identifying
aircraft
and
in
passing
on
information.
Mr.
Applewhalte
said
that
further
details
on
the
scheme
would
be
released
in
the
near
future
by
Air
Force
officials.
Second
Ave.
sot
Through
Street
we
should
have
a
thorough
investigation."
CCF
Lender
Arnold
Webster
said
the
premier
"should
make
his
position
clear."
"Public
power's
success
in
providing
for
isolated
areas
is
deeply
rri-ntcfl
hu
iirivul.
nnli,r.
a.nit
handed
down
'mnt
June
l,
Judge
n
fuiind
a
motorist
"liiienee
In
treating
:
vip.
in
Prince
Ru-1
..
-;'Jt
:
inw
from
a
collision
1
ButSkeena
Over
Highway
on
the
political
crisis
In
France,
where
Premier
Joseph
Laniel's
prise,
particularly'
by
the
BC
j.
While
runoffconditions
'swells
Wounded
JAan
Sent
to
Prison
east
on
Second
Avenue
towards
MvBrlcle
Street,
so
that
the
Furness
car
was
on
the
lejt
of
the
Hammond
car.
'i
Th
collision
,
occurred
when
ih
Fu:'i.u.i.
.
wx.
aypiui-,
mutely
three-quarters
of
the
way
through
the
Intersection.
It
was
utrurk
toward
the
rear
by
!
the
Hammond
car.
No
one
was
!
hurt.
!
Judge
Fulton
held,
Ixilh
ill
handing
down
his
Judgment
:
June
1
and
in
written
reasons
;
today,
that
the
driver
of
the
i
which
is
growing
more
and
more
i
ed
the
waters
of
the
Skeena
avaricinu.'-,"
he
said.
j
River
over
Highway
16
yesterday
"It
is
apparent
this
Social
j
between
Salvus
and
Kwlnitsa.
Credit
government
is
opposed
i
reports
that
residents
of
Brown's
tottering
g&vcrhii
iii
lacf!,'
another
parliamentary
vote
of
confidence
Saturday.
The
question
here
is
what
effect
the
fall
of
Laniel'
cabinet,
if
it
comes,
would
have
on
the
Geneva
con
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
B.C.
P
James
Davidson,
30,
shot
in
a
gun
battle
with
police,
was
sentenced
Wednesday
to
three
to
public
ownership."
I
island,
southwest
of
Terrace
had
ference.
1953.
between
a
car
i,n
Fiiniefs.
city
fire-ip
driven
by
Harold
'"ill,
grain
elevator
In
evidence
given
May
28.
the
Furness
SiiiHid
Avenue
along
it
having
come
up
tnadian
Legion.
The
car
was
proceeding
been
ordered
to
prepare
for
Ifirai-llulirm
rt
tllnir
Itmneu
n,nm
"
There'
were'
Three
"
section
of
the
highway,
of
approximately
a
quarter
mile
each
in
length
that
were
under
a
foot
of
water,
Mr.
Moore
said.
-
Canadian
National
Railway
officials
report
that
water
in
the
Kwinitsa
area
is
not,
at
the
moment
endangering
the
roadbed,
j
The
westbound
train
out
of
Jasper
last
night
is
expected
in
to
Prince
Rupert
tomorrow
at
j
4:55
a.m.
(
PUT
l.
Premier
Bennett,
meanwhile,
said
In
an
interview
here,
"As
China's
premier-foreign
min-,years
prison.
blame
in
any
way
for
the
accident.
"The
evidence
shows,"
Juil'C
Fulton
said,
"thai
Mr.
Hammond,
like
many
other
drivers,
was
uiiih-r
the
Impression
that
Second
Avenue
was
a
through
street."
Mr.
Hammond
had
not
apparently
seen
the
Furness
car
until
he
himself
was
at
the
very
edge
of
the
intersection.
Judge
Fulton
said,
and
he
held
that
this
meant
that
Mr.
Hammond
was
not
keeping
a
proper
lookout.
NO
CITY
BVLAW
"There
is
no
city
bylaw
or
any
other
law
that
makes
Second
Avenue
a
through
street,"
Judge
Fulton
held,
adding
that
the
rights
of
drivers
on
Second
Street
and
Second
Avenue
are
apparently
equal.
It
was
pointed
out
at
the
trial
May
28
that
Second
Street
Is
the
oidy
one
of
the
streets
crossing
Second
Avenue
between
McBride
SUeet
and
Ninth
Street
which
is
Furness
car,
who
had
entered
the
Intersection
well
ahead
of
the
car
on
his
right,
was
not
to
tie
was
one
oi
iour
men
captured
Saturday
after
more
than
40
shots
were
fired
a
they
fled
from
a
milk
plant
where
they
had
tried
to
blow
a
safe.
Davidson
pleaded
with
magistrate
Alec
Duncan
for
leniency
"because
I
have
been
shot.".
He
suffered
a
neck
wound.
long
as
I
am
premier
of
this
province,
there
will
be
no
sale
of
the
B.C.
Power
Commission
to
private
interests."
-
The
premier
described
as
"most
inaccurate"
reports
that
the
BC'E
was
"moving
In"
on
the
power
commission.
lster,
Chou
En-lai,
apparently
had
the
French
crisis
in
mind
Wednesday
when
he
declared,
"the
war
faction
in
France
Is
still
in
-feverish
pursuit
of
American
intervention
and
enlarged
aid
in
Indb-Chlna
and
has
adopted
a
dilatory
policy
in
relation
to
the
Geneva
conference."
W
PGE
SURVEY
WORK
HART
IMMEDIATELY
denied
by
RCMP
in
Terrace
this
morning.
If
anything,
police
said,
the
river
Is
down
from
yesterday's
level.
River
water,
however,
was
reported
by
the
Terrace
detachment
to
have
reached
the
level
of
a
bridge
at
Mile
68,
just
east
of
KwiniLsa.
The
Provincial
Department
of
Public
Works
said
this
morning
Unit
sections
of
the
highway
in
the
Kwinitsa
area
were
still
under
water
but
that
traffic
could
still
get
through.
A
road
grader
was
at
the
submerged
section
of
the
road,
ready
to
pull
motorists
through
if
they
got
bogged
down,
the
department
said.
O.
Neely
Moore,
exploration
superintendent
in
Prince
Rupert
for
the
Consolidated
Mining
and
Two
Prince
Rupert
Air
Cadets
Awarded
Flying
Scholarships
ill
I
A
(Surveys
for
the
northern
extension
of
the
'at
Kastern
Railway
north
from
Prince
George
to
the
r
area
will
begin
Immediately.
GE
construction
committee,
Railways
Minister
Ralph
and
former
Finance
Minister
Elnar
Gunderson,
said
'luliait
has
been
appointed
engineer
In
charge
of
"k
"
left
for
Prince
George
where
he
will
round
up
a
to
work
out
of
that
city.
Five
or
six
other
crews.
;
'"it
of
strategic
points
between
Prince
George,
ek
and
Fort
St.
John.
Girl
Committed
In
Man's
Death
VANCOUVER
Eighteen-year-old
Mary
Mellish
was
committed
for
trial
Wednesday
for
the
May
25
knife-slaying
of
her
sweetheart,
25-year-old
Sam
Mcsser.
Edith
Miller,
a
friend
of
the
accused,
was
present
during
the
quarrel
and
at
the
preliminary
hearing
testified:
"He
slapped
her
across
the
race.
She
slapped
him
back.
Then
he
slapped
her
again
and
she
fell
on
the
floor."
She
said
Miss
Mellish
grabbed
a
knife
from
a
shelf
and
struck
Messer
in
the
leg.
Clemency
Asked
in
Petition
Sent
to
Ottawa
VANCOUVER
?'
A
petition
seeking
clemency
for
William
Wakefield
Gash,
sentenced
to
hang
for
the
bludgeon-slaying
of
Frank
Pitsch
last
Dec.
10,
has
been
sent
to
the
minister
of
justice
in
Ottawa.
The
petition
bears
more
than
7,500
names
from
all
parts
of
British
Columbia.
Two
Prince
Rupert
air
cadets
have
been
awarded
RCAF
flying
training
scholarships.
Air
Cadet
League
headquarters
at
Ottawa
announced
today.
They
are
William
J.
Holgate
chosen
to
participate
In
the
!
League's
goodwill
visits
to
the
j
USA
and
Europe,
making
a
total
of
408
air
cadets
who
have
been
j
honored.
They
are
rated
by
the
League
as
the
"cream
of
the
air
)
cadet
crop"
for
1954.
smelling
company,
reported
a
s
Board
Throws
Out
Bid
luery
Trust
Fund
Status
six
inch
rise
in
the
waters
between
Salvus
and
Kwinitsa
from
yesterday
morning
until
midnight
last
night.
i
as
wide
as
Second
Avenue.
Judgment
was
given
in
favor
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Furness
for
$300
damages
and
the
counter-claim
of
Mr.
Hammond
was
dismissed.
T.
W.
Brown,
QC
appeared
for
the
Furncsscs
and
W.
N.
Poole
represented
Mr.
Hammond.
CPA
Changes
To
Be
Studied
By
Air
Board
VANCOUVER
Pi
An
application
for
a
change
in
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines
service
from
Pr.
Rupert
to
Terrace.
Smithers
and
Prince
Oeoige,
will
be
considered
by
the
Air
Transport
Board
CCF
Planning
Ways
To
Fight
Social
Credit
1
p-ni'i"
luivc
the
Prince
i
Buaid
hire
a
prl-'
';i'vt.Tj
to
ascertain
t
the
board
with
re-
j
slemi
ins
of
Algoma
id
was
defeated
last
'lii'ee
to
two
vote.
VANCOUVER
Oi
The
21st
an
II.
and
Robert
C.
Brewerton.
The
scholarships
entitle
each
of
the
boys
to
30
hours
of
flying
instruction.
If
they
successfully
complete
the
course,
they
will
be
eligible
for
the
air
cadet
flying
badge
and
a
private
pilot's
license.
The'tralnlng
will
be
given
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Aero
Club.
The
two
are
among
250
air
cadets
across
the
country
who,
having
been
recommended
on
the
basis
of
their
outstanding
records
as
air
cadets,
passed
through
joint
League
and
RCAF
selection
committees
at
local,
provincial
and
national
levels.
Another
100
cadets
will
report
to
RCAF
Station
Camp
Borden
early
in
July
to
commence
seven
weeks
of
leadership
training
aimed
at
producing
a
pool
of
potential
officers
and
Instructors
for
the
air
cadet
squadrons.
This
course
was
successfully
completed
last
year
by
Roy
Pedersen,
senior
cadet
of
the
local
'squadron.
Fifty-eight
other
cadets
were
Park
nnd
the
sanitary
land
fill.
The
board
chairman
was
appointed
at
the
last
meeting
to
ascertain
the
city's
si
and
in
the
matter.
Mr.
Fi.rm.in
f-nid
Mn-nr
GcoH-e
Hills
had
tnlrl
him
that
the
cllv
controlled
the
fund
but
was
lulded
In
the
spending
of
the
trust
money
by
Ihe
recommendations
of
the
Park's
Board.
This
stand
was
bucked
up
by
city
auditor
Scott
McLaren,
the
board
chairman
asserted.
Mr.
nual
provincial
convention
of
the
CCF
opens
here
today
with
the
150
delegates
prepared
to
discuss
"the
new
attitudes
necessary
to
fight
Social
Credit."
In
a
press
release
Wednesday
Harold
Thayer,
secretary-treasurer,
and
Tony
Gargrave,
public
,
relations
chairman,
said:
"The
B.C.-Yukon
section
of
the
CCF
now
is
21
years
old
and
1
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1111
p
it
lot
ward
!nr
I'.'i
Ik's
Soaid
tumnii.ssioner
Art
;-''''i
ifierl
by
Com-
'h:i'le.s
Halagno
who
'!r
mill
ion.
lon
raised
aiicr
rt,t
Kcrinan
reported
nife'ing
on
his
en-'"iwri
Uie
city's
1
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to
Algoma
7
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jr.."''
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(
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approaching
a
new
maturity
in
political
affairs.
One
of
the
i
problems
to
be
discussed
at
the.
!
convention
will
be
the
new
attl
tudes
necessary
to
fight
Social
Credit
now
that
the
old
line
parties
do
not
stand
between
the
CCF
and
power
at
Victoria."
!
The
statement
said
Premier
I
Bennett
will
be
saying
at
the
VS
.,
A
1
A
N
J
n
V
l?5
in
Vancouver
July
12.
CPA
spokesmen
in
Prince
Rupert
could
not
say
what
change
was
proposed
in
tle
Prince
Rupert-Prince
George
service.
Mizak
Aivazoff
Dies
Down
South
Pioneer
Prince
Rupert
construction
firm
owner;
Misak
Yremavltch
Aivaaoff
died
In
Vancouver
Monday,
It
was
learned
here
today.
Mr.
A'ivazoff
with
his
brother
Paul
built
the
Capitol
Theatre
on
Third
Avenue
which
still
bears
their
name.
They
were
rich
Russian
wheat
growers
before
coming
to
Prince
Rupert
just
after
the
turn
of
the
century.
Mizak
Aivazoff
was
Albert
of
the
firm
of
Albert
and
McCaffery,
when
he
was
in
partnership
with
the
late
M.
P.
McCaffery.
He
left
Prince
Rupert
In
1919
but
returned
in
1928
to
attend
the
McLaren's
interpretation
of
the
Municipal
Act
was
that
the
city
!
has
the
"final
say"
he
declared.
He
said
he
had
also
been
hi
touch
with
city
solicitor
T.
w.
j
Brown
who
had
not
wished
toj
uh'e
a
ruling
on
the
matter
until
nil
facts
and
figures
pertainintj
to
the
fund
question
had
been
j
made
available
to
him.
After
defeat
of
Commissioner
Murray's
motion,
Chairman
Fur-man
said
he
would
continue
"to
follow
the
maMer
through")
when
City
Clerk
R.
W.
Long
re-1
turned
to
the
city.
WEATHER
Fid'ecHst
North
Coast
Region
Intermittent
light
rain
today
and
ice
Held
mit
Case
reserved
this
n
police
court
on
'"."ils
Oiantham,
who
'
w'Ui
making
elec-'"tions
without
the
'Vllllts.
senlence
over,
Mag-
Vam-c
asked
that
.''I'lrienl
Inspector
"lliiis
supply
llim
.
.
lc
"mounts
or
the
'""should
have
been
'-"Ums
said
that
pcr-according
to
the
m-1
vv.
Boat,
Escort
Arrive
Today
The
halibut
boat
P
Doreen
of
Prince
Rupert
was
scheduled
to
arrive
here
at
2:15
this
afternoon
after
being
escorted
from
Ketchikan
by
the
Canadian
Fisheries
patrol
boat,
Howay.
The
P
Doreen,
skippered
by
S.
Larsen
of
Prince
Rupert,
was
picked
up
by
the
United
States
Coastguard
last
Sunday
at
6
a.m.
and
taken
In
to
Sitka,
after
being
found
in
Area
2
fishing
grounds
illegally.
Area
2
was
closed
to
commercial
fishing,
midnight
Saturday.
next
election
that
it
must
be
either
Social
Credit
or
Socialism.
"This
will
be
an
attempt
to
squeeze
out
the
Liberals
completely
.
.
.
Convention
delegates
will
no
doubt
hope
that
with
a
stronger
Liberal
party
competing
with
Social
Credit
for
the
free
enterprise
votes,
the
CCF
will
slip
in
between
to
form
the
first
CCF
government
In
B.C."
CCF
leader
Arnold
Webster,
now
convalescing
following
an
operation,
Is
expected
to
attend
the
three-day
convention.
The
convention
is
the
top
policy-making
section
of
tha
CCF
In
B.C.
A
Ml'.DAL
AWARDED
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Public
Relations
Bureau
Is
presented
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
H.
Kingsforri
Heft,
who
drove
14,00
miles
across
Canada
on
a
trip
from
New
York
to
Prince
Rupert.
Making
the
presentation
is
the
Hon.
Ray
Lawson,
Consul-General
of
Canada
at
New
York
City.
The
jewelled
medal
was
the
third
of
Its
type,
donated
by
Al
Manson,
awarded
to
long
distance
travellers
to
publicize
Prince
Rupert,
thought
in
many
places
to
be
inaccessible
by
road.
The
first
medal
was
given
about
five
years
ago
to
a
traveller
from
Halifax
and
the
second
four
years
ago'to
a
traveller
from
Florida.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Klngsfnrd
of
Summit,
New
Jersey,
made
the
trip
here
last
summer.
.
'"is
installed.
'"Is
charged
with
'al;ing
1
at
a
cafe.
hurch
In
February
V
Uc
Ponded
guilty
to
Friday.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Winds
southeast
15
shifting
to
southwest
15
by
mid-day
Friday.
Low
tonight
and
high
Friday
at
Port
Hurdy,
.Sttnrispit
aiid
Pi
i
nee
Rupert,
45
and
55
Opening
of
the
Capitol
theatre
in
which
he
and
his
brother
Paul
j
hud
invested
then
money.