PROVINCIAL LIBRARY TOMORROW'S "pjl viCT$J.C. ORMES- TIDES (Pacific Standard Time) j-5 Paily Delivery Wednesday, June 30, 1954 , 0:34 22.2 feet 13:41 19.3 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Phone 81 7:20 0.8 feet 19:20 " 6.7 feet Published ot Conoda's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XLIII. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., .. TUESDAY, JUNE 29, ,. 1954 .,, PRICE FIVE CENTS DRUGS i ' - - i ! 1 !? yif mn.imuji.Jijjmi.w j ijji ii.ijimjMunnnijp ww ."! otential or Power hcreased timate Uppcd 560,000 HP : II V. J"?"" , V Ik. Jtt. ' ' ' . Bid Taken il yACA Oil f pr 1 $15,000 ITAWA (CP) IV iid power resources of northern British Coda - Yukon area in h Northwest Power sti ies, Ltd., plans le-inient, has boon raised For Cow Bay Project Contract for almost complete reconstruction of the Cow Bay floats has heen awarded to Armour Salvage Ltd., of Prince Rupert. Armour officials, who place : est. of the job at about $15,000. business centre. Fishermen pre--received word of the award in a ; for the Cow Bay loraUon or lts telegram from Ottawa last night Iconvennce to the shopping area tnd today announced that work i and fishermen, chamber of com- urther 500,000 horse- other n me project, womu get, unaer- j merce, city council and viy as soon as construction ma-; groups Joined throughout the for work on iruaia were Hvauauie. j winter in pressing I i I I"1 TSrfi- ' t s "Jf Y i f'y' fil ' Vrr 1" V'V '': W - " S V I. I1 X?hf . I The project will see construe the floats. t from the previous lated 4,:i0(),0()0 horse- iT. J Lirhty, general manager iibcc Metallurgical' Indus-Ud., p:irent company of vi st. gave the increased i , yesterday to the Quebec urgiral's annual meeting. . port prepared by J. M. I.i'. consulting engineer, says ci and power plant on the river near its meeting with iklin river, would use the - of the iaku and norlh- Sf t I " Llr' , I U I i! If 1 Keet 'ct't and and one one 90 90 feet. feet. They They will will P lo Deal Made I' . . . 1 f ft i U "hM. rt, -YU .jjr i J I fT, V lien of three complete new iloits, one 120 feet long, one 110 replace the existing floats, one of which is badly broken up and lhe other in "fair" shape, both which will be discarded. Of the existing setup, only the angwty and approach floats vill Le retained, J. M. Fields, mpnager of Armour Salvage, said. BOATS NOT DISTURBED FOl'R RCAF PILOTS have been awardea ;he United States Air Medal for meritorious achievements during exchange tours with the U.S. Fifth Air Force in Korea. Top, left to right: Flt.-Lt. Bob Carew. Quebec; Sqdn.-Ldr. John Mackay, DFC, Winnipeg and New Westminster. B.C.; bottom: Flt.-Lt. Bill Bliss, Toronto, and Sqdn.-Ldr. Bill Fox, Victoria, B.C. (CP from National Defence) To Drop Pay Say Firemen City firemen, members of Local 55f nf thp Tnf.frnnt.lnnI As:n- VICTORIA VICTORIA (CP) (CP) The The first first oil oil discovery discovery .of of com- commercial naercial importance importance in in the the historv history " of of British British Colum- Columbia , , , oja was was made maoe Monday ifionoay 45 io miles miles from from -Fort .Port St. St. John John in the Peace river area. Premier W. A. C. Bennett announced here Mint "B.C. is in the oil business," with the proving of Pacific West Buick Creek No. 3 Ths premier said he was told of the discovery in a telephone call from George McMahon, head of Pacific Petroleums. "We have lots of gas wells up there," the premier said. "But this is the first oil well in B.C." Premier Bennett said the oil was of "good quality" with gravity of 35-37. In 1951 a similar discovery was made near Fort St. John, but later tests showed the oil could not be separated from large quantities of water in the oil pool, and the well was later abandoned! runts usmg the present floats ,ciation of Flre Fighters, haVe will nut be disturbed during the "emphatically" denied entering (onsti nation period, as the three into any agreement with the city new floats will be constructed to call-out give up pay for time at the Armour Salvage head-!0jf. Unanimous Council Vote Quashes Bid For Permit fciiteiviheds to provide the led potential. Preliminary i s of the siu. are planned 1'iT this year. t original 4.300.000 horse- according to proposals al-announccd, would be dc-1 ! by diverting the waters upper Yukon, Dezadeash l.ilmon rivers Into the Taku 9 1 the expectation that ul-V ly more than 5 800,000 power could be developed. 5 Wardle's report says the ct can be made easier and In a letter to council read last quarters at the CN dock and towed around to Cow Bay on completion. Float facilities will HIIS IS A RI.CENT photo of the Duke of Edinburgh who will V(.sit Canada next month. Ke wears the kilts as Colonel-in-chief of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. He will fly to Canada July 28 for a three-week, cross-country trip. He will visit the British Empire" Games at Vancouver and tour Canada's expanding northland. (CP from U.K. Information) livelihood. His communication was accompanied by a letter from his doctor, stating that Loucks had had his leg shattered during the Second World War while serving with the RCAF and could no' endure long periods of City council by a unanimous vote last night rejected the appeal of B. C. Loucks against cancellation of his city chauffeur's permit. Loucks. who was recently convicted of unlawfully keeping liquor for sale, stated by letter that cancellation of the permit prevented him from making a treasurer of the local fire fighters union stated that not only had they not agreed to such a plan, but they had not authorized any officer, member or members of the Fire Fighters Association to become a party to such an agreement. Mr. Furness acknowledged, expensive by using Sloko be disrupted only for a day or two while the new floats are connected to the approach floats. Mr. Fields said that orders for the float materials were being prepared this morning. Obtaining float logs, probably from Stewart and from the' south, woulc- delay the start on the pro- ir.M Hrioflt, ps a power canal, thereby ;iting a mile of main tun- CouncU turned over to 'hp nn- Lichty said construction to with thanks, receipt of a portion 'iice and tlccnfirng committee a Persons Wishing Phones Must Reaffirm Request cou si- fy the first major phase, ki horsepower, can be un- " ' Awarding of'thg contract' cul-J??? f regula0r, f cjI ,i.,(.. !!, i... i . I 8 Boats Land meeting meeting of of February February 22 22, 1954. I S. Kinross Dies Aged 89 petition from merchants on the north side of Sixth Street between Second and Third Avenue asking for a ohehour parking n as .oon as Interim lie-re issued by the federal bruvincial governments. Persons wishing telephone ser limit in that stclion. The mer- James Stirling Kinross, 622 chants complained that cars were I Third Avenue West died last left parked there ail day. j night in Prince Rupert General 445,000 Pounds There were no halibut landings nt the Prince Rupert Halibut Exchange this morning, but four United States and four Canadian vessels unloaded a total of 445,000 pounds yesterday. Individual atches with the 7. Maclean which his letter states as saying: yin order to bring about agreement on the above points the firemen agreed to give up payment of call-out pay and to arrange some system of time off in lieu of payment for call -outs." Mr. Furness continued that the letter from Mayor George Hills which accompanied the-ex- i tract from the minutes, was the ' Hospital at the age of 89. ficials for action on the floats, formerly property of the provincial government. The floats, which were badly damaged In a storm last December 22. were installed by the B.C. government many years ago, but during the. past few years, little work was , dorie , en ', the floats which deteriorated rapidly. , FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY Mr. Kinross was born at Gan- Council tabled (he mutter of I obtaining additional helo for p Aged 54 Jii'ian of the two. world ho saw service in both the ; prices for mediums, large and ) il and Canadian armies Early In March, the provincial ' first formal notification the As- stcrday In Prince Rupert id Hospital aged 54. as Alexander John Mc- nochran, Scotland and came to this country 43 years ago to farm for many years at Lougheed, Alberta. He was a widower and for the past five years has been living in Prince Rupert at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Nancy Kennedy. Also surviving are a son Cecil Kinross, VC of Lougheed, Alta., a daughter Mrs. Ellle Kclman of Ganges, B.C., six grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. City Assessor F. Boyt so that the equalization of nssercment " throughout the citv could be speeded. The matter will be brought up later when aldermen have given the matter consideration, at which time the citv assessor will meet with council for a full discussion. The question of installation of a fire line to the Dominion Government grain elevBtor was referred to the city 'solicitor. who up till recently was fci-d as a steward on the ftibernl of the Department tmsport. Mr. McLean was new Prince Rupert directory, Alderman Mike Krueger said that he had received enquiries as to why the advertising in the new phone book was six times higher than in the old. Alderman Ray McLean replied that the charges were in .line with those. of other cities. The Utilities Committee 'recommendation that Dibb Printing be granted the order to print the new directory at a cost of not more than V.!tm was adopted by council. Council also approved the recommendation that J. Adamson be appointed as co-ordinator of cut-over procedure with authority over both Inside and outside work. The city also agreed, after considerable discussion In committee of the -whole to adopt the procedure used by the B.C. Telephone Company with regard to unlisted telephones. This provides that unlisted numbers be allowed in residences nd business houses provided there is also a listed telephone on the premises. At present tlip city telephone department has only one application for an unlisted number. ive service in the first war I iring the Second World ml on the Dieppe raid, i in Glasgow, he came to i 34 years ago and to Rupert 16 years ago at time he started with the Rovernment reserved Cow Bay ( sociation had received concern-foreshore rights for the federal lng the misunderstanding, government, thereby leaving the In view of this, the letter con-problem of reconstruction of tiie tinued, the firemen asked that floats up to Ottawa. I the arrangement entered Into by Earlier, the sum of $29,000. the city and the firemen In May was included in estimates of the M 952 be honored. This calls for federal department of public $3 to be paid for day call-ins works, for asquisition and repair and $4.50 for night call-ins. , of (he floats. I Mr. Furness concluded his The Cow Bay floats in recent communication by stating that years have been used by 'an , the Fire righters Association was estimated 500 fishermen in!qulte to prepared place before smaller boats from early spring) the city the regular facilities for until late fall. During ofl-sca- j consideration of the mtjunder-son months the number tied up standing varies from a dozen to 40 each j Qn a motlon by Mrm)n Rav ,1 : , . , , ' McLean, the city agreed to write he federal government pro- Robert Forrile, provincial concll-vl.les. other accommodation for lation offlcw pr his views of boats both east and west of Cow ; the mee,,lnK February 22 whlch but at distances of from Bay he BtfnriPH in hi nffinioi ,.. Churchill Power Un dimmed As He Urges U.S. Patience chicken were as;follows: U.S., Billy Marie, 38.0(H) p uihIk IIB.3, 17. Hi sold to Atlin Fisheries. Faith, 42.000 pounds ( 18.3. 17, 14) sold to Pacific Fisheries. Marconia, 60,000 pounds (18.2, 17, Hi sold to B. C. Packers. Sunset, 48,000 pounds 118.2, 17, 14) sold to Atlin Fisheries. Canadian landings, San Tomas, 70,000 pounds (18, 17. 14) sold to B. C. Packers. New Queen, 72,500 pounds (18 5, 17, 14) sold to Atlin Fisheries. Tanza, 47.000 pounds 118.5, 17, 141 sold to B. C. Packers. Kaare, 70.000 pounds 18.5, 17, 14) )ld to Booth Fisheries. No Fire Caused By Back-Flash Smoke damage only resulted fiom a back-flash of ths furnace al. the - Ideal Cleaners, 31!8 Mi-Bride Street, at 5:30 p.m. yesterday. The Prince Rupert Fire Department which answered a call to the premises reports that no file was started by the explosion although smoke filled the building. S nent or Transport. His with the department was li'ted in January 1940 when fcm entered the army. Mr. n rejoined the . depart-in March 1948 to serve on iS Birnle. -year member of the Can-legion, Mr. MacLean also one to two miles from the city's I'd to the Omlneea Lodge pacity along with City Clerk W. R. Long who represented the city. J. C. Ewart. president of Local 559 represented the Fire Fighters February 22. AF & AM and was a mem-Uie Kalen Chapter of the Arch here. vice, who have applications on hand now at the City Hall will be asked by the city to re-affirm their desire for telephones before the change-over to automatic service October 1. The request comes out of a" city council meeting last nisht at which It'was announced that the new Prince Runert Trlrnhone di-' rectory would be published soon that it wilj need no changes until December 1955. NOT TRtE PICTI'RE City Clerk W. h,. w st-.itef' that there are 500 aoplict tinnr-for phones on hand at City Hall now. but the city did not know how true a picture it presented of the present desire for phone service. Some of the applications have been on the books for years and many of the peoole who are listed as needing phones have moved to other cities, or other residences. The re-application will apniy not onlv to new phone subscribers but also In those people wishing a chance from party lines to main lines and also those establishments wishing an Increase in the number of phone lines lo their place of business. Mr. Long explained that although enough lines were being installed to service not only the entire city, but to provide for the future growth of Prince Rupert, the switch to automatic service would not necessarily see everyone have phone service on "cut-over" day. However, Mr. Long stated, if everyone, notified the city of their need for a phone, then the names would be listed in the new directory and a number assigned even though thev might not have their phone. Then as phones were Installed, the newly serviced homes and business houses would be assured of being listed. .. , . Special forms are being made up for telephone applications and those people still needing telephones are asked to call at CityHall and fill out an application, Mr. Long said. People with applications of long standing will be given preference wherever possible. It was announced, but where new phones would be connected more quickly on an engineering basis, this latter policy would be followed, rather than the "first come first served" basis. Phones applied for will be installed' as soon as possible after the change-over to automatic service, Mr. Lons asserted. f survived by two brothers. By WAKKKN lt(K.l US, Jr.. WASHINGTON OH They came by the hundreds to have a look at him, perhaps for the last time, and he obligee with nil tV rug ged grace of a mellowed old bulldog. They cheered and applauded from the picket fence of the White House to the sleek lobby of the Hotel Slatler lo the austere gates of Uie British embassy. "Attorney. Churchill!" they cried forgetting his knighthood, his 79 y.-'ars and the decorum due the prime minister of Great Britain. . They cheered the man and the . . -j : -sr.1: I-1' i I s ' in Smlthors and John tritlia. f'udy will be taken tonight "iters for burial. anning Committee Named or New Civic Buildings .symbol the living pink and while, brandy-nipping, cigar-chomping legend of Biiti.fh-Am-er'can solidarity. "I am quite certain," he told them at a luncheon press conference Monday, "that half the evils of th? world can be prevented by our going hand-in-hand together and( if necessary, standing shoulder to shoulder." As he worked through the questions, he quoted from a speech he had made years before In England. Quoting, yourself, he confided, was a good Idea. It not only saved you the trouble of mafc.-ig up something new -"also It. showi what a far-sighted politician you are." . He also' gave out with some political philosophy: "I am not going to choose between Republicans and Democrats: I want the lot . . ." "Politicians who can't face unpopularity are really not worth having. They look like it for a time,' but afterwards you will find that you have had much the worst of the" deal. . ," There was general agreement that he had lost none of his power over words, nor his charm with people. Today Sir Winston concludes his talks with President Elsenhower after recommending "to the American . people ' "a patient, cool, friendly examination of what the Russian Intentions are." There will be a joint statement latttr today after he says farewell to the president and leaves for Ottawa for a 24-hour elected and five non-reprcsenta tives were by Mayor George Hills U'ht (.A fmi a nlannlnr, ytee to stllrtv thp matter '"ivlc buildings for Prince "king the announcement, !yor said that tie had wanted to include the entire council but did not wish the committee to be so large as to be unwieldly. Mayor Hills will be chairman, and other elected memoes will be Aldermen Phil Lyons, Norman Bellls Ray McLean and Mike Kaiegcr. Also on the committee will be Neely Moore, Art Ogilvle, Scott McLaren, George Beaton, city works superintendent' and city clerk W. R. Long. The, group will plan and recommend to council the site, Letter Boxes Set For July 7 Three new street letter boxes-have been received by the Prtjice Rupert Post Offic. and will be lniallod Immediately, with first collection slated for July 1 Postmaster Jack Burgess said today that the new mail boxes will be installed at the intersections of Eighth Avenue East and Goddard Street. Ninth Avenue West and McBride Street and PlBRott Avenue and Par-menter Street. He also noted that the letter box at present located at Graham and Atlin Avenues will be moved around the corner to the intersection of Second Avenue west and Atlin. A parcel receptacle also will be installed at Fifth Avenue East and Green Street. Collection hours will be noted on the various boxes. The new street letter boxes, which bring the total In the cUy up to 21, were requested by Prince Rupert City Council some time ago. The box locations are those suggested by the council. VEATHER 1 1. , i i v. - w f - - j " ' I'oreeast Coast Region: Cloudv Hid Wednesday, sunnv costs of new civic tomorrow. Frequent ! scope and today and tonight. A buildings. "were most v a one the The sum of $2,000 was put Into 'd tomnrrnw T.ittln ON THE BANK of the East River in New York City, the world's workshop for peace the headquarters of the United Nations adds Its modern lilies to the mid-Manhattan skyline. The glass and marble structure on the left, rising 39 stories from the ground, houses the International Secretariat of the United Nations. Nestling at Its base is the Conference Building where the council chambers and meeting rooms are (ocated. The sloping white structure to the right, topped by a copper dome, contains the auditorium where the General Assembly holds its sessions. The-aerial view also shows the extensive landsrape area, which surrounds United NaUoim tieadiiiiarttrs. 'n temperature. Winds st 15 today shlftlne to the 1954 budget for planning of new buildings for the city. Mayor Hills told the council tliat the meetings would be open T'1 18 by evening. Low to no high WerinMrinv at. onH that, nlrlermen not named HON. THIBAVDEAU RINFRET has stepped down as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada' on reaching the retirement age of 7a. 'dy, Sandsplt and Prince to the committee would be notl-and so. 1 fled when the group met. ' visit. t Regarding the printing of the j