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1953
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"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XLII,
No.
299
Thursday,
December
24,
1953
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France's
president,
71-year-ildie
Coty,
drove
tri-hanily
into
Paris
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End
of
Korean
War
Brings
Hope
of
Peace
Christians
the
world
around
looked
forward
to
day
to
one
of
the
most
joyous
observances
in
years
of
the
birth
of
Jesus.
They
were
buoyed
by
the
greatest
hopes
for
peace--justified
or
not
since
the
start
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of
the
cold
war.
Although
officials
were
skep
i
world.
Vatican
radio
rebroad-
Pope
Again
Makes
Plea
For
Peace
VATICAN
CITY
(AP)
Pope
Pius
today
warned
a
festive
world
that
mor-dern
technological
pro-progress
is
blinding
men
"'to
the
great
light"
radiating
from
the
manger
at
Bethlehem.
It
was
his
15th
consecutive
Christmas
message
since
he
became
Pope
In
1939,
and
as
he
has
In
all
-of
them,
the
Pone
3P
t
Y""
v..
cast
the
message
in
25
languages
ind
beamed,
them
around
uw
world.
Britain's
festivities
will
!
highlighted
by
the
Queen's
annual
broadcast
on
Christm?.-.
morning,
which
will
be
heard
here
at
7
a.m.
and
will
be
rs-broadcast
at
7
p.m.
after
the.
CBC
news.
which
elected
hm'
.home
to
a
Christmas
j
j:;J
prospects
of
a!
veur
fraught
'a
ith
i
i
r
;,!!
1
division.
I
..a
c.tv.ervativc
generally
vi
in
the
public,
was1
j
V,
'-itncsday
night
for
a
.v.
ir
term
to
succeed
So-:
Vincent
Annul.
The
newt
VI
si
ate
will
take
office.
:7
Pn-iner
Laniel's
cabinet
w.l!
ri'.K'ii,
unrl
i'Yanrei
wi?
w.ll
be
without
a
runt.
j
is
election,
at
the
Palacei
ivi;U
-.s.
ended
a
week's
1
i
orailldfk
unprecedented
n:h
luswry.
:
Tl
I.VIKY
,
u.-!y
no
more
than
two
i
had
been
renoired
t';l
chu-f
of
stale.
Thirteen
I.
Id
at
a
two-a-day
pace
Willi
1
1ME
Rl'NMNC
SHORT
before
Santa
Claus
Invades
London
town,
bargain
hunters
crowd
stalls
and
shops
along
Middlesex
Street.
Practically
everything
from
A
to
Z
is
available
in
the
British
capital's
famous
shopping
district,
popularly
known
as
"Petticoat
Lane."
made
an
earnest
plea
for
world
Outnumbered
Police
Hurt
In
Royal
City
Cafe
Brawl
tical,
millions
in
Europe
fel
j
the
threat
of
war
had
ebbed
with
the
signing;
of
the
Korean
ruce
and
inoicatlrr
-
that
the
Soviet
government
is
.paying
more
attention
to
its
people
at
home
than
to
spreading
the
Communi't
gospel
abroad.
The
end
this
year
of
the
fighting
in
Korea
and
tne
release
of
thousands
of
Communist-held
prisoners
also
brightened
homes
throughout
the
United
States.
There,
as
in
other
lands,
traditional
Christmas
Eve
festivities
,
and
ceremonies
were
the
order
of
the
day.
In
Korea,
a
snecial
airlift
flew
tons
of
last-minute
Christmaf
mail
to
the
thousands
of
United
Nations
troops
still
stationed
in
that
war-torn
country.
Special
services
marked
Christmas
Eve
observances
on
the
now-quiet
front.
x
In
line
with
the
general
prosperity
and
relaxation
throughout
the
world,
pf!?rims
poured
into
the
little
town
of
Bethlehem,
the
birthplace
of
Christ.
.'
Carol
Fingers
spread
their
traditional
messages
of
cheer
in
cities
towns
and
village
thrniirrhrmt
tha
nnrlH
:
peace.
But
he
warned
that
this
peace
would
not
be
found
through
i
materialistic,
technological
pro-'
grew.
The
gravity
of
the
hour
was
I'Ulvi-iallu
prdul
frr
Vnmnii
1'.,
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
B.C.
(CP)
Police
said
about
15
persons
Two
policemen
were
Injured
battled
with
four
policemen
wntlTW.
th
mtrinm
f
hU'
I
.
first
Dronfgert
nn
Over
100
Die
In
Hew
Zealand
Train
Wreck
WELLINGTON
N.Z.
tCP)
-Death
toll
from
a
Christmas
Day
train
wreck
here
la
mounting
and
probers
fear
the
total
may
exceed
100.
Some
172
persons
are
still
unaccounted
for.
Thirty-one
persons
have
been
taken
to
hospital.
An
express
train,
loaded
with
275
passengers,
going
home
for
Christmas,
crashed
into
a
river
from
a
flooded-out
bridge,
trapping
passengers
In
the
cars
under
muddy
water.
ballot-received
the
X
8
10
tne
HOney
Uew
0n
Columbla
we
have
spoken,
instead
of
solv-
that
,
,
,
in
,
v
New
,
,
e.ii
began
a
Westminster
Street
In
downtown
New
West-
member
of
the
Na-
i
cafe
and
spilled
out
Into
the
minster
after
a
waitress
had
Awmoly
and
Council
.f
ing,
only
aggravates
Its
fundamental
problems.
These
problems
are
intimately
connected
with
peace
and
order
In
the
street.
tyam:
Coty
was
a
mem-
:
complained
about
patrons
drink-,
ing
liquor.
Firemen
restored
order
by
!
whole
world
PGE
Extension
Starts
in
'54
Says
Bennett
"SITDS,"
pedigree
unknown.
Is
doing
better
than
many
a
doggie
In
the
window.
When
he's
behind
glass,
it's
not
permanent.
The
puppy
would
be
quite
content
to
have
a
beer
glass
as
a
"room,"
but
he
has
a
better
deal
than
that.
This
pose
is
just
for
laughs.
Found
in
a
park
during
a
cold
December
night,
Suds
was
taken
to
Fort
Worth
police
headquarters
by
a
passer-by.
Soon
after,
another
sympathetic
citizen
adopted
him.
Beria
Pays
Supreme
Price
For
Losing
Power
Contest
f
soaking
the
mob
with
streams
!
For
Europe
he
suggested
a
j
from
a
fire
hose.
I
continental
union
of
its
people
J
Three
men
and
a
woman
were
to
eliminate
differences
in
)
arrested
in
connection
with
the
'
standards
of
living
ad
produc-:
disturbance.
!
tjon
Police
Sut.
Joe
Makepiece
suf-j
The
77-year-old
Pope
speke
i
fered
a
broken
nose
and
Con-
.
for
25
minutes.
'.
the
lut'er.
frvcis
are
certain
that
the
paiiumt
htary
divisions
rt-1
cy
the
long
stalemate,
such
burning
domestic
is-!
is
tbor
piilicy,
church
in-;
und
especially
the
Xdn-baci;ed
plan
to
rearm
.ny
within
a
European
will
oe
repeated
in
l'J54's
mve
wrangling
over
those
Britain
and
Western
Europe
The
traint
en,
foute
fro:n
Wel"
prepared
for
their
best
Chrl.it-1
Ungton
to
Aw"ind.
thundered
-uas
sinew
before
the
war
More
fBht
into
the
,-ivr.,Tnn
VrA
KELOWNA,
B.C.
KP
A
start
;stabJe
"u"
Sandford
a
broken
l
WUnout
directly
mcmlcnlns
will
be
made
on
the
extension
j
.
-.----
cotrmrn.)m,
lie
spoke
of
many
of
the
eovernment-owned
Pacific
Police
said
that
at
the
height
,ersecuied
fori
their
loyalty
to
broken
bridge
near
Ta'agtwat':""
food
and
consumer
goods
in
most
countries
promised
a
hap
first
it.,t
will
come
whn
Ureat
Eastern
Railway
In
1954,
of
the
brawl,
four
policemen
aid-
Christ
and
his
church."
Beria
spoke
Russian
with
a
(iiibly
is
asktfd
to
coh-
Premier
Bennett
saia
here
today,
i
cu
"
oyutuuer
luusm
as
nis
eyes
scan
uie
norizon,
By
TOM
WHITNEY
Associated
Prpsa
Stua
Writer
j
marked
Georgian
accent,
similar
Lar.ifl
s
successor.
auuui
la
riuicrs.
i
ney
saiu
sumejine
rope
saiQ,
ne
sees
me
grey
members
of
the
mob
wielded
i
vision
of
a
still
unsettled
Eui-
T.avrentv
P
Rorla
nn
tn
a
torn
'
l
that
Of
Stalin.
A
Short,
bald
A
cloudburst
caused
a
mouii-'
tain
lake
to
burst
Mj
bank;-,
flooding
the
river
and
carrying
away
the
bridge.
The
scene
oi
the
tragedy
is
about
250
miles
from
here.
The
rail
disaster
marred
what
was
to
be
one
of
New
Zealand's
most
joyous
Christmases.
lfquor
bottles.
man,
he
was
distinguished
by
month,
aan
mas
Rnio'
inor.
;
cpe.
Declaring
that
the
time
"seems
policeman
and
the
most
dreaded
hls
Pince-nez-
H
disdained
any
He
tieelined
to
go
Into
details,
but
said
he
expects
"full
cooperation"
from
the
federal
government.
During
his
recent
vis:i
to
Ottawa
Mr.
Bennett
placed
the
rail
extension
proposal
before
iELKX
Tl'RNED
DOWN
J
got
477
votes
436
were
5
to
elect
on
the
decisive
Murrel-Fdmon
Nargcl-ofuhst.
polled
329.
mature"
for
the
idea
of
Euro-;
man
in
the
USSR
Now
he
Ls
!
uniform,
wearing
instead
dark
pean
union
to
become
a
real-;
dead,
labelled
by
the
Soviet
gov-ily,"
the
Pope
said:
ernment
as
a
traitor
and
foreign
"Hence
we
exhort
to
action
1
spy.
City
To
Get
$54,000
From
Government
oiue
or
grey
Dusiness
suits
which
terlded
to
be
a
bit
baggy.
:
Beria
was
brought
to
Moscow
by
Stalin
in
1938.
His
first
act
In
his
new
job
was
to
liquidate
his
predecessor
as
minister
of
internal
affairs,
Nikolai
Yezhov,
widely
thought
In
Russia
to
be
Insane.
Yezhov
nrsl
ana
loremost
Christian;
Tne
soviet
Union
closed
the
j
statesmen,
deeming
it
sufficient
books
on
Beria
and
six
of
his
to
recall
to
them
that
Chris-;
henchmen
before
a
firing
squad
I
L....HJ,
.,,,.
tuLsmcmu
-'-Wednesday
after
a
secret
five
task
to
promote
every
sort
of
;
gy
trial
VICTORIA
(CP)
-Officials
of
?i'l'
ii
had
been
runner
up
:
the
federal
government.
"I
'!)
previous
Votes
ami,
a
would
add
31
1
miles
to
the
"
'")
nf
them.
But
the
1IW
pqe,
extending
it
from
Squa-
iniddle
oMhr-nwd
legls-
nu.sh
to
Vancouver,
40
miles,
and
who
held
the
elective
rom
prtnCe
George
to
the
Pence
jeof
power
between
right
(River.
271
miles.
The
estimated
it,
refused
to
vote
for
,
cost
was
placed
at
$75,000,000.
wtau:,e
his
opposition
to
I
Eun,nc:in
army
won
hlmiw,,,..
n:c-.
DlSCUSSlOnS
-una
support.
rf
?e
is
views
on
the
European
i
Underway
Today
arc
ni.t
nuhr
v
known
1
Conciliation
board
headings
or.
pier
yuletide
than
many
youngsters
could
remember.
Christmas
may
riot
be
the
whitest
but
it
is
one
of
the
brightest
Yuletide
seasons
in
Canada
in
many
years.
Stores,
homes
and
streets
throughout
the
Dominion
are
decked
with
millions
of
lights
and
gay
decorations.
To
celebrate
the
holiday,
all
businesses
will-
be
closed
tomorrow
and
most
offices
will
remain
shut
for
a
three-day
period.
There
will
be
no
edition
of
the
Daily
News
on
Saturday.
Next
regular
edition
will
appear
on
Monday.
Special
midnight
masses
were
set
tonight
in
all
Roman
Catholic
churches
throughout
the
continent,
on
both
sides
of
the
Iron
Curtain.
CHRISTMAS
BROADCAST
Pope
Pius
touched
off
world-wide
spiritual
observances
this
morning
with
his
15th
annual
Christmas
broadcast'
to
the
The
simple
truth
ls
that
Beria
simply
disappeared
early
in
1939,
lost
In
the
race
for
power
follow
IJUHcciui
uiuuii
uetweeii
iia-j
1
I
jtions."
;
A
strong
encouragement
tj
Mich
a
union
was
the
"manifest
never
to
be
heard
from
again.
ing
Stalin's
death.
He
has
paid
failure
of
the
contrary
policy."!
Beria
until
his
downfall
Christmas
Story
Ends
Little
readers
will
be
thrilled
with
the
climax
of
Wes
Sullivan's
delightful
Christmas
story,
"Steve
and
Nancy
Santa
Claus,"
which
ends
In
today's
paper.
Children
who
have
followed
the
story
of
Steve
and
Nancy,
working
at
the
North
Pole
to
give
Santa
a
well-earned
rest,
will
find
out
today
how
the
two
children
returned
home
and
what
they
thought
of
their
adventure.
Was
it
all
a
dream?
You'll
find
out
when
you
read
the
last
chapter
of
the
story
today.
had
ase
discussions
between
Prince
j
'J
ill
when
Hi
Benat"
de-
tne
rope
spoKe
in
rcpiy
to
Immense
power.
Christmas
greetings
brought
toi
In
the
perlod
from
stalin's
him
by
the
College
of
Cardinals
doath
U1I
hls
arrest
ftst
Ju
riis
words
were
carried
around,
riov
totor
h...,Hn
t
Beria
was
born
In
1899
in
the
village,
of
Merkeull
near
Sukhumi
on
the
Black
Sea
coast.
During
the
Immediate
pre-revolu-tionarjr
and
civil
war
period
he
was
an
engineering
student
In
Baku,
the
oil
centre
of
the
Caspian
Sea.
He
joined
his
lot
with
the
Bolsheviks.
From
the
very
first
he
received
responsible
assignments
in
the
secret
police.
He
rose
rapidly
to
th
globe
by
the
Vatican
radio
,
theU.S.S.R.
He
was
Premier
Ui?
priiject,
and
has
'.ever
hc
cv(,
Empi0yees
Federal'
a
st,.nd.
He
his
been
a
hi),
ion
No.
5
got
underway
at
9:30
nurian
nearly
30
yeais
this
morning.
Chairman
of
the
j
"
known
as
a
member
ol
board
is
W.
H.
Brett.
Represent-
uiiservoiive,
"free
Inter-Jug
the
hospital
board
is
F.
E.
j
L'idcpindcnt
Republican
Anfield
and
John
Dyck
is
the;
A
.
"lwim.L""""
"WR""J-
Malenkov's
first
deputy,
the
next
two
days
during
the,
He
alsQ
mlnisPter
of
inter-radio
will
broadcast
in
25
lan-
,
,
controiling
al,
secret
puages,
including
Russian
and
and
j
i.ii
,
.
police
intelligence,
all
nor-
Chinese.
I
i
union
nominee.
!
mal
police
private
armies
of
the
nead
a
secret
police
activit,es
'
'
"".v-
jln
the
trans-Caucasus
Azerbai
jan,
Armenia
and
Georgia.
In
guards,
the
vast
system
of
concentration
camps
and
their
forc
1931
he
was
directed
by
Moscow
;$1
Million
Blaze
In
Calgary
CALGARY
Damage
was
estl-
ed
labor,
the
largest
construcUon
to
take
over
leadership
of
the
B.C.
eilies
and
districts
are
awaiting
the
arrival
of
cheques
totalling
$5.75o.000
from
the
provincial,
government
for
their
share
of
the
sales
tax
revenue.
The
cheques
ore
due
before
the
new
year.
Prince
Rupert
will
receive
$54,407:
Prince
O"orce
$51,-007..
Other
prnnts
Include.
Districts:
Kitimat
$11
470.
Villages:
Fort
St.
James
.$1,560;
McBride
$2,622;
Pouco
Celine
fl.KW
Qtu'sncl
$8.6'7;
Sin
II
hers
$C,455;
Terrace
$5,153.
Taxi
Drivers
Face
Liquor
Charge
Here
One
taxi
driver
and
the
co-owner
of
another
taxi
firm
were
arrested
here
within
15
minutes
of
each
other
late
yesterday
and
charged
with
supplying
liquor
lo
an
Indian,
William
Stevens
of
Kincolilh.
Arrested
iirst
was
Richard
Sylvester,
driver
for
70
Taxi,
and
later
Anthony
Klamit
of
99
Taxi
was
taken
into
custody.
Cars
of
both
firms
were
Impounded
by
the
police
but
may
projects
in
the
U.S.S.R.,
all
,
Communist
party
In
the
trans-
h'phways.
and
vast
areas
of
the
Caucasus.
EXALTED
STALIN
mated
at
$1,000,000
In
a
flash
country
including
most
of
Si-fire
which
swept
through
the
,
beria
and
the
Soviet
Far
East.
Beria
assured
his
position
with
main
aircraft
stores
building
at
I
From
the
end
of
the
war
he
the
RCAF's
No.
2-1
air
material
ran
all
Soviet
atomic
weapons
Stalin
by
writing
In
1935
a
work
base
in
southwest
Calgary
today.
1
development.
j
on
the
history
of
the
Bolsheviks
Miller
Bay
Wins
Mention
In
JC
Light-Up
Contest
4
tig'
-
-V
Shouts
of
"Merry
Christmas"
j
youngsters
were
still
hoarding
from
cheerful
patients
greeted
the
treats
given
out
by
the
Kins
fit
vt
f
J
-
V
j
i
he
rpleaspri
later
todav.
Evlvester
i
.
'
-
.
.
.
in
tne
trans-uaucasus.
ii.ls
was
one
of
Stalin's
major
weapons
in
his
campaign
for
rewriUng
Soviet
history.
Few.
men
have
ever
held
as
much
power
as
did
Beria
during
the
years
1938-53.
Few
men
have
ever
sent
so
many
men
to
exile
and
death.
Beria
was
beyond
any
doubt
an
able
organizer,
a
clever
intriguer,
though
In
the
end
not
clever
enough,
and
a
deep
cynic.
To
a
western
diplomat
at
a
Kremlin
banquet
he
once
said:
"The
people
are
sheep.
It
ls
trained
executives
who
decide
everything."
Beria
goes
unlamented
in
Russia.
As
Stalin's
hatchet
man
he
won
the
hate
of
millions.
Now
his
name
ls
being
erased
from
Soviet
history
books
and
he
ls
consigned
like
so
many
Soviet
leaders
before
him
to
oblivion.
But
much
of
the
Soviet
Union
today
its
military
might
as
well
vyt
I
and
Klamit
were
releasee
last
-
1
1
night
on
$300.00
cash
bail
each.
The
format
charge
was
scheduled
to
be
read
in
police
court
before
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
this
afternoon.
members
of
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
light-up
committee
when
they
visited
Miller
Bay
hospital.
The
hospital,
as
cheerful
looking
as
the
patients,
was
awarded
honorable
mention
in
the
light-up
contest
by
the
visiting
Jay-cees.
'
The
committee
found
a
decorated
tree
In
every
room
at
the
hospital
and
learned
that
all
decorations
had
been
made
by
the
patients.
Indicating
that
Santa
had
already
visited
the
hospital
were
the
piles
of
gifts
under
most
of
the
pretty
trees,
and
the
electric
trains
In
each
boys'
ward,
pre
men
Sunday.
Others
receiving
honorable
mention
in
the
residential
section
of
the
Jaycee
light-up
contest
were
Robert
Eby,
400
Fourth
Avenue
East,
Bob
Meighen,
1961
Graham
Avenue,
Victor
Grant,
630
Fifth
Avenue
East,
and
Hans
Pettersen,
801
Borden
Street.
Major
winners
in
the
Jaycee
contest,
announced
yesterday,
included
Wrathall's
Photo
Finishing
and
Fashion
Footwear,
placing
first
and
second
respectively
in
the
business
category,
and
Alex
Mitchell,
232
Fourth
Avenue
West,
and
Norman
Moorehouse,
673
Fourth
Avenue
'
1
f
If
K
1
awt-iiital
r
immiMll1ft1''lr"'J,
J
I
WEATHER
North
Coast
Region:
Cloudy
with
showers
today
and
Christmas
day
remaining
mild.
Southerly
winds
15
reaching
southwesterly
25
in
exposed
areas.
Low
tonight
and
high
tomorrow
at
Port
Harriv.
Sandsplt
and
Prince
Rupert
38
and
45.
n
Unauian
SOLDIERS
decorate
Uie
Christmas
tree
at
the
'
VPI
Club
in
Germany
with
help
from
Marlie
Freedman
of
the
:ish
Women's
Volunteer
Service.
The
Beaver
Club
Is
a
leave
Korea
will
be
having
the
same
rations
as
with
their
American
Thanksgiving
late
in
of
Ste.
Therese
de
Port
Wallis,
N.S.,
do
ON
CHRISTMAS
DAY
Canadian
troops
in
turkey.
The
25th
Infantry
Brigade
ls
on
United
States
forces
in
Korea
and,
along
neighbors,
enjoyed
turkey
on
the
American
November.
Cooks
Pte.
Rene
Viau
(left)
BlainvilleQue.,
and
Pte.
George
Lewis
of
the
carving.
I
for
Junior
ranks
of
the
Canadian
Army
near
the
historic
as
Its
dismal
oppression
Is
what
'lln"
Lake.
Left
to
right:
Pte.
Jim
Cohn,
Ilepworth,
Ont.,
sented
by
the
Kinsmen
Club
of
East,
first
and
second
In
the
re-
j
he
made
it.
Re-wrlting
of
history
Prince
Rupert.
Some
of
the
'
sidential
section
'will
not
remove
his
Imprint.
Henderson,
London,
Ont.,
and
Miss
Freedman.
f
The
Daily
News
Wishes
Its
Readers
A
Merry
Christmas
-K