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at
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Strotegie
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Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Greot
Northwest"
VOL.
XLIII.
No.
92
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
APRIL
20,
1954
,
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
fee
Pellrov
Men
Ws
Ex-Diplomat's
Wife
Back
With
Husband
DARWIN.
Australia
(AP)
Mrs.
Vladimir
Pet-
-ffis&lp'
ramiiy
m,
-k
'
v
Hnme
ess
V:"
.
U--'
--n
fijfc
Aftir
Fire
&
ft
Tl
'
"
I
J
rov
today
joined
her
ex-diplomat
husband
as
a
refugee
from
Soviet
communism
after
Australian
police
jerked
loaded
pistols
away
from
two
'Russian
escorts
ushering
her
back
to
Moscow.
'
tl('K
M
I
L1.(XU
holds
up
traffic
on
Confederation
Square
In
Ottawa
to
allow
'!v
iiui-pound
bear,
to
cross
the
stftet
safely.
Rosle
went
for
a
stroll
after
she
,
a.s
featured
performer
in
a
sports
show.
The
35-year-old
wpman
s
last
that
her
husband
had
been
kidnapped
and
killed.
She
had
told
Couple's
Savings
Lost
in
Blaze
4
-
reporters
at
an
embassy
press
minute
switch
to
the
Free
World
followed
a
fantastic
tug-of-war
in
which
the
police
wrestled
wildly
to
disarm
two
of
her
Russian
guards
as
her
Europe-bound
plane
stopped
here
after
the
first
leg
of
its
flight
from
Sydney.
Tho
ciin-totinz
Russians
had
Witnesses
Called
conference
last
week
that
she
thought
he
had
been
kidnapped.
A
fire
of
unknown
or
She
made
ner
iinai
decision
to
stay
after
a
pre-arranged
telephone
call
from
Darwin
for
her
Derailment
Delays
Train
Last
night's
eastbound
Cana
igin
last
night
seriously
'
damaged
a
two
storey
daughter
Trial
frame
apartment
building
tried
to
prevent
local
officials
from
talking
to
Mrs.
Petrov.
Eight
hours
earlieV
some
1,500
persons
at
Sydney
fought
with
dian
National
passenger
train
making
one
family
home-
Hi
so
far
nave
oi
pom
e,
miu
iiuu
iututu
um
first
talk
with
her
45-year-old
husband
since
be
fled
early
this
month
with
Red
espionage
data
from
his
post
as
third
secretary
and
MVD
secret
police
chief
at
the
Soviet
embassy
in
Canberra.
The
riotous
episodes
surround
was
was
delayed
oeiayea
about
aoout
seven
seven
hours
nours
.
.
,
this
morning,
due
to
a
freight
lless
and
Wiping
OUt
,
a
mod-
1
r.t
Cml(h
I
.
.
.
i
police
in
a
vain
enort
to
prevent
I
'
kAlnir
rlraffOoH
flhnAI'd
inn
prosecutor
I
.His
aoiniy
uj
optnit
a
inuiui
in
the
motor-
i
vehicle
was
impaired
by
alcohol.
il
of
Sylvester
"His
degree
of
impairment
i,a
an
the
Spring
w:.
rtimmh
to
impair
his
driv-,,(1
at
:30
a.m.l
Um
ability,"
said
Dr.
Arnell.
:
Justice
J
M.
I
..
Evidence:
disclosed
that
the
IIKL
Hum
uciB
thp
British
-Overseas
Airways
est
business
venture
of
young
city
couple."
ers
which
scattered
seven
cars
over
the
tracks.
The
westbound
freight
train
Corporation
Constellation
by
the
4
ing
Mrs.
Petrov's
flight
promise
serious
diplomatic
repercussions
between
Australia
and
the
Krem
No
one
was
in
ured
in
the
fast
spreading
fire
which
caused
an
'
three-ton
truck
involved
in
the
Soviet
embassy
second
secreiaijr
and
the
two
armed
Russian
diplomatic
couriers
who
were
sent
to
Australia
to
escort
her
home.
.
white
Russians
in
the
crowd
1
.
.'
.j
-
,
-,Jfc..
.nfriSi
lin.
Soviet
ambassador
Nicolai
Generalov
Immediately
lodged
a
formal
protest
at
the
Australian
fnrpirn
ministry,
charging
"arm
derailed
at
about
4
p.m.
yesterday
when
it
hit
a
patch
of
soft
roadbed
near
Seaton,
24
miles
west
of
Smithers.
The
cars,
including
four
cars
of
coal,
all
remained
upright
but
blocked
the
estimated
$5,000
damage
to
tne
unnamed
building
at
934
West
Second
Avenue,
next
door
to
Philpott,
Evitt
and
Co.
Ltd.
uBB
uiK-B
riFRi
nf
wawanesa.
Man..
thoUEiit
she
was
merely
slliiml
with
the
jf
of
Cecilia
Hol-s
iWer,
after
a
lit
wis
driving
left
i
Tclkwa
on
the
Lain1
t.hev
heard
her
screaming:
a-
fident
was
heading
from
Telk-wa
to
Houston
eround
9
p.m.
March
8
with
six
persons,
including
two
children,
in
the
front
sci't
and
two
on
the
rear
deck.
Tolice
evidence
was
that
tire
marks
in
the
snow
showed
the
truck
had
travelled
175
yards
ed
assault
against
diplomatic
"I
do
not
want
to
go.
save
me.
Owners,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Vernon
track.
couriers
and
detention
ol
a
Soviet
official,
to
wit:
Mrs.
Ji
v.
n
.
Custa
nee
live
in
a
separate
house
Trouble-shooting
crews
were
.
..
at
the
rear
nf
of
th.
the
apartments.'
nartmerit.o
i'lnti,
inkuu
'
-
'
suffering
from
stomach
flu
and
said
the
arrival
of
her
first
child,
Judith
Anne,
was
a
complete
surprise
to
her,
her
husband
'
and
jier
doctor.
She
finshed
her
evening
shift
at
the
telephone
company
and
said
she
was
going
to
call
the
doctor
first
thing
in
the
morning
about
her
"stomach
fiu."
However,
the
four-pound,
I3-ounce
baby
was
born
before
the
doctor
could
arrive.
Mrs.
Petrov
was
said
Dy
Australian
authorities
to
have
back
to
Russia
in
the,
belief
i
at
work
this
morning
building
a
;;!
the
newly
em-itlKit
the
Crown
4ui
.is
killed
as
ftp
reckless
opera-
Only
occupants
of
the
gutted
building
were
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Metro
Ratzyo
and
their
two
children.
side-track
around
the
obstruction
and
expected
to
complete
the
iobty
noon
today.
The
east-
Discuss
Chances
of
Retaliation
iivr
vehicle"
by
They
were
not
at
home
at
the
ttm
nf
t.hp
fire
hnt
arrived
with
the
left
wheels
off
the
road
and
part
of
the
time
both
sets
of
wheels
were
off
the
road.
The
truck
camo
to
rest
at
right
angles
to
the
highway.
Crown
!i
lieges
that
the
deceased
woman
fell
nut.
of
truck
while
it
was
bound
passenger
train,
due
at
Seaton
at
about
6
a.m.,
was
held
least
30
Australians
were
impli
::y
of
Sinithcrs
is
Owners
Hold
Little
Hope
cated.
Prime
Minister
Robert
C.
Men-
i
zies
called
a
cabinet
meeting
to
1
rtis.,i!iis
t.he
nossibllitv
that
the
at
Pacific
pending
completion
oi
the
sidetrack.
to
save
some
oi
meir
oeiongmgs.
i
t
ised.
wart
Arneil
of
Tnelr
lanaiora
oia
noi
Know
amniiiu
mteht
retaliate
against
No
delay
of
the
westbound
out
of
control
and
that
the
rear
.:
he
had
attend
the
'
small
Australian
'embassy
Of
Finding
Tug
Survivors
iia.,
and
In
WiUurt
wUeeis
passed
ovr
her
tegs,
dearly
morning'
Jury
members
are
Weldon
R.
The
Russians
at
Darwin
claimed,
the
action
against
the
couriers
vilfiuted
thO
-diplomatic
immunity.
But
legal
experts
said
Australian
air
travel
laws
forbid
passengers
to
carry
firearms.
They
said
that
although
a
country
cannot
take
punitive
action
ncralnst
riinlnmats
of
another
where
they
are
staying
today.
fire
ChteffEarl
Becker-said
an
unidentified
person
turned
in
the
alarm
at
about
9:30
last
night.
The
blaze
was
well
underway
when
firefighters
arrived
a
few
minutes
later.
I
toxic
shock"
as
MacAfee.
foreman,
ana
jonn
3
..hih
inoinHoH
i
rntrtpr
Ole
KUdal.
John
Roberts,
He
said
coast
guard
planes
had
covered
about
400
square
mill's
and
eround
narties
had
on
legs
and
lewis
Erroi,
ueorge
nu
passenger
train
was
expected.
The
tram
"was
due"
ateaton
at
1:30
p.m.
today.
CCL
May
Probe
New
Labor
Code
VANCOUVER
.
Canada's
staff
in
Moscow.
It
was
revealed
at
Canberra
that
Mrs.
Petrov
was
a
cipher
clerk
in
the
Soviet
embassy,
handling
the
secret
coded
messages
to
and
from
the
Kremlin.
If
she
decides
to
follow
her
husband
in
revealing
what
she
irnnw.
nhmit
the
Inner
workings
rir'ures
-
i
Hamer,
Albert
BaKer,
mar
vav-
.
ljt,!tl
that
he
had
anaille,
Jens
Knudsen,
George,
searched
along
40
miles
of
beach
country,
it
can
take
measures-to
.fo
cused
on
request
,
Scott
and
Daniel
Kristmanson.
j
HEARD
CHILD
CRYING
"I
ran
up
the
stairs
because
someone
said
there
were
two
in
the
vicinity
or
tne
wrecic
without
spotting
survivors.
A
fishhont
recovered
the
body
Of
prevent
law
violations.
Once
disarmed,
the
couriers
VANCOUVER
0)
Owners
of
the
Ill-fated
tug
Chelan
said
Monday
night
that
there
was
little
chance
any
of
the
14-man
crew
survived
when
the
vessel
foundered
last
Thursday
night
in
Alaskan
waters.
Capt.
E.
W.
SuffielaV
marine
superintendent'
Of
Union
Steamship's
Ltd.,
owners
of
the
Chelan,
said
in
an
interview
here
that
the
"United
States
coastguard
were
left
alone.
They
-
and
the
OI
of
.Uiafc
uiai,
embassy,
emufcujajr,
she
one
may
be
as
w
one
-crew
member.
The
body
has
Police
Car
Fired
on
children
asleep
in
the
top
rooms
t
hourri
some
children
,
crying,
important
as
he
in
helping
to
J
embassy
second
secretary,
F.
V.
i
i
ust.
nnatilizat
tntn
I
not
yet
been
Identified.
Kislltsin,
went
on
to
Europe
with
track
down
Soviet
espionage
in
nf
thrf
14
men
aboard
the
tug.
but
they
must.hav
been
Out
on
the
street.
'
one
was
from
Newfoundland,
the
!est
Holy
Land
Flareup
"There
was
nobody
in
the
Australia.
A
royal
commission
with
increased
legal
powers
already
has
hri
nnthnrized
tn
sift
the
mass
will
investigate
tne
poBsiDiuiy
m
petitioning
the
federal
government
to
throw
out
B.C.'s
new
Labor
Relations
act.
;
Donald
MacDonald,
national
secretary
of
the
Canadian
Con
building,"
he
said.
"Tho
fire
nnneared
to
have
remainder
from
Vancouver,
it.
was
under
command
of
Capt.
Cecil
Roberts
of
Vancouver.
CaDt.
Suttield
said
a
lifeboat
the
BOAC
airliner.
Following
suspicions
that
Mrs.
Petrov
might
not
be
a
willing
returnee
to
her
homeland,
Menzies
set
into
motion
the
machinery
to
make
sure
she
would
have
a
chance
to
say
if
she
wanted
to
go
on.
of
documents
Petrov
turned
over.
started
in
the
lower
floor
of
the
searchers
are
of
the
opinion
there
are
no
possible
survivors."
rant.
Suffield
returned
here
SK
Israeli
Sector
i
;
Jordan
and
Israel.
:
from
automatic
Evans
is
said
to
have
written
if
tired
at
an
Israeli
1
the
director-general
of
the
Israel
ffevaiiin,,
i
iv,a
I
f.,rtiini
iniT-.kt.rv
recommending
found
on
a
beach
near.wreckage
Menzies
said
that
data
revealed
a
laree
Soviet
sov
network
in
the
gress
of
Labor
made
tne
an
building
and
spread
quickly
nlons
and
ud
the
walls
to
the
148-foot
Chelan
ana
tne
Monday
from
a
flying
trip
to
the
nouncement
in
Vancouver
Monday
as
he
termed
the
new
labor
:iSI'
r
road,
an
Israeli
1
a
resumption
of
the
border
meet-1
Other
sources
said
an
too.
The
smoke
was
so
heavy,
Vreck
scene
at
the
.entrance
to
j
240-foot
barge
it
was
towing
had
country.
icman
said
today.
you
could
cut
it
in
chunks.
act
"a
legal
montrosity."
logs
nclwecn
10cm
cuiiuhuui.i
to
deal
with
frontier
violations.
Sumner
strau
on
ue
luasuu
uteu
mcuuireu
on
4
mr
was
hit
four
Waited
to
Interview
Woman
Hp
added.
"I
venture
the
opin
panhandle
some
200
miles
north
were
no
casu-
the
Chelan.
But
he
said
hei
doubted
if
any
members
of
the
crew
had
managed
to
get
ashore
Those
routine
meetings
be-nnllce
officers
from
both
ion
that
urounds
may
be
found
of
Prince
Rupert.
1
"It
is
fortunate
we
were
aoic
to
keep
the
fire
from,
spreading
to
neighboring
buildings,"
the
chief
said.
Philpott,
Evitt
&
Co.
buildings
are
only
a
few
feet
for
disallowance
of
the
act
by
sfiqucsted
an
emer-
sides
of
the
border
were
suspend
the
federal
government."
of
the
mixed
Mr.
MacDonald
said
the
CCL
amission,
he
added.
'
aa-ov
-"
.
.
Police
grappled
with
the
couriers,
V.
Karpinsky
and
F.
Zhar-kov.
One
of
the
Russians
thrust
his
hand
in
his
pocket.
A
nearby
policeman
grabbed
his
wrist
and
discovered
the
loaded
pistol
helipves
the
new
act
"stands
in
in
it.
Transport
department
in
Ottawa
has
not
yet
indicated
whether
it
will
conduct
an
Investigation
Into
the
mishap.
Chelan
and
the
barge
were
Mr
("instance,
the
owner,
said
As
she
was
hustled
aboard
the
plane
at
Sydney,
Menzies
ordered
Reginald
Leydin.
northern
territory
government
secretary
at
Darwin,
to
be
ready
for
her
arrival
and
to
ask
her
whether
she
wanted
to
go
on.
government
also
it
clashes
between
contradiction
to
established
le
Pearson
on
Way
To
Conference
LONDON
CP)
L.
B.
Pearson,
Danariian
external
affairs
minis
ed
when
the
Israelis
walked
out
ol
the
mixed
armistice
commission
Mart
h
23
in
protest
against
the
commission's
failure
to
find
Jordan
guilty
for
the
killing
of
11
bus
passengers
in
the
Negev
desert.
he
had
some
Insurance,
but
i
Israeli
security
gal
principles
and
trespasses
upon
civil
liberties."
'
I
in
the
week
end-
worth
approximately
$400,000
didn't
think
it
would
meet
reconstruction
costs
"by
any
mpnns"
In
The
pocket.
The
other
cour-;
It
said
12
were
along
iheir
owners
reDorteo.
Private
minine
sources
esti
ier
carried
a
similar
weapon
in
When
the
plane
lanaea
ncre,
security
aeents
and
a
dozen
po
"I
don't
think
we're
going
to
ti-v
n
nt.
nil
it's
a
loss."
he
said.
a
shoulder
holster.
Zharkov
f
Border,
five
along
I
and
one
near
the
infer.
m
wmvntmimiKu
.,
."i-"
t
"
mate
the
value
of
the
2.300
tons
ter,
arrived
here
by
air
today
enroute
to
Paris
and
Geneva
for
intonational
meetings.
licemen
went
aboard,
as
Ley-
struggled
fiercely
with
police
be
of
ore
concentrates
cargo
at
lln
is
employed
at
Columbia
Cel
itnrs
were
killed
in
din
approached
to
talk
to
Mti
Petrov,
the
two
couriers,
who
already
had
used
strong-arm
City
Minister
To
Take
Part
In
Ceremonies
three
wnnnrlert
nnri
fore
he
was
disarmed,
one
police
sergeant
came
out
of
the
tussle
with
blood
on
his
shirt.
-The
stewardess
aboard
the
rjlane
told
reporters
after
talk
around
$200,000.
Capt.
Suffield
expressed
the
belief
that
salvage
of
the
Chelan
Is
unlikely.
Paying
high
tribute
to
the
U.S.
rnnstsruard
searchers,
he
said:
methods
during
the
trip
to
keep
Pearson
leaves
Wednesday
ior
Paris
to
attend
a
North
Atlantic
Treaty
Organization
foreign
ministers'
conference
opening
Friday
and
then
goes
on
to
Geneva
for
the
international
conference
,
on
lulose.
Mrs..Custance,
young
mother
of
two
children,
one
five
months,
the
other
a
year
and
a
half,
said
they
had
spent
their
savings
in
buying
the
Second
Avenue
site
other
passengers
and
tne
crew
from
talking
to
her.
Interrupted
them.
i
t
he
announcement
I
firccs
reported
today
y
iimbassador
here.
J
Evans,
is
working
4
an
effort
to
break
-f
deadlock
between
"They
did
everything
possible."
Korea
and
Indo-China.
ing
to
Mrs.
Petrov:
"She
obviously'
wants
to
stay
In
Australia,
but
seemed
too
scared
to
do
anything."
ixrt.ii..
lii.a
t,.t
i-r.v
uropninfr
with
the
apartments
and
house.
"Wo
were
fixine
the
Dlace
up
Dr.
E.
A.
Wright,
pastor
or
First
Presbyterian
church
Prince
Rupert,
left
by
train
last
night
to
take
a
prominent
part
in
the
3
w
I",
and
hoped
to
rent
most
of
the
nnnrtments
this
summer.
I
guess
Willie
mia.
iv.
""fo
irpnupni.lv.
talked
for
45
minutes
our
little
venture
has
gone
up
in
Centennial
celebrations
of
Knox
Presbyterian
church
at
Wallace-
with
Leydin
at
the
Darwin
air
hryAsh
smoke.
There
were
three
small
apart
rit.
Ont.
Dr.
Wrignt
will
DC
port,
Kisiitsin
protested
bitterly.
To
reporters
he
said:
"I
am
astounded
at
the
action
of
the
ments
on
the
second
floor
and
one
of
the
guest,
speakers
at
the
"ted
Here
various
services
being
held
at
one
six-room
apartment
on
street,
level..
Only
the
Patzyo
sax
Australian
authorities.
Our
diplomatic
immunity
has
been
in
the
church
now
marking
its
inoth
anniversary.
The
city
'indshields
V
place
was
ocupied,
but
all
rooms
wern
furnished.
minister,
who
will
be
away
two
fringed
and
I
intend
to
report
it
to
my
embassy."
Kisiitsin
Drotested
strongly
One
family
had
rented
the
'4
;ci-i
mis
"erev
o;h
f
Pilling
car
winri-
weeks,
was
the
minister
at
the
Wallaceburg
church
from
1937
to
1944.
lower
apartment
and
was
sched
uled
to
move
in
today.
against
permitting
Mrs.
Petrov
ashiiigtnn
State
and
uver
'i'
area,
may
have
FUn,.r
.....
,
unpen,.
I
li
TS
1
"f
Queen
Char-
iifc
:s
ni
he
re,
reported
to-
Early
Action
on
Big
Issues
Pledged
by
Education
Chief
tit
1
Parked
in
front,
of
Apartment
t.hu
fed,
-p
4
'
a
1
1
r---'"
I-
-
-X."-'
i
,
"I
I
-
;
,
,.-
v
k
k..
r
.ftu,
s
......
.
d
Wil
-
u
wun
some-
;
,
mi.uRlU
was
ust
soot
The
minister
added
that
"we
plan
to
reorganize
the
Education
-
?
ninincv
However
M
di
iven
to
work
n
STFAMSIIIP
TRAVEL
across
the
Atlantic
has
come
a
long
way
since
the
'08-foot
Savannah
first
made
the
crossing
135
years
ago.
These
scale
models
of
the
Savannah
and
VANCOUVER
Ray
Willis-
i
ton,
newly
appointed
B.C.'
Minister
of
Education,
outlined
four
malor
problems
facing
his
department
-
to
the
35th
annual
to
talk
privately
witn
ner
nusi-band
on
the
telephone.
Leydin
conceded,
and
she
held
the
conversation
in
a
crowded
custom
office,
with
Kislltsin,
Australian
police,
reporters
and
others
crowded
around.
Afterward,
Mrs.
Petrov
told
Leydin
she
wished
to
stay
in
Australia.
WEATHER
Forecast
North
Coast
Region
Mostly
cloudy
today
and
Wednesday
with
occasional
rain
showerj.
Little
change
In
temperature.
Light
winds.
.Low
tonight
and
high
Wednesday
at
Port
Hardy,
Sandsplt
and
Prince
Rupert
35
I
and
48.
department
Into
six
distinct
'itl
10
or
y.
th-,,,
u
fields.
He
listed
the
fields
as
ind.ihield.
l
r.hiet
insiiector
of
schools
to
"
isn't
rvurttl,...
n.
r
c.
Teachers'
Federation
con
be
aDDolnted
with
a
wider
autn-
vention
Monday.
nrit.v:
2.
.
Teacher
training,
o
there
yesterday.
"
1
link
J
they
were
Adult
education:
4.
Adminlstra
t.inn
nlan
newschools:
5.
Reg
other
ears
nnl.vrf
i
istration
to
deal
with
certifica
the
990-foot
liner
United
States
illustrate
the
progress
that
has
been
made.
Carrying
a
crew
of
50,
the
Savannah
took'
nearly
a
month
to
go
from
the
U.S.
to
Ireland,
but
the
United
States
regularly
makes
the
crossing,
carrying
nearly
2.800
persons,
in
4v8
days
ru'iiiu
in
'
and
ears
parked
"We're
going
to
tackle
them
at
once,"
the
minister
told
750
provincial
delegates.
He
listed
problens
as
school
finance;
teacher
training
including
co-ordination
of
Normal
school
course
with
UBC
teacher
training;
reorganized
and
up-
rts
tion:
6.
Comptroller
to
co-or
ift"rii
watchful
eye
on
her
twin
colts.
Considered
a
10,000-JORMF.R
RACE
BArrTLirF
MARE
S'tiry
JMf
keeps
a
t
JoIla
(CaUf.)
Farms
at
the
end
f
m
8tab,es-a
San
Frmicisco
businssmHii.
.
-
-
-.
i
i-own
were
xe-
,?th
dinate
finance.
leu
'ners
to
show
dating
the
curriculum;
and
tt
ash"
or
wind-
school
construction.
4