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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
or
Conoda's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Greot
Northwest"
VOL.
XLIII,
No.
120
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MAY
31,
1954
'
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
-DRUGS
m
m
mm
hkwl
r
Soldier
Survives
1,000-Foot
Drop
FAIRBANKS,
Alaska
(AP)
A
rescue
team
of
eight
expert
mountain
climbers
cat-stepped
its
way
down
the
ice-covered
skies
of
Mt.
McKinley
today,
carrying
an
injured
soldier
nearer
to
safety.
iksw
!
X
'
I
vi
III
rs'
Mil
"
H
ft
3iS
'
th.r
-fin:-
-
-r
-
J
!
Strapped
tightly
to
a
sled
was
-
Pit.
Ocj'ge
Arfeus
of
Prooklyn,
Injured
Man!
Flown
South
AfterMishap
Special
to
Tile
Daily
News
Si..i
TiirJCb
John
Wilson,
21,
of
Quick,
25
mile
east
of
here,
was
flown
19
Vancouver
early
Saturtl:."
"
momirirr'for
treatment
of
serious
head
injuries,
reportedly
received
when
he
was
struck
by
a
lj-ineh
stick
of
stove
w
o
o
d,
thrown
from
several
feet
N.Y.,
whose
hip
was
broken
May
18
in
a
1.000-foot
fall
that
kllleJ
and
Minchumina.
Gunsite
Pass
is
at
the
6.000-foot
level.
The
lil-fated
expedition
to
climb
Mt.
IcKinley,
at.
20,269
feet
the
tallest
peak
on
the
North
American
continent,
start-
a
companion,
George
Thayer,
27,
of
Reedsboro,
Vt.
A
reus.
25,
left
In
an
improv!seJ
ten
May
23
by
two
other
climb-
!
ed
April
17
crs
wr.o
survived
the
fall,
was
i
1
1
i
r
found
Sunday
mornlne
b"
Dr-John
McCall
of
tlie
University
of
Alaska
and
Frank
Milan
ol
the
J.S.
Air
Force.
The
two
who
survived
the
fall
uninjured
Morton
Wood
and
Les
VieTck
left
Araus
wrapped
warmly
in
the
small
tent
at
the
11.000-foot
level
on
MzKinley
while
they
made
their
way
down
the
mountain
to
report
the
tragedy.
McCall
and
Milan,
rapidly
ont-disluncin?
the
other
five
mem
Howard
Seeks
Definite
Word
On
Vital
Road
Bpfial
to
The
Dally
News
TERRACE
Demands
for
a
finite
committment
by
the
public
works
department
on
thc.
pioposed
Kitlmat-Terrace
road
were
heard
here
today
at
a
pub-
away.
'
,
Lonard
Tommy,
10.
ol.:
rf
Ouicl:
is
hrin?
held
In
enstot'y
cn
drunk
rh''c.
n'm-'in-;
in-
vp'tfirntion
of
the
incident.
Wilson,
reported
n
serio'is
bers
of
the
ground
party
Sunday
tent
lie
meeting.
and
Saturday
after
Argus
.was
spotted
from
the
air,
sue-1
Frank
Howard,
Skeena
MLA,
condition,
was
flown
south
!
Eboard
an
air-.sea
rescue
I.an-
caster,
wh?n
he
failed
ta
regiin
con
Piousness
In
Smit.hen
Ho.s-
pitnl
after
the
Incident.
!
Wilson
and
Tommy
were
i
members
of
a
croup
at
a
party
WSWl
PARTY
which
visited
Alran
develDpment
at
Kitimat
ceccled
in
a
desperate
bid
to
beat
said
that
Premier
Bennetfs
re-death
'
Argus'
side
and
reaeht
d
j
cent
announcement
on
the
Howe
-
PhoU)
by
(.icon
Ayie.
May
20,
steps
ashore
from
Vincent
Massey
leads
the
gangplank
are
Governor-
the
crippled
climber
at
10;10
a.m
Sioux,
which
brought
the
visitors
from
V
incruvcr.
Rl.
Hon
.I'niiiipniiird
by
aide,
I.t.
Ian
MePhcrson.
Just
stepping
off
Js
secretary,
Lionel
Massey
and
his
wife.
in
Quick
Thursday
ni(Uit.
'
Wilson
was
ordered
to
hospital
b:i0
p.m.
EOT
Sunday.
To
a
smalt
a'r
force
plane
fly
ing
overhead
they
radioed:
Sound
road
was
a
commendable
move.
"However,
if
the
premier
would
cast
his
eyes
northward
and
make
a
similar
statement
about
the
Kltimat-Terrace
road.
He
s
alive
ana
well.
by
Dr.
A.
S.
Arneil
of
Telkw;,
who
also
advised
the
flight
south
for
treatment.
Belt
Hydrographic
Ship,
Staff
1
he
would
be
doing
the
people
in
PERILOUS
DESCENT
bke
New
Charts
for
Mariner
The
tent,
a
small
dot
on
a
vast
l"
'"
,
We
cannot
get
any
commiU-near
expanse
of
snow
and
ice,
stood'
the
edge
of
a
bowl,
at
thement
fi'ome
minister
of
pub-hcad'of
tin
vjtal
road
"e
wofks
ut
Muldrow
glacier.
To
ect
Areus
down
to
a
noint
uul
6"
no
a
turnover
of
men,
seldom
have
any
In
command
of
the
William
J.
had
quite
Is
Capt
George
Billard
of
Vic-
now
we
EilW'K
AVItKS
i
at
the
Ocean
Doc'k
iiirr
Rupert
is
a
sleek
licity-hungry
Bennett
to
lift
the
Trio
Kidnaps
Store
Manager
During
Robbery
where
he
can
be
picked
up
by
j
J
.
.
fiiuws
uy
vu.'
j-ft
'
THE
RT.
HON.
VINCENT
M
ASSEY
talks
to
Malcolm
Baxter
while
,
Jijpt
her
Michael
peers
at
aide-de-camp
Lt.
Ian
McPhersoh
at
1
public
reception
heidftn
the
Recreation
Hall
dining
the
Goveruor-
General's
official
visit
to
Kitimat
May
20.
The
boys'
mother,
Mrs.
1
B.
S.
Baxter
looks
on.
Reception
was
held
following
tour
of
smeller
and
townsite
at
the
Alcan
development
by
the
vlce-rcgal
j
party.
-
(National
Health
Scheme
veil
of
secrecy.
toria,
well-known
skipper
who
chHiigcs."
started
out
as
a
seaman
aboard
'
The
vessel,
built
In
Colling
)
with
a
yellow
funnel
for
all
the
world
like
l
hydrographic
ships.
In
charge
wood.
Ontario,
on
Oeorgian
Bay
in
1932,
has
been
the
victim
of
one
Ironic
whim
of
fate
in
its
22
years.
'
T(iat
was
in
June,
1944
when
she
was
engaged
in
prob-
VANCOUVER
(CP)-Four
gun.
am
yacht
She's
what!
of
the
survey
work
and
the
sur-a
mi
womrn
visualize
1
veyors
is
O.
W.
La
Croix
of
Vic-!
dreuin
of
being
mil-toria.
m.rl
V.....i..n
..
1.1
r
r
aiiu
litivill
K
HCllt
Ul
PROM)
OF
VKSSKI..
STAFF
I
inir
the
mv.storieB
of
the
infam-
Mr.
Howard
deplored
the
fact
that
public
works
Minister
Oag-lardi
refusedi
to
give
out
information
on
the
Kitlmat-Terrace
road
to
anyone
but
his
own
political
cohorts.
"Of
course,"
he
said,
"this
Is
in
keeping
with
the
Socred
principle
of
channeling
the
public's
business
through
their
party
machine
and
by-passing
the
elected
representatives
of
the
people."
-
,
Nic
ooks
iikc
ine,
CWcf
suryeyor
La
Croix
ousTUpple
Rock.
The
William
J
Urged
by
Young
Liberals
Xw,
Li"..';
P-"
Ot
the
805-ton,
228-foot
hydrographic
vessel.
He
and
the
helicopter,
which
;ant
opera'e
at
high
altitudes,
the
rescue
party
must
take
him
on
a
sled
down
the
face
of
the
crcvass-laced
glacier,
At
the
end
of
the
glacier,
the
rescuers
are
faced
with
.
more
crevasses,
ice-covered
cliffs
and
rock
outcroppings.
all
of
which
add
to
the
dangers
they
face.
Although
lt
took
McCall
and
Milan
more
than
24
hours
to
make
the
last
miles
to
the
tent
Sunday,
the
descent
will
'
be
a
much
harder
job.
The
rescuers
must
constantly
keep
before
them
the
plight
of
Argus.
He
cannct
sit
up,
He
cannot
stand
pressure
on
the
small
of
his
back.
He
must
lie
flat
all
the
way.
Below
the
glacier,
at
Gunsite
fillip.
'
J.
Klcwart
takes
65
j
men
who
check
the
shoals,
rocks
;
and
depths
of
the
island-dotted
probed
a,
little
too
close,
was
holftd
and
sank,
until
only
the
top
of
the
funnel
showed.
Raised
after
30
days
under
water
she
was
back
in
service
by
the
following
summer.
men
kidnapped
the
manager
of
a
rh-iin
store
here
late
Saturday
night
and
escaped
with
about
$340
after
forcing
the
manager
to
open
the
store
safe.
The
gunmen,
apparently
hoping
to
find
the
safe
containing
heavy
week-end
receipts,
entered
the
home
of
Anthony
O.
An-selmo,
manager
of
a
branch
store
of
Canadian
Safeway
Ltd.
Three
of
the
gunmen
forced
the
store
manager
to
accompany
them
to
the
store,
while
th
fourth
held
Mrs.
Anselmo
as
a
hostage
at
the
home.
At
th'
store,
Mr.
Anselmo
was
forced
a'
Khores
of
B.C.
like
to
think
thut
they're
giving
the
taxpayers
their
money's
worth.
Last
year
the
William
J.
Stew
Mr.
Plckersgill
said
the
current
tax
dispute
between
the
federal
government
and
Quebec
cannot
be
permanent.
"It
is
not
fair
to
the
people
of
that
province
to
have
to
pay
federal
taxes
at
the
same
rate
as
other
Canadians
without
receiving
for
provincial
purposes
bene
OTTAWA
O-Thc
Young
Liberal
Federation
of
panada
favors
a
national
contributory
health
insurance
plan
in
co-optrution
with
the
provinces.
That
was
one
of
several
resolutions
adopted
during
its
national
convention
here
which
-nded
Saturday
with
speeches
by
Prime
Minister
St.
Laurent
and
Premature
Baby
Survives
Trip
Liberal
Chieftain
Here
Wednesday
six-munlh
cruises
at
wninient
expense,
and
1
cruise
they
work.
ii
at
Ottawa
and
with
'
port
Victoria,
B.C.,
the
PN
W
J.S.
is
the
flag
he
Department
of
Mine
'Meal
surveys
hydro-;it
Her
mission
In
life
tlw
charts
and
maps
'imiliiin
coast
line
up
to
i
the
fleet
is
the
Mara-:ner
yacht
of
Dr.
Bal-E-food
magnate,
and
Parry,
which
was
the
fits
similar
to
those
the
people
in
Utola
Ki.,.rrtumi
Pift-orvrri
11
art
completed
the
survey
work
for
a
new
chart
of
the
Porcher
Island
area,
from
Kitkatla
to
Welcome
Harbor.
The
new
chart
will
be
on
the
draughting
board
for
about
18
more
months
and
It
should
be
published
In
about
two
years.
Mr.
La
Croix
said.
"This
year
we
are
working
on
ther
provinces
are
getting
from
Commending
the
government
gunpoint
to
open
the
safe,
which
Pass,
Argus
will
be
picked
up
by
VANCOUVER
A
prsmature
an
air
lurce
helicopter
for
albaby
boyi
nlsned
to
Vancouver
flight
to
rescue
headquarters
j
ln
an
incUbator
from
Prince
'
fr
luul.itr
a
mnnri
f
nn.i.lut
inn
i
ICdt
'
-provincia
1"
UVMH
lill
IHA
I
t-
u
t
111
i
agreements."
the
bandits
looted.
Mr.
Anselmo
said
that
when
for
a
practical
national
health
!
Arthur
Lalng.
provincial
Llb;-
ri
al
parlv
leader.
Is
.scheduled
i
to
arrive
here
Wednesday
aboa'
d
1
the
Prince
Rupert
to
open
a
tour
i
of
northern
B.C..
speaking
on
i
provincial
affairs.
insurance
plan,
the
resolution
11
....
t
h.Mri
KAnr.
An,li,iH
tVli
UrSPd
that
SU'h
8
PllU1
be
1"1'jle
hnHH
...In
nhnneH
the
r
..ccom-
i
the
long-needed
re-survey
of
the
east
roast
of
the
Queen
Char-Islands."
Mr.
La
Croix
said.
r'This
will
take
In
an
area
be
w.N
vessel
"Talypus,"
:'lfly
known
to
Cana-
George
early
Sunday,
was
in
good
condition
Sunday
nighU
The
infant,
identified
only
as
the
Fraser
baby,
was
born
four
days
ago
at
Nixon,.
B.C.,
and
weighed
only
two
pounds.
In
response
to
a
call
from
Dr.
T.
J.
Agncw
to
the
Vancouver
Red
Cross.
Nurse
Helen
Goldie
flew
to
Prince
George
Saturday
,,
,
,
men
ted
"sc
soon
as
necessary
..
.
p
ice
guarding
Mrs
Anselmo
and
.
,
.
.
,r
told
him
that
they
had
obtained
;
W
may
bp
w,,h
the
money
and
were
leaving
!
T
tT,ZTlt
.in
odd
Then
they
forced
Mr
Anse
o
;
back
into
a
car
and
d
rove
him
.
to
the
ouUkirU
of
the
city
wlwrs
b,,)lulcastMers
hc
porniiUed
,0
op-he
freed.
Meanwhile
the
was
j
t
,
sUtion8
in
all
b-
nclit
iruarding
Mrs.
Anselmo
l
,
..
,.,
,,,.rvH
!
(
X
tween
Selwyn
Inlet
and
Cape
St.
James."
Doing
the
work
of
charting,
measuring,
marking
down
findings
are
civil
engineers,
master-mariners,
mariners
and
mates,
the
chief
surveyor
told
us.
LATEST
IN
K.Ql'IPMENT
f
personnel
as
"The
'
a
hydrographic
ship
and
never-ending
one.
1
charts,
which
were
P
by
the
British
Admlr-1
arc
still
tn
use,
are
lcen
1913
and
1915.
in
a
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines
plane
to
bring
the
baby
here.
presumably
to
rejoin
I
departed,
n
,
.
mm,s'
Hl!PKtin
,hat
fer
-.'
i
M
:
hii
ocrompliccs.
sepKmtp
boHy
be
established
o
cni'i-ol
the
licenslntT
and
regu
To
help
In
the
monotonous
task
the
William
J.
is
equipped
with
the
very
latest
In
sounding
devices,
radar
and
wireless.
The
new
radar
unit
is
a
great
im
provement
oi
the
ship's
previous
(
late
the
operation
of
all
radio
and
television
stations
in
Canada.
ThejC'BC
now
holds
this
power.
Woman
Fined
Margaret
McKay,
who
pleaded
guilty
to
a
charge
of
prostitution
was
fined
$100
and
costs
or
in
default,
two
months
in
jail
by
Maeistrate
W.
D.
Vance
In
nolice
Monkey
Reverses
Trend
at
Zoo
LONDON
OP
The
Daily
Mirror
today
published
an
excellent
photograph
of
people,
taken
by
a
chimpanzee
at
the
London
zoo.
The
camera
was
wired
to
the
chimp's
cage.
Hc
tripped
the
shutter
by
pulling
a
string.
h
Price
MlyUp
prices
wore
up
at
the
PTi
Halibut
Exchante
'"ii.
but
landings
were
'
123.500
pnunds
as
prices
w
paid
for
medium
'I'll
to
an
average
of
'
last
week,
'utian
Queen
landed
ni!s
from
Area
3
and
us:
the
Hopewell
and
Scj.
radar
navurntion
aid,
Mr.
i.a
Croix
averred;
"It's
scanning
screen
Is
three
times
as
large
as
the
other,"
he
said,
"and
you
can
see
around
the
mast.
There
are.no
blind
spots."
BIh
helD
to
Mr.
La
Croix
Is
Medical
Team
Due
Home
Today
A
Miller
Bay
medical
team
headed
by
Dr.
G.
W.
J.
Fiddes
was
scheduled
to
return
here
today
at
5
p.m.
aboard
an
Ellis
Airlines
plane,
from
Telegraph
Creek,
where
they
went
to
assist
with
.a
mertsles
epidemic.
Dr.
Fiddes,
Dr.
V.
Markam,
an
eye
specialist,
and
George
Eaton,
X-ray
technician,
made
the
trip
to
the
small
settlement
250
miles
north
of
here.
May
19,
when
reports
came
out
of
the
epidemic,
which
afflicted
many
children.
The
trio
flew
from
here
to
Wrangell,
Alaska,
and
travelled
up
the
Stikine
River
to
Telegraph
Creek.
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v;t
;k
--;
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AUTIH
K
I.AINC,
MI,A.
!
court
this
morning.
John
O'Mulla,
chief
wireless
i
operator
who
also
doubles
as
secretary
for
the
chief
surveyor
and
is
the
echo
sounding
machine
technician.
"Adult
Delinquency"
Blamed
By
Cleric
for
Son's
Plight
f
vi
.
,
.V
,
f
In
Pr'ncp
Rupert,
Mr.
Lains
Is
scheduled
to
speak
to
Gyro
and
Rotary
Club
meetings
Wednesday
and
Thursday
respect-.vely,
and
at
a
public
meeting
Wednesday
night
In
the
Civio
Centre,
when
local
MLA
Bruce
Brown
also
will
speak.
Leaving
here
Thursday
afternoon,
Mr.
Lalng
will
speak
to
the
Terrace
Rotary
Club
and
at
a
public
meeting
Thursday
night,
flying
to
Kitimat
Friday
for
a
public
meeting
there.
je-i-m
Klthnat
he
will
return
to
Terrace
and
head
east,
accom-uamed
bv
Mr.
Brown,
speaking
'"loaded
65.000
pounda
'"I'al
catches
with
prices
"s
arc
as
follows:
Aleutian
Queen,
65.000
""'tliums
30.000
(16;
'""IMS'-.,
-
chicken
B-c-Packers.
nonn,
'
-
Hopowel
38.500
'
Odiums
30.000
(16';
chicken
500
(14)
'
Pacific
Fisheries.
r'.
21.000
pounds,
mcd-;'7li;
large
500
(16);
.ooo
(Hi,
.sold
to
Atlia
'f
landings
Included
the
-,:s.
with
7.000
noiinrin.
Several
times
the
pastor
referred
directly
to
his
son.
out
on
bail
awaiting
trial.
He
listed
these
as
his
views
of
the
cause
of
juvenile
deliquency:
a
personal
spiritual
being
called
the
devil:
patents'
failure
to
cooperate
with
other
parents;
thr
making
of
association
of
'teenagers
too
convenient.
"I
think
mote
In
terms
of
parental
delinquency
than
of
juvenile
delinquency,"
he
said.
'
Every
one
of
us.
including
myself,
were
too
busy,
too
preoccu
SAN
ANTONIO,
Tex.
O-A
Baptist
minister,
pausing
often
In
his
sermon
as
emotion
overcame
hlmr
preached
Sunday
on
adult
dcliqurncy
as
his
'teen-age
son.
10
days
ago
accused
of
murder,
sat
In
the
front
row.
After
Rev.
Luther
B.
Osborne,
as
Is
customary
at
the
end
of
his
sermons,
called
for
professions
of
faith,
many
in
his
emotion-charged
congregation
began
crying.
The
son,
Luther,
17,
and
Jerry
Wills,
18,
were
accused
of
beat-
Away
from
their
homes,
ror
half
a
year,
the
staff
of
the
William
J.
get
breaks
in
the
monotony
occasionally
as
they
did
this
week-end.
Off
Selwyn
Inlet
last
weekend
they
worked
the
Sunday,
rather
than
take
the
day
off
where
there
was
nothing
to
do
and
nowhere
to
go.
So
the
men.
many
of
whom
hHve
grown
beards,
had
two
days
ashore
this
weekend,
as
the
ship
berthed
Saturday
night
about
8
p.m.
Many
of
the
crew
were
up
at
the
ball
game
yesterday
afternoon
and
they
will
have
tonight
ashore
before
they
return
to
the
east
coast
of
the
Charlottes.
"The
William
J.
Stewart
is
a
Vionnv
shin
"
Mr.
La
Croix
said.
THE
WEATHER
Forecast
North
Co4.st
Region
Cloudy
with
scattered
showers
today.
Rain
beginning
before
daybreak
Tuesday
becoming
cloudy
with
scattered
showers
in
the
afternoon.
Not
much
change
ln
temperature.
Winds
in
exposed
areas
southeast
25.
decreasing
to
southerly
15
late
this
afternoon
but
increasing
to
southeast
30
gusty
before
daybreak
Tuesday.
Low
tonight
and
high
Tuesdav
at
Port
Hardy,
Sandspit
and
at
Hazclton,
Smithers,
Burns
-Photo
by
vn
MW-
Siudto.
Lake,
Vandcrhoof
and
Prince
George.
From
Prince
Cieorge
he
will
travel
to
Peace
River
points
with
J.
Gordon
Gibson,
MLA.
and
jth
"
24,000,
the
Nor-
!tk
,n
.
pied,
with
material
things
and
'
".000,
Borcnnri
i
nnn
SMILING
13-1EAR-OLI)
JEANNETTE
CHOQUETTE,
Prince
Rupert's
1954
May
Queen,
receives
the
crown
from
last
year's
Queen,
Lorraine
Martin
In
the
coronation
ceremonies
at
Roosevelt
Park
May
24.
This
year's
May
Queen,
a
pupil
of
Annunciation
School,
was
chosen
from
a
field
of
five
contestants.
then
return
south,
speaking
at
'
I.
48,000.
Fou'r-Forty
ing
Julian
Vega,
68,
cafe-bar
selfish
motives
to
give
youngsters
owner,
to
death
with
a
pool
cue
j
the
attention,
care
and
love
they
the
night
of
May
21.
,
ueeded
12
years
ago."
meetings
throughout
the
Carl-
"'
witk
7'
ana
U1B
I
Prince
Rupert,
46
and
55,
"Whereas
a
few
years
ago
we
,
boo.
-
'i.iioo
pounds.