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Published
ot
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
CIVIC
CENTRE
VOL.
XLII,
No.
119
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
FRIDAY,
MAY
22,
1953
.
.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
samen
rm
iru
rike
.
i
ip
n
U
01
MMM!
yertea
lement
Terms
it
,
W1
Decline
Worries
Fishermen,
Buyers
Lowest
halibut
prices
since
1939
were
quoted
here
today
as
the
first
loads
of
fresh
fish
this
season
were
sold
on
the
exchange
board.
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Announced
t
ti
t
ui.aulun
Press
X
T
II
E
A
L.
A
by
west
coast
sea-lint
wo
u
I
d
have
,i
...
i
i
Tornado
Strikes
Sarnia
-red
-.Jifc
:.
IfA
Highest
price
of
13
cents
a
,
iilv
paralyzed
pa-
Scores
Injured
By
Falling
Debris
By
The
CiuiBtlian
Presa
,
miiil
and
freight
.
to
British
Columnar
a
1
ports
was
Thursday
two
i;fore
it
was
to
hav
into
effect.
FL
Seafarers
Interna-
The
sharp
decline
in
halibut
prices
if
maintained
will
lower
the
Income
this
season
of
fishermen
in
Area
2
by
$1,275,000,
based
on
the
quota
of
25,500,000
pounds.
A
considerable
portion
of
this
quota
is
annually
taken
within
the.
Prince
Rupert
area,
largely
from
Hecate
Straits
and
Dixon
Entrance.
Meanwhile,
a
much
bigger-portion
of
the
28.000,000
pounds
authorized
in
Area
3
(off
Alaska)
is
expected
to
be
landed
here
due
to
the
strike
of
Alaska
port
shoreworkers.
pound
was
almost
five
cents
lower
than
the
opening
price
last
year.
Today's
prices
ranged
from
!0
cents
for
chicken
to
11.6
cents
for
large,
while
majority
of
mediums
sold
for
under
13.
cents.
Fishermen
and
fish
buyers
viewed
the
condition
with
concern.
Three
vessels
sold
a
total
of
125,000
pounds.
A
total
of
326.000
pounds
from
11
vessels
were
sold
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Co-operative
Association
where
no
price
is
quoted.
The
three
boats
first
to
sell
on
the
halibut
exchange
this
SARNIA,
Ont.
A
tornado
struck
industrial
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"mon,
representing
700
cd
se.imon,
set
the
strike
of
S.iturday"
midnight,
f.iihire
at
Vancouver
:
aercement
on
wages,
iirctl
was
removed,
how-liuwing
a
iolnt
meeting
wen
the
Canadian
Nu-R.cilways,
Canadian
Pa-ilwav.
Union
Steamship
y
and
the
SIU.
w;..s
no
immediate
In-:,
of
settlement
terms
but
inrmunced
in
Vancouver
jmin
will
vote
"almost
Sarnia
late
Thursday
and
left
five
dead,
scores
of
injured
and
millions
of
dollars
in
property
damage
as
it
twisted
across
northern
Michigan
and
southwestern
Ontario.
The
Indiana-born
storm
suddenly
leaped
across
the
international
boundary
at
5:43
p.m.
EDT,
and
smashed
into
Sarnia.
Only
two
of
the
seven
landing
ports
in
the
north
have
settled
differences,
Petersburg
and
Pelican
Bay.
Big
day
on
the
local
exchange
is
expected
for
Monday
morning,
i
year
were
the
Teeny
Milly,
32,-000
pounds
at
13,
12
and
11.6
cents,
bought
by
Booth
Fisheries:
Balsac
I,
30.000,
at
12.5,
11.6
and
10
cents,
by
Royal
Fisheries.
Boots!
Boots!
Boots!
RF!M.
L.
II.
BARLOW
of
Swift
Current,
Sa.sk.,
applies
brush
and
polishing
cloth
to
troopers'
boots
just
before
inspection.
The
troops
are
members
of
the
Coronation
contingent
selected
from
the
27th
Canadian
nfantry
Brigade
In
Germany.
They
are
lined
up
for
an
inspection
by
Maj.-Gen.
II.
R.
B.
Foote,
'commander
of
the
11th
British
Armored
Division.
!
B.C.
Producer,
63,000
at
12.2,
11.5
and
10
cents
by
Pacific
Fisheries.
Top
price
Is
for
medium
fish.
11.5
to
69
pounds;
second
price
is
for
large
fish,
and
lowest
iii'ly"
tin
whether
to
One
woman
died
of
her
injuries
Turner
Urges
Voters
'52
Election
Costs
Totalled
$1
Million
today
In
this
city
of
42,000,
51
were
Injured
and
estimates
of
property
damage
ranged
as
high
price
is
for
chickens
under
11.5
pounds:
minimum
six
pounds
or
To
Reject
Socred
Bid
26
Inches
In
length.
;
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xi.n
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Boats
selling
to
the
Co-o
j
were:
Capella
I,
15.000;
ArcJC
VICTORIA
(CP)
Expense
as
w.oou.ooo.
The
storm
then
snaked
its
way
across
southwestern
Ontario,
leaving
Injury
and
destruction
wherever
it
touched.
Just
out-
Arthur
Turner,
CCF
party
whip,
last
night
asked
v
imncniriii
rrarjifd
at
I
Ii-v.-l
i(
statement
issued
by
ics
concerned
said:
nit
statement
was
Issued
irnonn
hy
the
Canadian
1
Railways.
Canadian
Railway
and
Union
up
Company
and
the
rs
International
Union
a
mre!.lii
between,
tho
in
Mi
tut
real
and
ar-by
tin-
minister
of
labor.
I,
30,000;
OSIO,
JO.UUU;
,
ive
.tntpmnnto
filed
unrief
the.
Elee.-
WOMEN
MEMBERS
of
the
armed
services
Coronation
contingent
are
pictured
on
their
arrival
in
England
aboard
the
liner
Fran-conia.
They
were
selected
from
various
cities
across
Canada.
electors
here
not
to
vote
for
"a
pig
in
a
poke,"
refer-
Prlnces,
30,000;
North
Cap,
14,-
tions
Act
llst
partie!l
and
indi
000;
Dovre
B,
60.000;
Straface
vidual
candidates
as
spending
finn-
t.n
trip
RhtYrt-ltvflfl
Rnpial
Credit,
irnvprnmpnt
side
London
an
aged
woman
O
...,lll
.'tll
..
.1
V,i
in
the
neighborhood
of
$1,000.-.
000
in
last
June's
provincial
24.000;
Atll,
34,000;
Prosperity
A,
40.000;
Trantpr
22,000
r
In-grid
H,
21,000.
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Vnjfh'WaS'-OefCatC(T
Oft
thC
floor
Of
the
liOUfce
a1
young
daughter
died
in
tlwir
It
Was
a
Ghastly
Sight'
shattered
homes.
Other
fatality
was
in
Port
Huron,
Mich.,
just
n
ground
was
reached
on
Including
camp
fish
brought
Into
port
by
packers,
total
weight
landed
here
since
the
season
opened
is
just
over
700,-000
pounds
to
date.
:
.
Along
Sarnia's
Front
Street
lis
of
sett
lenient
of
the
wlmli
threatened
dis-
nt
the
coastal
steamship
on
the
British
Columbia
s
cl
the
coming
Satur-
March
2-1.
,
-;
"They
had
a
chance
to
show
what
they
sUnd
for,
but
they
didn't
take
it.
They
didn't
say
a
thing
when
they
should
have
done
a
lot
of
talking,"
said
Mr.
Turner,
MLA
for
Vancouver
East
In
the
last
legislature,
in
a
campaign
speech
at
the
Legion
instability
in
administration.
But,'
he
said,
the
CCF
could
not
support
the
budget
and
voted
against
it,
mainly
because
of
drastic
cuts
in
estimates
for
social
welfare
and
because
of
the
"Rolston
formulai"
Mr.
Turner
scored
the
reduc
flection
campaign
in
British
Columbia.
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Figures
obtained
Wednesday
in
the
Legislative
Buildings
here
list
central
headquarters
expenses
as
follows:
Liberals,
$135,771;
Progressive
Conservatives,
$98,984:
CCF,
$9,363,
and
Social
Credit,
9.377.
In
addition
to
these
figures
were
various
expenses
of
212
candidates
who
fought
for
48
seats
in
the
B.C.
Ligelsature.
By
R.
J.
ANDERSON
Canadian
Press
Stall
Writer
SARNIA.
Ont.
I
picked
my
shouts
of
workmen
just
the
crash
of
a
cornice
or
a
metal
sign
being
torn
away.
At
midnight
the
roadway
and
pavement
were
all
but
cleared.
Volunteers
had
done
a
quick
way
along
Sarnia's
Front
Street
across
the
St.
Clair
River
from
Sarnia.
SWIKLKI)
INTO
LAKE
The
storm
swirled
into
Lake
Ontario
four
hours
after
its
first
appearance
on
the
Canadian
side.
Near
Stratford,
Ont.,
J.
D.
Thistle
and
his
hired
man
were
about
to
start
milking
their
cows
when
a
black
cloud
appeared.
The
barn
was
snatched
off
its
foundations,
leaving
the
cattle
unharmed
in
their
stalls.
In
London
township,
Milton
Charlton
said
he
saw
his
11-room
'Daughters'
Hold
Talent
Show
Sunday
as
staled
that
the
strikf?
!
had
been
withdrawn
it
a
mutually-satlstact-irment
had
been
reached
to
ratification
by
mem-the
union."
iob
of
piling
the
-rubble
for
trucks
to
cart
away.
Auditorium.
"The
public
doesn't
know
anything
about
the
intentions
of
Social
Credit
and
the
elected
members
to
the
House
let
their
own
voters
down
when
.they
kept
mum
during
the
session,"
Thursday
night.
In
midnight
darkness,
six
hours
after
the
tornado
had
struck
this
bustling
industrial
city,
it
was
an
adventure.
In
the
erie
light
of
flares
and
portable
floodlights,
steel
hel-meted
workmen
were
silhouetted
as
they
labored
to
clear
awav
the
worst
of
the
debris.
Glass
crunched
underfoot.
There
was
not
an
unbroken
tion
In
government
budget
for
i
public
recreation,
mainly
pro-!
rec,
and
attacked
the
Social
Credit
stand
in
regards
to
hospital
insurance.
"First
they
promise
voluntary
insurance.
They
change
it
here,
they
change
it
there.
They
abolish
arrears,
then
haul
people
into
the
courts;
then
they
ubol-lsh
them
again.
Void
Winch
window
for
three
blocks.
I
Gaping
windows
of
evacuated
apartments
above
the
wrecked
stores
spoke
mutely
of
30
sec
-WEATHER-
Synopsis
Cool
and
showery
condition,
will
be
tha
main
features
of
thi
weather
for
today
and
Saturday
Outlook
Is
for
improving
wea
he
said
In
a
speech
In
support
of
George
Hills,
CCF
candidate
sts
Socred
brick
house
fly
into
the
air,
leav
In
Prince
Rupert
in
the
June
9
Occasionally
masonry
would
election.
ing
his
mother
and
his
sister
still
sitting
uninjured
in
their
ministration
r'OUVER
i
-
Former
CCF
WHAT
IS
POLICY?
ther
on
Sunday.
onds
of
tornadic
destruction.
No
doubt
the
interiors
were
ruined.
Armed
soldiers
prevented
entry
to
make,
sure.
So
It
went
for
four
blocks.
crash
to
the
pavement
as
demolition
crews
tore
away
a
wall
or
projection
.
that
.
threatened
to
collapse.
kitchen
chairs.
"What
is
the
policy
of
the
Snrtal
Credit
in
regards
to
t
orecasl
North
Coast
Region:
Cloud;
"How
con
you
take
a
chance
on
them
again?"
Mr.
Turner
said
the
CCF,
as
well
as
the
Liberals
and
Conservatives,
had
tried
their
best,
to
avoid
another
election
soon,
It
was
so
quiet.
There
were
no
Harold
Winch
returned
to
"litieal
wars
Thursday
looking
tanned
and
fit
Honolulu
vacation,
slam-
southern
half
region
and
sunn;
perhaps
the
hardest
hit
area
of
A
50-cast
variety
concert
will
be
staged
by
Job's
Daughters
here
Sunday
at
the
Capitol
Theatre,
drill
master
Alex
Mitchell
announced
today.
The
concert
is
expected
to
be
the
biggest
local
talent
show
of
the
year.
The
20
numbers
on
the
program
will
Include
novelty
dances,
singing,
choral
groups,
individual
skits
and
acts,
both
in
comedy
and
drama.
The
two-hour
show
opens
at
9
p.m.
and
proceeds
are
In
aid
of
travelling
funds
for
Job's
Daughters
who
are
to
perform
at
the
Calgary
Stampede
In
July.
the
city.
Metal
street
Signs
had
been
cut
off
as
though
by
a
read
tomorrow's
paper,
nor
doe's
i
The
great
concentration
of
ln-anybody
else
here."
juries
and
property
damage
Bp-
Mr.
Turner
said
that
there
peared
to
be
in
Sarnia.
was
"no
case
in
history"
where
Sarnia's
acting
mayor.
Clay-medical
or
hospital
insurance
ton
A.
Saylor,
read
the
Riot
Act
had
worked
on
a
voluntary
ba-
;
when
crowds
of
sightseers
crowd-
sharp
knife.
Traffic
sign
supports
were
bent.
v
something
the
Social
Credit
government
"wanted
from
the
very
first."
"Premier
Bennett
and
his
ministers
were
egging
for
de
ard
at
the
Social
Credit
menl.
sins
before
a
crowd
of
250,
ncti
blasted
the
admlnis-as
a
"three-ring
circus."
h
Columbia
politics
have
Coastal
Seamen
Await
Terms
VANCOUVER
W
A
union
official
here
said
Friday
"a
healthy
chunk
of
retroactive
pay"
is
in
northern
half
region,
today
ant
Saturday.
Not
much
change
ii
temperature.
Easterly
winds
15,
frequenll
reaching
30,
over
exposed
water;
Low
tonight
and
high
tomor
row
at
Port
Hardy
45
and
5
Sandsplt,
45
and
60;
Prince
Ru
pert,
45
and
65.
Houses
in
the
residential
area,
iust
a
block
or
two
east
of
ed
into
the
downtown
area
where
sis.
Those
who
want
to
try
it
are
.
feat
from
the
very
first
day
.if
two
blocks
of
business
buildings
were
smashed.
The
death
toll,
however,"
was
the
lauchiim
stock
of
;
the
onenine
of
the
House,
he
Front
Street,
were
destroyed
or
badly
damaged.
Hundreds
of
stately
trees
that
lined
Sarnia's
.streets
were
blown
over.
It
was
a
ghastly
sight.
mle
North
American
con-1
said,
adding
that
elections
cost
volved
in
the
agreement
to
avert
either
ignorant
or
dishonest."
t
Turning
his
attack
on
the
Liberals.
Mr.
Turner
classed
them,
the
Social
Credit
and
the
he
said.
the
province
$700,000
ana
gave
a
strike
ol
uritisn
uoiumuia
coastal
shipping.
Conservatives
"all
In
one
neap.
lower
than
in
the
last
great
tornado
to
strike
Canada
when
16
died
as
a
twister
swept
through
the
Windsor,
Ontario,
area
In
June
of
1948.
.-rr
But
Norm
Cunningham,
port
:
.
irr
I
;
agent
for
the
AFL
Seafarers
In
ternational
Union,
said
ne
was
f
r
unable
to
give
further
details
Concert
Series
Completed
pending
study
of
the
agreement,
reached
in
Montreal
Tnursaay.
Text
of
the
agreement,
now
in
He
Said
U1K
mia"iti
underwritten
all
three
parties.
"The
Liberals
are
asking
for
e.
chance
to
do
all
the
things
they
wouldn't
do
when
they
were
in
power
because
the
CCF
asked
for
them.
And
they
call
It
a
resurgence
of
Liberalism.
They
are
only
stealing
from
the
CCF."
Mr.
Turner
quoted
Arthur
Unidentified
Man
Plunges
From
Vessel
VANCOUVER
ft
The
coastal
A
"brilliant"
Alaska
Music
Trail
series
is
in
store
for
Prince
4
',
M-r
''
ill
I
f
-on.
I
,
i.
Rupert
next
season,
Maxim
:
7
1
Schapiro,
noted
pianist,
said
on
arrival
for
his
concert
here
to
,:J'
MO
I
Lalng.
Liberal
leader,
as
saying
In
a
radio
address
that
"Coali
4
steamship
Princess
Elizabeth
circled
for
half
an
hour
Thursday
without
finding
a
trace
of
night.
tion-Liberals
had
been
a
deca
Mr.
Schapiro,
who
is
in
cnarge
ii
a
man
who
had
plunged
from
of
arranging
for
the
artists,
ex
dent
bunch."
the
mails,
was
expected
to
reach
here
today.
Top
negotiators
of
the
SIU,
Canadian
Pacific,
Canadian
National
and
Union
Steamship
Company
came
to
terms
in
Montreal
talks,
wiping
out
the
strike
deadline
that
had
been
set
for
Saturday
midnight.
Cunningham
said
the
vote
amoruj
700
union
members
on
whether
to
ratify
the
agreement
will
begin
as
soon
as
possible,
but
may
take
two
weeks,
men
casting
ballots
as
their
ships
arrive
in
port.
t:
i3
iL
t
111
her
decks.
There
are
still
several
t-oan-
plained
that
he
could
not
yet
announce
the
names
oi
mose
who
will
appear
next
season
but
The
man
went
overboard
near
Bowen
Island,
about
an
hour
out
of
Vancouver,
as
the
vessel
was
tion-Liberal
candidates
in
this
election
so
there
must
still
be
some
decay
among
them,"
said
that
arrangements
for
the
lour
concerts
have
been
completed
sailing
for
Nanaimo.
'
Mr
Turner.
Hours
later
no
body
had
been
and
he
is
"extremly
pleased
found
and
RCMP
still
have
not
with
results.
Identified
the
passenger.
Mr.
Schapiro
reached
here
from
Ketchikan
where
his
concert
'
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v-
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J
'
it
;
drew
such
a
large
audience
that
George
Hills,
MLA
for
Prince
Rupert,
charged
that
the
north
got
"absolutely
no
support"
from
the
Social
Credit
government
and
that
when
"the
Socreds
want
anything
they
work
through
their
own
party
setup
instead
of
elected
members."
Mr.
Hills
also
scored
the
Daily
News
for
its
editorial
against
greater
taxation
on
mines,
calling
it
"a
deal
where
he
who
pays
the
piper
calls
the
true."
He
said
that
while
one
company
alone
had
made
$33,000,-000
in
profits
from
mining
last
HOSPITAL
AUXILIARY
BUYS
NEW
MODERN
ETHER
MACHINE
The
Women's
Auxiliary
of
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
is
going
to
purchase
a
new
modern
ether
machine
for
use
In
the
operating
"room
of
the
hospital
here.
The
machine,
which
will
give
doctors-
a
greater
safety
factor
when
using
anaesthetics
for
removal
of
tonsils
and
other
operations
common
to
children,
costs
$575.
Decision
to
purchase
the
machine
was
made
last
night
at
the
regular
monthly
meeting
of
the
auxiliary,
at
which
plans
were
completed
for
a
tag
day
this
Saturday.
I"
KklHl
'
its
organizers
will
be
able
to
complete
payment
on
the
new
piano
which
they
purchased
recently.
Mr.
Schapiro
also
gave
a
concert
at
Prince
George
with
the
result
that
the
interior
city
plans
to
join
the
Alaska
Music
Trail
series
next
season.
Sponsored
by
the
Gyro
Club
of
Prince
Rupert,
Mr.
Schapiro's
concert
will
be
held
at
the
Civic
Centre,
starting
at
8:30
p.m.
A-varied
and
entertaining
program
has
been
arranged.
MOTiirua
r,o"
trouble
answering
certain
KIDS
IS
KIDS
and
Yanks
is
Yanks,
so
there's
no
need
for
a
common
language
when
a
G.I.
meets
up
with
an
appealing
tyke
in
the
course
of
Korean
duty.
Mutual
affection
is
obvious
when.
Marine
SRtt.
Melvin
J.
Mead
of
Alhambra,
Calif.,
and
his
little
friend
known
only
as
"Miss
Rhee,"
open
a
CARE
parcel
on
aa
island
of
Korea.
"is
oy
precocious
offspring
will
find
this
picture
just
what
ooetnr
ordered.
United
Press
photographer
Massimo
Ascani
"s
he
Just
happened
on
this
rooftop
scene
overlooking
Rome's
"nt
Forum,
it
appears
that
Mr.
Stork
Is
carrying
a
sfcare
or
his
back
to
save
a
trip
back
to
the
baby
factory
before
year,
the
govprnnieiib
cApcui.c
to
clear
this
year
only
$1,000,000
in
taxation.
"That
is
a
very
lop-sided
way
of
doing
business."
1Jkes
his
next
delivery.