PROVINCIAL i i LIBRARY bMORaows pnovixci.a lie??..'.-.-:, ROYAL CANADIAN i t - TIDES VI J, J"''- " " SEA CADETS 5 ,.uilK KhuiitHi-il Time) did.iy. Jump 25, 1954 PARADE TONIGHT NAVY DRILL HALL Recruits must be 11 years old. 8:27 16.1 loi-X 19.8 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 20 43 2:23 14:15 5.8 feet 7.3 feet Published of Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Greot Northwest" VOL. XLIII, No. 147 "Building Citizenship' PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1954 PRICE FIVE CENTS ?.,? jv i t jw"- ".:. - ' I 1 : . :c-r ,.i . - : . Union, Brotherhood . ?! Three Boats I u v lei.: WP f Vote Again Friday Prince Rupert's strike-bound fishermen may go back to work Sunday night. . The end of the strike, launched last Saturday midnight, was forecast today after union and operators' bargaining committees in Vancouver reached an agreement on salmon prices. Joint bargainers for the United 4 1 Sail South With Catch Detth of Fish Over in Rupert Three Canadian halibut 1 v.v1 U.S. Security r,H) beer buggy pullers at left are giving the horse laugh to Juno, a Shetland pony who's in'mdui-e;! bv Kiki. midget clown from a Denmark circus. Looking down their long noses Copenhagen sticet, the horses were not impressed with the size of June and Kiki. Fishermen and Allied Workers Union and Native Brotherhood of B.C. have recommended ac- j ceptance of the prices by B.C.'si 3 000 fishermen, who will vote i boats sailed south from ' Prince Rupert today to I unload catches totalling Dependent" uirchiil, Eden Get Backing On Free Japan WASHINGTON (AP) President Eisenhowei f Commons For Talks in U.S. ( ON The Jloiie of Churchill and Ecien. scheduled hones nf nrr.iir.nt ,mi h 2:J7,0(X) pounds in Vancouver as local fish plants are reported to have as much halibut on hand m they can handle. The turleit of fish is reported just nine days after Tuning plants here acknowledged the worst slump in halibut landings s hits piven Prime Min- to leave for Washington tonight,, Iroi-.-.rdized if active military h'irrhlll and Foreign! both place great empha-is on operations in Indo-China were to v I.dcn a firm mandate , what parliamentarlann rail the he intensified whita nFniitir. declared Tuesday night it is "absolutely mandatory" week-end "feeling of the House." Wrrne-. for an armistice are Droccedina during the next two days on the issue. In Prince Rupert, a union Brotherhood sponsored meeting will be held tomorrow at 1.3G p.m., in the Canadian Legion Hall, when voting will take place. LATEST TRICES Prices agreed on at yesterday's bargaining session in Vancouver are: sockeye, 22 cents a pound; coho, 13 cenls; pinks, 7 cents; summer chums, 534 cents; fall chums, 6'4 to 8 cents. Negotiations on prices for this year's salmon catch started April 30 and, with little progress made the fishermen struck last Saturday night. The season was scheduled to open at 0 p.m. last Sunday. The union asked 23 'A cents a ir important Washington. to the security of the Un Wr inr-in imaiii rilfrr (amrttruB'.rtifi. rf- toi-ifriwiifiiifJiitfiBimniiriiiiitfifni.ii jtnimmmmY v . j day ni'ht, in a Commons d'-bate at Geneva." -ion Southeast Asia, there was no i....L.c.. in years. ited States that Japan be kept from falling under Communist domination. ip oua itater JAHES MASON (right i British and Hollywood film and stage star, relaxes during rehearsal of "Oedipus Rex," the Greek ti-artrdy to be presented this summer at the Shakespearian Festival. Stratford, Ont. Centre is Eleanor Stuart of Montreal who has the feminine leading role of Jocasta opposite Mr. Mason. At left is George Goodier of Montreal who has a prominent supporting role in the play which opens July 15. The Festival's two Shakespearian plays, "Taming of the Shrew," and "Measure for Measure," open the week of June 28. (CP Photo) in an address before the National Editorial Association, Eisenhower Indicated that the pre to Mission Rupert's entry to the il Soap Box Derby at June 23 to July 1. 13- ; Billy Pedcrsen leaves on the Canadian Na- doubt what that feeling was. , ' nr-r " r-.,,,. ., ...,.. Eden referred to the absence LAI DLD of normaI dpiomaUc relations Leaders of opposition parties at Geneva, something which he warmly applauded Eden's expo- said was unique in his eypcr-sitlon of Britain's policy. Labor : ience. This was obviously a ref-eader Clement Attlee and Llbeial j erence to the lack of con'ct be-learier Clement Davies in effect tween tlie Chinese and l .S. said amen to the underlvinc 1 delegations at Geneva, theme of Eden's remarks that Newspapers' of all oolltical the United States could make compiexions today . expressed things easier by relaxing its hope that the Washington trip present attitude toward Com-j will smooth over differences and The three vessels which left for Vancouver turned down pric- I es of 13, 18 and 14 cents offered; by some operators here but it ; is reported that some fishing plants have a full capacity of j halibut on hand. j Leaving here to sell their catch ; in the south were the Alaska Queen with 90,000 pounds, the B.C. Rover with 75,000 pounds I and the San Juan wiUi 72 nnn i servation of a free Japan Is the ! pound for sockeye, seeking an increase over last year's price ; of 22 cents, and the operators oamship Prince Rupert . who captured first i the Prince Rupert keystone of U.S. policy In Southeast Asia and the Pacific. . If the Kremlin and the rulers of China are able to control the vast resources of Asia and give Japan the task of providing naval strength, the president saidv the Pacific could become "a Communist lake." Government Not Tipping Hand On Red Activity in Canada ,ind Labor Council soap I asked a cut to 17 cents. Yester munist China. - s - "(bring new accords with the U.SJnounds - 1 1 U ... .- .. . i ne tjrooKs tsay wnicn raaioeci ; s May 24. will take part nuts next Monday and successful will compete iials Dominion Day. He day's offers on pinks, chums and cohoe all represented slight increases over last year's prices. In Vancouver today, Homer Stevens, UFAWU (AFL). secretary said, "Our committee rec if accompanied by his Eden s sno'ich was devoted to outlining the progress mnde at the Geneva conference on Korea and Indo-Chlna. His rhief r.ew prcmosnl was that in r.dditlon to a NATO-type organization for .Southeast Asia there might also be a kind of Locarno pact for the area. Trail Man in its intention to sell a catch of 52.000 pounds earlier, is still at sea and may sail for Vancouver. THREE SOLO HERE One U.S. vessel and two Canadian boats soid their catches on the Prince R,upert, Halibut F,x-chpnge this morning, a total of Doctor Given Five-Year Term For Manslaughter VANCOUVER P Dr, Ray Mrs. E. PeriersCn of 221 Avenue West. His trip jmnsored by the Trades r Council'. ommends acceptance of the agreement with the idea of pre venting any further dislocation in the industry." OTTAWA (CP) The government declines to give any infor- jmation on its knowledge of com- jmunism in Canada or methods :of righting it. That kind of information. Justice Minister Garson told the Commons Wednesday night, is ' just what the Communists want. i Mr. Garson made the reply to questions by John Blackmore SC- ' Lethbrldge regarding steps being NO REAL PROGRESS Meanwhile in Prince Rupert mond D. Rush was sentenced to j 207,500 pounds. CirffCkfe , n Korea, Kden said "rrlne- i ' tnntly" that no real ntogre hnH five. years.', imprisonment by Mr, Sent to Jail NELSON, B.C. tfj Richard Frederick Mattson of Trail, found guilty of the theft of $2,100 In union funds at .the spring assizes here, was sentenced Wednesday ft 18 months at Oakalla prison farm. The money was taken from the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Miners of America at Trail. e Costly yesterday, another section of the union, salmon tendermen, voted on a conciliation board majority award, but the result is not known here. The ballots were sent to Vancouver for counting. been made at Getieva toward bridging the g,ap between the contesting sides. On Indo-Chlna, there utill seemed a "chance" of aererr'ent He called the proposed Southeast yesterday with pos- They were the Kaare with 59,500 pounds sold at prices of 18, 17 and 14 cents1 to the B.C. Packers; the Kodiak with the largest single catch unloaded here, 95,000 pounds, sold at 18, 18 and 14 cents to Atlin Fisheries and the Resolute (U.S.I with 53.000 pounds sold at 18.5, 18.5 and 14 to Booth Fisheries. f Roods imported llleg- t'iinada, Louis Lanprno Tom Parkin, UFAWU northern representative, reported this lii.s plea to guilty this! Asia pact a future safeguard morning that the meeting had been inconclusive, with only a small turnout. Several Prince Rupert tendermen would be voting elsewhere, wherever their in police court and was: rather than a present panacea and costs by Magistrate thus again underlining the clif-.ncc. jfereneo of anproaeh between the o was also ordered to U.S. and Britain on ways of meet-fluty on six cartons of Ing Communist Infiltration In rites which he brought Asia. 4L Ists more than to disclose the opinions of RCMP experts on the success of communism. Mr. Garson said he made the decision reluctantly. He was sure Mr. Blackmore would be the last member of the House to ask questions whose answers would give comfort. to the enemy. Steel Organizer Fired by Alcan VANCOUVER Aluminum Company of Canada ha.s fired a United Steel Workers' of America. CIO-CCL Union organizer who infiltrated the new Kitimat project as a member of another union, it was learned here Wednesday. Until his expulsion Saturday by union members, Walley Ross, formerly of Toronto, was leader of the AFL Aluminum Workers. "Irregularities in employment application papers" was the company's reuson for dismissing Ross from his laborers job. Now. Ross hxs challenged Aluminum Workers for a certification vote in the Kitimat plant for Alcanas 450 employees. When he was 'ousted during conciliation hearings Saturday, Canadian Steelworkers' chief Charles Millard commented from Toronto: "If they, Alcan fire Ross it will be obvious that the employees are captives of a company union." Justice A. D. Muelarlane hire Wednesday for the manslaughter of his wife Margaret last Nov. 30. Dr. Ru.ih was acetified of failing to take proper steps to try and save his wife's life, when she was .serioulsy ill. The Assi'. c Court jury took one hour and 25 minutes to reach Its guilty verdict. Leslie Parsons, Dr. Rush's floimsel, said an appeal will probably be made. Asked if he had anything to say, before sentence was passed. Rush replied: "I think this verdict is the greatest miscarriage sf justice wiitoh has ever takci place." A coroner's inquest determined that Mrs. Rusli, 3S. died from acute ulcerated colitis, aggravated by lar",e doses of barbituates. Dr. Hush testified that he found his wife at the bottom of the basement stairs of their ships docked. The conciliation award offer Suspect Held After Break-In :u!hin Customs officers "It should be clear to all " the Accused To Hear Sentence Monday Found guilty yesterday afternoon by Judge of Juvenile Court W. D. Vance, of contributing to juvenile delinquency, E. Charles Harrington -was remanded for sentence until Monday. Accused was represented by Victor Dyer of Vancouver. T. W. Brown, QC, appeared for the Crown. ed the men no wage increases without declaring them, foreign secretary 'said, "that the but recommended elimination of taken to counteract communism. Mr. Blackmore, who has made repeated Commons speeches about communism, said the Red high command "just plays across the vvorld like a skillful performer playing the violin." Communists, planned every move in advance and "have the stngc all set for British Columbia next." A newspaper report had said B.C. had 80.000 Communists "and they are probably all ready to march." He did not elaborate. "We are losing the cold war," Mr. Blackmore declared. He asked what has been done to discover Communist techniques, what success communism has achieved in- Canada and what means are available to combat communism. Mr. Gar.son replied that complete reticence is the only safe policy in discussing the counterespionage work of the RCMP's special branch, which deals with lest Canadian Freighter a $3 monthly laundry charge and minor holiday concessions. The union had asked for a $30 a month wage boost. !Haul Alumina For Kitimat The RCMP in Prince Rupert report that Bud's Cigar Store, 741 Third Avenue West, was broken into curly yesterday morning and $100 in cash, a number of watches, bracelets and miscellaneous articles taken. Entry was gained through a rear window of the cigar stand. N'COUVKR (t The newly-launched SS Sunrip, largest Diver Locates Wreckage Of lll-Fated Canadian Tug ')iug freighter built in Canada, will start hauling to Kitimat in October. Saguenay Terminals Ltd., A suspect, still unidentified. hon;e. ,,,,i ! was picked up last night as pc- lie .said he thought she suftered concusslonor a cerebral j lk'e checked leads on the $22.- haemori hage. . i luonery oi oargems siore His wife had no use for other -,n "aZf"on Sunday. j of the ship, said Wednesday. f r' 475-foot vessel, which has an all-welded. aluminum I uctiire, was launched at pavie Shipbuilding Ltd. yards "'(in. Que., Monday. 1 ship's main function will he to carry alumina from I fiuivel, Jamaica, to the new Alcan smelter at Kitimat, l mile voyage. the return voyage to the Caribbean, it can be used to I iminum Ingot, flour, grain, lumber, fish and newsprint British Columbia. x ne suspect was placed in Haz ranged tentatively to use rigging scows from a cannery to lift the tugboat enough to drag it to shallower water. Antonsen's son, Arnt, and Hamilton's teen-age son, Dick, have been assisting Antonsen at the scene. clton Jail and will be brought to subversives. Prince Rupert for trial. Nothing would help Commun doctors and refused to be x-rayed or go to hospital, Dr. Rush testified. He gave these as reasons for not sending her to hospital. 0 wmt A.l ernorv ot Mrst 4id l rainina Q T s . f nmVr t-' i. ' " " i '"ii i hi ..ii 'Mi - mJ Joed Woman Save Dauahter ':'y the first aid train- arncd as a girl flashed I my mind." summer camp when I was 10 1 Mrs. Robson applied artificial years old, but I'd never even respiration for 10 minutes before thought about It In all the years her daughter came around. After since. la three-hour sleep Sara wanted puole from a Vancouver to go outside to play KETCHIKAN, Alaska I A 60-year-old diver has radioed a report of his discovery of the sunken Canadian tug Chelan, which went down with a crew of 24 men last April 15. Diver Kay Antonsen reported discovery of the '148-foot crafty by dragging. He said he confirmed its identity Tuesday by diving into the icy 180-foot deep waters of Sumner strait. The tug sank while towing a barge of zinc ore southward. The barge, wreckage, broken into nine pieces, is on the shore more than a mile away. Antonsen has been seeking the sunken tug since it sank In the April storm. One body was found shortly after the sinking. He reported his dragging gear hit the Chelan several days ago, but he was unable to confirm his discovery until quiet water permitted him to dive at the scene. It was too dark on the bottom to see much, but he found the Chelan sitting on its keel with a 40-Hegree list. No deck cargo was In sight. Antonsen's agent here. Dean Hamlin, notified- Frank Water-house Co. In Vancouver, which is expected to fly agents here. It Is believed here It might poaal'oly get the salvage rights from Antonsen. Expecting to make an attempt to recover any bodies remaining hi tlie hulk, Antonsen has ar "But when I saw Sara lying unconscious it all came to me." The little girl had fallen through the Ice and snow cover f t of February 9 told story of how Mrs. f;"'son. ?.G?n Southwest 'i"i'ive saved the life of ing the pool after climbing over witer Sara. 2. att.er the T1 had fallen Into a fish ne 1"it'le fence that penned her Past Regimes Given Blame For Poor Roads VICTORIA (CP) High cost of maintaining northern roads In B.C. Is mainly due to neglect by past governments. Public Works Minister P. A. Gaglardl said Wednesday. The minister joined Premier Bennett in hitting back at Liberal Leader Arthur Laing who Tuesday accused the Socred government of playing politics in ' road building and wasting " money. Mr. Gaglardi said the roads up north were "suffering from lack of adequate expenditure in the past." "Since we have taken over we have had to tpond 300 per cent more money on them," he said. "We are trying to make up for the terrible treatment received from the past administiaUon." t:'P back yard I lne oacK vara file Ml first aid at a church "I looked out the window and Up to the end of 1953 more than 50.000 British Columbians have been trained in first aid through St. John Ambulance All firemen, policemen, RCMP, Girl Ouides, Boy Scouts, Civil Defence wardens and first aid industrial attendants as well as housewives receive St. John Ambulance training. In 1953, 7.856 first aid certificates were awarded in 67 centres throughout the province.. This Includes 2,265 juniors, who, like Mrs. Robson, may have occasion to remember their training. f ! she was gone," said Mrs. Robson. I ran out tne door and all I 'teMinKiC ! could see in, the black hole !iCATLirn ''urecast . j ''"rough the snow was two ' hands sticking out of the water." i,,"Jast region: Cloudy j "I screamed and pulled Sara . .' scattered showers j out and flopped her on the snow, f ' Friday. p Sunny periods I called to my neighbor to phone Not miiM, i.. lt.- i i ii ... vuaiiKe in 1 irt? urimi Miidit, cuiu turn iii v !,, . ', UBht Wirls. Low I mind went blank. To carry on this work St. John ''u nigh Friday at Port Suddenly the face of the first i needs $100,000 for 1954. Cnntri THREE Bl'lLHINGS housing atomic reactors are pictured here at the Chalk River, Ont., atomic ' energy project izs miles northwest of Ottawa. The low, white wooden building at the left houses the "zeep" experimental reactor; the large building to the right the NRX reactor, which was repaired this year. The huge building under construction in the foreground will contain Canada's new NRU reactor (CP Photo) '""lusnii anrl Prince aid instructor flashed before me i buttons can be sent to 345 West a.iti I knew just what to do." : Third Avenue, prince. Rupert. Ac