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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XLII,
No.
107
'
.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MAY
7,
1953
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
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Grain
r,rv
Ism
GiHnetter
W
recked
By
Sudden
Blast
SUNNYSIDE.
Two
fishermen
miraculously
escaped
serious
injury
or
possible
death
last
night
when
their
fishing
boat
exploded,
knocking
off
the
cabin
and
splitting
open
the
hull,
then
sinking
beneath
their
feet
near
the
float.
London-Bound
.K
THltl.K.
W.V
AIRWOMEN
are
all
smil-
as
they
sail
from
Quebec
City
to
attend
the
in
Prince
Rupert
General
..dill)
in
Iwrnlon.
But
the
trip
will
not
be
merely
a
pleasure
cruise
for
Canadian
troops
dii.S
tiie
Coronation.
They
will
get
four
weeks
of
drilling
in
preparation
for
the
Coronation
won.
Part
of
the
group
of
14
airwomen
picked
to
go.
they
are
left
to
right:
LAW
A.
M.
hit,
Falmouth,
N.S.;
Cpl..W.
F.
McKee,
Penticton,
N.B.;
and
LAW
H.
L.
Knott,
Toronto.
Hospital
with
burns
to
face
and
hands
are
Kenneth
McLeod,
48,
and
Anthony
(Tony)
Calder,
?8.
Both
are
reported
in
good
condition.
-'.';
-
McLeod
is
the
owner
of
the
34-foot
gillnetter'
Lazy
River.
The
heavy
blast
which
ripped
the
boat
apart
at
about
9:30
p.m;
is
believed
to
have
been
caused
by
exploding
rock
gas.
vn
Aldermen
InctpnH
nf
One
Full
Crews
Start
Morning
Shift
.
By
The
CHJiadmn
Prewi
VANCOUVER.
Grain
for
world
markets
was
being
handled
at
elevators
here
today
for
the
first
time
since
mid-February
as
ships
berthed
to
kid
ress
Ratepayers
Meeting
r
?w
(if:
r
:
t
-
-
-
K
i
:
It
occurred
a
second
after
McLeod
lit
a
cigarette,
he
told
bystanders.
.
.
.
.
Violence'
Feared
In
Douk
Area
By
The
Canadian
Pre-
-
s
TRAIL.
Premier
Bennett
sent
a
telegram
to
Prime
Minlstef
St.
Laurent
Wednesday
night
stating
"violence
is
feared"
In
the
Doukhobor
country
and
rging
the
federal
government
W
Impose
a
curfew
immediately,
,
The
premier
took
this
Action
after
addressing
a
meeting
here
in
his
second
campaign
speech
for
the
June
9
provincial
election.
He
was
met
by
an
angry
Eroup
of
40
members
from
the
now
arc
on
the
marke.t."
Aid.
Casey
agreed
to
let
Aid.
Gomez
speak
before
him.
Aid.
Gomez,
who
went
to
the
A
rock-gas
stove
was
used
on
its
or
the
Community
ed
150
persons
In
the
audience,
eiV
Aioociation
and
citi-
asked
chairman
J.
W.
Prusky
If
o
attended
a
meeting
In
he
could
speak
before
Aid.
Casey,
adian
Legion
auditorium
Said
Mr.
Prusky:
"This
meeting
ht
heart!
two
aldermen
'was
called
by
the
Community
oad
the
golden
backlog
of
the
boat.
There
was
no
fire
following
meeting
directly
from
a
football
nearly
16,000,000
bushels
nstead
of
Just
the
one
Ratepayers'
Association)
for
the
the
blast,
concussion
of
which
game,
said
lie
believed
the
meet
i
been
srbedulcd
to
dis-
i
purpose
of
hearing
Aid.
Casey
could
be
felt
over
a
large
area,
said
Norman
Tarbuck,
resident
office
manager
of
Sunnyside
v
affairs
.
and
as
a
ratepayer
I
think
we
Full
work
shifts
resumed
this
morning,
ending
a
strike
which
started
Feb.
16
at
four
grain
elevators
here
and
a
fifth
at
New
ing's
speaker
was
out
of
order,
but
the
majority,
by
a
show
of
hands,
voted
in
favor
of
hearing
Aid
Casey.
In
his
brief
address.
Aid.
Go
Cannery.
vo
were
Aldermen
George
should
hear
him."
and
Darrow
Gomez.
Aid.
Gomez
interrupted,
say-Jasry
was
the
only
one
ing:
"I
think
city
matters
should
shaker,
but
his
younger
be
discussed
at
council
meetings.
Westminster.
Mr.
Tarbuck,
one
of
the
first
-
-5
.
The
250
workers,
who
won
mez
said:
to
arrive
at
the
scene,
said
McLeod
was
in
the
cabin
of
the
"I
came
here
tonight,
not
ln;W!Ke
Increase
of
7'2
cents
an
in
a
surprise
move,
:
i
cion
l
want
the
city
to
get
a
boat
and
Calder
had
just
step
laiiman
J.
W.
Prusky
to
black
eye
by
some
statements
the
hope
of
getting
into
an
argu-
!
nour.
wil1
be
busy.
-More
than
ped
aboard;
'
s
meeting's
speaker
out
j
that
may
be
unfounded
or
are
Slocan
Valley
Citizens
tion.
-
.
After
the
explosion,
was
still
standing
but
there
was
r
for
the
good
of
the
Just
hearsay
.
.
.
"Any
smudge
on
our
city
could
omez.
one
of
an
cstlmat-
affect
sale
of
city
bonds
which
HEADING
FOR
HOME
after
a
successful
day,
two
anglers
of
the
younger
school
display
the
catch
they
reeled
in
at
an
out-of-the-way
creek
near
Cornwall,
Ont.
Peter
Whiteside
checks
to
ensure
that
his
friend,
Richard
Meunier,
Isn't
over
Uie
limit.
.
merit
or
hoping
to
see
the
city
6
500.000
bushels
of
wheat
are
run
into
the
ground
clogging
giant
terminals
and
"I,
and
many
others,
have
lived
another
9,000.000
bushels
have
In
this
city
all
their
lives
and
I
j
b('en
sittine
out
the
strike
In
hope
to
live
many
more
years
stalled
railway
cars,
here
on
a
democratic
basis,
and.
ssG
VI
.EARED-that
way
only.
j
Dne
SI)ag
developed
Wednes-
The
delegation
had
noted
reports,
denied
by
Social
Credit
headquarters
here,
that
the
premier
was
keeping
his
campaign
travel
rouU
secret
to
avoid
no
cabin,
while
Calder
had
been
'
knocked
down.
Both
stepped'
aboard
a
neighboring
boat
as
I
their
own
sank
beneath
them.
,.
The
injured
men
were
rushed
onel
Houle
to
Contest
meeting
groups
on
the
Doukho-
we
nave
a
councu-eigm
ai-
da
Rfter
members
of
the
CIO
Vachon
Gets
3
Years
to
Port
Edward
aboard
the
w,-'
n.m
ucrmen
ana
a
mayor-wmcn
was
Graln
Handlers'
Union
voted
to
xeena
Seat
For
Liberals
eicciea
ny
me
taxpayers
oi
mis
j
ac,,ppt
compromise
terms,
but
It
the
were
met
by
Prince
Rupert
city
J
Mr
"Hnnett
tpirgrapbed
fine
city
on
a
fair
election.
Prime
Minister
that:
ambulance.
Sunnyside
Cannery
is
operat
was
cleared
up
at
a
special
night
meeting
of
workers.
The
grain
handlers
struck
for
an
Increase
of
12
'2
cents
an
hour
after
operators
proposed
atlon
of
a
scale
of
$1.50
hourly.
On
Burglary
Charge
Phillippe
Auguste
Vachon,
'60,
of
no
fixed
address,
was
sentenced
to
three
years
in.
penitentiary
this
morning
on
one
count
and.
two
years
orVanother
ed
by
B.C.
Packers
Ltd.,
for
whom
McLeod
was
fishing.
"The
Doukhobor
situation
in
the
Kootenays
is
extremely
critical.
Unless
action
taken
immediately
violence
is
feared
"They
took
the
oath
to
do
their
best
for
the
city,
so
I
say
let
the
matter
be
fought
in
the
city
council
chamber,
which
is
the
proper
place
to
deal
with
these
matters.
".g
Terrace
business
man,
("has
the
blessing"
of
the
Broth-
iioule.
stepped
Into
the
crhood.
Mr.
Calder
is
secretary
il
political
ring
last
night
of
the
organization.
m
nomination
as
Liberal
;
e
for
Skeena
riding
at
a
"''rlM)tM
ziiton
nominating
con-
i1
When
Mr.
Williams'
candidacy
His
boat
had
just
been
paint
ed
and
readied
for
halibut
fish
ing.
It
is
now
considered
an
al
Under
the
compromise
agree
Strongly
urge
your
government
immediately
impose
under
Emergency
Powers
Act
curfewJ
or
all
Doukhobors
in
Kootehaj
district."
-
'
is
confirmed,
he
will
mast
likely
ment,
workers
will
get
7v2
cents,
after
being
found
guilty
by
aii'assize
court
jury.
of
We
will
come
to
no
conclu-
most
total
loss,
although
it
has
been
-resurfaced
and
placed
on
a
grid.
run
as
an
inai
penoein.
a
ruu-
sions
here,
so
come
to
the
next
J""
cuuMiu:auon,
two
whuuuiu
i
,
-
,
,
,
,,
ivVituuccwin
.it
hn
irahwalr
mat
native
and
captain
of
a
i
f(,
council
mcetinir
on
Monday
iPaid
statutory
holidays,
a
five-!
Dl
eaking
and
fnteiing,
and
possession
ot
hOUSebiedk-
voli'ig
delegates
as
well
y
others
attended
the
feting,
a
telephone
re-
t
i
"uie,
an
electrical
con-ho
has
resided
in
Ter-
selnc-boat,
the
former
business
'.
night.
There,
you
will
see
how
!
boost
on
the
graveyard
shift
njf
instruments.
,
'
:
agent
of
the
Brotherhood
mayjthe
meeting
is
conducted
and
.
differential
and
double
pay
for
..,
nKl!pri
hv
Mr
1
irir
nhis
nomi,wuon
from
;
yu
can
judge
for
'ourse'veS'
i
su"day
wo:k-
r0
S
d
Z
,
,
Hartley
Bay.
1
Aid.
Casey,
taking
the
plat-1
f
The
walkout
was
estimated
H
roncurrently
The
six
months
i
Other
riding
which
may
be
form,
said:
"I'm
surprised
that
unofficially
as
having
cost
vachon
already
has
sDent
in
Jail
contested
by
an
Independent
'
my
colleague
questions
my
right
;
tween
$5,000,000
and
$6,000,000
in
I
since
hjs
arret
0ctober
28
will
native
is
McKenae.
j
to
speak
here..."
(wages,
shipping
and
elevator;
tek
,nt0
consideraUon.
fr'Kll
He
then
went
on
to
say
he
did
jts
and
railway
revenue.
,
Thf,
.,ry
retumed
lu
verdict
$13
Million
Power
Project
I
Announced
by
B.C.
Electric
VANCOUVER
A
$13,000,000
i
make
it
the
most
powerful
single
two
years,
is
charter
t
of
the
newly-formed
Chamber
of
Commerce
le
formed
thcre.
project
wMch
will
feed
an
add!-1
SOurce
of
energy
in
the
foui
,
,
"
'
not.
tninK
cu,y
Dusiness
was
Deing
last
night
after
an
hour's
de-
tion.
He
attacked
me
right
away."
Witness
said
he
called
for
help
from
a
fellow
police
officer
and
together
they
subdued
the
accused,
then
arrested
him.
In
the
vicinity
where
Vachon
was
found,
a
window
pane
was
seen
leaning
against
the
building.
Overhead
was
an
empty
space
caused
by
removal
of
the
pane.
.
Interior
of
the
office,
store
and
warehouse
was
investigated
by
Cpl.
Brue
and
Dudley
Little,
company
vice-president.
moving
to
Tsrrare,
Mr.
"
,
rnnrtucien
"anove
ooara
ana
u
western
provinces
248,000
hors
is
a
resident
for
10
years
British
Columbia's
industrial
Albernl
where
he
served
doing
business
in
the
dark
is
good
business,
I
disagree."
planning
to
leave
soon
on
campaigns
throughout
the
district.
Social
Creditors
are
holding
a
Police
Seek
Relatives
Of
Deed
Man
;
liberation.
Vachon
had
been
charged
on
the
two
counts
In
connection
with
the
breaking-!
in
of
Little,
Haugland
&
Kerr
Ltd.
store
in
Terrace.
!
Only
the
crown
presented
evi-
council
and
was
Jaycee
t
for
several
years.
He
discussed
the
power
situ-
meetinc
in
their
committee
rooms
'
......
...
4,
,.,
ti
uie
uon
his
nomination
nn
Th
irl
Avenue
on
Monday,
i
.
j
....
i
C.
il
ef,u
e.,i,..
i
.
;.".".,,
.m.
I
WPr"
Prepareu
uy
iwu
e
.Bu-
lower
mainland
was
announced
j
Pwer-
.
.
here
Tuesday
by
the
B.C.
Electric
I
Some
25
miles
east
f
tin
Company
Limited.
i
Bridge
River
plant,
where
Seton
A.
E.
Grauer,
company
presi-i
Creek
joins
the
Fraser
Rivtr,
the
dent,
said
a
generating
unit
for
!
company
will
build
a
power
62,000
h.p.
will
be
added
at
the
i
station,
completely
automatic
in
company's
Bridge
River
plant,
j
operation
and
controlled
from
130
miles
north,
of
Vancouver,
j
Bridge
River
by
a
supervisor
This,
the
B.C.
Electric
said,
will
carrier
system.
eers
one
hired
by
-the
city
to
A
44-year-old
recent
employee
!
dence
in
the
case,
prosecuted
by
minee,
former
B.C.
Dollce
i
Murrav.
evaluate
proposals
by
the
North
of
a
road
construction
company
i
r.
w.
Brown,
yu.
n
Prince
Rupert.
,
j
Liberal
candidate-
for
Prince
An
acetyline
torch,
which
had
died
suddenly
from
a
heart
at
AMHDAI
FS
!
RuPcrt
Bruce
Brown,
left
this
em
B.C.
Power
Company,
and
the
other
by
the
B.C.
Power
Commission
which
differed.
1k.
.ntapn
alHn.mon
U'hn
tack
in
Terrace
yesterday.
He
was
Elvin
Hoffman,
home
vhile.
lalu,rnoon
Ior
MuaKa".a
w'u'
the
Br
Native
been
displayed
in
the
office
window,
had
been
moved
towards
a
big
office
safe.
A
smaller
safe
had
been
tampered
with,
said
the
witness.
"
-nay
have
several
illC
.....
........
JH
l,n,n
orr,r,lr,voH
Robert
Dumont
of
Terrace
considered
calling
accused
on
the
stand
but
reversed
his
decision
after
a
short
recess.
Chief
witness.
RCMP
Corporal
Brue,
said
in
evidence
that
he
encountered
accused
in
a
nar-
wiiii,
nllnonruit
Hatiiroon
tha
vruro.
the
provincial
election
I
kuw"
"""
said
he
was
on
the
council
before
,
7
'
'
P
year
hni
mv
;spcak
at
Kltkaua,
Monnay
ai,
I
Darrow
Oomezi
was
born,
also
.
......
'
RCMP
are
anxious
to
contact
...j
,,v
o4-
d,,,,1o
onH
"Tnolov
at.
K
pm.
read
a
report
outlining
cost
of
1
annidutes
before
nomin-
relatives.
Mr.
Little,
also
a
witness,
said
that
at
times
$3,000
would
be
preparing
the
assessment
roll
y.May
19,
a
Brotherhood
n
said
this
mnrnliw
in
the
safe
h,..D
...
ct.-
nf
i.itfio
Hmm.
kept
this
year,
describing
tne
assessing
as
"the
biggest
bungle
the
lnr'l
.
Kerr
Ltd
nn
Lakel.se
I
Nothing
in
the
store,
office
Or
'"'Mams,
on
his
wav
to
tu.
.On
his
return
to
Prince
Rupert,
Mr.
Brown
embarks
on
a
week's
tour
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
George
Hills.
CCF
candidate
here,
returns
tomorrow
from
a
Kinsmen
Club
city
has
ever
stood
In."
warehouse
was
missing,
said
Mr,
Avenue
In
Terrace
on
October
7
to
attend
the
May
8
a
salmon
nriep
ijilkn
h.
I
Little
i.shermpn
n.
28.
Corporal
Brue
said
that
on
I
Cpl.
Brue
stated
that
when
Vachon
was
searched,
a
steel
...
im
uuu
uui
a
.
.
..
U
a
candidHt...
n,.
I
tour
01
me
yuecn
uiunui.
madel
palVororVhe
pVemires
U1
wrapped
in
a
handkerchief.
Skna
riding,
said
pos-
I
more
riding
would
be
Engineer
"
y
a
native.
Members
Hear
About
Contest
A
sneak
preview
of
the
Kinsmen
Coronation
Contest
was
given
to
the
members
of
the
Kinsmen
Club
at
their
regular
meeting
last
night
by
the
chairman
of
the
Coronation
commit
'SJ,0!!.l1Hurt
in
Fall
He
pok
exception
to
the
mctn-od
by
which
Aid.
Gomez
was
"hired"
to
go
cast
and
bring
the
Packmaster
garbage
collection
t
ruck
to
this
city.
"Darrow
was
never
appointed
Hv
the
council,"
he
said,
"and
his
mission
east
was
paid
for
out
of
the
taxpayers'
money."
I
say
business
.Is
not
being
conducted
In
the
proper
manner
r;t
'he
city
hall.
'It
is
your
money
we
spend
and
you
should
know
how
we
do
things:
As
long
as
I'm
In
council,
I'll
continue
to
tell
you
.
.
."
1
"'her,
he
said.
A
fall
from
a
ladder
landed
See
VACHON
Page
5.
Compromise
Plan
Offered
By
Communists
at
10:45.
A
wire
he
had
strung
across
the
entrance
to
the
alleyway,
about
eight
inches
from
the
ground,
then
appeared
intact.
An
hour
later,
the
corporal
saw
the
wire
had
been
disturbed
and
Investigated.
When
he
saw
the
accused,
he
asked
him.
What
are
you
doing
here?
"But
I
didn't
finish
my
ques-
''
A'lin
riding,
CCF
can-1
an
employee
of
Northern
Flsh-'"k
Calder,
first
and
erman
&
Cold
Storage
Co.
Ltd.
Ian
""leeted
to
the
B.C.
In
Prince
Rupert
General
Hos-Is
being
opposed
by
pital
yesterday,
another
native,
as
i
In
good
condition
is
John
rlit
canriirinto
lni,..n
r,o
a
rofrlirnrutlnn
enirln-
tee.
Bill
Bond.
Applause
for
his
work
on
this
contest
changed
to
sudden
groans
'illi:
a"is
said
Mr.
Calder
eer.
however
when
he
announced
PANMUNJOM
tti
The
Communists
today
unveiled
a
new
'
"
-
-'I
f
-.
A
-TV
.
.....
...
i,
,
that
Kinsmen,
their
wives
and
families,
would
not
be
eligible
to
participate
In
the
contest.
compromise
plan
to
break
the
Korean
truce
deadlock
and
the
Allies
immediately
asked
time
(leased
Industrial
Activity
"How.
can
I
explain
to
my
wife
that
she
can't
even
try
for
any
for
top
echelon
study.
The
eight-point
proposal
ac
of
these
prizes?"
lamented
one
cepts
one
insistent
Allied
demand
that;
the
48,500
Communist
prisoners
who
refuse
to
go
home
be
Kinsman.
Just
previously.
Bill
Bond
had
read'
off
the
list
of
prizes
in
-Carhnn
nlierp
that
the
average
tem-
S
from
lnn.nn..J
1
t
i.,t
f
rlfl
,.f
held
in
Korea
after
the
armistice
rather
than
be
sent
to
a
neutral
cluding
three
free
trips
which
are
to
go
to
the
winners
of
the
-WEATHER-
Synopsis
Thunderstorms
and
rain
along
the
southern
coast
last
night
marked
the
change-over
from
warm
air
to
a
cool
flow
from
the
Pacific.
During
the
night
rain
spread
'
Inland
as
the
cool
air
surged
eastward.
Forecast
North
coast
region
Cloudy
with
scattered
showers
today.
Cloudy
with
sunny
periods
Friday.
Not
much
change
in
temperature.
Light
winds.
Low
tonight
and
high
tomor
,llv'iy
is
tending
to
"''lci'S
Climafo
contest.
country.
It
offers
other
concessions.
He
reported
that
all
arrange
"!lns
Hopkins
physicist
I!".
plass
told
the
an-
ments
had
been
made
to
start
the
contest
this
Saturday
in
the
cape
of
the
long-wavelength
heat
radiation
from
the
ground,
but
is
transparent
to
the
short-wavelength
radiation
that
comes
directly
from
the
sun.
,
"Thus
the
carbon
dioxide
blanket
keeps
the
ground
at
an
appreciably
higher
temperature
than
it
would
have
if
no
carbon
dioxide
were
present.
An
increase
In
the
carbon
dioxide
amount
allows
the
blanket
to
hold
in
more
heat
near
.
the
earth's
surface."
,
Even
though
the
Reds
made
it
clear
the
Allies
must
accept
all
or
nothing,
this
appeared
to
be
i.
o-CAjJyii.
it
"
1V2
degrees
per
century.
He
said
approximately
2,000,-000,000
tons
of
coal
and
oil
are
burned
per
year,
forming
6.000,-000,000
tons
of
carbon
dioxide
that
are
added
to
the
atmosphere.
"The
carbon
dioxide
in
the
air
acts
in
the
same
manner
as
the
glass
In
a
greenhouse,"
Dr.
Plp-ss
said.
"It
prevents
the
es
H
the
American
the
first
major
break
since
the
truce
talks
re-opened
April
26
in
Daily
News.
Most
of
the
businesses
In
town
had
given
their
full
support
to
the
Kinsmen
in
setting
up
the
contest
and
it
was
expected
that
there
would
be
a
large
number
of
entrants.
an
effort
to
agree
on
the
ex.
THE
BEST
PICTORIAL
PHOTO
exhibited
in
the
print
show
of
the
Commercial
and
Press
Photographers'
Association
of
Canada
was
taken
by
George
D.
Suzuki
oZ
Toronto.
Titled
"Spring-,"
;
It
shows
the
first
blossoms
of
the
Niagara
peninsula's
fruit
orchards.
-
union
that
,
.
the
CnfTthe"
'"Atrial
'ng
the
present
cen-
"le
into"
the
atmos-
change
of
prisoners,
last
major
row
at
Port
Hardy,
Sandspit
and
Prince
Rupert,
45
and
55.
barrier
to
an
armistice.