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Our
Quota
$5500
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Time)
jdiii-dl
45
18.5
feet
,
VI.;.;
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PROUDLY
Local
Headquarters
15.3
feet
9
9
feet
6.2
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
or
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
VOL.
XLIII,
No.
59
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MARCH
11.
1954
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
'
n
r
r
n
eraue
M
n
n
nn
k3
mmm
ya
U
.
Pilot,
Wife
Spend
Night
on
Beach
Fears
for
the
safety
of
a
'
five-passenger
plane
en
route
from
Seattle
to
An
.
i
2
1
.
1
L.
.
tt'-i
V-w---SV
'
'
V
flste-
&.
chorage
were
dispelled
this
morning
when
the
yellow
the
electronic
niaiL-sorling
machine
which
can
do
the
work
and
red
aircraft
landed
safely
in
Prince
Rupert
:
'
-
harbor.
r
Aboard
the
machine
wore
Mr.
"we
Kot
Into
our
bedrolls
and
Mis.
Gentry
BhusU-r
who
f,bout
8
o'clock
and
it
wasn't
un-werc
forced
to
snend
U
nUtht!-1'
"hortljr
after
10
that
we
were
M
said
to
bo
the
fastest
in
the
to
start
In'
about
nine
month.s.
By
1U57,
It
Is
hoped
that
world.
The
first
actual
test
larger
cities.
A
code
is
stamped
operating
In
th-ee
or
four
of
the
then
are
fed
In
o
the
letter-demand
feeder
as
shown
here.
The
separately
on
a
conveyor
belt
to
the
electronic
reader
which
harts
electronic
brain
ad
vises
the
routing
of
the
letters.
Firm
Obtains
Funds
of
Rupert
Mill
an
Integral
part
cd"
the
cxpan-jvide
the
company
with
the
basis
sion
plan."
;
on
which
a
great
variety
of
Net
loss
for
the
compnny
In
products
can
be
made
to
meet
1953
was
$1,236,934,
compared
to
i
the
growing
demands
of
mod-
in
their
Diane
on
a
beach
lc
!
Klcwnuggit
Inlet,
about
50
miles,
!
southeast
of
here
after
running
into
a
driving
snowstorm.
Mr.
Sinister,
a
piano
company
distributor
in
Anchorage,
had
just
passed
over
the
Estevan
Islands
when
he
ran
into
a
squall.
"Up
to
that
time
we
had
good
visibility,"-
said
Mrs.
Shuster,
"butwe
found
we
couldn't
continue
so
headed
over
to
Oren-
vllle
Channel
in
the
hope
it
i
would
clear
!
TAXIKD
INTO
COVE
J
i
"We
saw
it
would
hp
uselcs:..
and
so
came
down
in
the
Chan-
j
ncl
and
taxied
about
five
miles
i
into
a
little
cove
in
Klewnuggit
Inlet.
j
"That
was
about
4
p.m.
Gen-!
try
tied
the
plane
to
a
tree
and
,
then
we
went
ashore
and
tried
to
light
a
fire
but
I
guess
the!
$2,134,689
In
1952.
Although
industry.
Pulp
produced
at
crations
at
Prince
Rupert
re-1
suited
In
g
profit,
this
was
not
rl.
jr
.
,
4
sufficient
to
offset
the
loss
for
the
first
few
months
of
chem-ijust
leal
and
textile
"operations
at!
r-uiiiuinuii.
,
"Steady
progress
in
produc-
ooin
in
quantity
ana
qual-1
was
atnirvea
aunng
me
'ear
al
tl,e
Prince
Rupert
mill,"
,
wood
was
too
wet.
.
The
plane
came
down
here.
-Thi!
rido
m,ni
mit
aiN,tM,.,i.k.i...
o
i
tf
i
Prince
Rupert
and
lumber
by
.the
sawmills
represented
most
of
'the
sales
for
1953
which
totalled
over
$18,800,000.
Referring
to
the
company's
plans
for
develonment
of
thp
Arrow
Lakes
region,
the
report
I
iays
that
"forest
surveys
and
i
market
studies
are
continuing,
i
and
lumber'
oDerations
are
he-i
ing
strengthened
and
expand-
tu.
it
auas
mat
negotiations
r
with
the
B.C.
government
will
be
undertaken
in.
the
near
;
luture.
DAUGHTERS
TO
AID
RED
tr"j
report
continues.
For
the,
h
.
auction
was
confined
to
acetylaT
tlon
8rade
of
high
alpha
pulp,,
THE
FRANCIS
LYNCH
family
of
New
York
enjoy
a
get-together
as
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Lynch
return
to.
their
home
after
adopting
their
second
blind
child.
Lynch,
a
bank
clerk
(left)
holds
Susan,
4,
whom
they
adopted
shortly
alter
her
birth
from
a
Rhode
Island
couple.
In
foreground,
Elizabeth
Ann,
2,
whom,
the
Lynches
Adopted
from
a
Boston
nursery,
eats
under
the
watchful
eyes
of
mother
Dorothy.
Both
girls,
were
blind
at
birth.
Looking
on
(right,
background)
Is
Mrs.
Dorothy
Guken,
Mrs.
Lynch's
mother.
Council
Endorses
Letter
Asking
Action
on
Power
qunuie
oi
puper;
grade
being
made
towards
thi
;
awakened
by,
the
wash
from
boitj;
pentry
flashed
an
SOS
when
we
Haw
the
boat
and
someone
on
the
bridge
answered.
The
boat
was
the
.
Union
Steamships'
Cuquillam
enroute
from
Vancouver
to
Prince
Rupert.
"She
came
to
a
stop
and
then
came
as
close
as
she
could
before
lowering
a
boat.
About
10
crew
members
came
to
shore
In
a
lifeboat
and
after
we
told
them
we
were
alright,
the
ship
continued
north.
SCRAPED
OFF
ICE
"We
had
a
good
sleep
until
about
4
o'clock
this
morning
I
when
the
tide
started
to
rise.
I
got
up
and
spent
the
next
couple
of
hours
scraping
the
frown
snow
and
'
ice
off
the
plane
before
we
took,
off
7:45."!
porting
to
the
customs,
the
Shu.st.prn
had
hreakfast
down-
town
and
spent
the
rest
of
the
morning
awaiting
for
the
weath-
er
to
clear.
!
At
press
time,
they
were
still
at
the
airport
and
there
was
lit-j
tie
hope
they
would
take
off
to-iday
because
of
a
low
ceiling
ut
Annette
Island.
The
Shusters
had
taken
off
from
Seattle
about
9:30
yesterday
morning
and
planned
to
fly
to
Annette
Island.
They
landed
at
Port
Hardy
shortly
after
noon
for
fuel
and
to
clear
cus.-.
toms
and
set
4:15
p.m.
as
their
arrival
time
at
Annette.
The
plane
was
reported
missing
last
night
and
the
RCAFand
U.S.
Coast
Guard
planned
to
start
a
search
this
morning.
STARTKI)
IN
LOS
ANGELES
The
couple
begarj.
their
trip
in
lAjf
Angeles
a
wek
ago
today.
The
plane
had
been
in
California
since
Christmas
receiving
a
complete
overhaul.
They
flew
first
to
Seattle
but
,were
held
there
by
bad
flying
conditions
until
yesterday
morn-
ing.
.
The
visit
to
Prince
Rupert
is
uie
nisi
lur
mis.
ouu.smt
hnu
the
second
for
her
husband.
He
passed
through
here
10
years
ago
enroute
to
Spokane
to
purchase
his
first
plane.
Before
the
couple
ate
breakfast,
they
sent
a
telegram
to
their
17-year-old
-
daughter,
Llewelyn,
a
student
at
the
Anchorage
high
school.
Another
jj4.00
iix
-
..
'(
ntKIMi
MODEL
of
and
500
men
and
machine
Is
expected
machines
will
be
(lie
letters.
They
Bum
through
fcfly
until
the
lose
xpansion
jcxpansion
of
Its
and
construe-
,
fc
inton
plant,
as
iidc
capital
for)
tile
Canadian
'
Cellulose
Com-
h:ned
additional
io
$'.'5.000,000.
1
kt
in
the
com-
report
received
:
upert
the
total
i
uint
the
min,uon.
100
to
300
toiwi'iy.
I
d
earlier
estl-'
Lit
states.
"The
nave
oecn
com-
year
end
but1
dell
tllvcry
of
ths
Iter
whlch
which
form
forms!
-
-;
Talks
yMLA
I
A
dominion-,
r'1--
''nee
on
the
ana
ecmcauon
sungcsttd
here
I
Ontario
cabinet
f
,
Ontario
1
1U
minister
and
Ontario
lels-
innutlec
on
In-
eter
such
a
i
irmi
out
reitain
.M-rvii-e
to
the
made
the
sug-
in
"f
the
B'i-
ii'ivcrnment
ad
!
on
Indian
af
i
headed
tu,t
thiee
davs
f'
liileienee,
wiiii
t"
"!tUu"
m-:
and
B.C.
mcm-(iumii.mii
guv-
'"IV
the
servlres
1
partinents
ai-
"c
nun-Indian.'
;
!
British
North
'.
rualed
the
res-
Hans
to
the
fed-
1
Ontario
was
JfilMl.UOO
on
its
'
under
present
Oliaon
W
Kiss
u
9'niier.si
N,ii-,.i:.
"f
":u'-"!l
who
on
''
"''d
to
kiss
the
t"lV
that
the
'
er
too.
'
tiii
monarch's'
lips
let
her
mothc,.
because
"I
want
1""'
kiss
there
'"lilt
75'00n
Auv
"areUc
slipped
,;
'"other,
sprang
1
.
.Iff
B,
I
,
!
?
u
loved
her
so
'!"'
lussl1"."
Nar-
(
3lid
Her
Maiestv
Nelle
said.
fih
,
uVr.
asked
her
her
"e
lived.
'T
did
not
notie.
iif,fal
climb
onto
N.B.C.
POWER
CO.
LTD.
Phone
210
P.O.
Box
J33
,n
Gas
Dealers
Price
Fixing
Says
Report
OTTAWA
(CP)
Can
ada's
three
-
m
a
n
a
n
1
1-comhines
commission
has
accused
two
trade
organ
izations
and
31
gasoline
dealers
of
combining
illegally
to
fix
retail
gaso
line
prices
in
the
Vancouver
area.
In
its
strongest
action
since
it
was
set
up
two
years
ago,
the
Restrictive
Trade
Practices
Commission
urged
the
government
to
seek
a
court
injunction,
forbidding
the
accused
from
continuing
their
alleged
Illegal
operations,
The
commission's
165-page
report,
tabled
In
the
Commons
today,
charged
that
the
combine
has
been
operating
since
1951,
and
despite
"condemnation,"
the
gas
price
boosts
fixed
by
the
operators
"will
probably
continue"
unless
a
court
ban
is
obtained.'
The
commission
.observed
that
the
price-fixing
operations
in
Vancouver
had
the
impact
of
.
boosting
retail
gas
prices
in
most
of
British
Columbia.
Named
in
the
RTPC
report
are:
,
.
'
,The
Retail
Merchants'.
Association
of
Canada
and
Oeorse
R.
Matthews.,
head
of
the
association's
B.C.
board;
the
Unincorporated
Automotive
Retailers
Association
of
Vancouver
and
.
its
secretary,
J.
L.
Kinncard;
and,
these
31
Vancouver
area
re
tail
gas
dealers:
Collin
Virteau,
Thomas
Donald
Hammond,
Douglas
Dalzcll
Darling,
William
Christian
Mog-ensen,
Albert
Murray
Martin,
Joel
Cutforth
Oordon,
Jack
Ooll-ner,
William
Leonard
Gowing,
Cyril
Victor
Mark,
Paul
Raymond
Faris,
Richard
Frederick
Smith,
Oordon
Earl
Parsons,
Sir-ney
James
Morrey,
Al
Higgtn,
Art
Mendlin,
Don
Anderson,
Art
Powell,
Harvey
Lowe,
Frank
Lee,
Ed
Qualey,
Hugh
Smith,
Milt
Read,
Vera
Rankin,
Jack
Reld.
Frank
Barry,
Chuck
Lew,
Frank
Quirk,
Norm
Macey,
Dick
Kline,
Dave
McLennan,
Maurice
Mar-isco.
.
--
Manslaughter-Hearing
Set
Y
For
Tuesday
SMITHERS
Shock
due
to
severe
leg
Injuries
was
cited
as
the
cause
of
death
of
Cecelia
Hol
land,
27-year-old
Houston
native,
at
opening
sessions
of
a
cor
oner's
Inquest
here.
Tlie
woman
died'
in
Bulkley
Valley
hospital
here
following
truck
accident
two
miles
east
ol
Telkwa
Monday
night.
Sylvester
Williams,
38-year-old
Morrlcetowu
Indian
is
chursecl
with
manslaughter
in
the
death
and
b
being
held
in
custody
at
j
SmitherS
pending
posting
of
"bail
Williams
reportedly
wa.s
driving
the
three-ton
flat
deck
truck
which
failed
to
make
a
curve
on
highway
16
and
crashed
into
fence
posts
and
a
culvert,
landing
up
right
about
15
feet
off
the
road.
...He
was
enroute
to
Houston,
accompanied
by
his
wife,
Dau
Michel.
Amos
Nazicl,
Mrs.
Holland
and
her
two
young
daughters,
Norma
and
Tina,
and
John
Max
Anderson.
All
but
Michel
and
Naiel
reportedly
were
riding
In
the
cab.
The
driver
escaped
Injury
but
Michel
sustained
a
broken
arm
and
others
received
minor
injuries.
The
inquest
was
adjourned
by
Coroner
G.
H.
Beley
following
viewing
of
the
body.
Preliminary,
hearing
of
the
manslaughter
charge
Is
scheduled
for
next
Tuesday
morning.
end
of
thp
vpar
Thp
nlant
on-1
rrated
-tttdity
-t.hrougljorxr
tint
'".
yenr,
with
the
exception
of
a'
10-day
shutdown
In
April
oe-
caxloned
b.v
a
'mechanical
fal-i
uie,
and
a
planned
two-week
shutdown
for
overhaul
and
maintenance
in
August,
"Production
which
was
Just:
under
200
toim
per
day
at
the,
beginning
of
the
year
was,
to
wards
the
end
of
the
year,
run-
j
nlng
at
240
tons
per
day.
Pro-;
duclion
Is
expected
to
be.
close!
Plans
for
the
annual
Red
Cross
campaign
are
nearing
completion.
The
president
of
the
local
branch,'
Dave
Radford
said
today
thatr
members
of
the
IODE
will
begin
canvassing
downtown
business
establishments
this
Saturday
and
the
one-night
drive
will
go
on
next
Wednesday
St.
Patrick's
Day.
This
Sunday
has
been
declared
Red
Cross
Sunday
in
all
churches
and
all
church-goers
will
be
urged
to
support
the
Red
Cross.
!
tltn
t,.nU
rl,.,.
r.fUt
tr,
(1,.
'
,
seven
o'clock
and
our
plane
set-1
tied
neatlv
on
a
sandy
beach.
I
We
were
not
too
worried,
al-
i
though
we
could
not
make
out-1
side
radio
contact.
I
OF
EMPIRE
j
CROSS
DRIVE
IJtf'lL
L
With
Lnina
St.
Laurent
Cummoiiwcalth
governments
In
vor
it.
Britain
recognized
Pcio-
ini
soon
alter
the
Reds
drove
i
out
the
Nationalists
In
194!l.
I
In
'ntlawa
Wednesday.
Exter-
nal
Affairs
Minister
Pearson
told
the
Hou.se
of
Commons
that
Canada
has
no
Immediate
intention
of
recoirni.ing
the
Communist
!!Overnment
of
China.
He
made
the
statement
after
earlier
questions
by
Opposition
Lru'lcr
Urew,
who
had
challenged
statements
concerning
the
recognition
i
f
Hod
China
attributed
to
the
prime
minister
during
the
world
tour.
M-ctmu
quarter
oi
ivdi,
wncn
,
tlK-
sixth
digester
Is
expected
to
be
In
operation.
Othor
changes
r::
,,in.
-m.
n.ii.u,!?n,r:t-
minds
of
today's
liighly
com
l"'titive
market
for
dissolving
:f,nd
other
grades
of
refined
City
council,
at
a
special
meeting
la.it
night,
approved
draft
of
a
letter
written
by
the
city
solicitor
to
the
B.C.
Power
Commission
asking
for
a
ruling
on
the
city's
application
for
it
to
become
the
supplier
of
the
electric
power
in
Prince
Rupert.
The
letter
reminded
the
Commission
that
the
city
had
asked
It
a
year
ago
to
expropriate
holdings
of
the
Northern
B.C.
Power
Company
and
urged
it
to
advise
the
council
as
soon
as
possible
on
its
stand.
Council
also
endorsed
draft
of
a
letter
to
Farrls,
Stultz.
Bull
and
Farris,
barristers
and
solicitors
for
NBCPC.
seeking
clarl-
!
f
ical
ion
of
their
stand
now
that
its
aBlwmt.nt
drawn
up
in
192!)
has
expired.
In
answer
to
a
query
by
Ald
erman
Norman
Bellis,
Mayor
George
Hills
said
there
has
been
no
discussion
with
NBCPC
officials
since
the
agreement
ran
out.
EMBARRASSING
POSITION
T.
W.
Brown.
QC,
city
solicitor,
in
his
letter
to
the
Commis
sion
said
the
cjty
may
be
put
in
pulps."
The
report
states
thut
faclli-;
ties
for
production
of
cellulose!
t
Prince
Rupert
and
of
or-Mier
Ri'nic
chemicals
and
cellulose
processing
at
Edmonton
pro-
-
WEATHER--
Forecast
Ninth
Coast
Region:
Cloudy
with
u
few
snow
flurries
today.
Intermittent
rain
tonight
nnri
Friday,
becoming
cloudy
with
oceiislonsl
showers
Friday
after-
noon.
Milder
tonight.
Winds
light
becoming
south
20
tonight.
Southeast
30
In
exposed
areas
after
midnight
and
shifting
to
i
daughter,
Mrs.
J.
(Marilyn)
Ed-!
wards
lives
in
Seward,
Alaska.
southwest
25
Friday
afternoon.
an.
embarrassing
position
if
it
does
not
know
exactly
how
it
stands
on
its
request.
'
"Apart
from
a
few
things
.
.
.
the
city
cannot
negotiate
with
NBCPC
while
trying
to
get
the
Commission
to
take
some
action,"
Mr.
Brown
told
council.
"It
appears
to
me,"
said
the
solicitor,
"that
the
power
commission
has
Just
been
slow
and
negligent
In
not
giving
any
kind
of
definite
answer
since
council's
action
last
March."
Asked
if
NBCPC
could
discontinue
to
supply
power,
while
it
has
no
agreement
with
the
city,
Mr.
Brown
said
the
city
and
company
are
both
protected
by
the
Public
Utilities
Commission.
SL'PPLV
CONTINUES
"The
company
could
not
stop
supplying
electricity
and
the
city
could
not
stop
paying
its
bill,"
said
Mr.
Brown.
Asked
by
Aid.
Mike
Krueger
if
there
was
any
way
of
forcing
the
commission
to
answer
promptly,
Mr.
Brown
answered
in
the
negative.
"Actually,"
said
Mr.
Brown,
"the
commission
would
have
to
get
sanction
for
Its
action
from
the
Cabinet
but
I
don't
know
If
they
have
ever
approached
the
premier
or
ministers
..."
Printers
End
Five-Year
Strike
SPRINGFIELD,
Mo.
I
The
International
T
y
p
o
g
r
a
phical
Union
local
No
158
has
voted
to
end
its
nearly
five-year-long
strike
against
Springfield
News
papers,
Inc.
Carl
Onken,
union
president,
said
the
members
voted
23
to
19
Tuesday
-night
to
end
the
strike.
A
spokesman
for
Springfield
Newspapers,
Inc.,
publishers
or
The
Evening
Leader
and
Press
and
The
Morning
News,
had
no
comment.
The
newspapers
have
been
using
teletypesetters
to
get
out
their
editions.
Union
stereotvo-ers
and
press
men
did
not
join
the
strike.
The
printers
walked
out
July
11,
1949,
during
contract
negotiations,
during
which
wages
were
to
be
discussed.
To
Visit
Holland
OSLO
W
King
Haakon
of
Norway
will
pay
an
official
visit
to
the
Netherlands
June
16-18.
1
II
II
1.
ft
t
Allies
Must
Ueal
Eventually
Says
TOKYO
(f
Canada's
world
-
I
travelling
prime
minister
fpoke
out
a'jjain
today
on
the
contro-
ver.shil
question
of
Red
Cliinu,!
tellina
reporters
at
a
press
conference
that
"it
is
only
the
com-inonseiise,
realistic
upprouch"
that
Allied
countries
evenluiilly
will
deal
with
Communist
China
as
the
government
"in
effcotive
control
of
the
China
mainland."
Prime
Minister
St.
Laurent
made
his
remarks
before
his
visit
today
with
Emperor
Hlrohlto
on
this
last
official
stop
of
his
world
tour
which
ends
back
in
Ottawa
March
17.
CONTROVERSIAL
WORD
In
his
remarks
on
China,
the
i
prime
ininfctcr
snld
"I
think
l
had
better
keep
away
from
that
word
'recognition,'
because
I
there's
been
a
lot
of
contro-1
versy."
!
The
United
Slates
opposes
recognition
ol
Communist
China,
while
Britain
and
some
(othcr
Six
Whalers
Begin
Search
Off
B.C
Coast
COAL
.HARBOR,
B.C.
0
-Six
sturdy
bouts
hoisted
anchor
here
Wednesday
to
start
the
northern
Pacific
coast's
only
whale
hunt.
They'll
range
100
to
200
miles
from
this
shore
station
deep
in
j
Quatsino
Sound,
on
the
northwest
coast
of
Vancouver
Island,
200
miles
northwest
of
Vandou-ver.
In
a
six-months'
season,
600
or
more
humpback,
finback,
blue
and
sperm
whales
are
expected
to
fall
under
their
narpoons.
Owned
by
B.C.
Packers
Ltd.,
the
six
boats
carry
150
men
in
the
half-year
hunt
through
the
whaling
grounds
north
of
the
Island.
'
'
'
1
r.llU
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.
.tr.H.,n-
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r
i
CI
l
-
1
1
1
1
;!
,
l
l
y
u
U
st
U
if
I
I
JZ
:
1
V
XKilr-
Low
tonight
and
high
Friday
at
Port
Hardy,
Sandspll
and
Prince
Rupert
35
and
42.
m'9W'
fw-iyn
w)jijmi
I
Mil
m
.'-,.
JOAN'WKIDON,
Hollywood
starlet,
has
been
chosen
"Buddy
Poppy
Girl"
for
1954
by
.
the
Veterans
of
Foreign
Wars.
She
will
head
the
sale
of
popples
to
aid
the
veterans'
organization.
THIS
CIRCULAR
MACHINE
smokes
about
three
cartons
of
cigarettes
an
hour
W
a
day
and
feeds
the
smoke
into
a
room
containing
mice.
The
rodents
are
being
observed
to
determine
what
connection,
if
any,
cigarette
smoke
has
with
lung
cancer.
Not
a
new
device;
prompted
by
recent
headlines
linking
smoking
and
cancer,
the
machine
has
been
used
secretly
for
two
years
by
Dr.
Basil
Martin
Wright
of
Llandough
Hospital,
Cardiff,
England.
He
reports
that
lung
tumors
developed
more
frequently
in
"smoking"
mice
than
in
others,
but
he
says
the
method
Is
Inconclusive
in
settling
arguments
about
lung
cancer
in
human
beings.
15
mother
'ild
""oerstand,
.
-iis