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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
.
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest'
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY
6,
1954
BiriiDeJi?OT
!leadslFir'0S
Pry
dock
d
f
a
Oakland
Firm
Shows
interest
in
Plant
liy
EUIC
SANDERSON
Bruce
Brown,
Liberal
MLA
for
Prince
Rupert,
is
leaving
here
Tuesday
by
air
for
Ottawa
to
protest
to
the
federal
government
sale
of
the
drydock
here
,
-
:
r-
:
.
.;.r
'ft
unless
the
purchaser
continues
operation
of
the
plant.
Tin:
Kl
KNH-01T
wreckage
of
a
Pro
ductal
Transport
re
killed
when
it
collided
witn.
an
au
o-transport
near
Yamachicho,
Que.,
15
miles
,-Rivieres.
Ten
other
persons
were
in
lured
in
the
accident
including
the
drivers
of
brd
Federal
Budget
Looms
Few
Tax
Changes
Forecast
The
42-year-old
42-year-old
lawyer
lawyer
was
selected
to
carry
the
protests
of
8
11
city
organizations
to
the
Canadian
capital
at
a
specially-called
meeting
of
the
executives
of
the
Liberal
associations
in
this
area.
Mr.
Brown
expects
to
arrive
in
Ottawa
Wednesday
and
will
hold
conferences
with
E.
T.
Applewhaite,
Liberal
MP
for
Skeena.
and
cabinet
ministers.
The
presidents
of
the
federal,
city
and
district
Liberal
associations
in
this
riding
all
attended
an
emergency
meetinc
here
last
night.
They
unani
mously
agreed
that
a
personal
protest
should
be
made.
A
resolution
was
endorsee
which
said
they
arc
not
agains
sale
of
the
drydock
and
ship
yard
which
has
been
in
opera
tion
here
for
the
past
40
years
but
"continued
operation
of
i
the
drydock
must
be
an
essential
condition
of
sale."
COMPLETES
St'RVEY
Meanwhile,
Jaseph
M.
Acosta,
plant
engineer
for
the
Moore
Drydock
Company
at
Oakland,
j
Caliiornia,
has
completed
a
sur-
'
vey
of
the
sprawling
plant
and
I
VOL.
XLIII,
No.
31
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P
:
Company
bus
In
which
15
siiendiniis
for
old
age
security,'
loans
and
Investments
by
the
government.
I
With
these
and
any
substan-l
tial
supplementary
estimates,
'
which
customarily
come
in
through
the
fiscal
year,
the
total
j
easily
could
uo
beyond
$3,000.-'
000.000
and
the
peak
of
$5,322.-000.000
In
the
war-time
year
of
1913-44.
The
estimates
Indicate
a
slowdown'
in
defence
expenditures
because
the
government
feels
!a
'i-siicd
requirements
have
b'en
'
mi
I
.
i
Direct
military
exiMMiditures
are
being
slashed
by
$92,000,000
to
SI.H08.n03.
Fcdcrul
outlays
on
'
H"fein
r
production
also
are
being
reduced.
There
Is
a
small
cut,
too.
In
rivll
defence
spending.
The
total
of
reductions
in
defence
spending
In
various
departments
i
$12i,OOO.0OO.
i
I
I
past
lines
of
the
sun-tanned
competitors
in
an
informal
review.
:
Earlier
the
royal
couple
watched
!
another
Australian
sporting
;
ei"nt
at
Randwii
k
race
tiack,
where
90,000
Australians
turned
.
out
to
see
both
the
races
and
the.
Queen.
I
The
crowds
which
have
followed
the
royal
toirple
since
!
their
arrival
In
Australia
Wednesday
continued
to
cluster
the
royal
route
today,
and
drew
,
sharp
criticism
from
a
Sydney
l
newspaper
.
which
said
their
"exuberance"
has
been
exhausting
the
Queen.
The
Dally
Mirror
said
the
lord
mayor's
ball,
attended
by
the
QuceYi
Fridav
night,
was
a
"flop"
arid
claimed
the
young
monarch
had
been
worn
out
by
the
"shocking
bad
manners
and
boorish
behavior
of
most
of
the
guests."
THREE-YEAR-OLD
CAROL
ELICM
of
North
Vancouver
has
an
unusual
pet.
He's
Flipper
the
squirrel.
Carol
has
a
chain
for
the
iitUe
fellow
and
takes
him
for
walks
as
she
would
a
dog.
His
favorite
parking
spot
is
on
top
of
Carol's
head.
ister
Abbott's
budget
comes
down,
likely
in
March,
but
it
got
a
clue
yesterday
to
the
general
tax
level.
The
indication
was
that
the
general
tax
scale
won't
be
hoisted,
to
any
great
extent,
though
individual
taxes
might
be
Juggled
to
give
the
government
the
$4,491,751,000
It
expects
now
to
spend
In
the
1954-55
fiscal
year.
This
lieure
was
just
1.3
per
cent,
or
$58,000,000,
more
than
the
iviiimuteri
total
Inr
the
l!i:t.'.-!4
year
to
date.
.
The
ITO3-54
amount
to
date,
which
likely
will
be
swelled
by
supplementary
estimates
at
the
March
31
end
of
the
current
flxenl
year,
is
$4,333,400,000.
Non-bmlRPt
expenses
of
the
federal
government
that
are
not
included
In
the
estimates
would
boost
government
disburse-tnenU
to
4,895X00.000.
Jhesc
are.
$29,000
Set
Aside
For
Floats
The
sum
of
$29,000
haw
been
set
aside
by
the
Federal
government
for
the
acquisition
and
repair
of
Cow
Bay
floats
it
was
stated
in
a
Canadjan
I'ress
report
from
Ottawa
today.
'
Also
among
public
works
appropriations
tor
h
ies.,
n
provinces
in
the
1954-55
estimates
is
$50,000
for
a
uepaiv-ment
of
fisheries
station
building
at
Sourdough
Bay,
Prince
Ruiiert.
The
announcement'
of
the
federal
government's
intention
to
acquire
and
repair
the
re
cently
damaged
floats
on
the
heels
B.C.
government
plans
to
pass
an
order
in
council
reserving
the
foreshore
at
Cow
Bay
for
the
federal
government.
Plans
for
the
"transfer"
Irom
provincial
to
federal
nanus
weir
communicated
last
week
to
A.
Bruce
Brown.
MLA
for
Prince
Rupert
in
a
letter
from
Mini
ter
of
Lands
and
Forests
R.
E.
Sommers.
Informed
of,
the
fund
appropriation
today,
Mr.
Brown
said
"I
am
extremely
pleased
that
at
least
a
start
has
been
made."
i
It
was
originally
hoped
that
if
the
federal
government
'tour.
over
responsibility
for
the
an
iclent
floats
that
they
would
be
practically
rebuilt
and
a
break
water
to
protect
them
from
damaging
southeast
winds.
would
also
be
constructed.
The
public
works
allotment
also
follows
a
letter
from
Mr
'Brown
to
E.
T.
Applewhaite,
MP
for
Skeena
in
which
he
i
urged
that
something
be
done
i
Immediately
to
put
the
floats
in
shape
and
that
funds
be
pro-
vlded
for
the
work
In
tills
year's
federal
budget.
Other
appropriations
for
pub-!
lie
works
projects
include:
Prince
George:
Public
build-
ing,
to
complete
$130,000;
Bella
Coola:
Harbor
Improvements,
to
complete
revote
33,000:
Uelkat
la
Slough
Masset
Dredging
and
floats,
to
complete
revote
$144,-
000
$147,000;
Dodge
Cove:
Dredging
$60,000;
Kort
SI.
James:
Wharf
extension
and
noats
revote
$48,000
$35,000;
Kitimat:
Wharf
and
breakwater
revote
$34,000;
Masse
It
Old:
Wharf
repairs
revote
$28,000,
U.S.
Seeks
Molotov's
Aid
In
Settling
Korean
Issue
ie
ii
oy
air
nus
aiienioou
lor
met
guarantee
that
that
the
dry-California
city
to
make
lus
re-lCOCk
continue
in
operation
to
Prl-
.
In
an
interview
prior
to
his
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
i
eluding
Communist
China.
The
United
States
position,
:
diplomatic
informants
said,
is
that
the
U.S.
government
will
categorically
reject
any
five-power
conference
which
is
of
such
a
character
as
to
recognize
the
Chinese
Communist
regime
as
one
of
the
great
powers.
Meanwhile,
a
Communist
crackdown
on
East
German
workers
speaking
out
against
Molotov's
plan
for
the
unification
of
Germany
held
attention
at
today's
final
session
of
the
second
week
of
the
Big
Four
conference.
East
German
police
have
made
scores
of
arrests.
Interior
Minister
Willi
Stoph,
directing
the
crackdown,
warned
at
an
East
Berlin
rally
Friday
night
that
the
Red
government
"will
sharp
ly
surpress
every
attempt
to
dis
rupt
democratic
development!
I
of
the
republic."
Warning
came
as
a
caution
against
any
German
demonstrations
during
!
the
week-end
recess
of
the
Big
!
Four.
Outbursts
of
opposition,
all
relatively
feeble,
developed
in
five
scattered
East
German
cities
-in
the
last
five
days.
Minnni
ZlZ
Vw
.
riJw.nri1
Mr.
Calder,
only
native
mem-been
V
'
in
charge
of
the
Oakland
i
.
.
nf
t.
,
UIA
,K
Queen
Sees
Athletes
Perform
On
Famous
Australian
Beach
Phone
81
year-round
Icefree
harbor.
Mr.
Acosta
said
his
company
received
a
letter
from
E.
A.
Bromley
of
Montreal,
vice-presi-ei:i
oi
the
Canadian
National
Railways
last
Monday
and
he
left
for
Rupert
on
Tuesday.
The
letter
said
the
drydock
was
up
for
sale
and
invited
the
Moore
Drydock
Company
to
submit
bids.
Because
of
weather
conditions,
Mr.
Acosta
was
delayed
two
days
in
Sandspit,
arriving
here
only
yesterday.
He
could
not
say
whether
his
-ompany
would
continue
operation
of
the
present
facilities
here,
but
said
his
interests
were
in
"operating
a
drydock."
The
special
committee
ap-
pointed
by
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
has
called
another
emergency
meeting
for
this
afternoon
to
further
discuss
the
Issue.
Frank
Calder.
CCF
member
of
the
provincial
legislature
for
-Atlin,
announced
this
morning
that
the
Native
Brotherhood
of
Northern
B.C.
has
sent
a
pro
test
against
sale
without
a
its
Vancouver
office
for
for-
warcunir
to
Ottawa.
-
rirst
oi
his
nationality
to
hold
a
post
in
any
government,
said
the
Indian
fleet
in
this
north
country
depends
on
the
drydock
for
repairs.
At
the
same
time,
Mr.
Caider
said
the
Brotherhood
forward-
:
ed
a
protest
against
the
condi
tion
of
the
Cow
Bay
floats
here
tlf
hi
n
V
a
?A
IIDltrl
V
1
hlinrlmifln
!
S!en
durln
the
sumn,er
moaths-
I
j
SEND
TELEGRAMS
J
At
the
Liberal
association
meeting
last
night,
delegates
composed
telegrams
to
all
B.C.
Federal
Liberal
members
of
parliament
asmnz
their
sup
port.
In
another
telegram,
the
president
of
the
National
Federal
Liberal
Association
was
urged
to
make
personal
representation
to
the
Cabinet.
Since
the
announcement
Jan.
28
by
the
CNR
that
the
drydock
was
to
be
sold,
a
score
of
protests
have
been
sent
to
Federal
Cabinet
ministers.
First
replies
were
received
late
yesterday.
Fisheries
Minister
Sinclair
said
he
was
"strongly
supporting"
the
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
while
Transport
Minister
Chev-rlcr
said
that
while
the
government
has
given
careful
consideration
to
the
problem
"it
is
felt
that
the
work
carried
out
by
this
drydock
in
the
latter
years
does
not
warrant
expenditure
of
public
funds
for
substantial
an-nal
deficits
and
the
very
large
expeditures
to
rehabilitate
the
plant
and
equipment."
Scout
Fund
Appeal
Wins
Good
Response
The
Prince
Rupert
District
Boy
Scout
Association
today
wound
up
the
first
week
of
Its
annual
appeal
for
funds,
reporting
receipts
totalling
about
half
of
the
$2,500
objective.
District
Commissioner
F.
E.
Anfield,
in
thanking
Rupert
residents
for
their
generous
contributions
to
the
work
of
the
Scout
movement
in
the
area,
said
he
was
confident
the
objective
would.be
reached
shortly.
The
campaign
also
saw
a
canvass
of
the
business
area,
with
M.
J.
Saunders,
8.
T.
Furk
and
Eric
Faure
in
charge.
The
funds
will
be
used
to
promote
the
work
of
the
six
Scout
and
Cub
groups
now
active
in
the
area,
involving
some
200
youngsters.
plant
for
the
past
20
years,
said
he
believes
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
the
citizens
"are
quite
right
in
objecting
to
saw
of
the
drydock
without
a
guar
antee
that
it
will
continue
operation
in
whole
or
in
part."
He
said
that
while
the
equip
-
lueut
is
um,
ib
is
in
pieuy
guuu
shape.
inspection
of
the
facilities
Vi
while
he
could
not
say
whether
his
company
planned
to
pur-
chase
the
business,
"I
personal-
ly
see
a
great
future
for
this
i
north
country
tnd
a
drydock
I
here
is
essential."
!
iic
ouBsraicu,
uuncici,
i
""!
modern
drydock
on
a
smaller!
scale
would
be
profitable
be
cause
of
the
increased
shiiminn
SYDNEY
(Reuters)
Queen
Elizabeth
relaxed
under
a
para-ol
loday
to
watch
thousands
of
bronzed,
muscular
Australians
crowd
Sydney's
Bondt
beach
for
a
series
of
water
contests.
In
blazing
sunshine,
the
Queen
and
the
Duke
of
Edinburgh
saw
the
brawny
youths
plunge
into
the
ocean
for
swim-
i
ming
contest,
surf-boat
races
and
life-saving
exhibitions.
Later,
the
Queen
and
duke
drove
Air
Crew
Saved
In
C-121
Crash
SAN
FRANCISCO
!
A
big
United
States
Air
Force
C-121
"flying
radar
station"
crashed
in
fogbound
San
Francisco
Bay
Friday
night
an
da
radar-guided
crash
bout
rescued
all
13
aboard.
Two
of
the
men
were
reported
injured,
one
severely.
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s
f
Uiat
wju
develop
with
comple-The
ti,.n
nf
thp
A
Iran
nrnlr.pt
nf
t-ri-
(CP)
Canada's
firing
Is
headed
for
a
,Kh,
possibly
an
all-;
but
taxes
are
not
:
;
iige
niui
h.
!
iry
won't
know
aDhiit
until
Finance
Mm-;
ed
Charge
ail
Set
ish
Firms
jycrt
fishing
cotn-
.)
able
to
take
ad-
i.n
agreed
cliargc
for
pod
and
boxcars
of
Iram
Pacific
Coast
il
to
eastern
Can-
if
irititra
and
,
New-
inrnt
Irlwccn
thei
any
fbliiim
com-
I
h
will
guarantee
to
cent
of
its
shin-
i
v
tail,
is
retroactive
to
i
17,
1953.
by
Hie
Board
of
Commissioners
rc-
ovides
that
a
ship-
made
at
a
rate
of
00
pounds
with
a
1
minimum.
Should
rm
wish
to
ship
to
h
stop-overs.
It
can
Mo
of
the
$2
00
rate
100
pound
minimum.
"'rs
are
allowed
with
f
il
15
charge,
(fit
have
not
signed
t'
Pd
charge
still
have
B'lie
standard
rate
of
f
i
pounds
with
a
min-:
I'
000
pounds.
V
made
by
the
rall-
"")al
truck
compctl-
,
"1
applies
to
Von-!
kments
going
east,
but
,
Hide
available
to
RC
f'tiadian
Fish
Com-
the
Prince
Rupert
I
w-operat
ve
assn-
!
f
hat
there
will
be
no
1
lion
between
local
those
in
snuthnrr,
tiumbia.
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and
the
pulp
plant
at
Ketchikan.
"In
America,
competition
is
great,
and
we
must
have
the
best
equipment,"
he
said,
adding
that
as
an
industrial
site
the
location
of
the
drydock
here
"is
ideal"
with
a
good
harbor
and
Acquitted
of
Theft
Charge,
Man
Lands
Up
in
Jail
Again
BERLIN
1
State
Secretary
Dulles
has
decided
to
ask
Rus-Ma's
foreign
minister
Molotov
to
use
his
Influence
with
the
Chinese
Communists
in
an
effort
to
break
the
Panmunjom
deadlock
on
a
Korean
peace
conference.
The
American
will
make
his
move
in
closed-door
Big
Four
talks
here
Monday.
At
that
time
the
question
of
Korea
.
is
to
be
broueht
ud
amonsr
the
foreien
ministers
in
connection
with
a
Soviet
propo
sal
for
a
Big
Five
conference,
in-
Motorist
Fined
After
Collision
Ernest
Campbell
was
fined
$50
or
in
default,
one
month
In
jail,
when
he
pleaded
guilty
in
police
:cour
thls
morning
before
Mag
istrate
W.
D.
Vance,
to
a
charge
of
driving
while
his
ability
was
impaired.
.
.iire
cuaiise
was
lam
juiiuwuig
a
head-on
collision
on
McBride
street
at
12:30
a.m.
today,
in
which
Campbell's
car
struck
a
car
driven
by
Mrs.
Helen
Gilbert.
John
Wesley
Donovan
of
a
charge
of
theft,
on
recommendation
of
crown
counsel
T.
W.
Brown,
QC.
Apparently
celebrating
his
acquittal,
Donovan
last
night
was
masted
and
charged
with
an
affray
after
a
flare-up
,ln
a
beer-parlor,
and
later
charged
with
assaulting
a
police
officer.
He
pleaded
guilty
to
both
counts
in
police
court
this
morn
ing
and
was
fined
$25
on
the
affray
count
and
$50
for
the
assault,
or
14
days
and
one
month
in
jail
respectively.
The
fines
have
not
been
paid
as
yet.
Roland
Dale
Griffith,
plain
tiff
in
the
original
theft
charge
against
Donovan,
was
charged
with
perjury
in
Juvenile
court
yesterday,
immediately
after
the
county
court
session
wound
up,
transferred
to
police
court,
and
remanded
for
eight
days,
in
custody.
Griffith,
in
court
sessions
which
have
been
going
on
since
early
last
month,
claimed
that
Donovan
had
robbed
him
of
$96
In
the
West
End
Chop
Suey
t-are
last
December
13.
IlOWPVPr
urrton
prrram
rnniupl
Called
him
hurt
4r
IV,
n.ltnn
stand
vesterHov
ftj.rnrwn
nrl
questioned
him
again,
Griffith
said
the
money
wasn't
taken
at
the
cafe,
and
that
he
didn't
know
whd
had
taken
it.
Gerry
Pettenuzzo
was
counsel
ior
Donovan
in
the
theft
case.
T
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f
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tmrrr1
it
i
1
A
man
who
spent
nearly
a
month
in
Jail,
pending
completion
of
a
theft
charge
against
him,
was
acquitted
and"
released
yesterday
afternoon
only
to
land
in
jail
again
last
night
on
two
other
charges.
Meanwhile,
the
juvenile
plaintiff
in
the
original
theft
case,
is
in
jail,
charged
with
perjury.
The
mix-up
started
in
county
court
yesterday
afternoon
when
Judge
W.
O.
Fulton
acquitted
Searchers
Spot
Missing
Plane
ANCHORAGE,
Alaska
I)
A
C47
U.S.
Air
Force
transport
plane
with
16
persons
aboard
disappeared
In
a
freezing
rain
75
miles
northeast
of
here
Friday,
and
a
few
hours
later
its
wreckage
was
believed
sighted
with
two
persons
moving
about
it.
-WEATHER-
"irvUM
nuim
must
rcsioii:
intermit-
tent
rain
today
and
Sunday.
,
Continuing
mild
Winds
light,
occasionally
southerly
20.
Low;
tonignt
ann
nign
eunaay
at
Fort
ttaray,
banaspit
.and
Prince
r-upert.
u
aim
ou.
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1
HERE'S
THE
INSIDE
STORY
of
really
comfortable
living
on
water.
In
an
almost-unbelievably
small
space
this
young
lady
lias
everything
at
her
fingertips
in
the
galley
of
the
Colonial
Sedan
Cruiser,
which
was
exhibited
at
the
recent
National
Boat
Show
in
New
York.
HOLDING
HIS
HANDS
OUT,
Cuba's
President
Fulgencio
Batista
(right)
gets
a
close
look
at
shrimps
taken
from
Caribbean
waters
off
Uie
sou
111
coa&t
of
his
country.
Batista
went
out
with
a
shrimp-boat
crew
to
see
for
himself
the
sea
area
where
a
huge
new
bank
of
shrimp
has
been
discovered.