I Wrow's PHOyiUCIAL Ll3?.i-1, ORMES t ' .r 31 f Daily Delivery " ' ... mu ' ' TIP" s , sutidarrt Time) lV' my i. 5SM ' o 03 1 9 7 feet 12 53 17.9 feet 6 40 4 1 feet 18:34 7.6 feet Phone 81 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Published or Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XLIII, No. 114 , PRINCE RUPERT. B.C.. SATURDAY. MAY 15 laid t,m tn, DRUGS - I iHVl i iVb EL1 i. O 4 Woflirfi I raaiws, I! I ' " , 4 fffq) JJui ;r-i '.4..' f . f V ' '-. ' i l : , 1 , J J Si. ' . . ... i 1 1 I sv . n Fireman Trapped In Engine Wreck PRINCE GEORGE (CP) Eight" persons were injured early this morning when a locomotive and four cars of the CNR passenger train, hit a flood-caused washout, 29 miles west of Prince George. The Injured included six pas.s- ; miles per hour at the time of the accident. The injured were taken to Prince George by wrecker. Railway officials said this morning that they could not estimate when the line would be cleared. The other passengers will be engers, the fireman and engineer. The flood waters ripped out a section of the track and tin locomotive and cars plumettted down a ravine. The wreck occurred on a bend of the Prince George-Prince Rupert line when taken by bus to Vanderhoof (OAST OF CORNWALL, at St. Ives, England, an exceptionally daring seagull of enor-5toi)s down on an equally daring lady for a bite of lunch. Behind the bird, other sr. seemingly waiting to see the outcome of the transaction before following suit the 11-car west-bound train 195 i where they will be put aboard ploughed into the wash-out, 50 1 another train and taken to feet long and 30 feet deep at 3 j Prince Rupert. nyaro uaia Outlined By Alcoa Frobishers Ltd. lushing Survey VICTORIA (CP) Premier Dennett held talks Friday with one of two rivals for the multi-million dollar hydro-electric potential of northern British Columbia and the southern Yukon. Officials of the Aluminum Company of America, which proposes to use B.C. and Yukon waters to power a project In Alaska, said they provided the premier with some requested information. Meanwhile, it is reported here thtt Frobishers Ltd., Alcoa's Canadian rival which plans a ifiant mctaliirgiciil project in' northern B.C., is rushing survey parties into the area. Frobi.sher has two already In the field and another one is reportedly ready to move. OKI 1MTE KIIJKCTION f . :i "v I -'if i t ' - a.m. In critical condition is W. C Wade, of Smithers, the fireman Safety Week Pays Off ma, Elocution and Dancing hd Up Successful Festival He suffered a fractured leg,! broken back, steam scalds and j oil burns when he was trapped In the wreckage of the engine, i Year-long safety consciousness Engineer J. C. Clements, was i was reflected durtne Forest Pro' thrown clear and only suffered ducts Safety Week, as the Wat-a sprained ankle. son Island Columbia Celulose Names and injuries of the plant ended the five-day period passengers were not available at without a lost time accident, press time. Dan Doswell, plant personnel saW tdav- Engineer Clements said he ma"aKser' , ' The emphasis aced on rounded the bend and did not p Satetv Wepk was excellent," Mr. , see the mlt,t. Th nvt. t.hm rail dramas staged crowds of both contestants and 'arc Civic Centre ' onlookers, ixiation, with a All three festival sessions yes-provided by a young tcrday comprised elocution, iiHit wound up drama and dancing classes, all icie.vful prince Ru-1 adjudicated by Ian Dobble. jviiiili annual Mu- Mr. Dobbie congratulated the a I'.-stival. ' Terrace playcr.s for having the liwt-hMival Krand I couraxc to Ucklo two tlilficult i jnim a variety ol : plays and their Interest in drama .-'ants in the Civic! whlrth had led them to work so nl. ''if hardworking hard on those plays for the ben- the festival com-cf!t of the Prince Rupert audi-Ux. tired but proud : nce. t-riirB uis drawn The opening play "Pacific Coast Traaedy" dated many years ago, was a sordid tale of the dclcat of a young English clergyman who came to the Pacific eoa-st full of zeal to help Uw Indians, under conditions very dlflereiil to those of tfiday. His lalliuc to convert the people from their then urent superstitions to a faith in (Joel, left htm a defeated, -lrustraled man, and cvejituaily a suicide . ' In his adjudication, Mr. Dob-bie complimented the group fei Its excellent serious approach t , a serious play, but sold that they Doswell said, "we just have to he knew he was lying at the side of the grade; and could hear the fireman screaming for help. multiply that record by 52." Some 530 staff and plant workers are employed at the Watson Island The train was travelling at 30 operation For Teachers Stressed i Back Home to Cheering Subjects Tanned, Smiling Queen Given Jubilant Welcome Alcoa hss received a definite! rejection from Ottawa to a plan' trruii B.C.-stored water through i lo 3 point hear Kkagway, A!a.ska j where it proposes an aluminum project.. ! Premier Bennett held hush- j hush talks with officials of the i ew Terrace School Opens WEE KDA Y BROADCAST OF NEWS TO FISHERMEN STARTS MONO A Y . On Monday the Prince Rupert Daily News will introduce daily news broadcasts, Monday to Friday, over radio station CFPR as a service to listeners beyond the reach of their daily newspaper. Arranged through co-operation of the CBC, the broadcasts will deal with items of local and regional Interest which are" not normally covered by the radio news reports from Van- . couver:;-, ' ,- ., ' ! The purpose is primarily to serve those listeners, such as , fishermen and loggers, whose duties take them outside The Daily News' circulation area! At the same time it is felt that listeners at home also will welcome this summary of the news which they can follow up in their daily paper. The five-minute broadcasts will start at 5:55 pjn. -The new Skecna r High School was :.fd here Wednesday a Minister Ray Wll- the school bpen. two enterprises here earlier this LONDON (Reuters) Queen year. No details of the meeting Elizabeth, sun-tanned and smil-were released but the premier ing, was back home In Bucking-said he was holding preliminary ham Palace this morning after talks. a Coronation-sized welcome from One Alcoa official said Friday her capital after her six-month he could see no reason why world toUr.i ' both developments could not be ! Between Westminster pier in undertaken but denied reports 'the shadows of the Houses of Representing Terrace was Emil Haugland. Also on the official platform were E. S. Laird, school principal, H. D. Abbott, school Inspector, Fred Maclin, secretary, Dwain McColl, president- of the students' council, and school; board, members,- W. Hagglund, Hazclton; T. Marshall, n bsucd a challenge it generation to leachuiL' profession. ! Hazclton; L. H. West, Hazelton; were too solemn at times. There was not enough contrast between the clergyman, after 20 years of frustration in the ii-lai-e, and the successful young lawyer from England, come to seek the clergyman's return home to inherit a baronetcy. Of the clergyman. Rev. Ernest Hopwood, played by Allan S. Mc-Call, he said there should have been more emotional variety. Of Martha, Hopwood's wife, played by Barbara Giratid, there was little to be said, becau.se .she had no lines. However, her superstitious wailing, (presaging a death) heard on or olf stage throughout almost the entire play, had been highly effective and at the end. terrifying. The lawyer, Hume, played by Aaran Haaland, was an Intelligent performance but could have had more authority. See DRAMA -rage 3 Proctice Tomorrow Manager Art Ogilvie has called Little League practices for Lipsett's tomorrow at 1 p.m. in Algoma Park and for Tuesday at 7 In Gyro Park. HI 1 . t .l 1 ,1 A. I - . 1 ' , l-i' ,.K' ' . .. ... 1. . ij r t -; . Some found the strain of waiting too much, and there was a bustle as first aid workers treated them. Sk. James Park, on the Queen's route to the palace, was bright ' with beds of massed red and yellow tulips. Another popular gathering place for crowds was at Tower Bridge, where a launch waited to take Queen Mother Elizabeth and Princess Margaret to the Britannia. The destroyer escort left the Britannia in the river mouth between Whitstable and Sheerness. The Queen signalled to HMS Duchess, last of the destroyers to drop behind: "Goodbye and thank you for your escort from Gibraltar." Prince Charles and Princess Anne, wearing bright canary yellow sweaters, waved goodbye to the Duchess as she turned away. is nothing without j Mrs. F. Doll, Kitwanga; Mrs. C. 'warned. M. Hall, Terrace; J. T. McKay, H reremony, which ! Terrace and Rev. M. W. O'Con-i the new gymna- I fell, who gave the Invocation, "any srhejol board ! Sihool board chairman Mlch-Jlficials in attend-J id thanked everyone who had enabled the school to be built, Festival Concert Tonight To Aid Student Bursaries of a coniprond.se offer by his firm whereby it would locate its development in Canada. Lands and Forests Minister R. E. Summers .said Frobishcr officials will have talks with the premier at the end of June. The plan rejected by the Canadian government last year called for a $3(10 000.000 project by Alcoa which would see Hie Yukon river diverted above White-horse into Yaiva Inlet and thence lo near Skagway. It would develop about 2,000,000 horsepower. Frobi.shcr's scheme would ultimately cast $700,000,000. (harged Joyriding and paid special tribute to his fellow board members and Fred Stevens, architect with Sharp, Thompson, Berwick and Pratt, and to the contractor, Vic Stagge of Vancouver. Mr. Haugland appealed to the pupils to respect their new school. ' "Don't destroy It," he said. "Look after It. It's yours. Keep it so that those who come after A 20-number final conceit composed of entrants in the Seventh Annual Prince Rupert District Music and Drama Festival will be staged tonight at ths Civic Centre. Parliament, where she stepped ashore and the palace, the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles and Princess Anne received a continuous ovation from her subjects. A host of officials, including Prime Minister Churchill, welcomed the smiling sovereign who arrived on the royal barge a small power cruiser shortly before nearby Big Ben struck 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m, PST.) From the .mouth of the river to Westminster pier, where she disembarked this morning, the shores were densely lined with watchers, many of whom had camped out all night to greet the monarch. It was a warm hazy day. The hills were green after recent rains. Ships and buildings along the river were decked with Hags. Naval vessels were drawn up on both sides as the royal yacht steamed slowly past. Whistles shrilled a welcome ' "ilc who appeared nift this morning, j Wriding, was re- 1 custody by Juvenile H F. Classey for j ' r less. iirwwi-''i," if,,'r' .- n S U D n I i p ri the ! von will enlov it too." The education minister complimented Terrace residents on their choice of school board members and paid tribute to the beauty of the surroundings. " romplainant. Dyke ! "'id that he loaned ! ' aceuspd May 4. on i "'diiiR that it was1 business purpases rar was reported , Was tnin.H I the extent of be- The program, which gets underway at 8 p.m., was selected by adjudicators Burton L. Kuith and Ian Dobbie, who expressed the view that the following numbers would have the most audience appeal. Due to the length of the program there will be no encores. The concert will be opened by R. H. Davidson, festival president. Proceeds of the conceit will go towards student bursaries. The program is as follows: Mike Colussl's intermediate ac-cordian band; Kenneth Telford, pianoforte; Gloria Colussi, pianoforte; Lorraine Johansen, pianoforte; Annunciation School minuet dunce; Doreen Albert, dance, clog waltz; Sonja Berg, pianoforte; Elaine and Robert Daniels, two pianos: Conrad St School, rhoral; Borden St. School, choral; King Edward School, choral speaking; Booth Junior Choir, choral; Roy Sicber, pianoforte; Peter Fladseth, Bob Anderson. Alan Sieber, Donald Lewis, violin quartet; Festival Singers, choral; Adrienne Reid, elocution; Michael Greene, elocution; Edith Bowman and Al-ttta Gilker, two pianos; Phyllis Hankinson and Mary Bird, duet; Mrs. Nora Thomson, pianoforte: Rotary Mixed Chorus, choral; Booth Memorial High school, Play "Rise and Shine." He expressed pleasure at the' closing words of the invocation, "and Jesus Increased In wisdom and stature, and in favor with Ood and man." "A school Is something that lives and breathes," the education minister said, adding that any trend In education that would restrict the "full, foursquare development of pupils" "d J500. near Smith- , ar,,"s''d In attend-1 ! 1,1 P"llce court this M Herman Kirn-1 ':'s found guilty of 1V"B and fined $50 inibHiier. who plead- I ; 'inett the steer- m of his truck was I must be fought. s !; . v . ' - V! i s j v I ,A, ' 'j 5 M ' (':" 1 pt-.-r y i v i s , , and guns thundered a salute from positions on the shore. The Queen, with the Duke of Edinburgh, stood on a platform before the Britannia's wheel-house. The slight haze puctly obscured the view of the thousands of watchers as the ship passed South End and moved upstream through the sooty factory districts and docks. London burst forth with gay decorations used for last year's Coronation. Many Londoners waited through heavy rain during the night for front-row positions at the Queen's state drive from Westminster pier to Buckingham Palace. Long before the Britannia entered the river, the crowds outside the palace were so dense that it was Impossible to move. p ,LS "'Presented by j Mr. Michlcl presented the ". ' J charge was ; keys of the new school to prin-1 went over the elpal E. 3. Laird. On behalf of eeond Avenue and , the students, Dwain McColl a" "f the Civic I thanked the teachers for their leadership. UDET REHEARSAL SET TOMORROW AFTERNOON s rch aisal for the ,jn on May 18 "Kpeotii ' . 'umorrow i.. Tl . 'V Many had come from distant cers and air cadet officials arriving from Vancouver. The squadron will be marked for Its efficiency in drill, Its training program In general and the Interest it has created in the community. The marks will then be considered for the award of the trophy given to the squadron making the best showing. The public is invited to attend parts of Britain. Scores of foreign tourists Joined the crowd. Police and troops lined the processional route from West THE WEATHER Forecast North coast region Cloudy with sunny periods today and Sunday. A few showers in the southern part today .Little change in temperature. Light winds. Low tonight and high Sunday at Port Hardy and Sand-spit 44 and 58, Prince Rupert 40 and 56. "niTOncement to-Oftteer Douglas mmjET . that cadets , intensively aU .! at he is confident ' 1 KOd shou,inr FISH STORIES being what they are, angler Cecil Shoemaker could probably get away with saying this devil fish was smoking a cigarette when he caught him in the Gulf of Mexico. However, Shoemaker has a reputation for veracity as well as a sense of humor to uphold, so he's satisfied merely to have caught the rare specimen, which weighs three pounds and Is 23 inches in length. The smoke was an afterthought. I'LASHING A WET and bubbly smile, model Dede Adams piroutt.es on the bed of Florida's Silver Springs as she Is literally driven to the drink for an underwater fashion show. Donnybrook, Ltd., staged the novel show in the clear waters of the southern resort to dramatize the water-resistance of their orlon coats and toppers. Fashion "critics" (right) were provided with diving masks, hut models took their air from special pipes "offstage." minster to the palace. Six hours before the. Queen's arrival it was lined with more than 50,000 people. ' "l be inspected both the rehearsr.1 tomorrow ana Mot kCA-' "ffi- j tne Inspettion ou Tuesday.