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Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XLIII,
No.
50
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MARCH
1,
1954
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Thirty
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Fired
Before
Group
Seized
;
WASHINGTON
A
group
of
men
and
women
shouting
"free
Puerto
Rico"
fired
pistols
from
a
house
gallery
at
Congress
members
today
and
hit
at
least
five.
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sharecro))pers
and
day
aborfrs
await
;
Court
in
Kennett,
mo.,
to
app
sal
for
relief.
The
state
welfare
department
and
tsted
the
U.8.
Department
of
Ag
lculture
to
provide
food
from
surplus
storks
i
such
needy
persons.
Hundreds
of
workers
in
the
dilute
because
of
a
virtual
Industrial
revolution
mechanization
of
farming
operations,
two
years
of
drought
that
reduced
the
i
of
cotton
farmers,
and
a
normal
seasonal
slump
in
farm
employment.
pan-British
Policy
Suffers
k!
From
Labor
Party
Split
then
turned
back
to
aid
their
injured
colleagues.
Spectators
grappled
with
the
pistol
wlelders
In
the
gallery
and
police
leaped
after
them.
The
wounded
were:
'
Alvin
M.
Bentley
(R-Mich.l,
Ben
F.
Jensen
(R-Iowa),
Clifford
David
(D-Tenn.i,
Kenneth
A.
Roberts
CD-Ala.),
George
H.
Fallon
(D-Md.).
.
,
Bentley
was
struck
through
the
chest.
He
dropped
to
the
house
floor
apparently
seriously
Injured.
Jensen
also
was
on
the
floor
in
a
big
pool
of
blood.
Roberts
was
carried
out
on
a
stretcher.
Davis,
hit
in
the
leg,
remained
In
a
seat,
being
treated
by
a
nurse,
after
the
wounded
were
removed
to
hospitals.
Fallon
also
were
reported
to
have
been
hit
in
the
leg.
Two
men
and
the
women
who
wielded
pistols
were
seized.
The
shots
were
fired
from
automatic
pistols
'
as
the
men
and
women
shouted
for
freedom
for
Puerto
Rico.
They
fired
at
random
from
a
corner
of
the
visitors'
gaUery
As
police
seized
the
grouo
and
UIILTKt::
iWest
may
dissipate
a
public-
United
States
opinion
advantage
gained
from
i
has
suffered
a
the
Russians'
adamant
position
split
within
at
the
Kig
Four
foreign
minis-;
party
over
the
ter's
conference
in
Berlin,
west
Germany.
!
Generally,
west
European
So-
temporary,
the
da
lists
have
opposed
the
idea
of!
threat
that
the
a
West
German
military
con-1
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f
7
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V.1
tliPir
turhs
to
appear
before
the
cotton-producinir
"Bool-heel"
with
a
growinc
trend
tnwarri
"
!'-oent
in
a
European
army.
Their
opposition,
particularly
in
France,
has
delayed
the
ratifi
cation
of
the
European
Defence
Community
Treaty.
And
EDO"
represents
a
cornerstone
of
British
and
U.S.
policy
for
the
ctcfriirx'
of
West
Europe.
Bri
Inn's
Labor
party
is
regarded
as
a
senior
and
honored
body
;y
Stx
iiiliits
on
the
Continent.
Had
Labor
here
wholeheartedly
baeknd
a
West
Gorman
military
contribution
to
EDC,
their
example
might
have
Influenced
their
colleagues
iu
France,
Italy.
the
Low
Countries,
and
West
Germany.
'
But
the
British
party
split.
'lliouch
the
party
has
been
feuding
for
three
years,
the
emphasis
heretofore
has
been
on
personalities.
The
party
moderates,
who
still
control
the
organisation,
followed
the
leadership
of
former
prime
minister
Cle
ment
Attire
and
Herbert
Morrison,
while
the
left-wing
has
clustered
behind
An.'urin
Bevan.
AUUt
and
the
moderates
had
held
for
some
time
that
before
guns
actually
were
given
to
the
West
Germans
the
Western
powers
should
make
one
more
effort
to
reach
an
understanding
with
Russia.
That
was
the
position
taken
by
the
party
con-
feienee
last
fall.
I
Now,
In
Attlee's
view,
Berlin
was
that
one
last
shot,
and
the
Russians
refused
to
make
any
;
eon-ess-ionx.
I
Harold
Wilson,
Sevan's
chief
lieutenant,
said:
"The
government
are
taking
J
this
Berlin
conference
break-;
down,
as
it
has
been
called,
as
ithe
justification
of
a
policy
which
may
still
decide
the
fate
'of
Europe
In
a
whole
generation
ahead.
ft'RTIS
BOXER
SHOWS
dismay
In
his
face
after
being
told
that
the
London
dog
show
In
which
he
was
scheduled
to
appear
has
been
cancelled
as
the
result
of
an
electricians'
strike.
He'd
gotten
all
dressed
up
for
the
canine
gathering,
after
looking
forward
to
It
for
a
long
time,
only
to
have
the
whole
thing
called
off
at
the
last
minute.
Naguib
Returns
lo
Cairo
CAritO
(AP)
the
Kgyptian
government
1
strove
to
keep
public
or-l
rler
today
following
the
return
of
ousted
President
Gen.
Mohamed
Naguib
as
chief
of
state
and
a-new
outbreak
of
mob
violence.
All
government
universities
past
'hotbeds
of
mob
action-were
ordered
closed
Indefinitely
after
wild
demonstrations
Sunday
in
which
police
wounded
12
rioters.
One
police
officer
also
was
hit
by
a(
shot
from
a
student.
.
The
police
opened
fire
as
disorderly,
slogan-shouting
crowds
of
young
people
surged
toward
Keplucan
Square
from
all
over
the
cjiy
to
cheer
Naguib,
the
popular
hero.
Naguib,
waving
and
smiling,
itpeared'on
a
balcony
at
the
presidential
palace
and
appealed
in
an
impromptu
speech
for
"moderation
and
forgiveness."
Facing
the
first
anti-government
riots
since
the
army
overthrew
ex-king
Farouk
19
n
kiiVJasufiu,
.
NuKUib
and
the
man
who
supplanted
him
briefly
last
week,
Lt.-C'ol.'Gainai
Ab-
del
Nasser,
patched
up
their
till
Terences.
Good
Citizen
Award
Tomorrow
Prince
Rupert's
Good
Citizen
j
of
iDbi
will
be
named
tomorrow
nignt
at
a
dinner
ana
presenta-,ju
in
the
Commodore
Cafe
at
7:30
p.m.
Dr.
J.
P.
Cade,
first
winner
of
the
Alex
Hunter
Good
CiUzen-ship
Shield,
will
make
the
presentation.
John
Magor,
publisher
of
The
Daily
News,
will
speak
on
good
citizenship,
and
Alderman
G.
P.
Lyons
will
ex
plain
the
methods
employed
In
selecting
a
Good
Citizen.
The
four
citizens
chosen
from
an
original
list
of
25,
in
alpha
betical
order,
are:
Mrs.
T.
J.
(Jessie)
Boulter;
Dr.
R.
G.
Large,
R.
G.
Moore,,
and
Major
W.
C.
Poulton.
One
of
these
will
be
named
"Good
Citizen
of
195T"
Jay
Burns
will
be
chairman,
in
the
absence
of
Gerry
:
Lrmire,
president
of
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce.
SCHOOL
RED
-
CROSS
WSMEH
POLIO
FUND
Eisenhower
!Spwt
KiiisntCB
Club's
polio
fund
as
swelled
rushed
them
to
police
headquart-1
ing
spears
and
shouting
anti-ers
in
downtown
Washington,
i
British
and
anti-Egyptian
slo-
one
of
the
three
tossed
s
Puerto
jgana,
n
.arched
on
the
home
ct
Rican
flag
Into
the
air.
f
governor-general
Sir
Robert
I
donation
from
the
Junior
Red
Cross
of
Borden
for
the
polio
fichl
ciime
from
the
younKslers'
find
In
which
they
gave
up
pocket
money
to
raise
i
f
Red
Cross
activities
and
occasionally
other
ImIs.
president,
and
Evelyn
Rowe.
secretary
of
pd
Cross
group,
both
11-year-old
grade
six
P
Wntcd
the
$30
to
Bill
Bond,
rhairman
of
the
!.'
campaign,
this
morning.
represents
'self-denial"
funds
from
the
300-odd
rden
school
over
the
nnst.
twn
weeks
Basketball
Teams
For
Kitimat
Series
"tth
Memoriiil
fcitetball
players.
;4
Wild
Attack;
21
Killed
KHARTOUM,
Sudan
W
Police
bullets
beat
off
a
wild
attack
on
the
British
governor-general's
residence
today
by
yelling
Sudanese
tribesmen
brandishing
steel
tipped
spears
in
a
demonstration
against
visiting
Egyptian
President
Mohamed
Naguib.
At
least
21
persons
were
reported
killed,
including
the
British
police
commander,
Col.
H.
8.
McGuigan,
and
six
of
his
men.
More
than
100
persons
were
wounded,
30
of
them
critically.
Authoritative
sources
reported
the
Sudanese
police
chief,
Brig.
Martada
El
Mahdi,
among
the
victims.
The
clash
came
after
more
than
30,000
demonstrators
agitating
for
and
against
Naguib
massed
In
the
capital.
1
Members
of
the
pro-lndepen-
dence
UMMA
party,
brandish-
j
Mowe'
where
Naguib
was
being
entertained
after
his
arrival
by
plane
from
Cairo.
Sudanese
police,
under
British
officers,
first
tossed
tear
gas
grenades
at
the
pressing
crowd
and
then
opened
fire
when
the
tribesmen
charged
with
out-thrust
spears.
The
seven
slained
policemen
fell
before
the
spear
charge.
Naguib
came
here
with
Egyptian
guidance
minister
Slah
Salem
for
the
inaugural
session
today
of
the
Sudan's
first
parliament.
After
tiie
fighUng,
the
governor-general
announced
the
ceremony
...would
be
postponed
Indefinitely.
The
police
bullets
sent
the
tribesmen,
who
had
marched
under
waving,
red
and
green
banners
bearing
the
white
crescent
UMMA,
fleeing
for
shelter.
"
The
government
declared
a
s.tate
of
emergency
ln
the
tense
cit,y
as
ambulances
carried
the
victims
of
the
clash
to
hospitals.
Gas
Claims
23
rd
Victim
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Domestic
pas
claimed
Its
23rd
vlcUm
of
1954
here
Sunday
when
Barclay
Montgomery,
76,
was
found
overcome
by
the
deadly
fumes
A
milk
man,
making
deliveries
to
the
apartment
where
Barclay
lived,
smelled
gas
and
notified
the
proprietor.
Police
said
Barclay
was
found
sitting
in
a
corner
of
his
suite,
a
gas
jet
on
a
heater
across
the
room
partially
open.
Police
said
a
small
leak
discovered
In
the
gas
line
probably
made
Barclay
insensitive
to
the
smell
of
gas
over
a
period
of
time.
dock
last
night,
thinking
pos
sibly
he
was
frightened
by
the
human
attention,
but
found
him
dead
tlUs
morning.
Mr.
Hunt
believes
Uie
seal
was
only
a
few
weeks
old.
It
was
only
about
30
inches
long
and
weighed
less
than
25
pounds.
Cuthbert
II
probably
was
washed
ashore
in
Saturday
night's
storm
and
possibly
jammed
between
floata
and
injured
Internally.
Cuthbert
I,
a
fur
seal
found
here
two
months
ago,
died
at
Stanley
Park
zoo
in
Vancouver.
wuay
for
rc-
"i
the
Kitlmat!
I
am
sure
I
saw
four
persons
shooting,"
Rep.
Louis
E.
Graham
(R-Pa.)
told
reporters.
"The
woman
was
shooting
into
the
ceiling
but
I
am
sure
that
three
men
were
shooting
down
into
the
chamber."
This
is
the
second
violent
demonstration
here
for
Puerto
Rican
independence
in
recent
years.
On
Nov.-1,
1950,
two
Puerto
Ri
can
revolutionists
attempted
to
shoot
their
way
into
Blair
House,
temporary
residence
at
that
time
of
President
Truman.
One
of
the
Puerto
Ricans
and
a
White
House
guard
were
killed
in
that
battle.
It
was
reported
that
25
to
30
shots
were
fired
before
the
pistol
wielders
were
seized.
Pranksters
Keep
City
Firemen
Busy
Prince
Rupert
firemen
were
kept
busy
over
the
weekend,
answering
five
alarms
in
just
over
24
hours,
including
false
alarms
and
chimney
fires.
A
prankster
set
off
two
false
alarms
in
quick
succession
early
Saturday
morning.
The
first,
from
the
alarm
box
at
Sixth
Avenue
and
Donald
Street
at
1:45
ajti,
was
followed
in
four
minutes
by
an
alarm
from
a
box
just
down
the
street.
At
1:50
p.m.
and
4:30
p.m.
Saturday,
the
firemen
rushed
to
chimney
fires
and
at
2:20
a.m.
Sunday
they
answered
a
third
chimney
fire
call.
No
damage
resulted
from
any
of
the
blazes.
rs
who
visited
t'irls
mude
tin.
Jed
by
teacherx
'1
Bheila
Hicks
""at
students
il"d
tomorrow
of
Alcan
plants
iumorrow
after-
learinq
I
ehru
Rejects
Offer
of
Arms
NEW
DELHI,
'
India
im
,
Prime
Minister
Nehru
today
re-
Jeeted
President
Elsenhower's
of-
I
fer
of
arms
aid
for
India
and
demanded
the
withdrawal
of
American
observers
iwith
the
United
Nations
cease-fire
team
In
disputed
Kashmir.
By
giving
military
aid
to
Pakistan,
Nehru
told
parliament
the
United
States
had
Intervened
in
the
Indian-Pakistani
fight
over
the
Himalayan
state
and
the
American
observers
therefore
"can
no
longer
be
regarded
by
us
as
neutrals."
At
the
end
of
1953
the
United
States
had
14
officers
with
the
48-member
UN
military
mission
supervising
the
Kashmir
truce.
Elsenhower's
offer
of
American
arms
aid
has
done
less
then
justice
to
us
or
to
himself,"
the
premier
declared,
continuing:
"If
We
object
to
.
military
aid
New
Licence
Plates
Needed
Prince
Rupert
motorists
who
failed
to
buy
1954
licence
plates
last
week
were
given
a
break
by
city
police
today
but
things
will
be
different
tomorrow.
Midnight,
February
28
was
the
deadline
for
attaching
the
new
licence
plates.
Motorists
not
dis
playing
new
plates
today
were
liable
to
a
minimum
fine
of
$25
or
a
maximum
of
$300.
However,
Sgt.
H.
L.
Norman
said
that,
since
the
deadline
day
was
a
Sunday,
police
would
overlook
cars
on
the
streets
with
the
old
1953
plates
today.
But,
tomorrow,
police
will
crack
down
on
offenders.
Canada
Tied
.
With
Leaders
STOCKHOLM
(CP)
Canada
Is
up
with
the
leaders
'
after
three
days'
play
in
the
world
hockey
tournament,
tied
for
first
place
with
Russia,
Sweden
and
Czechoslovakia,
the
three
other
pretournament
favorites.
Czechoslovakia,
picked
by
many
observers
as
the
pretournament
choice,
whipped
Switzerland
7-1
when
the
eight-team
round-robin
affair
opened
Friday.
The
next
day
the
Canadians
downed
the
Swiss
8-1.
Meanwhiln
Russw's
flashv
Moscow
Dynamos
were
blanking
Norway
7-0.
Canada
repeated
the
whitewashing
job
Sunday
but
the
score
was
8-0.
H
Again
Aid
For
India
being
given
to
Pakistan,
we
would
be
hyprocrites
and
un-
principled
opportunists
to
accept
it
ourself.;'
Announcing
the
aid
to
Pakistan
last
week,
Eisenhower
said
the
United
States
would
give
"most
sympathetic
consideration"
to
any
request
from
India
for
such
help.
In
a
letter
to
Nehru
he
also
assured
India
that
the
United
States
will
sec
to
it
that
Pakistan
used
the
arms
for
defenge
only.
Dukes
Former
Valet
Tired'
OTTAWA
O.
The
Duke
of
Ed
inburgh's
former
valet
says
he
has
been
fired
from
his
latest
job
because
of
a
series
of
articles
he
has
written
about
the
Queen's
husband.
John
Dean,
33-year-old
head
butler
to
Sir
Archibald
Nye,
Britain's
high
commissioner
to
Canada,
packed
his
bags
Saturday.
He
said
Sir
Archibald
fired
him
because
of
the
articles
appearing
in
a
London
publication,
the
Sunday
Pictorial.
Sir
Archibald
could
not
be
reached
for
comment.
B.C.
Meets
Ontario
Rink
In
First
Round
EDMONTON
Perfect
curling
weather
is
expected
today
for
the
opening
of
the
25th
annual
Canadian
curling
championships.
The
weatherman
forecast
a
high
of
10
below
zero,
a
welcome
change
for
the
curlers
from
the
recent
thaw.
The
44
curlers
from
10
provinces
will
parade
onto
the
ice
for
the
official
opening
shortly
before
3
p.m.
First
draw
will
see
British
Columbia
play
Don
Groom
of
Sudbury
and
his
northern
Ontario
rink.
WEATHER
,
Forecast
Northern
B.C.
Region:
Var
iable
cloudiness
becoming
cloudy
bv
evening.
Rain
tomorrow.
Milder
tonight.
Winds
light
in
creasing
to
southeast
30
in
ex
posed
areas
this
afternoon.
Low
tonight
and
high
Tues
day
at
Port
Hardy.
Sandspit
and
Prince
Rupert
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The
two
teams
left
last
night
aboard
the
Princess
Nnrah
for
the
trip
south,
which
marks
the
lirst
awuy-from-homc
basketball
trip
for
a
Bo-Me-Hi
gills'
team
in
four
years.
The
last
trip
for
local
girls
was
to
Ocean
Fails
four
years
ago.
Senior
boys'
teams
have
travelled
U
Ketchikan
and
other
points
but
this
is
the
first
trip
for
the
present
team,
made
up
of
five
Inter-B
league
boys
and
five
juniors.
Making
up
the-boys'
team
are
Terry
Shenton,
Mike
Young,
John
Newton,
Eugene
Nelson.
Nelson
Moiven,
Oerry
Bowes,
Robert
Duncan,
John
Lamhie,
Chester
Stewart
and
Don
Macintosh.
GirLs
making
the
trip
are
Maxilyi
Farmer,'
Myrna
Knilt-sen,
Sue
Martin,
Beverley
Votra-koff,
Yvonne
Jackson,
Elizabeth
Jones,
Aina
Carlson,
Louise
Wood,
Sonja
Selvig,
Sonja
Hansen,
Sondra
Glske
and
Ann
Wick.
The
youngsters
will
return
home
Thursday.
Two
Survive
300-Foot
Drop
In
Big
Truck
TRAIL,
B.C.
Two
men
survived
a
0-foot
drop
in
the
cab
of
a
heavily-loaded
five-ton
trailer
after
it
plunged
through
a
guard
rail
on
the
highway
six
miles
east
of
here.
Most
seriously
injured
was
Gordon
Mathcson
of
Oranum,
Alta.,
who
suffered
a
badly
fractured
leg.
Injuries
to
Gordon
Lindholm
of
Frultvale,
B.C.,
were
described
as
minor.
Both
men
were
treated
at
hospital
here.
The
truck
was
carrying
a
load
of
cheese
and
stationery
to
the
coast
from
Alberta.
Both
the
vehicle
and
the
cargo
were
a
total
loss.
uuu.
is
charged
'u
m
hospital
h
laid
afu-r
a
ine
a
led
of
;KI
caused
by
Charles
a
Hder
charg-1
fa
linn
t
"Cuthbert
Seal
II"
Dies
After
Brief
Visit
Here
the
woman
ve
ey
and
urn
H.
B
r
i
left
here
by
r
Vuncnin.'
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later
i'-
IN
THIS
CI.OSE-l'P
OF
RAMU,
the
Lucknow,
India,
"wolf
boy,"
can
be
seen
the
double
set
of
front
upper
incisors
which
the
nine-year-old
possesses.
The
boy
peers
out
through
almost-closed
eyes,
reportedly
customary
with
him,
apparently
In
a
habit
of
avoiding
daylight.
The
boy's
hair
was
cropped
close
after
he
was
taken
to
Balrampur
Hospital,
where
he
Is
undergoing
physiotherapy,
and
sears
show
on
his
head.
A
witness
to
an
examination
of
the
boy
by
Sir
Philip
Manson-Buhr
said
the
scars
are
from
bites
by
animals.
Sir
Philip.
British
authority
on
tropical
medicine
and
the
only
Western
specialist
to
examine
the
boy,
said
he
has
no
doubts
he
was
reared
among
animals.
The
boy
has
deformities
thought
to
be
caused
by
his
lying
ln
unnatural
positions
"as
though
he
had
been
crammed
into
a
hole
or
den."
Sir
Philip
said.
"His
toes
show
he
never
has
tried
to
walk
as
a
human
child."
Tragedy
ended
a
short-lived
visit
here
this
week-end
of
another
"Cuthbert."
A
baby
seal
died
on
the
dock
by
F.
E.
Hunt's
Cow
Bay
waterfront
shop
some
time
last
night.
-
This
seal,
a
hair
seal
rather
than
a
fur
seal
as
the
original
-Cuthbert
was,
was
found
climbing
onto
the
dock
at
noon
yesterday
by
Arolph
Ivarson,
a
watchman
at
Atlin
Fisheries.
Mr.
Hunt
took
the
baby
seal
to
his
store
and
attempted
to
feed
it
some
milk
with
a
bottle
and
nipple.
They
left
the
seal
on
the
P
her
Rupei.t
Welter.
Marshall,
wno
r
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part
in
f
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Gloves
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ln
Vancouver