" " f f Sorrows WEAP IT vur " - -t r t tides Quota March 25, VJ'A ig 1K.U H't-i 4 PROUDLY 1 ,,.i- 15.8 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 6 1 feet Local Headquarter "2:41 10:59 9 5 feet Published or Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port"Prince Rupert, the Key to the Greot Northwest " N.B.C. POWER CO. LTD. Phone 210 P.O. Box 333 PRICE FIVE CENT3 j t II : . -AiU. one LBe(0)Dmi CooifaoscgcO v. ' lit " T llllll . MIT. i ,i,iiti.iMirinaiiir-i n in in naifc Baa f Testimony Differs Under Questioning In a tense courtroom, Judge W. 0. Fulton this morning accepted the testimony of an RCMP con-stable in preference to statements of a witness. "I have no reason to doubt that the constable made ex- j making Eddie out a liar if you Iraordinary precautions to ob- j said he didn't show you any tain the statement in this ' money." case," the judge said at the ; "That's what he said to me," County Court trial of Edward ; Dora answered. Hashka and Dora McNeil on a j Defence counsel asked Dora If charge of robbing Adricn Ouellct i she realized she was under oath here last Jan. 17. j to tell the truth and If she knew The judge made the state- j the meaning of perjury. She ment following testimony of j replied in the affirmative, constable Riddell, who obtained WWLLU 100 K BAU statements from the accused following their arrest. I She then told Mr. Pettenuzzo The statements told of a I that she "thought it would look drinking party on the night cf j bad " I didn't say something Jan. 16 which culminated in a I about money in my statement Men Expected Back on Job After Walkout The majority of the 89 to Co men employed by D o m i n ion Construction company on installation and alteration work at the C o 1 u m bia Cellulose plant at Watson Island, who yesterday refused to go to. work, are expected to be back at work by the afternoon shift today, it was learned this after- id ( I.Ol I) of cigarette smoke, Swiss Dr. Pierre Stelner, 41, works over his plans for a (-jf ciRun'tlc. After 14 years oi expen mentation, Dr. Stelner has come up with a culls Vitamin I'PP. PPP. The tobac co mixture contains an Ingredient said to offset of nicotine, which Dr. Stelner believes is the only possible source of cancer in smoking, mbac-co consultant to a group of Swl is cigarette companies. Dr. Stelner has a formid- I of statistics .showing the favorable re suits of experiments with Vitamin PPP.PPP on . ts and human beings. ' - i i r - i .... 'if .... C ,4 J ... ' 1 a. i wn Urges Extension Asserts B.C. Breed Fish For Japanese Liquor Store Hours f '" i- "kiii i ww vpieen v nar-; VANCOUVFR. (ll..mcr . fight early on the morning of Jan. 17 and the disappearance of a wallet owned by Ouellct containing "about $70." NO THREAT VSV.U Constable Riddell, under questioning by T. W. Brown, QC, crown counsel, said he used no . . . so I said he did show me some money." "Did he in fact show you some money," said counsel. She answered: "No." Under further questioning by Mr. Brown, she said she was willing to make the statement to Constable Riddell, that he did not ask her to tell any lies and that he did nothing to force her to talk or frighten her. Mx rti Tuesday r-; lotle islands where residents: ,crsSi secretary of the United ,u.: of I he Prince have to send to Prince Rupert j Fishermen and Allied Workers onm. i! that the j for their liquor. He asked that a Union Ind.l, representing about there be allowed to liquor store be established there. a.OOO B.C. fishermen, said Tues-until 11 p.m. from , Attorney-General Robert Bon- d.v in Vancouver that the neonle I threat of any kind to obtain a noon. 1 I The nun, members of the Pipefitters and Plumbers Union, Local 108 staged a "walkout" yesterday morning which tied up construction work on the new digester being installed In the mill. Union officials said yesterday that the incident, brought about due to the dismissal of a shop steward, was "definitely not a wildcat strike." However, the men refused to go to work and around start of the. day shift formed a placard line. for a short time. s ! Ktatjmpnt. from TVra MrNo1l I P( :, ! SiUl mutter of a liquor of n.C. are navlnu for fl;h enmrht. 21-year-old Naas River native. 'I gave her the usual police T think we would be making rine the rlriwte on store has been referred to thciby Japanese in mid-Pacific Cicnf ral's salary in , liquor control board. ! ' waters. t tli'-rc arc many I Kurllcr Mr. Brown suuuested -.a . ... , Prmce Rupert du.-i.lmt salaries of cabinet minis- j .8Ult Jananese JZZ ;o4 The increase J t-rs, particularly the Attorney, 'li". warning, read .t to her. and j out Constable Riddell as a trick- asked her to read it and if she ; ster it he had done this." said understood what it meant to j the Judge as he pondered wheth-sign it." ' er to accept Dora's statement. The constable testified that! l1Wn crime and .General's, should be Increased 1.1 ays for thpir breetling. Me. -. . "f ,B"- " fe": Bates attending the annual con- she "appeared as if she read it" KfcCAIXf.D TO fcrAisu .Z V ; t.7 l V: "A e ventior. here voted in favor of I The shop steward has not been and then signed her name. She I e men ne wouia aco-pv then dictated a statement to the evidence of Constable Rld- North reinstated. iUf of three or He asked how the people or : proU'stmg ihe Present FLAMES ARE STII.L RAGING out of control as a Wgh-pressure stream of natural gas roars 150 feet Into the air through a crumpled drilling rig. The fire followed a well-head explosion of a new Imperial Oil Limited natural gas well In the Legal district 33 miles north of Edmonton. Damage -was estimated at $200,000 and loss in natural gas is estimated at 7,000,000 feet -eaily:,"Trie drilling- rig Was manned by fiv men who -scrambled to safety. him which she also siened. lOeu, aner wmcn mi,diou re additional hours the government expected to hire I Pacific Fisheries treaty. ivucuiiwiiiie spoKesmen ior me t Stevens told the meeting the International Brotherhood of "1 read the complete state cuil by the peo- a "high-rate" lawyer for $7,500, a h.rh i. tho calnrv nf lhr . i-.u i- " -u 1 tierincaf women! voeai- 44 ment, over to her,-, then the. i - ini-imic.-B iuM.il ill uii-ouuic a et tipi .. i , , , . In- torni'V-ecncral Th mln 1st "r I , . . . (APL-TLCl and also the sub-in-! i lorniy gem rai. in? minisi .r . waters la t vrar ta ahol)t ...... .... ... ' realized the called the RCMP to the stand to. testify to his and Dora McNeil's signature on the state-' ment which was read into the records. In it, she told of drinking beer i tuuuHciur tur me xuiuiiuuii S rnuirl ruA tai-t ! kHnitl wnlva 19nnn hn caiH glanced . at . the statement. I asked her to sign it if it was a true statement . . ." CHANGES STORY j yi but suRgested ! He said he considered the 1 a.OW.000 salmon. George North, Construction electrical work, tart in May 1 present attorney-general "to 1 an official of the union, predict- Grant Si Newton, denied empha- r a:o m; ntioned.be doing an extremely good job." ie the oatch would rlbe , to j tieally today that the elcctri- , 1 30.000.000 fish next year. icians took part in yesterday's t ... .... uallrnut In court this morning, Dora McNeil told Mr. Brown that Constable Riddell did not read Miller Downs Carmichael; Wins North Star Trophy . The first trophy was won this tion was Rob Rudderham who - - I i novm contrastea metnoas oij ensation Act Amendments;" ji the statement before she signed it. ! and later going to the room occupied by Hashka. Part of it said: "Eddie (Hashka) told me he got some money from Eddie the Frenchman and he showed me two $20 bills." i- The constable said Eddie Hashka at no time told him he had shown her money. Before the crown completed its case just before 1 p.m.; In turn, she told defence . .... - ! stanations anti bottj the union "mother ships" similar to those : representatives and the electrical ' used in whaling. A B.C. fisher-1 firm stressed that the electri- id in B.C. Legislature tounsel Gerry Pettenuzzo that he did read the statement first. i man goes out in his own boat, clans went to work as per sched- i l"" """ '""" "c,'H";u ' "- ""i- Prlnce Uart Curling club bon- derham now plays Jack Laurie at ule nassed through the "nicket During cross-examination. Mr. 9 increased pen- whose annual wage is $2,200 a obtains the catch and sells it. spiel when Al Miller's rink re 6:30 tonight in the finals. Pettenuzzo asked Constable Rid line" and put in the whole day Ouellct was recalled to the stand on the job. dell if he told Dora that Hashka had mentioned tn his statement 1 1 ipensiition benefits year would receive $1,650 a year! f fr British Colu.:i-j fis compared to $1,M0 under the! f unfler proposed present legislation. A recipient ! Involved In the walkout were that he (Hashka) showed her plleflUcrs and millwrights. to tell the denominations of the paper money he had in his wallet after he had cashed a cheque on the afternoon of January 16. (See ROBBERY Page 6) some money to which he replied: "I did not." final games are 12 ends. This afternoon two sem-finals are being played in the E. T. Applewhaite trophy competition with three Smithers rinks in the running. George Adomeit plays Bill Bovlll while Ward Carey plays Jim Georgeson's rink from Prince Rupert. j pulsed one of two Prince George i bids for curling honors here in i defeating W. Carmlchael's quar- tet 12-6 in the final of the North Star Bottling Works tro-j phy competition. j At the same time Neely Moore : beat Jack Mitchell's rink 12-6 to , enter the finals of the Graifd f to the Workmen's ; of compensation earning the i i Act tabled In the 1 same salary would receive $137.50 f .''re Tuesday. I a month compared to the present dments tabled by ' 121t M a month, f "r Wieks following ! Payment oi pensions started ("'"lines lth n-nre- I urlor tn March IB. 1943. are Aid or Army Mrs. Shirley Hill, stenographer at the city detachment RCMP, who acted as matron on Jan. 19 Asked by Bhee the day on which Dora Mc- the statement to both worker and , computed on a complicated for-iips. boost romnen- I mulae that takes into considera- Pinal games in E Event for the I Nell made StoUL President Syrig-! challenge trophy event. Moore's Constable Riddell said she did Bacon Fisheries trophy, and the Little Leaguers Name Managers Four team managers were Drive Total Beaches $4,204 A total of $4. 20.. 20 hats been collected to date in the local Ked Cross fund campaign, and officials expect the $5,500 quota will be reached by the end of the month. The campaign, which opened with a door-to-door canvass a week ago today will close March 31, and individuals or business firms not contacted to date, have been asked to mail their donations man Rhee today called on the p'nsion payments to tion compensation payments of crew will nwet C. Oeddes of United States to help unify not recall the constable "relating any details of Hashka's Prince George " in " the finals set i salary At present j the day. Under present leglsla-s are based on-7n: tion a ur,rbnr Anrnlnir tl nun a rvorea oy ioicc or give mm a ; . . South Korean Army which for 6:30 thls evening. statement" to Dora McNeil named last night at a Little Hilary. 1 Vllflr hmH unlm, r.n a ill rrr lpnt Entering , the finals of the 'I did not speak and I couH League association meeting. Ap needs no help "if peaceful efforts full." 1'eiils. If approved i disability pension, receives $358. urc. will also in- i This would be increased to $067 ; Superior Auto trophy compcti- pointed as mentors were Carl Erlckson, Ralph Pay, Andy Marshall and Art Ogilvie. Registra maximum allowable a year. play-offs for Grand Aggregate competition for the Frizzell Motors' trophy start at 11 o'clock tonight. In the Frizell Motors contest the eight finalists in A. B. C and D events play off in sudden death conmpetltion until the two finalists play off tomorrow afternoon at 4:15. The Miller rink of Bill Lambie, Hcc McDonald and Jack Lindsay, besides winning the North Star not hear her very well as she spoke in c low voice. . ." At this point. Mr. Ptttenuvszo called Dora McNeil to testify. Sitting in a chair facing , workers covered j Coverage is extended under 'rom $3.G0O to .he new amendments to domes-end medical care ! tic help on a voluntary basis by tion forms for players will be handed out April'3 with deadline Judge Fulton, defence counsel set at April 10. ' asked her if she recalled con-1 Senior baseball players, parents "lopociists, chiro- the- employers: to self-employed i naturopaths. n.. ..,..h Q citnoU mill ntnr- . stable Riddell asking her if Ed die showed her any money in etiiod of computing j ators, also on a voluntary basis: Pensions Is appli- and to all workmen exposed to 10 PCllSioilS WhiMl rifle Mmllllnn. cur-h a trophy, all win electric kettles. To the Carmichael Quartet goes I the room to Box 333 In Prince ItuperU Receipts will be issued. Meanwhile, results of canvasses in the rest of the district have not been received. The Rupert district drive covers the coast south to Bute-dale and north to Stewart, the Queen Charltilte Islands ami Skeena River communities. ff MaiCh Id 14T i mlntp. mJ nnrttn In ful nllli ' four electric clocks. "I said he didn't show me any and students will have a chance to relive the thrills of the 1953 World Series between New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers at the Civic Centre tomorrow night when the film of the series is presented by the Little Leaguers. money. He asked me twice. I said, no. Mr. Pettenuzzo said: "Did Constable Riddell say you were 1'sioners enrolled j Provision is aLso made for cov-uatc will also get ! ern(!e uf (i,sj,ern,cn provided boat owners and their crews request w act a pensioner 1 the coverage. China Policy Talks Slated For Commons pic Pamphlet 70 Cents in Britain; OTTAWA (CP) China policy Seamen on Tanker Showered By H-Bomb Radio Active Ash By WILLIAM J. WAUGII official hazard zone. PEARL HARBOR WtThe Unit- in addition, 28 U.S. technicians ed States' hydrogen explosion amt 264 Marshall Islands natives March 1 at Bikini atoll, described morc than 100 miles from the Thing in United States Top Secret A British i in the U.S. to send a person to fissionable levels and how they ' " III V IHi ,.,, I i , . . ... ... vnii iiiiv in tkiici iuiulI h v nt.rin nnuin aw produce plutonium, material for "''n!s is reported to a traitor If made public by an the atomic bomb. . by one congressional observer as so tremendous that it was out f '" Infw l :a Ki.., . r: "iKiuy secret in I French Frown On US Plan is expected to be the focal point of an external affairs debate scheduled for Thursday in the Commons. Possibility of Canadian recognition of the Chinese Communist government has been a hot topic in the capital since Prime Minister St. Laurent made a series of pronouncements on the subject near the end of his world tour. At Manila. Seoul and Tokyo, he said Canada Is sooner or later bound to recognize the Chinese Reds, no matter how much she might dislike the Communist complexion of China's government. He stuck to that view in a press conference on his return SAIGON, Indo-Chlna Iff De p"''Uh informa-Q "classing" fATHER J1 "fecas,! cloutly l-Zl u"lor,'ow af- i' uTi ' ,e clla"Re in of control, showered radio-active ash on a U.S. Navy tanker carrying 92 men. The navy, in a cautious announcement Tuesday night, disclosed the new victim of the mighty blast but said "no apparent injury to crewmen exists." The naval district here said the 4,200-ton tanker Patapsco received "a slight and not a dangerous contamination of radio-active fall-out." Twenty-three Japanese fisher fence Secretary Charles E. Wil The New York Times describes the pamphlet in a dispatch today from Kansas City, where the American Chemical Society is holding its national meeting. The Times- says the British government pamphlet, written about a month ago by K. E. B. Jay of the divlsldn of atomic energy of the ministry of supply, is being studied by leading American scientists "with avid Interest." "It tells the story of atomic energy production In Britain. The avidity of American scien flash point were exposed to milder radiation. Representative Chet Holifieid (Dem.-Cailf.l said Monday that the explosion "was so far beyond what was predicted that you might say it was out of control." It's power has been esUmated as between 600 ana 700 times greater than that of the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bomb which killed 66.000 persons. In Vancouver, Dr. Gordon Shrum of the University of British Columbia's physics department, said yesterday it was "quite likely" that radioactive particles from recent hydrogen bomb blasts have blown over Canada's west coast. son's announcement In Wash ...... vmr M ivy- -wtfr.ff'h'ii'tMi,rfiliii'itf-'vtiir-r'r-v imiiniti m ington that he and the French army chief of staff. Gen. Paul Ely, are discussing sending a U.S. mission to train the new Viet Nam army caught French --wo iiri mi'.- kdly fcai-hing 25 in FOR TIIK FIRST TIME iif more than 50 years Canadian chinchilla breeders will combine with United States breeders In a fur auction. The 1,800-member National Chinchilla Breeders of Canada at its annual meeting In Guelph announced the chinchilla-raising industry in Canada now is valued between $1 ,500,ono and $2,000,000. Little Barbara Nott is thrUled with the family of the expensive animals, with mother, father and two kits valued at $3,600. military circles by surprise to home a week ago today, though men were badly burned in a day. in the Commons Monday he said i shower of nuclear ashes from the tific .Interest in the pamphlet is l- M and in the government isn't consider- same blast. They said they were ing recognition "at this time." 1 80 miles away and outside the because it tells in detail how : French military man here op-the British enrich uranium to! pose the idea .