ORMES- 1. " Borrows j tides mm Hi Daily Delivery Phone 81 Standard Timet ' June 0, 105 4 45 18.8 feet 17 50 18.1 feet 11:19 4.1 feet " 23 48 8.3 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPEU Published at ConodVs Most1 Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Gfeot Northwest" DRUGS VOL. XLIII, No. 131 PRINCE RUPERT. B.C.. SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1954 PRICE FIVE CENTS Charges.: J"'7' '-"'J V' ti7 ii nil mm : :! 2-1 Underdog Asked To Throw Friday Fight NEW YORK (AP) Clarence Henry, the onetime No. 3 contender for the heavyweight championship, was arraigned today on a bribery charge in the most bizarre boxing "fix" plot that 'kas rocked New ' 4 5 -fx 6 i J V J ' , v' i,j25aM. Landings For Area 2 Up Million Area 3-A Down 1,500,000 Lbs. Italibut landings forthe first 18 days of the 1954 York in decades. Henry was accused of offering $15,000 to Bobby Jones to throw his middleweight bout against oev Giardello In Madison ception of Jones, a fair fighter, but regarded as no match for the rugged Guardello. District attorney Frank Hogan was irked because the story was broken before he was ready to' moe in. He said he had Intended to try to round up ths Square Garden on June 11. While experts scratched their e"!'. wondsrlng why Henry would try to fix the 2-1 under season from Area 2 show whole mob" Just before the an increase of J dog, the former title contender f. . . 1J v,u. . "B" But the first edition of Fri i pounds over last year lor "This is all a mistake," lie !' I i 'I f m y y day's New York Journal-Amcri- ,,;-Tr"K dl. .? 1 said. "I went to see Bobby because eight-column headline on T uIiumvu coo Vilm u?hnn uf'rp in tan wpTp f,i,.nris Thev hid Pa&c ne announcing: the same period. Hovever the catch from A rea 3 A is down by 1,500,000 pounds' this year, according to figures released by the In-! tern'ational Fisheries! Commission. '! The first fishing season for j Area 2 and 1-B closes at mid- to get somebody and I was the "15.000 bribe offered fighter chosen party." to throw Garden main bout." He did not say who "they": The story, signed by Bill Cor-were. i urn, did not mention Henry, but Just about everyone involved when it reached the newsstands, in the case was' annoyed at Hogan and his men moved into someone with the possible ex- action. Giardello Feels Insulted For his part, Giardello said he ! could raise that much money. General R'jd Keller, commander of 3rd Division, briefs some of his men on his arrival in France. 3i Barrage balloons float pver the beaches as Engineers prepare roads for men and equipment. 4l Canadian tanks roar ashore from the sea. 5 and 6) Infantrymen wade ashore from the assault craft. (7i French civilians happily greet their Canadian liberators. 18) A group of German prisoners rounded up on the station platform at Berniere. 191 German prisoners carry tlieir wounded to a beach dressing station. (National Defence Photo) HiS A(iO TOMCIKKOW, on June 6, shock troops ol the idian Division stormed ashore near Berniere on the Normandy and foUKht their way through Hitler's west nccs to establish the beach head over which poured and supplies to fight and win the'battlcs of Normandy, us. above, taken by Canadian Army photographers on ful day, recall gome of the torrid action which took the beaches, (li A long line of Ocrman prisoners .rr the benches on their way to Internment. (2) Major night tonight when the full quota of 26,500.000 pounds is expected to be taken. Last year 11,500.000 pounds of halibut were landed after June 3, which brought the total more than 2,000,00 pounds over the quota. Tills morning, 275.500 pounds PRISCILLA GILLtTTE, curvaceous star of the Broadway production of the "Golden Apple," has been chosen as the "1954 Swim for Health Queen" of the legitimate theatre. The five-foot 6'2-inch Priscilla was selected for her swimming ability, form, personality and photogenic qualities. I j Canadian Div Men, Allies Bridge Crews Rush Repairs "ought to be insulted." , I "I'll go get a friend of mine "A guy who would want to pay ! and he will convince you my Jones to throw the fight can't people are reliable," said Henry be thinking much of me as a ; and he left, fighter," he added. "The way I j Trailed by detectives, he met teel about it, Jones is in for a j a man about a half block away beating without taking any i from the hotel and engaged in bribes." j . . . "animated" conversation, j Before Henry madi the $15,000 To the chagrin of the sleuths, j of ter, Jones had received two! Henry was standing right in t other oifers, each for $5,000 from J. front of a newsstand prominent-. it Scene of 1944 Invasion were brought in to Prince Rupert by nine boats, three of them The Canadian National Rail- selling their catches on the Exchange and the other six unloading at theCo-Op, . There were two American ves .ways line between Prince Rupert : and Jaspnr .should be open bj i 6 a.m. tomorrow, as repairs to a pated In the storming of tlw Veterans of the assault wand-beaches June 6, 1944 ex-sold-; ered along the beaches, deep In lcrs, war correspondents and 'reminiscences. Others, who were other visitors. 'not there 10 years bro, tried to A cold mist shrouded the imagine what it was like, beaches In weather remarkably) Virtually all signs of .the in-similar to that of 10 years ago ; vaslon are gone. Fishermen bridge partially destroyed by fire sels in from Area 3-A and one ranee i Reuters) uc , accents mixed i on the beaches of tod-.iy as more than ms of the Allied ln-Prance began two-day rsary celebrations, re representatives of untrles who partici strangers one last Saturday and ! ly displaying the Journal-Ameri-the other last Tuesday. j can's story. It was there that Jones' eastern representative, I Henry was nabbed, along with a Bobby Melnick, then took the j man who gave his name as fighter to Harry Markson of the Joseph Hacken, 34, of New York. International Boxing Club, who Hacken was held on $25,000 bail when Gen. Elsenhower gave the i quietly go about their business. early yesterday are being rushed Canadiaft boat from Area 2. In-at top speed, a railway spokes- I dividual catches with the prices man said this morning. jn brackets are as follows: So far. C investigators at the Area 3-A S e a 1 1 1 e. 60.000 scene of the blaze, 10 miles west j pounds, mediums 35,000 (18); of Pacific, have been unable to j large 15.000 17.2: chicken none, determine the cause of the fire. S0ld to B.C. Packers. Children play on the beacH. order to hit the beaches. But the anniversary brought j reminders of the war. Warships here to participate In the ceremonies lay off shore. Jet planes r n li Four fridge crews are working Frisco, 21,000 pounds, mediums as a material witness. The gambling aspect of the fix attempt had even the professionals wondering, . For one thing, even to win $15,000 on Jones, the fixers would on the repair job which saw two pile-drivers rushed to the scene. Eastbound passengers from 14,000 (18); large 7,000 (17.2) sold to Bacon Fisheries. Area 2 B.C. Producer, 58.000 Inquest Hears r Knife Victim Fought Medics VANCOUVER Sam Messcr, 21-year-old plasterer, who died May 26 of stab wounds, fought savagely and attempted to bite one of five staff physicians at St. Paul's hospital who waged a one-hour buttle hi an attempt to save his life, testimony said Friday. Mary Mellish, 18, charged with the knife-slaying of Messcr, sat in the coroner's court here Friday and listened quietly to the inquest evidence. Dr. Joseph Fleming told of the violent attitude of Messcr, which cut down the chances of successful treatment. neer Kupert Realtor, w tinker Dies at 66 pounds, mediums 44.000 (17.7; Prince Rupert last night were transferred from the train to large 8000 (16.9); chicken 6,000 (13) sold to Royal Fisheries. have to lay $30,000. It's next to impossible to bet that sum in the metropolitan area these days. If they tried to bet it in .smaller amounts, they would have to employ a fantastic number of agents. in turn sent the pair to state athletic commissioner Bob Chris-tenberry. After hearing the story, Chrlstenberry called Hogan and the DA's detectives moved in on the case. Jones, a 28-year-old Oakland. Calif., fighter with five children, was told to continue as usual pending developments. Thursday morning they came. He received four calls at Glea-son's gymnasium from Philadelphia. One was from Henry, who told him he had to see Jones on "a very important business matter." Detectives covered Jones' hotel and Henry appeared on Co-Op landing included the All Star with 8,000 pounds, Mo-bra. 5,500, Five Princes, 20,000, Northern Breeze, 48.000,- Tatlow, 60.000 and Sonja E with 5.000 pounds. r Prince Rupert bust- - Prince Rupert Oencral Hospital George Percy Tinker, j Board. 'illy at Ills home In i A great soccer enthusiast, Mr. B.C., yesterday after- j Tinker first played with the City he age of 88, It was! of London Amateurs In England re today. ! and also here with the Sons of n the first world war, I England. wheeled overhead. The Veterans gave another, military tourh. They camped out in tents pitched on the banks of the river Ornc near Caen, scene of bloody battles in the early days after the Invasion. The soldiers cleaned their uniforms and polished their weapons for a parade in Bayeux, first French town to be freed by Allied forces a day after the Invasion. Former members of the 3rd Canadian division moved into the landing area today. About 100 veterans and their wives came by channel steamship from Southampton, over hiuch the same route their landing ships took a decade ago. buses , at Terrace early this morning while passengers on the westbound No. 195 train, as well as mail and baggage, were brought from New Hazelton to Terrace by highway. Only an hour's delay should be experienced by westbound passengers, a CNR official said. Jim Thompson WILL CO AHF.AI ON PGK VICTORIA ih British will not abatidon north and Messer had last almost all the south extensions-of the Pacific blood in his system and was in schedule. Without preliminaries entered Into business David Hays in 1920 w-xt year established estate, and Insurance 0 Percy Tinker and He took an active lull civic affairs, serving ) alderman and on the Mr. Tinker served in the first world war In the 30th Battalion under the command of Col. Cy Peck, VC, during which time he was mentioned In despatches and decorated with the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He retired with the rank of major. A devoted member of the con- Great Eastern RaUway if Otta- a state of great shock, doctor- Henry offered Jones $15 000 lo wa fails to contribute 50 per cent witnesses testified. He did not throw the fight. The latter de-of the cost, Railways Minister respond to treatment of any murred, as instructed, comment- Union Nominee VANCOUVER Wi Jim Thompr son of the West Coast Seamen's Union has been named to succeed Orvillc Braatcn as United ing that he didn't think Henry kind. P.alph Chetwynd said today. i i gregaiion oi oi. Anurcw s uwi- DlnnCc edral, Mr. Tinker was a farmer 1 1 nonrotary of the Diocese of Cale Plant Blast . Injures 56 (Settlement CHARLKSTON. W. Va. un "Vhcrtnen's nominee on a conciliation board in a wage dispute involving 600 B.C. fish packer crew members, the union has aimimnced. Hearings resume Wednesday. The packer crews, one of tlw four main groups negotiating with fisheries operators, seek a $30 monthlv wage Increase, four per cent holiday pay and fringe benefits. lie Urged Tons of water pumped from the Kanawka river held at bay today a dangerous fire In a chemical plant after a series of five donia. An active member of the Masoplc Lodge, he was a Past Muster of Tsimpshcan Lodge and ' Past District Deputy of District 12. Mr. Tinker retired from active business In the city In 1948 and he and Mrs. Tinker moved to Naramata. lie is survived by his wife and one son, Robert Percy. In Naramata and two sisters in V'.ngland. His brotlier-ln-law. R. K. Gladding, manager of G. Perry Tinker und Co.. and Mis. Gladding wilt fly south tomorrow to attend the funeral service, wlrich atomic-like" explosions shook Navy Suspends Boilermakers ' VICTORIA 0i The entire complement of boilermakers at HMC dockyard here 120 men were themselves suspended Friday when they struck in sympathy with, seven suspended welders. ' Commodore B. R. Spencer, dockyard superintendent, suspended the members of Local 191, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (AFD, for five days because they "left their employment without permission." Naval headquarters at Ottawa was alerted of the possibility of other unions joining the walkout. Commodore Spencer said, and slowing work on two ships. Union and naval officials met immediately in an effort to head off a possible major shutdown of the yard. Seven welders were suspended earlier Friday after refusing to work material they claimed should be paid for at "dirty money" sates, about 25 cents an hour over basic rates. Commodore Spencer. In a statement, said he ordered the original seven suspensions because the men "refused to carry out work for which they considered thev were entitled to dirty work allowance." He said naval regulations enacted by the federal treasury board Anril 30 "do not permit such allowance being paid for this work." the countryside and Injured at W.R (P District miiiUcc or the Inter-Voodworkors of Amerl-Cl,i announced Friday is "Tonmioiiding ac-"I a proposed settle-"' roast lunilMT dispute the membership k'Hsl 52 persons. ConipanV officials said that as far as they could tell all personnel were accounted for. A-bout 200 men were working in the plant of the Carbide and Carbon Is being held in the Anglican Church In Naramata Monday. Chemicals Corp., about 11 miles west of here, when a tnnk car exploded and set off a chain of Reds Said Ready For Dig Drive TAIPUH. Formosa i.fi The interior ministry's Tatao news atrency today siid the Chinese Reds are preparing an all-out offensive In Korea if the Geneva conference breaks down, and have massed 250,000 men on the Indo-China border. Tatao claims informed underground contacts on the Red-held mainland, but its report can not be verified. four other blasts. A spokesman said there was a "possibility" some of the work- '1 radio stiitr-nieiil, the n said all IWA locals ria.st, totalling some d workers, . will hold "tings Sunday to vote c or rejection, nl Hip proposed agrec-' nt le disclosed until "Wit, said William A vice-president. Tks or strenuous bar-Ulp committee's statc- Santees Mile Second Fastest rers might have been caught in the blast area. He would not elaborate other than to say there had been no "roll call" of employees. It s cr' V I i-r Ummm ,-rrJ COMPTON, Calif. I Lanky Wes Santee ran the second fast n proposed settle- 1 has been rrnchnH Th est mTie on record Friday night and threw veteran meet officials Into a state of confusion when he passed the 1.500-metre mark in a time that elcllpsed the world Poly Committee has , Place the agreement membership imtne-''lh a recommendation glance." ' ''A asked for no general record. He finished In 4:00.0, fastest ever run by1 an 'American. Photo by Eric Ramsdiin, Vancouver Province Provincial Editor. CENSORSHIP OF BOOKS CRITICIZED BY JURIST i MONTREAL Supreme Court Justice R. L. Kcllock Frldaynight criticized censorship of books for depriving each person of his own standards of selection. Individuals will never be safe until they are able to choose by themselves, he told graduating students at Sir George Williiuns College. "And the country will never be free until all its people are free to read anything, but use their freedom 4o read the best that has been thought and said." For the 1.500 meters, about 120 yards short of a mile, Santee , -se this year, but p benefit demands 'nployers which the op-'1 would add up to ll wits an hour. broke a tape in 3:42.8. Tne ac North coast region Cloudy with occasional sunny periods today. Cloudy Sunday with scattered showers over the islands. Not much change In temperature. Light winds. Low tonight, and high Sunday at Port Hardy, Sandspit and Prince Rupert 45 and 60. cented world record shared by "HANDS ACROSS THE BORDER" was an important Oieme of the recent Regional Convention of the Junior Chamber of Commerce held in Penticton. Here, Gerry Woodside and Jay Burns of the Prince Rupert unit together with Frank Hardigan of Penticton are seen extending a very warm expression of International friendship to Lcc Fisher, Cal Wagner and Ralph Canip of Wenatchee, Washington. The occasion was the presentation of the Junior Chamber of Commerce International Friendship Scroll by the Wenatchee unit to the Prince Rupert delegation, one of the highlights of the three-day convention. . ...... ... ,.'""11 conciliator Reg Gunder Haegg and Lennart Strand, both of Sweden, and Werner Lucgg of Germany, Is' - imrt. in the ne- 13:43. . ,