PROVINCIAL.
LIBRARY
A.
1
Daily
81
PROVINCIAL
LIS.1A3T,
VICT
f3.
C.
113
bows
VICTORIA,
B.
c.
IDES
was
April
7,
!"
3:34
22
I
ten
18
5
(oft
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
16:32
10:15
13
7
2.3
3
feet
feet
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
22
VOL.
XLIII,
No.
80
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
APRIL
6,
1954
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
i
f
1
f
On
i
n
n
nrv
rr-v
h
nn
n
i
l.j
J
uj
n
n
"j
;
if
-
lllllfi
;
i
'
u
Hi
(
Excludes
Shipyard
From
New
Proposal
Interested
Prince
Rupert
firms
and
organizations
should
band
together
to
buy
the
drydock,
Mayor
George
Hills
recommended
last
night
at
a
meeting
of
the
special
committee
appointed
by
the
city
to
consider
the
proposed
sale
of
the
drydock
and
shipyard.
lis
from
the
roof
of
the
Ontario
Hydro-Electric
Toronto
waterfront,
damaged
by
an
explosion.
Hydro
officials
estimated
damage
jl.000,000.
The
blast
was
In
a
stator,
stationary
part
of
a
generator.
No
one
was
ster
Plan
For
City
Hospital
a
Drawn
Up
by
n
for
Prince
flu-
Attending
the
conference
were.
Hospital
which
seven
teams
from
B.C.
and
five
lert
in
the
event
teams
from
Alberta
m
in
this
area,'
speakers
included:
Dr.
K.
C.
n
up
by
Doug
t;h,rron
nrinrlnle
mpriipBi
nffl.
.
Yi
-
Mf
uiLstrator.
cer,
civil
..
defence
health
plan-
r
nivnlvfcl
nature
ip
it
is
not
ex-
K'uup.
u.
a.
"The
only
way
we
can
hold
the
i
drydock
Is
through
a
co-ooper-
ative
effort
by
those
here
who
:
need
its
services,
the
mayor
said.
"The
fishing
companies,
vessel
owners
and
perhaps
the
Columbia
Cellulose
Company
might
well
consider
taking
the
lead
In
such
a
move.
It
is
reasonable
to
expect
that
a
group
of
this
sort
could
obtain
the
present
equipment
for
a
very
nominal
sum."
Mayor
Hills
explained
that
he
was
not
suggesting
the
group
also
attempt
to
purchase
the
shipbuilding
facilities
or
any
other
property
which
would
in
volve
high
overhead
costs
without
being
put
to
much
use.
He
said
he
believed
that
one
of
the
small
pontoons
plus
con
struction
of
slipways,
might
be
sufficient
for
the
purpose
in
mind
and
that
a
determined
effort
locally
to
put
the
plant
into
efficient
and
useful
operation
might
persuade
the
federal
gov
ernment
to
assist
the
operation
i
by
subsidy.
Orme
8tuart
was
elected
Alderman
Mike
Krueger
secre.
tary-treasurer.
Pointing
to
the
prospects
of
increased
shipping
activity
along
the
northern
coast,
Mr
Stuart
stressed
the
Importance
of
having
a
floating
deck
:here
that
would
be
capable
H
handl
ing
vessels
up
to
8.000
or
0,J
000.
tons.,,
He
expressed
himself
spirted
until
the
rryer,
meuicai
consultant,
and
Miss
E.
A.
Pepper,
nursing
con-
.ill
be
assisted
After
their
,
arrival
,
,
last
,
t
Thurs-,a:tameau.
who
day
dei,.gilteg
hpar
p,ns
drawn
organization
and
up
by
the
Royal
Jubilee
Hospital
:
medical
men
in
in
Victoria
and
Rest
Haven
hos-Mks
Elizabeth
pitai
at
Sidney.
CLOUDS
shrouding
the
Rocky
mountains
yesterday
prevented
aircraft
from
flying
food
supplies
to
a
group
of
skiers
who
are
attempting
for
the
first
time
to
traverse
dangerous
mountain
country
between
here
and
Banff,
Alta.,
200
miles
south.
Their
proposed
route
would
take
them
across
eight
icefields,
some
never
before
crossed
on
skis.
The
party,
seven
men
and
one
woman,
Mrs.
Peter
Austin
and
her
husband
shown
above,
left
last
week
and
were
to
have
reached
Fortress
lake
40
miles
south,
by
Sunday.
There
was
no
word
that
they
had
reached
'
thejj-
first
objective.
Three
Deepsea
Freighters
Coming
Here
Soon
For
Grain
iiurMiig
.ser-pital
The
three
-A
last
Saturday
i
netting
in
Vie-'
Xfrn
Hospital
'!"
-
"t
up
such
plans
atals
of
Canada
ttit
meeting
at
!I)P
civil
defence
group
in
Ottawa
tapi'sU
not
hewn
major
disas
m
if
scribed
:
'.:i?fc
will
be
held
CNR
Train
Crash
Kills
Three
By
Th:
Canadian
Precis
MONTMAGNY.
Que
A
Canadian
National
Railways
passenger
train,
travelling
from
Halifax
to
Montreal,
swerved
onto
siding
and
plunged
into
standing
freight
'
c
a
r
s
early
today
killing
three
crew
members.
No
injuries,
except
minor
bruises,
were
reported
.
among
passengers.
Dead
arc
J.
D.
Levcsque
of
Riviere
du
Loup,
Que.,
engineer,
Gaudiose
Thibault,
also
of
Riviere
du
Loup,
fireman,
and
O.
E.
Belanger
of
St.
Vallier,
Que.,
brakeman.
Travelling
at
a
speed
estimated
at
60
miles
an
hour,
the
locomotive
Jumped
the
tracks
after
It
veered
onto
the
siding
near
the
station
here,
35
miles
east
of
Quebec
City.
The
criw
members
were
killed
instantly.
The
first
six
cars
behind
the
locomotive,
carrying
express
and
baggage.
were
piled'
but
the
Dswnnot
cars
though
derailed,
remained
'
upright.
Flames
started
by
hot
coals
from
the
engine's
boiler,
were
put
out
promptly
by
the
municipal
fire
brigade.
NOT
SCHEDULED
STOP
A
CNR
dispatcher
at
Levis,
main
station
on
the
St.
Law
rence
river
South
Shore
line
between
Riviere
du
Lup
and
:
Montreal,
said
the
train
was
not
scheduled
to
stop
at
Mont-magny
when
it
reached
there
about
12:45
a.m.
EST.
'
There
was
no
panic
among
passengers
following
the
crash.
The
train
consisted
of
six
sleepers,
four
mail
cars,
a
baggage
car
and
an
express
car.
Among
the
passengers
were
Hon.
Jules
Brlllant,
Rimouski,
Que.,
Industrialist
and
Quebec
J.
,
,
,,
,
v,.
i
BIU
i-bb.c,
uuui
Parliament
for
Rimouski
CNR
officials
arranged
to
have
all
passengers
taken
by
automobile
to
i'lslet,
about
20
miles
east
of
here,
where
they
boarded
the
Ocean'
Limited,
second
train
travelling
from
Halifax
to
Montreal.
Coffee
Prices
In
U.S.
Boosted
NEW
YORK
Roasters
and
chain
stores
in
the
United
States
announced
new
increases
In
coffee
prices
today
amid
predictions
that
coffee
at
$1.50
a
pound
Is
Inevitable.
v
k,
W
FRONT
LINE
ONLY
SAFE
SPOT
IN
H-BOMB
WAUSA
YS
MONTY
LONDON
Vfi
Field
Marshal
Viscount
Montgomery
thinks
the
safest
place
to
be
if
a
war
breaks
out
is
"In
the
front
line
with
the
fighting
soldiers"
because
he
believes
both
sides
will
be
using
atomic
weapons
from
the
outset.
NATO's
deputy
supreme
commander
In
Europe
explained
his
view
In
a
BBC
interview
Monday
night:
"If
you're
In
the
forward
area,
the
enemy
cannot
drop
on
you
explosions
which
have
a
killing
effect
over
a
wide
area
becau.se
he'll
kill
all
his
own
soldiers
too."
Chamber,
Angry
at
Ottawa
Continues
Fight
For
Airport
Maru
left
for
Tokyo
with
some
400
000
bushels
of
barley
and
an
Italian
vessel
the
Cesare
Battisti
took
about
350,000
bushels:
,
,
Meanwhile
another
ship--tiie
Jimiton,
Montreal
.
u
unable
to
see
why
the
federal
sovernrnent
should
not
be
pre-
aibii
,u
ouisoiitAtJC
dui.Ii
m,
eration.
A
letter
from
Bruce
Brown,
MLA
for
Prince
Rupert,
was
read
at
the
meeting
which
advised
that
two
representatives
of
Wallace's
shipyards
had,
upon
inspection,
decided
that
the
floating
drydocks
were
almost
beyond
repair.
They
had
been
sent
here
since
concern
was
felt
that
removal
of
the
equipment
might
upset
the
balance
of
shipbuilding
on
the
coast
and
result
In
greater
competition
for
Wallace's.
As
a
result
of
their
inspection,
this
concern
was
lessened.
On
being
Informed
of
the
need
to
retain
a
sufficient
portion
of
tve
yard
to
serve
as
a
repair
depot
mainly
for
fishing
ves
sels,
officials
of
that
company
said
that
such
an
operation
would
not
be
economically
sound
unless
the
volume
of
business
was
three
to
four
times
great
er
than
it
had
been
recently.
It
was
agreed
at
the
meeting
that
committees
should
be
i
formec
under
the
headings
of
finance,
research,
planning
and
publicity.
Members
of
the
central
committee
are
Mayor
Hills,
Aid.
George
Casey,
Don
William-
'
son,
Erling
Pedersen,
Ole
Stega
vig,
Harry
Robins,
Doug
Souter,
Harold
Thorn,
'James
Black,
James
Prusky,
Bill
Brett,
.
Tom
Parkin,
W.
C.
R.
Jones,
John
Magor,
Bill
Vance;
and
Art
Ogil-vie.
...
The
Daily
Express,
Indcpch--dent
paper
owned
by
Churchill's
friend
and
wartime
cabinet
member.
Lord
Beaverbrook,
and
Lord
Rothermere's
ultra-Conservative
Daily
Mail
wero
alone
today
in
printing
an
all-out
editorial
defence
of
the
prime
minister's
tactics.
Survey
Urged
For
Two
Groups
In
Northwest
VICTORIA
Premier
Bennett
said
Monday
he
has
suggested
a
Canadian
company
and
an
American
metallurgical
enterprise
both
survey
northern
hydro-electric
power
potentials
to
see
how
they
could
best
be
developed.
In
his
first
public
statement
on
a
meeting
held
In
his
office
recently
with
representatives
of
the
Aluminum
Company
of
America
ard
Frobishers
Ltd.,
Mr.
Bennett
said
he
had
asked
the
companies
lor
Information
concerning
their
power
proposals.
Frobisher
and
Alcoa
are
rivals
for
the
power
potential
of
northern
B.C.
and
the
Yukon.
Frobisher
proposes
using
hydroelectric
power
development
In
northern
B.C.
and
the
Yukon
for
a
multi-million
dollar
development
in
Canada.
Alcoa
wants
to
use
Canadian
water
resources
to
power
a
development
in
Alaska.
The
premier
said
in
the
legislature
that
B.C.
wants
the
best
possible
use
made
of
the
power
resources.
Later,
outside
the
House,
he
said
he
had
suggested
both
companies
make
surveys.
He
described
the
meeting
as
a
preliminary
conference.
He
said
there
was
no
friction
at
all
between
the
federal
and
provincial
governments
on
tiie
development
ul
northern
Churchill
Attack
on
Attlee
Assailed
by
British
Papers
.
Three
deepsea
ships
are
head-in?
for
Prince
.
Rupert
to
load
1,000.000
bushels
of
barley.
,
The
grain
also
Is
arriving
here'
at
the
rate
of-40
cars
a
day
and
being
placed
In
the
Dominion
Government
grain
elevator
pre-
paratory
to
being
piped
Into
the
holds.
Some
400
carloads
of
barley
are
enroute
from
the
prairies.
While
only
minor
activity
has
taken
place
at
the
elevator
so
far
this
year,
it
Is
expected
the
trio
of
vessels,
first
of
which
Is
expected
Monday,
will
be
the
forerunner
of
many
to
come
here
for
grain
during
the
spring
and
summer
months.
Two
of
the
ships
coming
are
Greek
vessels
the
Nicolas
Kalr-
Is,
due
on
Monday,
and
the
t
i
Power
Commission
generating
a
Stevenson
That
night
they
made
a
tour
of
Royal
Jubilee
hospital
to
see
how
the
various
departments
could
-be
expanded
to
take,
care
of
any
sudden
large
Influx
of
patients.
On
Friday,
the
conference
was
broken
Into
three
groups,
administration,
medical
and
nursing
services,
at
which
the
various
phases
were
discussed.
Other
hospitals
In
the
northern
area
of
this
province
will
be
assisted
by
the
Rupert
trio
In
formulating
plans
for
their
hospitals.
the
federal
government's
report
until
we
get
it,"
he
said.
WANT
SPEEDV
ACTION
The
chamber
also
expressed
concern
at
the
slowness
with
which
the
federal
government
was
taking
action
on
the
Cow
Bay
floats.
The
floats
were
handed
over
to
the
federal
government
by
the
province
last,
month
and
$29,000
had
been
allotted
towards
repairing
them.
"When
are
they
going
to
start
working
on
the
floats?"
Jack
McRae
wanted
to
know.
He
said
the
fishing
season
would
be
underway
soon
and
If
more
space
for
visiting
ooats
was
not
made
available
almost
Immediately
the
city
would
have
a
collection
of
hostile
fishermen
on
its
hands.
On
his
motion
the
chamber
agreed
to
wire
the
Minister
of
Fisheries
asking
that
the
government
not
wait
to
call
tenders
on
the
Job
but
allot
It
to
someone
so
that
the
work
could
be
completed
in
time.
First
Dampness
Falls
on
City
Since
March
15
The
weatherman
called
It
right
yesterday
when
he
forecast
a
few
showers
of
snow
and
mixed
rain.
White
flakes
first
began
falling
over
Prince
Rupert
at
2
o'clock
this
morning
and
a
thin
blanket
of
snow
covered
the
ground
when
early
risers
headed
for
work.
The
precipitation
waf)
the
first
appreciable
fail
over
the
city
since
the
sun
began
to
shine
aally
last
March
15.
lota
fall
was
not
known
at
Di'e.stime.
but
the
weatherman
forecast
scattered
showers
with
-
-
.
.
...-ai,,-
tnr
-
.
chngVnJe?S
J
The
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,'
dissatisfied
with
the
federal
government's
refusal
to
supply
a
full
report
on
Dlgby
Island's
suitability
as
an
airport
site,
decided
last
night
to
work
with
the
city
council
airport
committee
until
the
establish
ment
of
an
airport
Is
achieved.
Members
were
critical
of
a
letter
from
Transport
Minister
U'.J
Audrey
on
April
H1
1
15.
5
Th
The
,
'Lionel
Chevrier
who
wrote
the
Cnambor
stressing
the
difficulty
UI
lne
uigoy
isiana
terrain,
me
serious
weather
handicap"
and
:
tne
Problem
of
a
second
runway.
m
kt
!..!
"""""
ciiairumn
!
i
ul
lne
Lnamoer
t
airpori
com-
I
mlUM
culH
tho
Cnoilian
D.
,.,
,;,,
uh
w
v,tm
i,o
ii
.
......
...
"lsv
ym'
"
"
.
'T,
C
to
Kkpiox
Reserve
"ii'd
and
three
rrowly
escaped
ht
in
a
double
the
junction
of
A
Skcena
Rivers,
i
W!-d
todav.
Johnson
7.1.
p.
!
shk
in
Wrinch
iital
at
Hiuciton
evens,
his
son
nold
Tait
the
c..
""1,1
oirv-
t-neUirt"
at
tlm
whim
ii.
i
,.
niUl
"imping
both
iters.
Their
callii
e
answered
bvl,
an
thu
wo
tlms
Into
n
i'
too
capsized.
ur
!mo
the
river.
rlvors
swum
disappeared.
occurred
atd
tn
1d
the
body
was
ram
the
scene
prch
party
early
an
is
survived
by
rript.
at
Kispiox
wanted
close
the
federal
'ni
United
states
Peking
ption
i'ciucp
r
.
r.,.'
""Pert
are
'nation
i
cause
of
weather
and
two
or
Bataan
has
arrived
at
the
Col
umbia
Cellulose
plant
on
Watson
Island
to
take
on
a
load
of
various
types
of
pulp
for
the
Untted
Kingdom
and
Europe.
Last
month
the
Sevilla
docked
at
the
plant
for
a
similar
shipment.
U.S.
Soldiers
Not
Released
HEIDELBERG.
Germany,
Mt
Two
United
States
soldiers
pa-1
trolling
the
East-West
border
were
seized
by
armed
Russian
soldiers
Monday
and
have
not
been
released,
U.S.
Army
headquarters
reported
today.
Two
Bavarian
border
police
who
went
to
the
scene
to
investigate
also
were
seized.
The
army
said
the
two
policemen
were
released
after
four
hours
of
interrogation.
The
names
of
the
two
Americans
were
withheld.
.
The
army
announcement
said
"other
U.S.
soldiers
who
escaped
apprehension
reported
that
the
seizure
was
made
by
about
20
Soviet
soldiers
and
one
officer
some
200
yards
Inside
the
western
zone."
Jj
.
fc-'
t.VUVi
I
'1
V
Hi
other
vessel
is
the
stately
Norwegian
liner
and
freighter,
MV
Taran-
ger,
due
April
20.
It
will
be
the
Taranger's
third
trip
to
this
port.
She
came
here
first
in
August
last
year
and
made
her
second
voyage
to
Rupert
last
October
23.
The
Greek
ships
each
will
load
about
400,000
bushels
of
barley
for
the
Orient,
and
the
Taranger
will
take
a
lesser
amount
to
Europe.
So
far
this
year
only
one
ship
has
departed
with
wheat,
and
three
others
have
taken
barley
to
Japan.
Last
week,
the
two-year-old
Japanese
freighter
Masahima
m
Af-
cause
of
weather
elsewhere,
not
at
Prince
Rupert.
tn!NOT
FEASIBLE
!
Mr-
Youngs
said
that
$50,000
had
been
aDDroDrlated
for
the
LONDON,
Wi
Even
Conserva-'
tive
newspapers
criticized
Prime
Minister
Churchill
today
for
his
charge
that
Clement
Attlee's
Labor
government
threw
away
Britain's
wartime
exchange
of
atomic
secrets
with
the
United
States.
The
nominally
independent
but
usually
pro-Conservative
Times,
says
Monday's
House
of
Commons
debate
on
the
hydrogen
bomb
"degenerated
Into
a
sterile,
angry
and
pitiful
party
wrangle
and
the
responsibility
was
the
prime
minister's."
The
bitter
partisan
tight
in
the
wake
of
Sir
Winston's
charge
generally
obscured
the
action
of
the
House,
which
on
a
voice
vote
called
on
Churchill
to
take
"Immediate
Initiative"
in
seeking
a
face-to-face
conference
with
Premier
Malenkov
and
President
Eisenhower.
But
the
opposition
did
not
challenge
the
Conservatives'
.stand
that
the
timing
of
such
an
approach
should
be
left
to
the
government.
HOI
SE
IN
UPROAR
'
Churchill
put
the
House
in
an
uproar
with
his
charge
that
it
was
the
"responsibility
or
misfortune"
of
Attlee's
1945-51
government
thet
a
hitherto
secret
1943
agreement
for
British-U.S.
atomic
co-operation
Is
no
longer
In
effect
Attlee,
seething
with
anger
and
backed
by
a
continuous
Labor
chorus
for
Churchill
to
"withdraw!"
"resign!"
replied
that
the
agreement
had
been
terminated
by
the
U.S.
Congress'
adoption
In
1948
of
the
Mc-Mahon
Act,
which
forbids
sharing
of
atomic
secrets
with
foreign
governments.
The
Daily
Mirror,
which
has
Labor
leanings
and
has
been
asserting
loudly
that
Churchill
Is
too
old
for
office,
describes
him
as
the
"first
notable
victim
of
the
horror
bomb."
The
Mirror
says
he
"floundered"
through
the
debate
"it
was
like
watctUng
a
great
noble
oak
weakened
by
time,
swaying
In
the
blast
of
the
bomb."
I
DiKDV
Island
survey
and
that
It
as
not
feasible
that
the
eov-
i
ernment
should
refuse
to
let
the
I
chamber
have
It.
I
"II
must
be
available,"
Mr.
i
YounRS
said,
"we
are
just
get-
j
ting
the
brush
off.
I
don't
see
a
1
nel'copter
service
operating
be-'"""18
1
tween
here
and
Terrace
In
our
time-
There
are
only
two
such
j
services
operating
in
North
America
at
the
present
time.
"The
future
of
Prince
Rupert
demands
that
we
have
an
airport
here,"
he
said.
Lou
Felsenthal
said
that
places
equal
importance
to
Prince
p.i.u,i
,
treatment.
An
olmnrl
hrp
hp
J
p
.
y
w)
w
lne
tne
said,
would
pay
for
itself
eventually,
as
this
city
was
the
hub
i
'
,
1
;
01
the
north
country.
'x
t.
1W.
-
'Mill,
hn
i.
0r
England
'
broth.,'
's!
Li
i,
John
Ma8or
asserted
that
since
Jl
tne
matter
was
of
such
import-
n,W25year
RiTlance
11
was
worthwhile
the
years.
She
be
jwifi-'
inn
area.
wnoie
city
getting
behind
it.
i
ne
chamber's
airport
committee
should
give
the
city
council's
airport
""pull
committee
CUIUHULtee
1U
its
whole
wuuic-
hearted
support,
along
wit
tU
"nation
on
SEVENTEEN
CHILDREN
of
Canadians
now
living
In
Australia
were
christened
In
a
mass
ceremony
on
board
HMCS
Ontario
when
the
cruiser
called
at
Melbourne
during
her
Australian
cruise.
Protestant
Chaplain
Earle
Sigston
(extreme
right)
of
Toronto,
conducted
the
baptismal
ceremony
on
the
quarterdeck
using
the
ship's
bell
as
a
font.
The
children
ranged
in
age
from
three
months
to
11
years.
The
children
are
shown
here
with
their
parents
MP
in
Prineo
otner
organizations
In
town.
"We
should
demand
a
copy
I
'H
of
i
high
tomorrow:
i
and
45.