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32
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
FEBRUARY
8,
1954
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Ci,)ti&a
CM
Ci
CsnnwcoiBii
i
u
Quake
FT
---r
Organizations
Urged
To
Back
Brown
Trip
,
The
special
committee
set
up
with
a
view
to
retaining
facilities
at
the
drydock
is
asking
co-operation
of
all
interested
organizations
in
the
city
in
sending
Bruce
Brown
to
Ottawa.
.ji.
i
p.-
YW"
Damage
Heavy
Loss
of
Life
Not
So
Great
MEXICO
CITY
(AV)
Pears
of
a
heavy
death
toll
in
the
earthquako-shatterecl
region
of
Chia-
'
A-
f
s.
2
another
in
the
series
of
em-1
fir
Id)
OK
M.K
race
through
snow
in
Watcrton
takes
National
Park
in
southwestern
me
an
Interesting
pattern
of
hoof
narks
ax
they
arc
frightened
by
the
noise
of
1
ergency
meetings
held
through
Vest
Proposes
t
lie
aircralt
irom
wnicn
mis
pic
'.tire
was
taken.
An
estimated
5,000
elk,
their
out
the
past
week,
and
followed
reading
and
discussion
of
a
letter
from
the
Skeena
Federal
Liberal
Association,
j
The
letter,
addressed
to
the
chairman
of
the
special
com
'lucked
by
four
feet
of
snow,
had
smarmed
down
from
the
Rocky
Mountains
near
j
raid
ranch
haystacks.
A
number
of
ranchers
reported
"substantial"
losses
of
or
because
of
the
elk
attacks.
Ranchers
and
their
neighbors
got
special
permis-
3-Point
Plan
For
Molotov
4
1
If
"1
k
the
elk.
p
a
s
state
in
southern
Mexico
diminished
today
aurent
Places
Wreath
as
new
reports
trickled!
bmb
of
Unknown
Soldier
mittee,
said:
"It
is
unfortunate
that
as
a
result
of
a
report
given
to
The
Daily
News,
the
intention
of
the
executives
of
the
Liberal
Associations
has
been
misinterpreted.
"As
one
of
a
large
number
of
organizations
interested
in
the
welfare
of
this
city,
and
district
It
was
the
intention
of
this
group
to
recommend
BERLIN
(ii
The
Big
Four
foreign
ministers
moved
back
today
to
Berlin's
west
side,
trying
in
closed-door
session
to
solve
some
of
the
world
problems
they
couldn't
settle
In
open
debate.
Their
first
secret
meeting
today
was
called
for
discussion
of
Russia's
demand
for
a
world
in
from
the
remote
mouiv
tain
region.
But
5000
families
arc
bellcv
ed
homeless
following
the
scv
ere
shock
Friday.
The
quake
centred
in
a
50-
M
STEWART
MK'iIWrlt-r
iwIiir
deeply
be--unlformed
ranks
an
guard.
Cana-.Ister
St.
Laurent
i
wreath
on
the
.known
soldier.
omphe
was
the-
start
of
a
round
'
section
of
many
streets
In
the
of
ofllcial
visits
that
took
up
centre
of
which
the
arch
do-most
of
the
Canadian
prime
mlnates
the
Champs
Elysees.
minister's
first
full
day
In
the
A
guard
band
played
"O
Can-French
capital.
ada"
and
"La
Marseillaise"
whir,
The
Arc
de
Triomphe
ceremony
the
prime
minister
arrived
for
was
Impressive.
Spruce
gen-
a
greeting
by
Gen.
Marie-Emile
darmes
blocked
off
all
traffic
Bethouart.
president
of
the
per-
disarmament
conference
and
for
a
Big1
Five
conference
on
world
L
i;
'
..C'
1
I.
..
i
,
problems
that
would
give
Communist
China
official
status
as
a
major
world
power.
mlle-wlde
coffee
producing
ara
60
miles
west
of
the
Guatemalan
border.
Four
towns
were
reported
devastated.
State
governor
Efrain
Aranda
Osorio
said
Sunday
telephone
reports
from
four
mayors
in
the
hardest-hit
region
did
not
list
any
fatalities.
Officials
said
the
light
construction
of
village
houses
prob
,y
beneath
the
around
the
usually
busy
Place
petual
flame
committee,
and
old
Arc
de
Tri-
i
de
l'Etolle,
a
star-shaped
Inter-;
Gen.
Henri
Zeller,
military
gov-
to
your
Special
Committee
that
Bruce
Brown
be
sent
to
Ottawa
to
make
representations
that
the
continued
operation
of
the
drydock
be
an
essential
condition
of
sale.
"We
ask
that
your
committee
give
consideration
to
our
recommendation.
(Sgd.)
J.
D.
McRAE,
President,
Federal
Liberal
Association."
The
ministers
also
were
due
to
discuss
how
and
when
to
take
up
the
question
of
an
indepen
ernor
of
Paris.
dence
treaty
for
Austria.
TRICOLOR
RIBBON
The
huge
wreath
bore
a
V
FROWNS
ON
SEAMAN
ur
m
n
nn
a
rrirr
trl-
color
ribbon
with
the
inscription
The
three
Western
ministers
were
reported
determined
to
conlront
Molotov
with
a
three-point
program:
ONE
OF
THE
BIGGEST
salvage
Jobs
in
the
history
of
B.C.
railroading
ended
in
Coqulihalla
Pass
Saturday
when
this
140-ton
dicsel
unit
was
put
back
on
CPR
tracks.
The
$240,000
unit
plunged
120
feet
down
the
mountainside
Jan.
28
aftpr
It
hit
a
snovslide
at
Iago,
114
miles
east
of
Vancouver.
About
50
men
worked
with
two
100-ton
cranes,
anchored
to
the
track,
and
a
homemade
'lldgerwood'
winching
machine
on
a
Ilatcar.
to
retrieve
the
dlesel.
It
had
to
be
moved
175
feet
along
the
slope
before
it
could
be
inched
upwards
over
skidways
placed
atop
rock
outcroppings.
The
unit
Is
being
towed
to
Calgary
for
repairs.
Pontiff
Able
to
Move
Around
Fof
First
Time
Since
Illness
ably
accounted
for
the
lack
of
In
prlri-lpttnrirf
Frpnrh
"from
m
run
rnMiiiic
The
letter
followed
complaints
They
will
meet
with
China
joRE
i.p
Walter
Hallott,
43-year-old
seaman
to
the
special
committee
that
only
for
discussion
of
such
Asian
the
Canadian
government
ani
casuauies.
uamage
was
estimat-.
ed
Ule
the
people
of
Canada."
millions.
For
the
prime
minister
the
Mrrcy
P
H,,cs
few
doctors,
visit
to
Paris
was
a
return
to
the
!
nu,
sl't
medicines
and
other
sup-land
of
his
forefathers,
and
he
i
""?.
lhcJ!t"t;kcn
.
f
bcugins
In
the
streets,
told
Magistrate
William
Sunday
that
he
was
"just
keeping
In
practice
In
the
Liberal
associations
had
de-
issues
as
Korea
and
Indo-Chlna,
elded
to
send
Mr.
Brown,
Lib-
and
only
if
the
Peiping
regime
eral
MLA
for
Prince
Rupert,
to
demonstrates
good
faith
by
co-
-
P'uv.sjun.
aald
liis
first
vi'it
to
France
in
ru.-it
wuiu
w
tvw.u
mrxu
f
dismissed
the
churgcaftcr'Haflett
"proved
visible"
I
Uo
year
yesls
niied'Wlfl
wit
h
"pro
"r?,y
Mnt"
t4ewi
irom
a
newspaper
corresuon-
port,
and
urged
the
seaman
to
"just
stay
in
the
found
emotion.'
I
Hell
In
Mil.
cttn
n.x.it.il
Tin
king."
Ottawa
to
personally
protest
the
operating
first
In
a
Korean
set-.
unconditional
sale
of
the
dry-1
tlement,
or
else
stops
arming
dock.
the
Communist-led
Vietmlnh
Mr.
Brown
was
the
original
rebels
In
Indo-Chlna.
chairman
of
the
special
com-1
The
Big
Four
must
fix
a
mittee
formed
by
the
Chamber
deadline
for
their
fruitless
dls-
The
premier
of
France
and
a
.
offered
no
estimate
of
casual-
VATICAN
CITY
i
Ailing
,
thick
snowfall
greeted
ine
can-
;
ilcs
or
riamaee.
but
said
the
j
ppe
pius
rose
(rom
today
Prayers
for
his
health
were
repeated
Sunday
in
Roman
Catholic
churches
throughout
the
world.
Thousands
of
letters
'
said
the
Republican
magistrate,
"a
man
that
c
president
Just
said
the
other
day
that
all
this
ik
is
untrue."
adian
leader
when
he
arrived
towns
of
Yalalon.
TiLa.
Pptalcln
and
spent
some
time
sitting
in
"
.-.
go
anu
i;niion
were
nara
nil
i'aK
Dyan
armchair
the
first
time
he
of
Commerce
apd
enlarged
to
cussions
on
Germany
unless
Russia
is
ready
to
modify
her
cruin-
nas
,jone
this
for
any
consider
and
messages
have
poured
into
j
include
Mayor
Hills,
represcnt-
irrnira
ixjruou
nj
m.-
i"nu,ino
quaKe
ana
ninsines
I
the-world
tour.
He
leaves
Wed-
bled.
'
i
If
TI
'
11
.1
the
Vatican
from
far
points
ex
pressing
hope
for
his
recovery.
!
nesday
for
Bonn,
capital
of
West
,
Seismographs
In
New
York,
ai
voies
mis
wontn
Maws
For
52,822,000
Germany.
Premier
Lanlel
and
Jean
Dcsy,
Canadian
ambassador
fo
France',
met
the
Canadian
prime
minister
at
Orly
airfield
after
a
Boston,
Cleveland,
Pasadena
and
elsewhere
in
trip
United
Stales
had
recorded
the
tremor.
Stores
were
cither
wrecked
or
abandoned
in
ail
four
towns.
.
Ilir
Dally
Nrns
i
ing
me
city;
J.
u.
uiacii,
laoor;
la
member
of
the
Junior
Cham-
ber
of
Commerce.
'
'
j
At
Sunday's
meeting,
Mr.
Brown
stepped
down
from
the
chairmanship
and
Orme
O.
Stuart,
immediate
past-president
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce,
was
appointed
in
his
stead.
All
interested
organizations
are
asked
to
contact
Mr.
Stuart
before
Mr.
Brown
leaves
to-'morrow
morning
for
Ottawa.
passed
on
third
reading
by
the
quick
flight
from
London
where
Oaleazzl-Lisi's
report
was
terse:
"The
Pope
rested
well
and
his
Improvement
continues."
,
After
issuing
It,
the
doctor
left
the
Vatican
to
go
shopping
in
downtown
Rome
an
indication
perhaps
that
less
concern
was
felt
for
his
patient's
condition
today.
The
Pope
is
also
being
treated
able
period
since
Jan.
25.
Both
the
pontiff's
private
physician
and
the
Vatican'
press
office
announced
that
his
health
is
Improving.
The
latter,
in
its
daily
bulletin,
said
the
doctor
has
advised
the
77-year-old
Pope
"to
move
"
'some
within
his
chambers."
Vatican
sources
said
the
Pope
did
this,
sitting
in
an
armchair.
He
also
took
solid
food
his
first
in
many
days.
Previously
he
had
been
able
to
hold
down
only
liquids.
He
has
been
secluded
in
p.laws
to
author-
i
municipal
Council,
would
auth-
he
had
spent
an
active
week
turc
of
$2,822,000
orize
the
spending
of
$1,012,000
end.
demands.
All
international
attempts
to
bring
about
world
disarmament
must
be
within
the
United
Nations.
The
conference
moved
out
of
East,
Berlin,
where
it
met
last
week
at
the
Soviet
embassy,
In
the
wake
of
evidence
that
tie
18.000.000
East
Germans
again
are
stirring
against
the
Red
occupation.
Western
agencies
with
information
networks
in
the
East
say
300
to
500
Germans
have
been
Jailed
in
the
last
week
for
speaking
out
against
Molotov
's
proposal
to
unite
Germany
on
the
Soviet
pattern.
4:
?
in
1
bf
t
district
of
Kit!-
$6!6.000
foi
main
roads,
$664,000
resentative
at
the
Paris
head-'ted
on
at
a
poll
for
waterworks
and
$450,000
for
quarters
of
the
North
Atlantic
Coast
Traffic
Near
Record
For
January
W
i
In
a
statement,
the
commit-
20,
sewers.
Treaty
Organization
also
was
in
Sparks
said
today
j
"This
will
be
the
first
major
the
delegation
that
stood
in
the
bylaws,
recently
step
In
the
Municipal
Council's
cold
at
the
airfield
where
the
tee
said:
"It
is
essential
that!
by
a
Swiss
glandular
and
internal
specialist,
Dr.
Paul
Niehans.
Six
Rescued
From
Air
Blast
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Deep
sea
his
apartment
for
more
than
two
traffic
along
the
West
Coast
of
weeks
with
a
stomach
ailment
B.C.
continued
at
a
near
record
:
of
undisclosed
nature,
level
in
January.
The
Pope's
physician,
Dr.
Reports
released
by
the
Van-
Riccardo
Gleazi-Lisi,
cited
im-
in
Brief
Mr.
Brown
be
able
to
indicate
that
he
represents
the
greatest
possible
number
of
organizations."
During
discussion
of
the
dry-dock
issue,
all
members
express-
program
to
lake
over
ana
ae-
big
RCAF
plane
landed
wnn
me
vclop
those
functions
which
are
Canadian
party.
-
rmtv
he
responsibility
of
our
VISIBLY
,,,K,RV
Tnrriii'li
TOLC
I
U)
Municipality
so
that
Kitimat
The
orime
minister
was
visibly
may
operate
normally
as
any
other
British
Columbia
munlci-
touched
by
the
reception,
in-
f
MINSTER,
B.
C
c
o
u
v
e
r
Meirhants'
Exchange
provement
for
the
third
straight
led
appreciation
of
work
being
'"V
W,aRe,
27.
a
crip
pallty.
The
construction
of
these
c,?mlL
,
and
"La
'
Z
Marscil
,
Z
i
show
that
110
ships
visited
the
day.
By
Bush
Pilots
Homeless
Sunday
public
Improvements
was
under-
lalse."
He
said
in
a
brief
ad-
.iroyca
ins
tiny
taken
by
the'
Aluminum
Com
hlm
'"ks
of
the
Fras-
dress
that
his
visit
gave
!
unny
of
Canada.
Limited
on
our
done
in
this
city
by
smaller
shipyards.
Mr.
Brown
expects
to
arrive
In
Ottawa
Wednesday
and
will
hold
conferences
with
E.
T.
Ap-plewhaite,
Liberal
MP
for
Skeena,
and
cabinet
ministers.
behalf.
-e
was
away
vis
inc.
port
of
Vancouver
during
the
month,
compared
with
95
during
the
same
month
In
1953.
The
number
of
vessels
leaving
Vancouver
last
month
was
109
the
same
as
January
of
last
year.
Vessels
from
the
Orient
loaded
26,231.213
bushels
of
grain
in
"Roads,
waterworks
and
sew-
WEATHER
Forecast
North
coast
region:
Cloudy
today
and
Tuesday.
Occasional
showers.
Cooler.
Winds
northwest
25
in
exposed
areas
of
the
Queen
Charlottes,
light
else-
Representation
Still
Sought
VANCOUVER
(CP
Harvey
Murphey,
regional
director
of
the
Mine,
Mill
and
Smelter
Workers'
Union
(Ind.l,
Indicated
here
Saturday
his
union
will-continue
attempts
to
organize
at
Kitimat
and
Kemano.
Bargaining
rights
at
the
big
r
1
ers
are
being
constructed
to
(CPi
Llpetz
and
j
serve
the
commercial
and
rcsl-storc
was
raided
I
rienf
lal
.mi.
and
Initially
will
great
pride
to
return
once
more
as
a
grandson
of
French
pioneers
to
pay
an
official
visit
to
France
on
behalf
of
the
Canadian
people.
In
London
Saturday
the
prime
minister
lunched
with
Prime
Minister
Churchill
who,
In
a
"lash
and
grab
'
urii
i
inn
ti,
hriHue
escaped
wlthtwhh
nnf,..,
utonl
Vancouvcr
during
the
1953-54
where,
season,
compared
with
only
12,-
Low
tonight
and
high
Tuesday
Only
27
Survive
Riyer
Disaster
at
$200.
It.
am.
L
...u.
.i
CURRY.
Alaska
w
Two
veteran
Alaska
bush
pilots
are
credited
today
with
saving
the
lives
of
six
men
tumbled
into
the
snow-covered
mountain
wilderness
near
here
Friday
when
the
plane
in
which
they
were
riding
exploded.
Two
of
the
other
16
men
aboard
the
United
States
Air
Force
C-47
when
it
left
Elmen-dorf
Air
Force
base
near
Anchorage
on
the
ill-fated
flight
are
known
dead.
Eight,
are
missing
and
bush
pilot
Cliff
Hudson,
who
with
Dorr
Sheldon
is
credited
with
604,228
bushels
for
the
corres-
!
at
Port
Hardy,
35
and
45;
Sand
in
n
raid
in
4,.,
i
.
.
.
'
i
nrlvatp
talk,
laid
emphasis
once
ponding
period
the
season
be-
spit
32
and
45;
Prince
Rupert,
'28
and
45.
"u
wl'n
Mie
wnarr
lacniites
ana
uie
;
,
...
,
,
diamond
rings
j
Industrial
district.
I
morf1on
V's
Vi
8
f'O
wore
stolen
in
-Rvlaw
for
further
exten-1
meeting
is
necessary.
BOMBAY
ia"
Po
lice
have
Alcan
project
have
been
award-
iore.
IK-
I
I
.
I
-
erv-'"
t
found
only
27
survivors
of
about
ed
to
Aluminum
Workers
Inter-125
Hindu
pilgrims
flung
into
j
national,
an
AFL
union
not
pre-the
Ourna
river
near
Surat,
In-,
viously
certified
in
Canada,
and
uu'B'iy.
;slons
during
1954
of
the
watar-V
,,-p.
j
works
and
sewerage
systems
are
'"M
found
,3
?i
Preparation
dla,
when
their
boat
capsized
Saturday
night.
The
disaster
was
the
second
nine
other
AFL
unions
representing
tradesmen.
Mr.
Murphy
said
"Mine-Mill
is
ii.
e
here
Hi,,
luumai
nas
a
Dig
program
9
13
llio
,
V
1Ja-1
ahead,"
the
Reeve
said,
"ana
!
f
Bus
this
in
the
c
fui
t"",?.
I
as
recognized
effecting
the
rescue
of
the
six
within
a
week.
Last
Wednesday
.
taking
steps
to
assure
the
men
8
bout
500
Hindus
were
crushed
at
Kitimat
and
Kemano
will
to
death
in
a
stampede
at
a
holy
have
the
bargaining
unit
of
their
bathing
place
at
Allahabad.
!
choice."
passing
oi
tile
jviiiiiiui,
jiu-ui-
poration
Act
which
authorized
survivors,
said
today
that
there
is
little
chance
any
of
the
others
are
alive.
the
Municipality
to
borrow
up
(CP)
Two
men
1
their
victim's
the
.smm,l..
u..t
to
$5,000,000
for
capital
expenditures
during
the
first
three
5.
Paine
uneon-
years
of
Its
existence."
1
1
4
Hotcl
room
here
and
robbed
him
Americans
Surprised:
Bidault
a
Powerhouse'
at
Conference
Indian
Troops
Leave
PoW
Site
Calif.
f
ii(1t
"slll
the
t,h,.r-'
rwd
88
in
Run
INCHON.
Korea
(Reuters)
4
hi
a
gusty
blow
About
1.600
Indian
troops
today
scores
f
,rov
began
boarding
the
troopship
Asturias
which
will
take
them
home
after
5'4
months
of
guard
0
a
'Wit
carth-"c
an
eslimat-llL'
"l
beaches
'
'
w
.
.
ing
prisoners-of-war
in
the
Kor
w
4
"S1
...
!...-'
ean
demilitarized
zone.
Bteutni-.,
i,,,r
mine
.f'lkov
Kllnnnn.rf
By
PRESTON
GROVER
BERLIN
l
Georges
Bidault.
once
an
uncertain
quantity
In
the
French
cabinet,
has
become
a
power-house
in
Berlin.
The
dark-haired
French
foreign
minister,
who
stands
barely
shoulder
high
to
State
Secretary
John
Foster
Dulles,
has
surprised
British
and
United
States
delegates
by
his
stout
battles
with
Vyacheslav
Molotov.
His
outspokrnness
has
been
particularly
pleasing
to
the
Americans
although
they
know
that
every
time
he
defends
the
European
army
treaty
he
risks
hotter
political
firs
for
himself
a),
home.
'
He
came
to
the
conference!
representing
.the
weak
sister
among
the
Big
Three.
Moreover,
in
Paris,
many
Americans
and
a
good
many
Frenchmen
never
felt
sure
Just
where
Bidault
stood
on
the
EDC
Here
they
are
not
in
doubt.
"He
acts
like
a
man
who
has
burned
his
bridges
behind
him,"
said
one
high
U.S.
source.
He
has
verbally
slugged
It
out
with
Russian
foreign
minister
Molotov
day
after
day.
defending
the
EDC
as
the
only
device
for
curbing
German
militarism
t)?cause
it
means
harnessing
With
them
are
25
Neutral
Nations
Repatriation
Commission
O
e
r
m
a
n
y
with
"democratic
peace-loving
nations"
in
the
Western
sense.
If
any
impression
at
ail
has
heen
made
on
Molotov
during
the
present
big
four
conference
it
has
been
made
by
that
argument.
To
correspondents
Bidault
Is
a
problem.
He
uses
all
the
devices
In
the
French
language
to
shade
his
meanings
and
his
sentences
often
are
so
minutely
contorted
that
translation
is
well
night
impossible.
But
in
conference,
according
to
one
American,
his
sentences
roll
out
powerfully.
"ill
run
in
ii...
administrative
personnel
and
12
';twl
district
of
Chinese,
two
South
Korean
and
-unmig
8Upreme
"".
Mllli.nb....
...
74
North
Korean
former
prisoners
who
asked
to
'go
to
neutral
4
-"V.IIMJV
HI-
i
eL,"liS
.dlSlrlct-
countries
after
their
release
last
DESTITUTE
ESKIMOS
at
Perry
River,
75
miles
Inside
the
Arctic
circle,
line
up
for
food
and
supplies
flown
In
by
the
RCAF.
The
food
short
ige
developed
because
there
were
no
caribou
and
Utile
fish
last
fall.
The
Perry
River
trading
post
carries
little
food
supplies
because
the
natives
normally
live
off
the
laud.
The
RCAF
flew
the
supplies
in
from
Yellowknife,
N.W.T.,
to
the
lonely
settlement,
1,100
miles
northeast
of
Edmonton.
i
nf
T
mwitn.
The
ex-PoWs
are
Deing
I
111
n
nominal,
nn
ui
.
.v.i.
3."9S
vnii
u
inula
wnere
men
'X'ttures
will
be
settled.
.
'4
''