PROVINCIAL i "?Y PROVINCIAL US-Mr, Borrows vic:..ia, d, c. re .:': tides Mi 'fjfl.'..! ,ay, January 13, 1954 ;ir Slrilarl Time" 7:43 . 19.9 feet VV Dailv 20:57 15,9 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL. BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER V A. i 1:11 8.4 feet Published ot Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Delivery 14:44 6.2 feet VOL. XLIII, No. 9 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1054 . PRICE FIVE CENTS ' Phone 81 ' 1 ' I. .,: '' CBflBi0 ; i. .V 'Mi.) '"'' I 0 1 IT Ss i'.A ",. 'Wi laid IPmiife " i , , ',. ' ' i. - ' I '' t ,f"Vf V "77" Canadian Cold Wave Continues rrf' By The Canadian Press Cold weather continued Yacht Gets Rep rieve Action Deferred Again on Appeal City council chamber took on a court room atmosphere last night as James Dale again appealed for an order reversing the decision of RCMP Sgt. H. L. Norman, Prince Rupert police chief, in refusing to issue him a city chauffer's permit. Opposing Dale, who was con-; victed of keeping liquor for sale during nis soym n Prince in June, 1953, was city prosecu-.; Rupprt and his cab had been tor T. W. Brown, QC, who in a ; neld by tne poicc foUj final summation suggested that!montns untu he was forced out council set a period before j of business! He had applied for chauffer permits are reinstated reneWal Dec. 15, he said, and judge each case on it mcr- , .... , ... J j. i A query by Aiuerman Bui Council, on a motion by Al- Bremner as to a former city German George B. Casey, do-! policy of reinstating permits gf ferred action on a motion tabled ; persons convicted on liquor December 28 which urged coun-1 c h a r g e s after six months cil to grant Dale a new permit brought a reply from Mayor and instruct Sgt. Norman to Is-j George E. Hills that what was sue same to the former taxi j set out by council was one thing driver. j but what was laid down by law, Dale told council that his eon- ; which was cancellation of such viction last June was the flnit permits, was another. I nooM.R FANTOME II. one of the world s most luxurious yachts, Is spending the ito grip most of Canada I today. I A snowstorm that moved across it Sorrl. Que., after a voyage from the west roast where she was tied up for 14 years, c sails along In a happier day when sh was owned by such millionaires a the Duke minster and Hon. A. E. Guinness of the Irish brewing family, both now dead. Originally 1 to be broken up for scrap she has bee l given a reprieve. the lower Great Lakes Monday night was expected to enable a ath Toll Rises as Record rms Buffet Eastern U.S. fresh outbreak of polar air to invade Ontario for the next day or two. The Ontario storm, which left a foot of snow at Hamilton and three inches In Toronto, was blamed for at least one death. Mrs. Emily Bana.s, 39, holding her coat collar over her face as protection against the wind-driven snow, walked into the path of a street-car. IK.KNK LEVIN i ll"n k'cliiy on cities and field;;, early today and was moving in northeasterly direction along -SiiWIv.r. X' ritiM-n, - i n wtmr umuitn. WMUVrcu ill me S ..fit ( l,... ..f : : c.-. -J-. . u northeastern United j The wcuthrr bureau here snifl five years filtered ! the Htorm was in its final stapes it Sold Bottle to "Stool Pigeon the New Englano' coast and c it to sea. However, the, bureau waited that a wave of freezing air was due lo move In on the area from Cwnada after thc snowstorm. Sleet extended as far south us North Carolina Monday, with WHILE MOST OF CANADA shivers in a January cold wave Vancouver is enjoying weather in the mid-40s. Betty Morrison (left i from Progress, B.C., and Enid Campbell of Isle Pierre, B.C., both visiting Vancouver, examine the bright red berried, harbingers of spring, in Vancouver park. Y HERO GETS SPANKING Fifteen-below-zero weather forced " the Davtc Shipbuilding and Repairing Company to cancel outdoor work at Its yards at Lauzon, Que. Four hundred men were sent home Monday with or Representing thc RCMP, Mr. Brown asked Dale if, last June, he had sold a bottle to "stool pigeon." The former taxi driver said he had. . through which he would have to go. He admitted under questioning by Mr. Brown that he had been fully employed up until Dec. 20. Since then he hart !ER RESCUING FRIEND snow registered in Georgia. North of Washington, the (X)UVKR W-Terry Ihuskl, 9, decided today there's 'Did you not tell Sgt. Norman sleet coated heavy drifts of at that time that all taxidrivers! been unemployed, he said, and Charlie Johanson, Pioneer City Fisherman Dies ders not to report for work today. An official said it would be "Inhuman" to ask the men to work outside in the severe cold, as the wind blowing off the i river would "whip the skin off c in being a hero. lay he hilled rescue a playmate, Marshall Magnon, it Mr Brum knew of a way he snow with a treacherous lee surface, crippled traffic and brought accidents on roads, KtreptR and Nirlpwulka the waters of Burrard Inlet. bootleg? And did you not also say that there are so many taxis in Prince Rupert that thc only way a driver can make a couid get a job and earn enough money to pay off the debts h? had incurred since losing his reward whci. his mother learned about it: A good Funeral service will be held j pert who died Sunday, in New Westminster tomorrow! The 63-vear-old fisherman. living Is to bootleg? Mr. Brown llieiil. ' DEATH TOLL RISES . TL UMBERS BUSY t-u The .u . n with ,.u , death .toll rose these I accidents, sledding mishaps and' n many .. southern 1 for Karl (Charlie) Johanson, born in Sweden had lived in asked the appellant, B 'or Doing mar the water. has been told time and again not to go near the said his mother. "So hero of"n"6 hero," lie got a good' Ontario pitmeer fisherman of Prince Bu-j prince Rupert close to 40 years. Dale said ho- did not and also permit, then he'd be "very happy to forget the taxi business" ; " . , "j "Much" SoiV the'" evidence Mt Brown was placing before tlv? council was not brought out In court. Dale said, adding that he had pleaded guilty last June to simplify matters, believing that he would .merely have to pay a uig Magnon fell 15 feet from, a wharf into the water io tried to Jump to a barge. before leaving ahput three years! Denied asking lor a special ago for New Westminster, where j meeting of city council to hear he died In Royal Columbian hos- i W appeal, pital after a long Illness. I Dlc said tnat ne had a dis-d..-.. i c,,i , , i. Icussion with the city clerk re- Weekly Wage Average Up $4 Last Year heart attacks as many persons communities, plumbers were bucked the snow and sleet afoot j kept busy answering calls to or tried to shovel it. ( numPS wncre waterpipes had Up to u foot of snow piled uu:sn , d u col(J Tne Ont.,rlo In some places Monday. Phlla- . , . , , delphia had 10 Inches, Us hcav-! Motor League reported hund.eds iest in seven years. New Yors j ca"s from stalled and strand-rerorded a 9 6-inch blanket as j ed motorists, of -midnight, the most since a j Representative Canadian cold 15-inch fall in 1949. spots Monday: Churchill, 28 be- - :;;r.:"T KTIgardlnB -meeting apart from ! ' , " v. "I regular meetings because he ephone Experts Check didn't know the procedure the community. He 'was at one time active in the Valhalla Lodge omatic System Here ,4-. i . ' If I , . I T mm LA-.''" - 1"'-.T' I . , y-,.. -'. I;" .... ; Pi i'- ' . If" , t ' ' f I M -' iv-i ; ' ;'" -' .' ,. ','? v '--if I - 1 j- Not Interested In Bootlegging VICTORIA (CP) British Col-1 here. low; Kapuskaslng, Ont., 22 be- umbians average weekly wagei Survivors Include his wife, Ir-low; North Bay, 20 below; Win- ! J"mPed from $59.4fi in f952 to i ma, a son, Irving, both in New In IQF l.ahnr Minjutpr T .vp itr 1 Temperatures piunged, hitting 27 below zero In one spot in Maine. City employees worked to clear streets. New York City's Sweden. m Rupert's a u t o m a 1 1 c i board since the automatic board system took a step J will function without manual aid completion with in-; and therefore the board can iiy two equipment ex- j never "be too busy." have been conferring , Thc aulomatic system, Invent- Plume Superintendent .. ,, . .. f cd i 1886, does exactly the same ,.;K.&. .u .U wicks reported. low; Toronto, zero; Montreal, 16 overall employment in 1953! MiuttF iv-un wi.-iu ' ts". i Deiow; , vjueDec, fw.wv., n ui-iuw, below; saint ouuii , was up mree per cein, over tut;; ten. with the 8.000-man sanlta- jonn, N.B., six below; Moncton, 1 previous year, . personal income I VJUnderSOfl tlon force attacking the snow N.B., five below. ! Haspel. dial, engineer, ! Kelly, sales engineer of Eleetric of Canada. ! was up six per cent, value ot , production in the manufaotur- j lug Industries up five per cent and bank clearings up four perj cent. The minister said workers in ! as a telephone operator, setting pnes up a series of relays and switches I Travel on such highways as until connection is made with line Merritt Parkway between thc number dialed. The only i New York and Connecticut, the thing an automatic telephone l New Jersey Turnpike and the Mncial headquarters in 1 ' r, came to check pro- j wi'iic new nhonp svst.-m ; a person a The city prosecutor said; that when he was prosecuting the case last June, he had tried the hardest of anyone to" get Dale his car back. Alderman Casey said: "You can't make Prince Rupert a eoody-goody town." While the liquor store Insisted on restricting Its sale of liquor by closing at 6 o'clock, the only place to get liquor was from "private enterprise." "I don't patronize bootleggs myself. I can't afford to." Regarding permits he said It was up to the discretion of the police chief who was entitled under law to divorce a mar. from his business if it was ttw bootlegging business, by revoking his chauffeur's permit. He admired Sgt. Norman, Aid. Casey said "he is straightforwitvd and conducts his business in a forthright manner." When Mr. Brown asked whether It was true that there were more taxi drivers in Prince Rupert than the town could afford and that the only way they could make a living was by bootlegging, Dale said: "I couldn't say. I'm not interested in bootlegging." Alderman Phil Lyons objected to Mr. Brown's tactics, saying: "I must protest this bullyragging by Mr. Brown. This man is here to appeal his case and he should be given a chance." . Mr. Browr-. said that he would forgive Alderman Lyons for the term "bullyragging" for such was not his intention He- was there on behalf of the police who were "trying to stamp out an evil," and sought co-operation of council. "What the police arc opposed to In Dale's case," he said, "was the fact ttiat having sold one bottle he tried to sell more." cannot do Is give wrong number. the construction industry were among the highest paid In the province, with an average weekly salary of $79. '' system which is rx- j 1 be ready in mld-Octo-' rve some 4,300 tcrmin- ! 'hones, the equipment! All direct listlnizs will To Resign Post VICTORIA CP)Financc Minister Einar Gunderson will resign from the provincial cabinet next month, but It won't mean he's out of politics forever "I may come back later If a seat is open," said Mr Gunderson. He will resign when the 1954-55 budget has been completed. "I won't stay on as finance minister without a seat," the minister said. He refused to confirm or deny reports that he will contest the Peace River seat in a by-election Pennsylvania Turnpike was slowed. Airlines flights were delayed or grounded. Schools were closed in rurol New Jersey, Delaware. Philadelphia, New Huven, Conn., and ither places. ! -WEATHER- tfir-dlgit numbers and Power Cut Lights In a major part of thc eity flickered off briefly at mld-niornlng today, due to a faulty connection at the Cow Bay substation of the Northern B C. proceeded by any call Fire Causes Heavy Damage At Air Base s new system, with Its went, exchange build- Power Company. A weuk storm lies over thc Eineroencv reDairs were made i ii,.n., i,,tH.,r i,,t rm tv,o e Plant, cables, lines! rwi1.L'"0'st tlle ncBh- to end the short-lived blackout j coast just north of the Queen '$(175,000. When com-1 and oeriod of low voltaee rmwer I rharini tj TOnnric rinuHim,ci ic will remove the possl- j lusting only two or three min- increasing in these areas as the E. G. Laharty Government Recognizes Weakness IU.UIS On the SWitch- lltes rlUt.iii-hnrw.o rlrift. olri7l., . ANCHORAGE, Alaska (ffv Army authorities belatedly confirmed that Dec. 29 fire at Ladd Air Force Base near Fairbanks, destroyed an estimated $1,000.-000 worth. of ordnance material. ward. Sought Here "However, thc provincial gov- There will be rain showers The whereabouts of Edward eminent recognizes that weak- along the north coast and snow t'-esses exist in numaii wings. Laharty. 29, are being The confirmation from the!Geor8e flurries in the Interior sections headauartersi sought by j his family in Grande:"! P"Le- V" " neauquarursj n Persecuted a con- Fort Richardson f, 1 of the Army in Alaska came .several days after Interior Alaska rraine, auh., uue mj a serious. ; : . ;: " , , victed bootlegger can apply for illness in the family. , . a new permit and if refused consider whether you are going to allow this man to go back tc compete with others. You should be careful, conscientious and wary," . he said, "no two case.-are alike." "I am In complete agreemen that council has the power t override" the police chief. Yoi are a jury, you have a responsibility to the people, It is up t you to do as common sense die He is oeuevea 10 oe empioyea ,,ttn to tne c,tv countil The Vancouver News-Herald said today Premier Bennett (above) will become minister of finance when Einar Gunderson resigns shortly before thc spring session opens Feb. 16. The newspaper also says Attorney-Oeneral Bonner will continue to double as educa tion minister. r,-l.,., H k'trnt " ' ' " " .... today and Wednesday. Forecast North Coast Region Cloudy today and Wednesday. A little milder. Wind south 15. Low tonight and high Wednesday at Tort Hardy, 32 and 45; Sandsjiit und prince Rupert, 35 and 45. in , .v.. u.ov.... , to overridc tne cMcl of police." anyone knowing him Is asked to , newspapers printed unofficial reports that the fire had done $1,000,000 worth of damage. The blaze destroyed a large warehouse and storage building at the Ladd alrbase. He said he didn't condone r,nen hrwi) Ipd fri nil Tinr BlllimVP contact RCMP here, or tell him to contact Mrs L. S. Shumardi., ,,. timgHn nf the law hut in Grande Prairie. he felt that a man who had tates, he concluded. A move by Alderman Normal Bellis to have the Attorney General's department contace in the hope of extending th hours of the government liquo store here was deferred until proper motion can be formulate Reward Money From Auto Workers Union 'Aids' Flight of Reuther Shooting Witness Slides Feared Fatal to 100 paid his fine and lost his car for the length of time Dale had, had paid a fair penalty. Mr. Brown suggested that it might be wise for council to set a period of time before a licence should be reinstated In these cases and also consider: Whether the convection was for selling liquor to an Indian or to a juvenile or for "rolling" purposes, which should prejudice a council In the appellant's disfavor: whether It was Just selling liquor out of hours, or straight bootlegging: or wheth-ed the appellant had a record of previous convictions, which he added was not true in Dale's case. Further, he said, council should scrutinize the details of each case carefully. "There are more taxi drivers in this town than can make a legitimate business if they are restricted to carrying fares." the DKTROIT W-Walter Rcuth-er's CIO United Auto Workers union piiid Donald Ritchie $5,000 In reward money for his story of the union president's attempted murder. Presumably what might be left of the money Is aiding Ritchie today lu his fliglu the fifth day since he slipped out or Detroit police "protective custody" and never reappeared. The big auto union, a participant In total offers of $220,000 In rewards In the Walter and Victor Reuther shootings in 1943 and 1949, snld Monday night that It had paid the $5,000 to Ritchie. Ritchie, 33-year-old petty thief from thc Windsor, Out., area, is the missing key witness in the assault conspiracy ease against four men, and now Is also a defendant himself. A warrant was sworn out against him here Monday. As the case brought new ramifications, there were these developments: The two policemen guards who permitted Ritchie to slip free from a Detroit hotel suite were given :ie-detector examinations. Gerald K. O'Brien, Wayne county prosecutor, ordered a law-enforcement agencies." Mention of "Ritchie's wife" added a further element of mystery. She has never been positively identified. It is assumed, however, that she was the "Elizabeth" or "Betty" who visited Ritchie In his hotel confinement and later signed a $1,400 cheque for Ritchie's purchase of an automobile in Windsor Saturday, 24 hours after lus disappearance. The cheque, O'Brien said, was drawn on a $3,500 account she and Ritchie opened in a Chatham, Out,, bank Friday. conference of subordinates and others to get all the facts it-lating to the payment of Ritchie. The prosecutor, whose case against the four men named by Ritchie as Reuther conspirators threatens to collapse without him. said "he had not been aware of the union's payment. "I Intend to find out how, where, when and to whom the money was paid, O'Brien said. The union's formal statement said an "arrangement" for the payment of the money to Ritchie's wife was worked out "without the knowledge of VIENNA (CP) More than 5 persons died In an avalanche t: the Vorarlberg region of Austri Monday, police said tonight, an a total of more than 100 ar feared dead throughout th country In the worst series snow slides In years. The avalanches stopped th-flow of the small Luutzbach rive and many of the missing are N !: J.( oks (right) of Tecumseh, Ont., Is one of four 'irgcd by Michigan state authorities with an assasslna-'"npt on CIO president Walter Reuther in Detroit in '' confers with his lawyer, Ross LlddeU of Windsor. Ont. "l appear Thursday when a date for an extradition ' ""HI be set. you have to feared to have been drowned. city solicitor said,