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SORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XLII,
No.
295
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C..
SATURDAY.
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quipment,
Changes
Will
Cost
$55,000
Indian
Leaders
To
Be
Feted
Four
leaders
among
the
Indians
of
the
northern
B.C.
coast
bands
have
i
Installation
of
one
of
the
mos;t
modern
X-ray
units
in
North
America
will
begin
at
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
early
in
the
new
year.
Appro7-!
of
the
move
whs
-
friven
unanimously
Inst
nisht
at
j
the
attic
will
provide
for
a
Id-he
monthly
meeting
of
the
j
Moratory,
pharmacy
and
central
hospital
boiri
of
directors,
who
tterile
supply
departments
g,
also
endorsed
a
recommenda-
j
well
as
providing
for
the
nine
tion
of
the
finance
and
Ions?-1
additional
beds,
rsnge
planning
committees
to
At
the
present
time,
the
X-rcnovate
the
top
floor
of
the
i
ray
unit
is
on
the
third
floor,
hospital
to
make
room
for
the
the
laboratory
on
tho
second.
been
singled
out
for1
HUE
NEHTST
ADDITION
to
the
MarsalU
Zoo
f
imlly
In
Washington,
D.C
U
this
baby
Muntjae
awards
of
the
Queen's
"
"c
uas
'"e
Muncjac
is
a
.native
of
the
India-China
area,
and
.ported
to
be
the
smallest
of
the
deer
species.
A
cud
and
saucer
show
th
n-iativ.
.i,
f
fhi.
Coronation
Medal,
F.
E.
t
unit
ana
an
additional
nine
There
is
no
sterile
r.nnnlv
iu.
ttweomer.
who
when
fully
grown
will
attain
a
size
slightly
larEcr
than
a
iackrabblt.
'
j
beds.
partment.
Anf
ield,
superintendent
of
Indian
Affairs,
announced
today.
The
awards
which
will
be
made
by
Mr.
Anfleld
will
take
place
within
the
next
month
at
ceremonies
from
the
Naas
River
rince
Rupert
Best-Off
Town
in
B
Gi
A
$33,000
RENOVATION
JOB
1ft
the
attic
of
the
General
Hospital
here
is
expected
to
get
under
way
early
In
the
new
year.
The
extra
space
will
provide
room
for
a
new
X-ray
unit,
pharmacy,
laboratory,
sterile
supply
department,-
and
nine
additional
beds.
Police
Officer
Under
Arrest
or
Number
of
Taxi-Cabs
Per
Person
j
Cost
of
the
X-ray
unit,
In-!
eluding
a
combination
radio-j
3iaphic
and
fiuoroscopio
X-ray
j
table,
will
be
more
than
$20,000
and
the
renovation
work
will
I
cost
$35,000.
Through
agreement
with
the
federal
and
provincial
govern-j
ments,
cost
to
the
hospital
for
the
two
projects
will
be
around
JM5.03O.
j
The
hospital
will
pay
40
per
jcrnt
of
the
cost
of
the
X-ra7
j
atjparatus
(slightly
more
tiua
'iOoOi.
the
federal
government
,
pays
the
same,
and
the
provin-'
cial
government
pays
the
bal-!
ance.
:nrp
Rupert
citizens
are;
Die
city
hJl
h
n6
record
of
i
cations
for
permits'
If
the
ap.
a
hi
ivi
uii
t
i
i
(un
i
me
ininrmniion
rcquirea
u
any
oiniT
ri
y
iitkc
o
to
Hartley
Bay.
The
honorees)
are:
i
Peter
Leighton,
69.
of
Metla-1
katla,
for
"outstandinfr
service"
I
in
promoting
the
enfranchise-
j
mcnt
of
his
village.
I
Chief
Hirber
Louis
Clifton,
senior.
82,
of
Hartley
Bay,
chief
I
New
Westminster
the
u3
in
British
Coliiinbiu
ac-
kinij
Uj
information
fio.n
plicant
proves
satisfactory.
To
date
there
has
never
been
any
appeal
to
council
against
action
taken
by
the
RCMP.
Nanaimo
has
24
cabs
serving
a
population
of
10.600
plus
3,400
.
KETCHIKAN,
Alaska
Ifl
A
Ketchikan
police
captain
is
under
arrest
and
held
without
bail
as
a
result
of
the
federal
grand
jury
session
that
has
produced
a
series
of
sensational
developments
here.
Close
to
100
witnesses
have
appeared
before
the
jury
in
the
three
weeks
it
has
been
convened
to
inquire
into
local
condl-
RC'MP
issuer
chauffeur's
per-niiu
and
the
city
council's
policy
i.-
not
to
re-instate
any
taxi
operator
who
has
had
a
liiiuor
conviction.
Pentlc'on
which
neglected
,
to
include
the
number
of
m
is
operaling
there
said
the
council
hurl
nil
!irrivfirn
fi
luuiili.u
a
other
town
re:ctved
by
city
council.
3rt
is
a
taxi
for
every
150
ns
in
tae
my
whervas
ac
-m
to
a
letter
f,uin
Ver-
ci'y
clerk
theie
is
(,n.V
-
f
i
i-
,:r
In
the
renovation
work,
th
patriarch
of
all
northern
coastal
tribes,
for
"outstanding
leadership
of
his
people."
Chief
Insprimr
Miiihael
Bright,
84,
of
Alyansh,
for
his
"lifelong
devotion
to
the
development
"I
band
music"
among
his
peot'ij.
Mrs.
Martha
Azak
of
Canym
City,
widow
of
the
late
Chief
j
residents
in
outlying
districts.
1
Vernon
reported
that
the
RCMP
j
sergeant
there
has
had
no
oc-
casion
to
cancel
chauffeur's
j
permits
due
to
liquor
convlc-j
Hons
but
sometimes
permits
are
refused
If
the
applicant
Is
of
uo
jicr
i,i
persimii
in
southern
interior
town
of.pprmiu.
nr
.pnriiin
th.,m
I'i
population.
Prim
i;
Ru-
provincial
government
pays
50i
Uons-
It
is
expected
to
wind
up
per
cent,
the
federal
govern-!
lts
sessions
before
Christmas,
ment
donates
$1,000
fcr
each
K
Capt
Erland
McKlnley
Is
the.
bed
added,
leaving
some
$8,500
police
officer
under
arrest.
He
for
the
hospital.
was
arrested
a
second
time
on
a
Monies
to
be
expended
by
the
charge
of
intimidating
a
witness
CAN
BE
REINSTATED
undesirable
character.
i
H.800
residents
share
n
o
65
taxi-cabs.
best
off
dty
is
Prince
In
Victoria
where
the
chiuf-leui's
permits
are
issued
During
the
nast
vear
Prince
1
Henry
Azak.
on
behalf
of
her
"it
which
with
a
popiilail'n
i
through
the
chief
of
police.
Rupert
city
council
has
granted
I
v"lage
of
80
persons,
"an
oui-new
permits
to
drivers
with
I
"landinRly
progressive
group
in
i
hospital
for
luc
projects
will
be
'ft"
having
been
released
on
j
taken
from
the
modernization
$10,000
bail
after
a
first
arrest.
I
fund,
which
is
built
up
through,
The
grand
jury
recommended
his
SOOO
persons
h.i.s
25
eah.s
permits
are
cancelled
for
liquor
si
It
givlnir
it
a
wrct'nla'-
'oavlttions,-.
but
can;
be
rein-
cab
per
380
persona.
'-i
Donations
from
firms
and
indi-1
arpestiat
week-end
P
tm
THOl'SAND
siaieu
niier
six
m
on
ins
ai
me
til.scretion
of
the
police
chief.
Nelson
which
has
a
popula-
linn
of
A
772
and
nnlv
xeven
I
viduals
interested
in
the
hos-j
pital.
i
In
deciding
to
Install
tha
larpcr
cities
like
Neiv
first-tune
liquor
convictions
i
ln
T1W
'
industry
and
so-1
and
refused
to
gian
a
new
jper-1
c,at
progress."
r
t
mlt
to
second
offenders.
Under'
First
of
the
medals
will
be
the
Motor
Vehicles
Act
a
ton-
i
presented
to
Mr.
Leighton
Wed-
j
victlon
for
keeping
liquor
!
for
i
nesdav
8t
a
ceremony
before
sale
in
a
taxi
cab
carries
a
flne!c'vlc
and
government
officials.
I
and
cancellation
of
the
perml.!
One
of
the
'
"futhers"
of
the
I
The
convicted
driver
may
apply
j
enfranchisement
plan
for'
Met-1
mmster
or
Greater
Victoria
;
taxU
doe8
not
cancel
chauf-
Birds
Grade
A
Say
Dealers
""
every
i.uou
ie.s;-
ft,ul...
Derm..
for
Iirst
offences.
modern
X-ray
apparatus,
board
members
said
they
felt
the
time
has
come
when
the
people
of
this
area
"are
entitled
to
better
service
in
keeping
with
the
Kelowna
which
has
one
cab
for
every
946
persons,
or
9
taxi?
ureater
Victoria
with
an
,
"iximate
population
of
100.-
'
4ai
95
taxis.
New
Westmin-
i
for
its
8.517
population,
stated
Turkeys
being
sold
in
town
at
for
a
new
permit
to
the
chief
1
"aaua,
ne
pas
worked
rellgi-of
poliee
of
a
city
and
if
refused
i
osly
for
it
slpce
I34
may
appeal
to
the
city
council,
j
Chief
Clifton
'
will
likely
get
1
!
his
medal
nexttl
said
Mr.
An-
population
30,000.
has
30
,
that
tne
RCMP
endorsea
appll.
this
north
j
65
cents
a
pound
are
Grade
A
Blowing
needs
of
country."
The
present
X-ray
unit
was
built
in
1937
and
installed
at
SANTA
KEPT
ON
MOVE
MEETING
CITY
YOUNGSTERS
field.
The
"paramount
head
i
man
of
every
tribe
on
the
!
coast,"
as
Chief
Clifton
Is
re-
(erred
to,
was
a
student
of
William
Duncan,
first
lay
mis-I
slonary
on
the
north
coast.
HERE
IS
THE
OLD-STYLE
X-RAY
unit
In
Prince
Rupert
General
hospital,
which
has
been
termed
"inadequate
for
present-day
needs"
by
radiologist
Dr.
L
M.
Goulden.
birds
from
Alberta.
This
was
emphasized
today
by
retail
distributors
who
are
selling
turkeys
at
that
price.
Their
comment
was
made
as
a
result
of
an
Item
in
The
Daily
News
yesterday
which
stated
that
the
lower-priced
birds
come
from
the
B.C.
interior.
"Our
birds
are
shipped
direct
from
Edmonton,"
one
retailer
information
was
received
:ily
clerk
R.
W.
Lour
after'
:':il
sought
information
as
!
:e
number
,
of
taxis
per
;
in
other
cities
and
in-
i
nation
as
to
how
other
city
nls
handled
re-lnstatemcat
'
hiulfeur's
permits
after
a
r
had
been
convicted
of
3g
liquor
for
sale.
The
let-
ere
read
to
council
lhl.
the
hospital
in
1942.
Dr.
Leila
M.
Goulden,
radiologist,
in
a
report
to
the
board
stressed
that
the
present
apparatus,
set
up
when
the
population
was
only
around
5.000,
"is
inadequate
for
the
amount
and
quality
of
work
now
re
neturning
to
Hartley
Bay
as
chief,
he
taught
his
people
to
develop
a
model
community
Still
In
good
health,
he
has
five
sons
and
36
grandchildren.
Santa
Claus
doesn't
forget
anyone.
Following
his
arrival
,
here
this
morning,
he
met
hundreds
of
children
In
Super-Valu
store
and
after
eating
his
lunch
tn
the
fly"
sped
to
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
to
see
the
children.
Later,
after
greeting
each
with
a
cheery
smile
and
greeting,
he
came
back
to
town
to
meet
hundreds
more
in
Woolworth's.
Queen,
Duke
Feast
Royalty
I
With
"
"
Popular
Tonga
,U,WI
Ruler
quired
at
the
hospital."
nd
filed
for
future
refer-
"Only
a
small
number
of
films
1
explained.
"They
are
absolutely
l
enoa
of
hands
and
Aivansh
Silvpr
Hnrmnnip
Run,!
'
NUKTIAIflFA.
Tnnra
ffPL-Thp
.
rrfiEh
onH
T.,
!
IeCt
"n1
BOUlt
chest
Can
be
"te
George
wrote
th
it
th"
.
W
Pass
on
every
applicani
.
t
chauffeur's
permit
and
although
he
has
been
blind
for
j
two
queens
of
the
British
Com-
Th.
0ueen
anQ
,L
duke
d
k
f'"e
cmpte,'y
Mt'sac-many
years.
He
Is
the
only
orig-
monwealth
feasted
today
In
tra-
I
-
jL
"SS
flf
Tin
1
to'T
man"Cr'
s?!d
",e
d12tor'.
inal
member
of
the
band
which
i
ditional
South
Sea
surroundings
!
SSdrlth
Quwn
SaTte
aL
'
treir
"
m
S
,TltS
?
tey'
was
founded
at
the
turn
of
the
as
Queen
Elizabeth
and
Tonga".
!
1
SZ
ihe..ipltf
''
irt
Quashes
tops
m
quality.
Contrary
to
the
Information
in
that
report,
we
also
have
an
excellent
supply
of
turkeys
under
12
pounds."
The
report
carried
yesterday
was
based
on
a
national
survey
which
stated
that
B.C.
outlets
were
hit
this
year
by
a
drop
in
the
prairie
crop,
and
that
small
birds
were
In
short
supply.
Prince
Rupert,
however,
has
not
been
affected
by
this
condition.
PPntlirV
TtS
loarior
fnr-
nvinidAiinan
Colnto
.
&
j
.
.
vw
...
uui
wt
HHUij
UUtUUC
UlCb
1UI
fcilC
ill
Hii
VP
a
IS
Chipf
RHtjht
has
rlnnr
'flmo
clrA
Tuna
rVt-sm
n
f
ln
i
(W
Charge
much
to
keep
the
band
intact
tivitiea
In
London.
:
fT
mi
1
1
,
,
I
if1
"
"
;
'
"
""'I
"f5
!
Popular
six-foot-three
Salote
recognition
in
Victoria,
in
New
.
is
the
only
head
of
iiihnin.r
onH
di.,
r
t
government
Mrs.
Azak
of
Canvon
Cit.v
will
i
the
Common
vealth
to
hold
I
wst
Lamg
Louver
cp)
a
charge
of
i
intoxicated
in
a
oubllc
lereiVP
thp
mpdl
rn
Knhalf
nFtllp
Gum
title
aa
tha
rtAnn
),.A
the
village
which
has
been
rec-
t
ioirfi
i
I
ogniiceU
lor
it
prowess
in
boat-i)Vl
-,,
I
,
"'
laid
by
Vancouver
police
-Jl
Arthur
Lainc,
B.C.
Lib-
1
Costs
Delay
Postal
Service
AtMetlakatla
"farty
leader,
was
thrown
Police
court
today
by
building
and
for
1U
social
de-1
elopmcnt
and
ethics.
j
After
a
short
rest
at
Queen
Canyon
City,
half-way
up
the
Salote's
palace,
the
royal
couple
Naas
River,
is
known
as
the
'
joined
their
hostess
in
a
feast
of
most
law-abiding
community
whole
roasted
suckling
pigs,
anywhere
on
the
coast.
chickens,
yams,
watermelons,
-'fate
Gordon
Scott.
!lfl5tra!e
Scott,
called
n
halt
testimony
after
two
police
r
hud
given
evidence
for
"'
n
and
five
barristers
lilied
for
the
accused.
Comox
Boy
and
Man
Awarded
George
Medals
For
Bravery
COMOX,
B.C.
(CP)
A
shy,
quiet
were
recognized
for
'
bravery
15-year-old
boy
knew
a
week
ago
,
under
conditions
for
which
they
1
now
11:30
a.m.
on
Sat-,
ancl
I
think
we
have
heard
!"
the
magistrate
said
in
g
the
charge.
'Ptity-tive
persons
nppear-this
court
today
facing
the
fharue,
that
of
inloxica-!
,'n
a
public
pltice,
and
if
any
had
pleaded
not
guilty,
'
ftad
Hie
sump
putHnnce
in
The
question
of
re-opening
o
the
Metlakatla
post
office
is
sti!
In
abeyance
due
to
excessiv
costs
of
carrier
service
betwee
Prince
Rupert
and
Metlakatla.
E.
T.
(Ted)
Applewhaitc.
M'
for
Skeena,
reports
that
a
recei
call
for
tenders
on
mail
servic
between
Rupert
and
Metlakatl
brought
only
one
bid,
at
the
rat
of
60
cents
a
mile
which
the
pc
office
department
considers
to
high.
.
Mr.
Applewhaite
reports
tha
the
department
will
call
for
ten
ders
again
In
the
future.
In
at
attempt
to
obtain
a
more
reas
onable
offer
for
the
service.
he
was
to
receive
the
Common
were
not
trained.
wealth's
highest
civilian
decora-
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Pont
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anybody
riJwi
about
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it.
5
commanding
RCAP
Station
Co-
,
mox
,
te
recomrnended
the
lr
News
that
Robert
Waters
will
fnr
rt..,,
v
1
P
,ttvr.
I
would
find
tliem
1
uly.
MaKisUatc
Scott
n't
see
why
I
should
lean
,'lWf
way
because
this
is
a
'"Jet
citizen
of
good
repu-
"I
was
surprised
to
get
it
and
proud
too,"
Bobby
said
Friday
night.
His
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Albert
M.
Waters,
who
own
a
small
farm
near
here,
said
"we're
very
proud
of
our
brave
son."
Two
months
after
his
heroic
rescue
the
lad
was
told
he
was
SOL
ictcivc
tuc
ucuic
rneuui
jor
ms
bravery
in
rescuing
an
RCAF
pilot
from
a
crashed
and
burning
bomber
Nov.
24,
1952,
came
Friday
in
a
simple
announcement
in
the
Canada
Gazette.
Eight
others
died
in
the
crash.
Albert
Richard
De
Cuyper,
30-year-old
farmer,
also
receives
the
medal
for
rescuing
the
navigator.
Bobby
and
De
Cuyper
were
first
recommended
for
decoration
In
the
November
27,
1952
Issue
of
the
Comox
District
Free
Press,
by
Dally
News
sports
editor
Dick
Ayres,
who
was
then
editor
of
the
Courtenay
paper.
In
a
front
page
column,
he
urged
that
the
RCAF
or
civic
officials
take
ac-ion
to
see
that
the
two
clvU'.ans
CM!
A
D
being
recommended
for
a
clta--
:-WEATHER-
'
region:
Oale
warned.
Cloudy,
rain
southern
spreading
to
northern
.
Cloudy
with
showers
Winds
iliPTOuslntr
In
mere
TWO
NEW
TYPES
of
British
planes
recently
made
their
debut.
(Top)
The
batlike
plane
In
flight
is
Britain's
smallest
Jet
aircraft.
The
tailless
Short
Sherpa
research
plane
Is
designed
as
a
200-m.p.h.
forerunner
of
experimental
machines
to
prove
the
problem
of
ultra
high
speed
flight
several
miles
above
the
earth.
(Bottom)
The
Seamew
Is
Britain's
new
anti-submarine
aircraft,
which
can
.operate
from
escort
and
aircraft
carriers.
The
problems
of
NATO
countries
were
specifically
considered
by
the
producer's
design
team,
when
the
plans
were
conceived.
The
plane
will
now
go
Into
production
for
the
Royal
Navy
TAKING
TABBY
for
her
morning
walk
Is
three-year-old
Alexis
Kerr,
who
sees
nothing
unusual
in
this,
except
that
tabby
Is
rather
large,
and
the
streets
of
London
are
surprisingly
deserted.
,
Maybe
little
Alexis
doesn't
know
it,
but
tabby
happens
to
be
.
Nizam,
a
two-year-old
Bengal
tiger
that
appears
with
the
Bert-Tarn
Mills
Circus
currently
touring
England.
Though
daddy
happens
to
be
an
animal
trainer,
one
would
think
that
he
could
have
selected
an
animal
that
was
er
less
frightening.
However,
Alexis
doesn't
seem
to
mind
tion,
but
he
said
he
had
forgotten
about
that.
Then
a
week
ago
he
received
a
letter
with
official
notification,
but
he
didn't
bother
telling
anybody.
After
he
rescued
the
pilot,
FO.
R.
F.
Johnson
of
Sprlnghlll,
N.S.,
he
saw
he
could
do
no
more,
so
rrlu
gales
35
in
exposed
Shopping
R
Earn
"us
afternoon.
Continu-'""I-
Low
tonight
and
high
'
8t
Port
Hardy,
Sandspit.
rr"'i:e
Rupert,
40
and
45.
Christ
mast