Contributions of Prince Rupert Daily Nfws Tuesday, March 25, 1152 S g v , News Welcomed In order to assist the Daily Atom Bomb For Cancer 1 , tlic world that can make the cobalt bomb. Dr. Johns claims, j Contract Let for Tho bomb will produce much radio-activity as all t the as radium! f QQrhoof Bkck in the world, he adds Big New Achievement " In Field of Medicine I . ; I j Construction of the unit was . j u.. ,u Cnnt.an VANDERHOOF C. J. Oliver iirwi 111 cuinpru- news cover- 1 vlJt I 7 I I J I'll age of city ("uanujitionx, lt j "'MjjuJl Is n. quested inat officers in f wT t'hHrge of publicity of such ; d-.mJfJ 'KS oruniatiims contact the cui- i 1 iihmf torlal Uepaitment of The Daily j jj ll J7n News. News of the activities of i jtl kl ill, such oiganizatlor.s is always 1 jLJLxJIm welccmed by The Daily News ' "K"!! ' as Is all local and personal I 'fen r'mrniNA ff - The cobalt, bomb r..o ci.t,, o.D-,rh ,,oc Ltd.. Vancouver contractors, w..l is one of thv? first major applica- financed by the society and the buJld a ew PuWic building here fc lions oi atomic energy to me National Cancer Institute. 1 "-"' ". field of medicine, says Dr. H. E. Tlrore is at present one other tender of J2720-1- which was the Uohns of the University of Sas- cobalt unit in operation at the lowest- has been accepted by de- Jatchewan physics department, university of Western Ontario. j Partment of public works. ;:- Dr. Johns, who designed the The design and measurements j irst cobalt bomb and helped in- for it were done by University of and packed In a lead casing Saskatchewan graduates. The Hi-ton head Is suspended Stall it at the university last i if better " a track on which It can be The machine Is slightly It also be raised, shifted. may in cancer treatment than a 3.000,000-volt X-ray machine; lowered and the activated cobalt cylinder rotated by means of that would probably stand three j m'rs operated by a control storeys high and cost about $200,000 to build. Dr. Johns says. : panel. Yet the cobalt unit at the uni-! A special room was built for it versity is relatively small, weigh- ; the university hospital, enclosing in concrete walls 12 inches would 12 tons, and cost '-"yjw ... III liiiWMiiijiOilHIIIIWWW I I SKYLINE OF RIO Twenty-five years ago Rio dc Janeiro was a city with buildings of only three or four stoivys. Today it has hundreds 01 tall, white structures, 10, 20 or more storeys high. For the mot part their skeletons are of reinforced concrete, Instead of structural steel. The walls arc f ilbd in with light brick or bl irk Then the whole Job Is covered with a stucco, o.- piaster and, PRESTO you have a white "lira stone" 'building. Lack of weather stresses allows about $50,000 to build. "11LK- nn vui.on wu.uuw protected by eight panes oi glass, ! ACTIVATED AT each one inch thick. j CHALK RIVER xhe room is equipped with D.. Johns says the cobalt bomb ' special doors that turn off the1 is not a new treatment for can- : ray's activity when they are ; cer. It may present the possi- : op-ened. The reason is that the I bilities of improved technique but machine makes no noise despite year, detailed its operation in a recent lecture here. B.C. HAS IT VICTORIA The cobalt homb, one of science's latest weapons against rance, will be "in operation in September in Vancouver, the minister of :. health, Hon. Douglas Turnbul. aid Monday in the provincial -legislature. He was replying to 1 question from Mrs. T. J. Kol-stnn. He. said the bomb lias been on order for over a year. It will be installed at the Vancouver Cancer Institute. The cobalt bomb, developed 'at the I'nivcrsily of Saskatchewan, is an instrument for treating localized 'cancers which lie deep within the body. It consists of a core of highly 'radioactive cobalt which emits a stream of penetrating rays which kill cancer rays. " much lighter construction than in Canada. Thl haughty lioness is in the beautiful Praca 1 Park) (CP PHOTO' Paris. the principle of treatment is not , the tremendous energy it pro- I new. ! duces and a person could absorb ' The cobalt used in the unit at! dangerous rays without realizing the university was activated in j the machine was operating. t the Chalk River atomic pile. ! One important feature of the This pile is the only one in ex- i unit Is its mo v ability. The: Terrace to Usk Traffic Limited City Fathers Like Editorial; Hand Bouquet to Daily News The city council had a bouquet for the Daily istence. he says, with sufficient- machine and a turntable In the Hi-hway Sixteen between Ter- ly concentrated activity to acti-1 floor can be operated so that race5antl Usk has been clos-vl vate cobalt sufficiently for an 'rays may be directed from sev- during tnc palit wrPic to heavy efficient cobalt borrb. eral different angles in succes- traffic while 'spring thaw con- 11 t News last nitht. The city fathers recorded their jne auuvaiea couau comisieu sion. i rtltiftn. eonMm.A and rrti, !!. .1 1 1. !l a: . I Today and Wednesday I'lus CARTOON - NKWS Shows 7 -9:01 of 25 discs of cobalt which were: number of cobalt unite In Can- Z"t "U l rviZ mm pZ Oiuciai approval Oi a rectrm t-uuuuai in inns iicvns-; ' He forecast that in the next left for a year in the atomic pile, ada. Rupert to smithers has, accord-j paper which suggested that people who were prone A r AMois miu few years there would be a large They were put Into a container Canada is the only country in K ""romo1 weeks tTa j to criticize council and its actions would do well U month, it is stated at local rail-, take a more active interest in civic affairs and, in l dead of merely listening to rumors and second hand) j - see'h'itlq Wallaces NEW Millinery Department way oifices. The road between Prince Rupert and Terrace, however, i still open to normal traffic. " ,taiK. im-1 out at nrsi nann wn;u L0VE :ls going on and thon offer their j constructive sungcstlons. ! Noting w ith pleasure soine vlsi-l tors in the public section of the 'chamber. Aid. H M Daetett said he felt the editor of tliy Daily Working Old Duthie Mine ii rviiiliriiirilli-iiiwiiTii' i SI DiDLO. lit 1 rJI QUEBEC POET Alfi'cd Garneau. the Quc'o c poet who died in 1904, was for many years chief French translator to the Senate at Ottawa. ' Ni'wx .:hfiilrl hp rrwuirt iihitcd for 1 YOU'LL LOVE THE WAY YOU LOOK IN OUR lt'J 1 " " j illt: . uilui .111 Ullll vtltkv itlir lJit-j -I employed In mining development mvndation houid be officially work and mill construction on recorded by the council the Silvan Consolidated Mines Mayor Whalrn was in complete Ltd. "former Duthie 1 property on agreement with the observations the eastern .slope of Hudson Bay;0I Aid. Daggett and feit that the Mountain, about fifteen' miles whole council would be also, from Smithers, it was reported by! However Aid Daei-nt. smil- r . r Ti ' , .1 . Colin Mac-Donald M E., supcrln-, in,ly cornnient,'d that he did r tendent in charge, who ai I'l'not acree with evervthiri In the TOT! K. 1 Ifr a Jt 't a r vm tl o 1SL9. Today and Wednesday Show starts 7 p.m. Last complete show 8:20 p.m. o 3 the city over the week-end at- Daily New a r'.vvois mia 0 3 ? i .. be present personally, leturncd I'honc Red 110 Today for reservations on furuu 'he plvas.nl little 150-ton mill which is being e-- Je concluded. . tabli-shed on the property and ,'"tcl'g which Mr. MacDonald expects .should be in operation In about AI I At a year producing roncentrntct lUiflf VlrilPi' li ""I llll lOHUHt.l UIU .til V l- !' ine-goki property. UiKlergrouiHl in the old Duthia workings drifting on two promU-iii" ore faces Ls tirricppdina Rights Back I REFRIGERATE SPECIALS STEAMkR When the mill gets into oper-' Campalun for return to the at.on, the concentrates will be clty of a" walPr rie1s in Sha-hauled out by truck to Smithers watlans and Wood orth Lake for .smelter shipment. ' wltn complete control thereof 1 Mr. Ma-Donald is a brother of was resumed in city council last Dr. J. A. MacDonald of this city night. Aid. Casey, who introduced Prince Rupert 7 Ik'Y I Well so Prettily , y lop ) utr A( 'iv. Spring lliir-l)o the subject, held that these water rights should be the sole property of the city with complete control and priority of use of water over any requirements for nnwpr pcnrmllnn hp it hv Courtesy Films For CM Workers 9 i cu. ft. Deluxe Rcfrigcroror $399.00 8z cu. ft. Refrigerator, with frozen food comportment $411.50 Z'l cu. ft. Rcfrigcrofor $38200 SAILS FOB Vancouver urn I Intermediate Tori Each Thursday it ll:1." p.m. For KETCHIKAN est : Three motion pictures dealing Northern D. C. Power Co., B. C. j with importance of a cheerful Power commission or any one ; and courteous approach to the rlsc. Tnere snould bc no situa- public, both in personal contact j tlon wncre generation of power -And for your happy new-season selection we've a beautifully complete array of crisp new straws and felts dressed up in the flowers and gay finery of Springtime. Come see! Northern B.C. Power (o.l uim uvur uie ceiepnone. win oe could be pr,niitted from the I shown w aimuian nauonui :.;ltr whllp tlif rltv.wns run- wi HM'Siny, midmoui ' Comfort and Service . Fur Reservation llrsnrr Work I'll"'"' 3I" 'g N M n R 11 n H M H H P N n N . M 9 M I M H PI SI'1 Prince RiiihtI. MO. ning short of water such as had occurred in the oast. Aid. DaKRrtt was in sympathy with Aid. Casey's views although he pointed out thnt nothing could bc done on the matter Railways employees here tomorrow, lt Is announced by C. A. Berner, superintendent. , The films will .be shown by Harold D. Park of Edmonton, training supervisor for CN. Telegraphs, who Is due to arrive to Wrile or Cull ITV OK IIEPOT OHICK PRINCE RUPERT . nc. is ,-. 'vi t isc of morrow on the Prince Rupert !V,drMr "J" P"cnt franrhls U,c Northern D. C. I".wer c from Vancouver. He has prcvl- FLY... WALLACE'S DEPT. STORE Water rlu'hts at ishawatlans unci Wooclworth will bc among matters to be discussed with the provincial povernnicnt by a delegation which ls about to leave for Victoria to take up this and other matters. . - - - - H ou.sly shown the films in Vancouver and Victoria. The motion pictures include one showing how a man saved his business by Improving his telephone manners and those of his staff. Another tells the story of n man who has had a miserable BIO EXPANSION There were not more than 7,- 1 -t -j.".' .v'.V-V INCREA5, day but is given the chance to EASTER SEALS live it over acain nnd loams thnt. 000.000 persons In the BriLioh 0IILY HELP courtesy really pays off. I Lslc-'" ln tnc aBe of Shakespeare The third picture introduces J. ( antl Raleigh. H. White, general manager of j ALL THESE SERVICES... ; ERVi CN communications department, to the stuff. Mr. Park will leave here tomorrow niRht for Prince .Oeorge fur a showing there. I I I i:t I ivi; ft IJt II 211 li r THURSD5 MONDAYS and The Children's Hojpifa The Queen Almandra Solarium Easier Seals Travelling Clinic The Vancouver Frtvenlorium Cerebral Palsy Association of B. C. SI. Christophers School Society of B. C. ,,,,vel,in,-.. Un,.. rt 0 " '" ml fr ALICE ARM" VAN( oijvrit mill VICTORIA "Bill" Bailey Passes Away A 79-year-old former waterfront worker and early Prince Rupert pioneer died, early Mou-; clay at the Pioneers' Home. He ! STE VARi SUNDAY ss. t'hllcotin U p.m. i:i 1 1; tivi; march r.iii: TUESDAYS, FRIDAYS, SAT 'rftk Th donation you i.nd for your East.r Sal. help, to maintain all , 3f&$$Kf .r.SK'" hse six vitally needed children-i og.nci.J. The need is oigent "ri'S f' sttHZiifyt&ttii jfl' "PP children are so helpless. Please mail your donation 'ITT, ' f?' promptly ... and generously! If you hove not received a moiling fASl tf&rt&'6"S ,rom ,h Cr'PPled Children's Fund Headquarters, please write to :!5sr;5?',' them at 407 West Hattinot Yah will lAoiu Anr Ciilar C.-l, promptly, with a receipt if you request it. Easter Seals are Si .Or TUESDAY s.s. Camosun 12 noon MAVK AltM, STKWAHT AND I'OItT SIMIVSON Sunday, Camosun. 11 p.m. FOB NOKTII Ql i;i; (il AIU.OTTi: Kil.ANDS March H and 23 s-. (Jhllrotln midnight For vSoinu cji i;i;n ( iiari,ottk islands ss. CMlcotln March 7 and 21 'midnight) FRANK J. SKINNER " Prince Rupert Agent Third Avenue Phone 508 Lcavo Prince Bupcrt r KITIMAT KILDALA KEMANO Queen Charlotte a sheet . . . but donations of any amount are gratefully accepted. (Please make cheques poyable to lion's Crippled Children's Fund . was William Bailey, who came, j here in 1907. He was a bachelor. ) Born ln Entiland, he saw 12 I years oi service with the British j Imperial Army as a member of i the King's Royal Rifles. Ho par-! ticipated In quelling rebellious ; tribes at Khybjr Pas and Tirah, ; In the north of India, and was ! a Boer War veteran, j Surviving are a sister Lillian, i and a brother, Oeorge, both ln ' England. Funeral arrangements, ! In charge of B.C. Undertakers, j will be announced later. A or d. t.i LION'S CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S FUND OF B.C. 407 WEST HASTINGS STREET PRINCE n" VANCOUVER P.O. Box 2K0 r