PRC "1ALI i PROVINCIAL Ll2-:i?.i, If OMORROW'S ORMES 7 T ' r . -TIDES DRUGS Slanuaru Time pa,illc p. 1 5 :48 15 feet DAILY DELIVERY 18 02 181 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 12:10 8 7 feci feel Published of Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone 01 VOL. XLII, No. 4 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, JANUARY , 1S53 PRICE FIVE CENTS j r "I '-- ooo mvk Urn far? i: I'lR IX ; " l' .-.'. 1 t v N ,U i Sv i 1 , Orme Stuart Named Head Of Chamber ii ! If P9JJ -i, --f -r- .-7 L A I) mow 'i! Onne C. St uart was ectI ', president of the Prince Rupert Clumber of Commerce by ac-tlamation at its annual meeting List nign? He succeeds T. No. ton Yuungi. Awo chaicn by acclamation were Philip H, Linzey. vice-president, and Philip M. Ray, t-lib W. , ru (Secretary-treasurer. . ( 3 Charged With Theft At City Dress Store Three young men were arrested by RCMP early today less than an. hour after a Third Avenue dry goods store was broken info and garments valued at $268 taken from the premises. Charged with the theft from : ; Sweet 18 were: Henry Moore,; Police found the plate glats Leonard Raymond and Joseph j window in the door amaahed Tremblay. They appeared before and glass strewn over the floor, magistrate W. D. Vance In police j They believed the men broke court and were remanded eight the glass, strolled awa.y because days. ! of the noise caused by the crash. Also appearing before the ! then returned when no one was magistrate on a charge of pos- noticed on the street, sessing an offensive weapon was lot'ND RIFLE Pebealiau Youx. who was taken ! In" Marching the room occu-into custody at the same time, pied by tne meni police found a as the other men. suitcase and other article be- The men were arrested in a , longing to Youx downtown rooming house at 2:20 J ' officm ueed a.m. and taken to city jail. lhe barrel ofI LADItS' GARMENTS court. They said it belonged to Police found 27 wool blouses j Youx, who asked for and was and four ladies' coats In the; granted trial by a higher court, room where Moore. Raymond 1 He will appear again Jan. 14 and Tremblay were arrested, j for preliminary hearing. - .. i In his report for 19i2. Mr. Fire Destroys School uHu'iun of oil paintings valued at more thin SIM.OOO mid un iJO.ooo-volumr library were roe! tipii lire swept through 44-year-;ld Normal school at Hamilton. Total damage r'imated at more than $700,000 The 218 Normal student are to be temporarily housed church i CP Photo i Younx.H pointed to pro rf ss made, during ihe year In Improvement of bHthaay 16; In the campalit for a land airport here, and tn re-activation of the grain elevator He foresaw railway and uA-pin development rcAUlting from the CNR banje-larullng wrvira being InsUiled here, and trced Uie benefits Prince Rupert will re-eive from the aluminum project at Killmat and Kemano. Referring to the rental hous C. Hospitals Endorse Wage FOl'B CHILDREN were burned to death at Doschenes, Que., near Ottawa, when a tar-papered house was destroyed by fire. Their mother, Mrs. Joseph Glandon, said She left the children to visit neighbors. The father, Pte. Robert Glandon, is being flown home from service with the 2oth Brigade in Korea to attend the funeral. (CP Photo) lij The f. il.'llu Frrt ing 1953 Hospital Insurance pay- Ui he nald: menu lit the 1952 level. "ThU Chamber can, I belk-ve i'.TOUVER - Britikh Colum- rouce gain mey were sitting on, Also found voux's oosses- City Group Urges CNR government order freezing hospital budgets. The decision was made Monday at the siiectal meeting railed here to discuss Health Minuter Eric Martin a rexetit order frees- the bed when they entered, sion was a valuable watch which. 1'pitiil administrators have to s.cTi 1SCi3 waijc bouot The decision by the admlnls- Congratulate ItJ'.f on having' tratora mean Uie salary and fcen ln.ti.rumental in bringing 'm wage figure for Prince Rupert line new homes to Prince Rupert' Oeneral llorpllal will be increaa- under a Joint dominion, provin-i ed by mure than $50,000. Last ctal and municipal acheme. Flrvtl I menu, despite a provincial police said, was stuffed Inside a broken thermos bottle tn his lunch pail. " To Build New Ship Here Active measures to bring construction of the Construction Sets All-Time Record' year wage in the Prince Rupert, credit must be given to our Mem-hospital totalled S228.W8. bcr of Parliament. E. T. Apple-Dong- Stevenson, acmlnUtralor halte. end to our then MLA, at the northern city s hwsptlal. Jack McRae, for. their efforts in n Rupert; 40 Private Homes Built Youx was arrested a few minutes later when he entered the room. RCMP sped U the store after Libby Basso-Bert, driver for HI Taxi, told police he saw three men enter the store then leave with some clothing. A few minutes earlier, another cab driver, Ken Nesbitt of 537 Taxi told ef seeing fhrfe men going west on Third Avenue after he heard the crash of glass while sitting is his sUnd on Fifth Street. Canadian National's proposed ner coastal vesl tc getting this project approved by the dominion and provincial governments. Trince Rupert will be undertaken by the Chamber and Don Ftorward, a director of the hoispltal board here, are among delegates al the three-day meeting here, Delegatea ulun voted down a proposal of Mr. Martin's to create i- ul construction In Prmce alterations and repairs to home r dining lit an si-' PermiU were tMtiett tor on- recoid and more than trip-jstruction of 4 private homes! ie figure ol the previous : and a $O0.0O0-pcrmit waJ tssufd Central Morteuge and Housing for having revived and kept alive The decision was made at the this project when it was in dan-j Chamber's annual meeting last gcr of tR'in;? lust through lack ol , niiiht aftr the reading of cor-support In Prince Rupert itself." ! re.spondence between E. T. f 4 vuiuf of permits taken compulfory hospital districu similar to those in Alberta. They recommended that hi- Corporalion to build SO rental homri now rearing completion. William D Kilva. CMW in- s '. City Hall wm tl 083 965 f.irfd ith S.125.09 In 1M1 .NAMIS JAVCEES pltal board consider increasing Mayor Allots Uie IW2 p-rml?ji tMued. ! rates for private and semi-prl- He paid tribute to the Junka Applewhaile. MP for skeena. and Donald Gordon, CNR chairman and president, on the subject of a replacement for the steamship Prince Rupert. In answer to a letter from Mr. uprrtor here. ald thin mornln; h epert the firt eif M homes la be rrsdy for occupancy with 30 were for lndutrial t rig. $791,500 for new home vate accommodation as a means Chamber of Commerce for iU Salvagers Find Radium In Wreckage Crash Kills 27, Seven Injured By T'.ie CaiudlBa Pros BELFAST Salvage squads with geijer counters hunted 12 hours today before finding a box of "highly dangerous" radium in the wreckage of ji, British airliner that crash at Belfast's airport Monday night, killing 27 of increasing reveiiue part In obtaining house posul I uniun and $105,385 for in rr. I n,. ...... W.I,,r,Ml,M, Ih. 13 r ,jurvlr onrt fur If ovh-It in hrn. ! Applewhalte asking that the CNR's own Prince Rupert dry-dock and shipyard be considered as a logical site for the work, Mr. Gordon had replied it was unlikely the construction would be carried out here. He explained that reasons of economy discouraged it. "I suggest there is a tremendous number of factors which should be balanced against the consideration of costs," J. T. Harvey said at the meeting. "For one thing, it will put Into use a valuable asset now going to waste, which is the CNR's own drydock. We should not allow ourselves to be brushed off merely by an explanation of costs." Chairman T. Norton Youngs Churchill iJtrgvst p'rmit lued for a ; HuNpttat Insurance S-rvlce at thel vktlng street signs UirouKhout1 ' cimm-rlcat utrurture was for the 1 prckcnt time in Pnnce RiiM'rt the city. It was also gratifying (120.000 T. W. Woolwortrt tnre pay $11 40 a day for public ward! to note, he said, that the Jayceet. I on Third Avenue. Other large beds, $13 40 a day for seml-pri- are keeping alive the memory of ' remodelling Jobs that were com-: vate and $14 40 for private. With-j the late Alex Hunter through pleted during the summer months out BCHIS. the costs are $13. $15. their Good Citizenship Award in .'included McRae Brothers, thctand $18 a day. These rates have' his name. Aldermen ' To Committees Four aldemien elected at the December 11 civic election were sworn Into office last night just prior to attending a statutory meeting of Hhe city council at which committees were appointed by Mayor Harold Whaien. Man vs. Beast Battle Ends In Fatal Draw ent After nference , MuMUillcm Block and tin' present , been In ef feci since last July. ! In lift review of forestry, min-I ing and fbhing activities, ho remodelling job now under wayj BCHIS puys $10 40 towards the at the York Hotel. ;cot, the patient paying the bal 'V YORK 0 Prime Minis-! Durlnir December nermlts were lance i stated that "the continued andi ANCHORAGE, Alaska 0 A ! lncreaAlim lmnortaiice of the storv of what aooeared to be a On suggestion of Alderman Bert in an address to the (0 Imrrn.i, Bmi prexident- i wuvi iniui if ti2ni54 w hich I fUliing industry to Prince Ru-; fight to death between an Alaska observed that the shipyard ...... w. ! r. ....'io, j ..ii.,.. xi, ,b- crates at a deficit which is naid Giassey the entire council win j persons including a year-sit as a court of revision brgm- , , delegates, Mr. Martin indicated that Ihe government pert that in addition i tlie bear at a remote mountain cabin "e public works department h.x'nl:i,-rr (iliif-d together included $10,000 for new home.) '"Bin and conferred at other money was to be spent on but i,t kept silent on ' repairs and klu-ratlons. ! nrliiMiiiLs they may have! , ' lact out ijauy. many fishermen who go out from 'is slowly being pieced together j lthf CNR- Con-strucUon of the tl on world problems. may introduce legislation at next month's m-smii of the legislature creating hospital districu. The plan would be similar to the school district system. Residents of outlying munl- prime minister wMII confe1 this port, sonic 1.400 persons arc employed In the shore plants processing the fish. "Of great Importance Ls the V Shoplifter xierc today ;siop nic suutu ii:iirc wiia tuii- A coroner's Jury still has not!dltkm' ruled officially on what caused j KE THAN COST the death of Rudolph H. Gaier.l I siting the CNR head, Mr. 50, trapper, but new clues turned 1 Applewhalte drew attention to "r tonight with Joh . 1 i'T -t i 4 i; A -- ; ? i't riM 1 lr 1 ; k ' 1 ... ' u- f t -r ' 1 i s , 1' ' , "-- , i Tji , s, ' 4 . :4 a r . J " s f . I,, I. I v . wiwh. u 8. serrelnry of ('Miniate In Elsenhower's fact that the federal Depart up have strengthened the theory i'"-' " '" " cipulitics would be compelled tojment of Fisheries has lot a con Remanded in Police Court of Its own services. ! and with Wlnthrop Ald-j 'hov.li be ambassador toi of a man-versus-beast battle that it is help with financing of hospit-nls nearest to them through "I can appreciate lending in a fatal draw tract for the clearing of the disastrous slide In the Bablnc Canyon, and early elimination of the actual laid-down : Gaicr was found dead in his P0'0 i,i.j 1 , 1 1 !..-. n,k cost of a vessel built in your contributions to capital costs Harry Fisher, who told mag-land might be taxed to help with istiate W. D Vance tn police; operating deficits. ' this menace to the sockeye sal-j "r"" ';hu, -m 100 miles northwest of Anchor- rmce ituperi yara may oe nigiier mon ..hi,h which 1 ls the u. most .( immrt import-! .in in dollars dollars than than one one built, built, say. say, on on age. court today that he came here At present, said Mr. Martin. most of the province's hospitals are occupied by residents living not known if Elsenhower " present. r ' a poKsibllity that the lfader and Elsenhower nif't amnn before Church-s to Washington, probably lay. 'or a conference with ' it Truman. rrlilll and Elsenhower, who d 'riends. girt. Uigether at "ihattun home of Bernard I Oaier is believed to have been ' asleep In his cabin when the (bear broke in. The trapper. apparently thrcnv a lantern at the i intruder and jumped out of a from Reglna to open up a store, pleaded guilty to a charge of theft under $25 from F. W. Woolworth store. He was remanded eight days for sentence. W. C. iBusi Johnson, manager of the store, told court the man Seven other passengers ' were injured. .? The radium was being flown to a Belfast radiotherapy cllnta. Rescuers were warned, "if the box has burst, don't touch the contents. They are highly dangerous." - ' ' Radon the gas given oft by the radium salts are used In medical radiotherapy. They are packed small gold capsules called "seeds." A horrified crowd of relatives and friends sar the twin-engined British European Airways plane hit the beacon towner. careen against the airport's radio control building, and crumple in flames on the main runway. Only one of the 35 persons ahoard steward Jack Young, 28, of Belfast escaped unhurt. He was flung from the tall section Into a muddy ditch when the plane broke up. The plane was on a regularly-scheduled flight from London to Nutts Corner Field, 14 miles from here. There was no immediate Indication how the' plane happened to hit the beacon mast while landing. nlng Feb. 9. His motion was seconded by Aid. John Currie after he informed council he had heard "a lot of talk about assessments." He did not enlarge on the subject. First regular council meeting of the year will take place next Monday. Following committees were appointed: Finance Committee Aid. R. A. McLean, chairman; Aid. M. W. H. Krueger, Aid. H. F. Giassey, Aid. Kay Smith. Board of Works Committee Aid. Krueger. chairman; Aid. Darrow Gomez. Aid. John Currie, Aid. W. Bremncr. L'tilities Committee Aid. Giassey, chairman; Aid. McLean; Aid. G. B. Casey. Aid. Bremner. Health, Social Assistance. Felice and Licensing Aid. Gome, chairman; Aid. Currie, Aid. Smith, Aid. Casey. Pioneers' Home Committee Aid. Casey, chairman; Aid. Bremner, Aid. Smith, Mrs. A. GUlis, Hugo Kraupner. Library Board Aid. Currie, T. B. Black, A. D. Ritchie, Mrs. W. S. Kergln, Mrs. B. S. Prockter, Ed. Boulter. Airport Committee Aid. Gomez, chairman; Aid. Currie, Aid. Krueger. Wage Committee All chairmen outside the borders of the centre where they are located. In a survey in nild-Dccember, It was shown practically all hospitals in B C. tare:! by increased wage and general costs, wanted more money from the government in 1053. Many launched protests with the government "against the freeze order. Mr. Stevenson said at that time that the Prince Rupert ant run on the Skeena watershed can be expected." Remarking that the Ellis Ait Lines Service between Prince Rupert and Ketchikan had greatly impfovfd passenger travel between these two points, he urged the Incoming officers and executive to maintain an interest in aviation and to continue to press actively for the airport project. Elected to the executive council were: Ed Boulter, E. R. Gordon, J. T. Harvey, Dr. A. W. Large. O. C. Mitchell, J. D. ilc-Rae, A. S. Nickerson and A. D. Vance. lbf topics of conversation' left nl8 sUre yrstrday with a 'ive included such things I bottle of shaving lotion without the Atlantic coast, but I do feel that you should take two angles into consideration,"' he wrote. "Any transportation costs involved in taking materials to Prince Rupert will all be paid to the Canadian National Railways by utilising your existing facilities. The same would apply to the transportation of such -skilled personnel as It might be found necessary to move in temporarily. "The retaining and maintaining of the drydock and shipyard the only one on the whole Canadian Pacific mainland north of Burrard Inlet is something which s a matter of policy, security, and marine safety deserves your consideration." Mr. Applewhalte also remarked window, fired a number of shots through the door, and finally pevked in to see if the animal was dead. The bear, in its death throes, is thought to have attacked Gaier, clawing him fatally before it dropped. The trapper managed to crawl to his bed, where he died of his wounds and exposure. Korean war. Prime Min-iPnylng for it. oi.nin s recent.lv-lnriientnri Johnson accompanied him to the police station where police said they found an assortment of articles Including some men's 'ni'M to meet wttli Eisen- and Britain's economic ms. 2 EUenhower nor mnrle any public slut 9-her thrtr meeting. socks, a wallet, a pen, wrench! hospital "couldn't begin to op-.. and a small knife, in his posses-1 erate" on the same daily rate sion. ! this year ls it did in 1952. -WEATHER- A mass of cold Arctic air has JIILUOO MILES ON FOOT now spread over nearly all of tho j that existing contracts would not have to be completed before the new ship could be laid out. He warned there would be a "storm , of standing committees. an Who Walked Across Canada Unfit for Army J'NA (CP) Tiility-yeur-oU down after looking at hU medi- of protest" if the CNR failed to Prince Rupert Health I'nlt build its Pacific coast vessel in All Health committee, its own yard here. Hospital Board Aid. McLean. On the type of ship to be built, I Civic Centre Committee Aid. Mitchell who walked 5.C0O cal record. . B.C. Interior and its leading edge has brought cloud and a little light snow to southern sections this morning. In the northern interior the weather . remains clear and cold. Forecast Sunny today, cloudy with Intermittent snow or rain and snow mixed tomorrow Not much change In temperature. Winds northerly 30 In main "wu.-s l,iilliiil:i 1,, ); , STARTED Wl Then he deckled to cross Canada tram West to East on foot. He got several firms to sponsor his hike and set out. He wore his recommendaUon was that It, Casey and Aid. Smith. I17-4K f"W. 1 tins . h., " ") .... He completed the long walk in Halifax in the spring of 1948 and then got a job w ith , circus. He toured as far west as Vancouver, and subsequently worked Museum Board Mrs. N. E. Mr. Mitchell got In some before starting his crosscountry Jaunt. He walked 1.300 miles over Vt f n y as medlcall I U-'H11, f a veU-ran of more out 12 pair of boots on the long New Refinery To Use Oil From Alberta WASHINGTON 0 Pacific OU and Refining Company announced Monday it will erect a new 10.000-barrel-a-day oil refinery on Puget Sound near Seattle. . Joseph E. Ertckson, vice-president, said the plant will operata on crude delivered from tha Trans-Mountain Pipeline now under construction from, oil fields In Jhert. should be no larger than the present Prince Rupert but contain greaUr cargo space. On J. C. GUker's suggestion. It was agreed that before the the Armv !n ' -, 1.-: Tr.n ...,' u,u it, i!,m u;trj, nr,tvlfit4 hv the Arnold. Public Relation Aid. Giassey. Housing and Zoning CommitteeAid. Krueger, Aid. Currie .tears in I on a ranch at Kamtoops, B. C, as Tfinrt 11, "V ... I M rVMM iVl.lt ini h.-iii nin wj .. . . ...... j tMiiini T' cros-sM Oawson to Whitehovse and then ! makers of a logging boot. He used r "un from 1 Vancouver to packed supplies by dog team and' sklis and snowshocs over most ?' I, , . n x 1 r ,1 m.aI.1. land inlets today, and southeast Chamber takes action it will con-1 and Aid. Casey, tact Mr. Applewhalte to deter- Clift Ford Trust Fund Mayor alked into recruiting head- a tourist guide at Banff, Alta., a hospital orderly in Calgary and a farm hand. Born in Brandon, Man., Mr. Mitchell has been travelling since he was 12 years old when his parents moved to Vancouver. mine the present status of thelH. S. Whaien, City Clerk R. W. drydock. Mr. Gllker pointed out Long and Aid. Casey. 20 tomorrow, otherwise light. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Port Hardy, 32 and 40; Sandsplt, 30 and 36; Prince Rupert, 25 and 34. piane ior nrv. jeau iciiauu, 01 tuc imni,. famed "flying priest" of the1 "Some days I covered up to (north. He later worked with aj 48'i miles," said Mr. Mitchell." pack-horse train from White- "I got caught In two blizzards horse to Mayo, Y.T. I but I managed to get through." " ,rwy w . ,, 27th brigade. The '"'evcr, turned thumbs there may be other plans for it Canadian Otiien Council which will affect the situation. I Aid. Olassey '"v