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CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
or
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
VOL.
XLIII,
No.
17
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JANUARY
21,
1954
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Asks
$65
Billion
U.S.
Budget
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,
,
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6
Bodies
Recovered;
22
Presumed
Dead
By
JIM
BECKER
INCHON,
Korea
(AP)
Twenty-eight
United
States
Marines
are
dead
or
missing
after
a
troopship
loaded
with
Chinese
war
prisoners
collided
with
an,l
capsized
a
small
landing
craft
today.
The
toll
was
surpassed
by
that
.
.
-
.
.Jr.
,
i
of
only
one
other
naval
disaster
j
voyage
to
the
Nationalist
island.
Uy
The
Associated
Press
j
WASHINGTON
Pres.
id
ent.
Eisenhower
laid
a
I
$65,500,000,000
budget
be-J
fore
the
United
States;
Congress
today,
slashing!
n
the
Korean
theatre.
,
Crib
O'Canines
I
They
were
combat-loaded
with
heavy
boots,
packs,
helmets,
lifles
and
"winter
overcoats.
,
The
LST
later
left
for
For-i..osa
as
scheduled.
The
death
toll
was
surpassed
only
by
the
30
killed
in
a
turret
explosion
aboard
the
U.S.
cruiser
St.
Paul
off
eastern
Ko-
J.
S
f
RIB
looks
like
a
.subwuy
coach
at
5:00'
p.m.
with
these
eight
German
shepherd
I'
d
In
it.
One
of
them
1$
behaving
like
a
dog
In
a
manger
and
Is
hiding.
The
cute
whom
six
are
mai
ana
two
are;
female,
belong
to
Mrs.
Reta
Borg
of
Chicago.
of
Highest
First
Aid
lea
April
21,
1952.
Maj.-Gen.
William
S.
Lawton,
'
commanding
general
of
the
Ko-i
lean
communication
zone,
said
I
22
survivors,
marines
and
crew
;
members,
were
rescued
from
the
chill
waters
of
Inchon
harbor!
minutes
after
the
collision
be-
I
tween
a
big
Formosa-bound
LST
;
i
landing
ship,
tank)
and
an:
LCM
(landing
craft,
medium)'
They
were
not
serioualy
hurt.!
The
marines
were
weighted
j
down
with
heavy
equipment.
Six
bodies
were
recovered
and
T
others
were
presumed
dead;
when
the
search
was
called
oil
j
at
dusk.
The
small
ship
had
j
carried
50
men,
Lawton
said.
The
marine
helmsman
of
the
LCM,
Pd.
John
D.
Gates,
22,
j
said
he
was
approaching
the
I
irds
Given
CNR
Worker
imore
than
$5,000,000,000!
ifrom
total
spending
buti
I
proposing
record
outlays!
'for
atomic
energy,
con-
,
tinental
defence
and
over-1
seas
military
aid.
'
.
j
Despite
a
7t'i-per-cent
cutj
under
estimated
spending
thisi
i
year,
also
lowered,
Elsenhower
:
i
told
Congress
the
government
j
!
will
wind
up
the
1955
fiscal
year
,
j
nearly
$3,000,000,000
In
the
red.
1
!
Fiscal
1965
starts
July
1.
I
The
president,
who
yesterday
t
;
started
his
second
year
in
of-
I
fice.
proposed
a
broad
program
of
changes
In
tax
laws,
but
told
Kinsmen
Sponsor
Puck
Game
I
a
-
-.
'
r
,
,1
Armstrong
by
the
Priory
Chapter
of
Canada
was
tlie
highest
.
In
the
Dominion
with
the
exeep-
j
tlon
of
one
presented
by
Queen
Elizabeth
who
la
head
of
the
St.
!
John
Order.
i
Mr.
Mu-lnprUc,,
in
prc-ntini;
said
that
he
was
indeed
very
proud
cf
the
honor
bestowed
upon
him
and
he
thanked
both
the
railway
offi.'.ials
present,
the
instructors
and
the
members
of
his
classes
in
first
aid
and
civil
defence
woik
for
the
co-operation
they
had
extended
him.
"First
aid,"
lie
.said,
"was
an
absolute
necessity
both
on'
the
.lr
til
ATW,,J.)VMjKf
t
1
MOVIE
STARLET
MlvFKY
ANDERS
smiles
proudly
as
she
wears
the
souvenir
battle
jacket
presented
to
her
by
OI's
she
visited
during
her
recent
USO
entertainment
Junket
in
Korea.
Merry
sports
division
patches
and
other
military
insignia
as
mementoes
Of
her
"tour
of
duty"
with
40
other
Hollywood
entertainers.
.
;
aboard
before
the
ship
sailed
fur
!
A
Strong
S
m
1
1
h
e
r
S
i
Formosa.
The
LST
carried
1,000
i
.;ii
i
!
Chinese
PoWs
retured
to
United
!
nwkt7
team
Will
play
at
i
Nations
custody
by
indjun
cus-1
Lake
Oliver
Sundav
af-
Jtodlnn
troops
in
the
Korean
.,
.
.
.
i
neat
ri
zone.
j
ternoon
against
a
Pnnco
;
OaVcs.
formerly-
a
commercial
Rupert
all-star
team
in
;
fishermen,
said:
i
.
',
X
jr.
"
I
liiulicst
honors
In
f
Ur.st
aid.
a
Priory
Jks
of
tlie
Venerable
Ijdiin
dI
Jerusalem
ci
to
William
Nor-jjtioim.
of
tlie
Cana
fl
Railways
car
dolt
iiluht
by
cllvia-i
ndi'i.t
T.
A.
Matn-
tiiii
louk
place
In
ti"n
before
a
small
railway
employees,
Jt
John
Ambiilance
3i
other
CNR
Pirt-slionored
(or
their
John
Ambul-work.
tSi.
i
Harper,
first
aid
B.C.
and
Alberta,
l
ceremonies
atid
t
honor
given
'
Mr.
Office'
'
Congress
so
further
general
tax
j
tuts
are
justified
at
present.
i
He
proposed
spending
$2,425.-
j
000.000
next
year
for
atomic
i
cnertry.
This
increase
of
$225.-
,
000.000
over
this
year
would
i
bring
U.S.
atomic
spending
u
i
Congress
no
further
general
tax
Red
PoWs
To
Be
Freed
At
Midnight
Friday
The
current
was
against
my
!
alu
01
tne
Kinsmen
Club
"ui.
v.
lorcea
me
against
ice
"LST:
It
Vas
ro
strong-it
iC,;i,-
PANMUNJOM
f
If
the
Com-
prisoners
refuse
to
leave
their
!
sized
my
boat
before
I
could
Polio
Fund.
Also
it
stake
will'
be
the
Kaier
Island
hockey
champlonshi
trophy
which
will
be
up
U
competition
every
year
th
there's
ice
to
play
for
It.
fminists
do
not
take
bark
349
1
compound
it
will
create
a
prob-
j
"love.
Gates
said
he
thought
the
1ST
was
standing
at
anchor.
The
log
of
the
nearby
army
tiansport
Pope
recorded
the
I
miuuueii
nuo
oinciais
an
i
members
rushed
around
tod;i
s
LST
as
being
under
way.
A
survivor
told
of
being
Dick-!
rnaxmg
final
arrangements
for
KK.CORI
OI
TLAV
1
Eisenhower
set
no
figure
for
,
continental
defence
but
said
outlays
would
be
"greater
than
ever
before
In
our
history."
I
Military
aid
will
rise
by
$75,-O,000,
Eisenhower
said,
to
a
;
new
peal;
of
$4,275,000,000
for
:
round-the-world
assistance
to
,
friendly
countries.
-I
The
president
told
Congress
that
"there
will
be
no
way
of
l
oiwral.lng
within
the
present
j
debt,
limit"
of
$275,000,000.0(10
in
pro-nca
war
prisoners,
including
lem.
since
neither
Allied
nor
Red
21
Americans
and
a
Briton,
In-,
troops
are
permitted
to
enter
dian
guards
will
open
the
gates
J
Koran's
demilitarized
zone,
of
their
neutral-zone
stockade
Thimayya
told
a
press
con-and
walk
away
at
midnight
Fri-
j
ference
that
he
plans
to
send
oay,
an
Indian
general
said
to-
!
another
letter
to
the
Communist
day.
j
high
command
asking
the
Reds
"First
we
will
have
to
tell
the
to
accept
the
return
of
the
pro-pi
isoners
that
their
owners
re-
i
Red
Allies.
fare
to
take
them
back,"
said
j
The
Indian
command
Wednes-Lt.-Geu.
K.
S.
Thimayya.
"Then
!
day
returned
21.809
antl-Com-
ent
rd
up
by
a
Korean
sumpan
with
i
fne
bi8
game
which
will
see
the
four
other
marines.
He
said
twj
;
rlnk'
used
last
week
in
the
'
of
the
five
were
dead
when
they
RCMP-Prince
Rupert
puck
bat-
railroad
and
at
home.
You
never
know
when
someone
will
be
in
need
of
first
aid
and
there
are
all
too
few
people
capable
cf
rendering
it.
When
the
time
of
need
come-s,
it
comes
quicklv
and
speedy
attention
is
called
for."
Also
.
extending
-
congratulations
to
Mr.
Armstrong
were
Aid.
Norman
Bi-llis.
acting
fnr
Mayor
Oeorge
E.
Hill
who
pawd
on
the
congratulations
of
the
city
of
Prince
Rupert,
Mr.
Harper.
Thomas
W.
Smith,
assistant
superintendent;
Jac
k
Ewart,
secretary-treasurer
of
the
Prince
Rupert
St.
John
Ambulance
association;
and
R.
E.
Eyolfson.
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
St.
John
group.
Awards
were
al.so
presented
to
CNR
employees
for
their
work
in
Fir.st
aid.
Carl
William
Berg
of
the
Motive
Power
department
received
a
oneyear
certificate;
Joseph
Frank
Bugylnka,
car
department,
second
label
for
five
years;
John
A.
Md-cnn,
fire
department,
third
label,
for
six
years;
Albert
Edward
Blackball,
bridge
and
building
department
sixth
label
for
nine
years;
Percy
Albert
Bond,
motive
power
department,
seventh
label
or
in
year;
and
William
Norman
R
Armstrong,
a
tenth
label
for
13
years.
William
Spark
of
the
car
department
who
wus
to
receive
a
third
year
medallion
was
not
present.
reai
ned
the
hospital
ship
Con-j
'vea
in
towards
shore
sc
solation.
Rdport
Tl-,..
,-4n,.
....
i.
ue
u.ill
m.M,
tho
..uto
arl
o,
n,m.kl
r'Mu
W
V
.
"
i..
WHC
UlOUglll,
NOKMAN
ARMSTRONG
111
tell
our
men
to
go
back
to
;
prisoners
to
United
Nations
j
'J
?
the
Chined
on
their
their
line.
j
custody.
i
tf"
A
private
firm
fexpeits
lias
urged
tut
to
dissolve
an
I
'an:uiiui
bunking
I
S
The
Indian
chairman
of
the
j
About
10.000
Chinese
sailed
Neutral
Nations
Repatriation
for
Nationalist
Formosa
from
Commission
conceded
that
if
the
i
Inchon
today,
and
about
4.000
....
signal
honor
j
history
of
the
Order
of
St.
Johni
from
its
inception
in
1877,
through
the
granting
of
the
order's
charter
by
Queen
Vic-1
toria
in
1888
up
to
the
present
oi-v-,ura
can
view
tne
game
in
safety.
The
rink
surface
will
also
be
flooded
to
give
a
better
surface.
Six
scrapers
made
by
Curly
Barbour
were
rushed
to
the
lake
at
noon
in
an
effort
to
clear
tht
ice
of
snow.
The
Kinsmen
will
also
be
serving
hotdogs
and
coffee
from
their
stand
as
they
did
Sunday
and
also
two
nightt
earlier
In
the
week.
The
Smithers
hockey
club
with
coach
Bob
Williams,
will
CNR
Official
Posted
to
East
the
last
six
months
of
this
year.
Therefore
he
was
renewing
his
request,
stymied
in
the
Sennte
last
summer,
for
a
higher
cell-in;;.
This
budget
was
the
first
prepared
by
a
national
Republica
l
f
dmini.stration
in
21
years.
A
1
the
recommendations,
of
course,
are
subject
to
upproval
by
Con-press.
.
-
remaining
will
leave
later.
The
7.500
Koreans
were
moved
by
AA
U!ll
tiain
t0
Sout"
Korean
army
Via
ttifm
V
Ol
niliS
centres
for
processing.
..
.
I
mi...
T-.tr
Thomas
W.
Smith,
assistant
superintendent
of
the
CNR
be-
ii"
row
iraiusier
was
carnea
To
Welcome
off
without
a
serious
hitch,
but
t
tween
Endako
J
D.
Woods
and
t'into.
said
the
po.st
i
bank,
formed
In
Xlirn.sivc
to
opemte
6-
discontinued.
It
i
hank's
passing
will
k
year.
aifiidation
was
one
a
45.000-word
report
W
administration
of
in
Inchon
harbor
a
troopship;
is
being
transferred
to
Sioux
i
?rr'
Sunday
morning
in
time
for
the
game
scheduled
at
2:30
day.
.
Men
and
women
trained
In
first
aid
today,
provide
an
essential
need
In
the
northern
areas
ucli
as
Prince
Rupert.
Tlie
CNR
superintendent
assured
Mr.
Armstrong
that
the
award
was
not
only
one
of
the
highest
he
could
obtain,
but
was
the
only
one
presented
in
British
Columbia
for
1953.
Replying
to
the
speeches
of
congratulations,
Mr.
Armstrong
lied
with
Chinese
PoWs
ram-
i
Lookout,
Ont.,
it
was
announced
Alaska
Cagers
City
to
Open
Mayor.
George
E.
Hills
will
ex
ce
ana
made
public
rned
a
small
craft
loaded
with
today
by
T.
A.
Mainprize,
super-United
States
Marines,
and
24
!
intendent.
The
posting
of
Mr.
Marines
perished
in
the
icy
(Smith,
who
has
had
his
headwater-
;
quarters
In
Smithers
for
the
past
The
UN
command
has
promis-
j
two
years,
is
effective
February
1.
ed
all
prisoners
their
freedom
Succeeding
Mr.
Smith
as
as-at,
midnight
Friday
in
accord-!
sistant
superintendent
Is
Lome
ance
with
its
interpretation
of
.Hewson.
who
is
nresent.lv
rhlof
rosimaster-Oen-
A
buffet
supper
concluded
the
ceremonies.
tend
the
city's
greetings
to
members
of
tire
Ketchikan
Rockets
basketball
team
at
a
civic
luncheon
Saturday.
The
Rockets
will
be
here
tu
written
In
1952.
p.m.
It
is
expected
that
it
will
cost
$400
to
stage
the
game.
The
Kinsmen
Club
is
having
tickets
printed
and
any
surplus
after
expenses
will
go
to
the
Kinsmen
Polio
Fund
drive
to
bs
launched
shortly.
Choice
of
the
all-star
team
is
still
going
on
but
it
was
learned
at
noon
that
Stan
Petrow,
star
of
last
week's
RCMP
squad,
has
been
named
coach
for
the
local
pucksters
and
Minor
Simund-sen
will
be
the
all-star
Tenders
Tonight
Tenders
will
be
opened
tonight
at
a
city
council
board
of
works
committee
meeting
to
see
what
equipment
firms
nave
to
offer
in
the
way
of
a
machine
similar
to
the
type
of
tractor
and
dragline
which
has
been
in
operation
at
Algoma
Park.
The
tenders
called
by
city
superintendent
O.
E.
Beaton
closed
at
4
p.m.
yesterday.
They
were
called
so
the
city
council
morrow
night
and
Saturday
j
the
Korean
armistice.
"
dispatcher
at
Kamloops
night
for
a
two-game
return
ser-!
The
Communists
want
all
j
Mr.
Smith,
who
came
here
in
es
with
the
Prince
Rupert
Chal-;
P.AVs
held
until
a
peace
confer-
i
December,
1952
was
formerly
lengers
ence
decides
their
future.
That
with
the
train
service
at
Kam-
.
Hie
luncheon,
being
staged
by
is
why
they
refu.sed
to
take
back
,
loops.
He
was
the
recipient
of
a
the
Prince
Rupert
Baskteball
as-the
Allied
PoWs
who
had
voted
I
going
away
gift
on
behalf
of
the
sociation
is
being
held
to
try
toj
or
them.
CNR
from
Mr.
Mainprize.
repay
the
Rockets
for
the
hos-
i
-
.
pitality
shown
the
Challengers
'
when
they
played
in
the
Alaskan
j
centre
earlier
this
month.
j
The
Rockets
who
will
arrive
by
plane
tomorrow,
will
be
'guests
of!
honor
at
the
Elks
at
nieht
and
!
Arctic
Region
Basks
in
Mild
Weather
as
Rupert
'Freezes'
UNCI.
MIITY
by
Haas
Schmidt
Fletcher.
Damage
cars
driven
and
Garth
was
minor.
can
review
cosi
oi
acquiring
a
machine
which
could
be
used
In
a
sanitary
landfill
operation
and
also
serve
a
useful
purpose
for
digging
ditches
and
other
needs
of
the
city's
public
works
department.
With
the
city's
small
amount
of
garbage
it
is
estimated
that
such
a
machine
would
only
be
used
at
a
landfill
operation
for
about
two
hours
a
day.
"
With
the
tying
up
this
week
of
the
rented
D-8
machine
from
Finning
Tractor
Company,
the
jr
if
-i
1
'
"'
T
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III
f1'-
in
in
r
ii
--.-fa.
WANir
TO
STOP
ON
A
SUPPEeV
ROAD.
PUMPING
VOUR
BRAKES
will
also
be
guests
at
an
Elks
Club
party
Saturday
night.
On
January
5
the
Rockets
downed
the
Challengers
65-45
and
two
nights
later
again
defeated
the
Canadian
team
65-42.
A
stronger
Challenger
team
has
been
chosen
by
Coach
Don
Hart-wig
for
Friday
and
Saturday
night's
games
comprised
of
Bupe
Holl;e.stad,
jimmy
Flaten,
Ray
Spring,
Art
Olsen.
Mickev
Webster,
Sid
and
Don
Scher'k,
Ron
Webber,
joe
Davis
and
Pop
Pay.
tt!-3
mt
WHEELS
FWX
COCKING
AND
SKIDONG
Cpurtment
efficient
iriistration
basically
to.
in
effect,
that
It
i
said
the
special
4s
t
office
savings
f
has
all
but
dteap-
I
ipiinendatlon
Is
not
report
said,
post-ftnphes
should
op-immunities
with-InklnR
facilities.
8
post
offlees
pro-ks-bank
facilities.
In
communities
not
r
banking
Instltu-
I
ired
Dead
Wreck
IPakistnn
The
!
Pakistan
Mail
Sn
collided
with
a
trvln
freight
about
0
"f
here
early
to-f,,ar
the
dead
and
f.xcced
100.
f
foreiimers,
In-I'
ans
and
Britons.
Ip'
passenger
train
J
appeared
largely
T'Wer-eluss
coaches
;pe
engine,
jfirst
coaches
were
ipletely
burned"
?s
and
the
engines
badly
damaged.
m
e
d
Zafrullah
an
s
foreign
mlnls-"I
delegate
to
the
was
auuerr!
the
P'd
injury.
A
city
tomorrow
is
forced
to
continue
Its
landfill
garbage
project
at
Algoma
Park
with
city
Only
machine
capable
of
North
America's
weather
map
has
turned
upside
down
and
while
Alaska's
arctic
section
basks
in
strangely
mild
weather.
Prince
Rupert
and
most
of
Canada
is
shivering
in
unnatural
cold,
suffering
raging
storms
of
snow
and
gale
force
winds.
It
was
a
mild
20
above
zero
at
the
northenin"t
tip
of
Alaska
but
In
Prince
Rupert,
the
mercury
dipped
to
14
above
early
this
morning
and
continuing
snow
showers
glazed
the
streets,
getting
at
least
five
local
cars
Into
difficulties.
Tlie
gale
warning
for
this
area
was
continued
and
more
snow
showers
and
continuing
cold
were
forecast.
Low
tonight
and
high
tomorrow
will
be
15
and
25
degrees
above
zero.
One
city
accident
was
on
the
CNR
ramp
when
a
car
driven
by
Max
Muelleer
skidded
on
ice
and
hit
a
post.
Another
accident,
In
the
1200
block
of
Second
Avenue
West,
Involved
Howard
Hill
whose
cur
handling
the
project
is
the
front-
Birds
too,
are
suffering
from
the
weather
here
and
Andy
Urquhart,
a
local
member
of
the
Vancouver
Society
for
Prevention
of
Cruelty
to
Animals,
appealed
to
Rupert
residents
to
teed
tlie
cold
and
hungry
birds.
Meanwhile,
tlie
storm
that
developed
off
the
Queen
Charlottes
yesterday
and
swept
down
the
coast,
Is
lying
off
Vancouver
Island,
and
cloud
from
the
storm
has
spread
snow
to
southern
regions
of
the
province.
Two
flshboats
reported
missing
along
the
storm-raked
soutr
coast
turned
up
safely
yesterdav
Tlie
38-foot
Walita
Iron
Campbell
River,
with
three
per
sons
aboard,
was
located
ridini
out
the
gale
inside
Bute
inlet.
Earlier,
the
dragger
Loren
from
KcU.!.ikn,
Aitka.
arriv.
safely
at
Bull
Harbor
on
th
north
coast
of
Vancouver
island
after
being
unreported
sinci
January
13.
Good
Citizen
Ballot
in
Today
Voting
for
the
1953
Good
Citizen
award
in
Prince
Rupert
starts
today.
Ballot
for
choosing
the
man
or
woman
who
did
the
most
for
this
city
during
last
year
is
on
Page
5.
The
Alex
Hunter
Good
Citicen
nward
will
be
presented
by
tlie
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
in
mid-February.
Balloting
continues
until
Feb
4
.
end
loader.
The
city
superintendent
said
today
when
que
ried
on
the
subject
of
compaction
that
the
city's
garbage
Pack-master
only
compresses
the
garbage
while
it
is
contained
In
the
truck.
As
soon
as
It
is
dumped
it
spreads
out.
Success
of
the
landfill
operation
is
said
to
depend
on
at
least
0
per
cent
compaction.
It
is
believed
that
if
the
garbage
is
not
compacted,
rats
from
other
parts
of
town
could
get
into
the
dump.
THOUGH
THERE'S
a
hint
of
Holland
in
the
windmill
appearing
in
the
foreground,
the
tall
house
is
a
landmark
on
the
"British
countryside
at
Thdrpeness,
Suffolk.
Actually
it
Is
a
water
tower
which
supplies
a
nearby
village.
Four
floors
of
living
quarters
have
been
built
beneath
the
tank,
and
skillful
painting
has
completed
the
illusion
of
"a
house
in
the
clouds
"
skidded
into
tlie
back
of
a
parked
truck.'
Hill
suffered
facial
lacerations.
The
third
mishap
Involved