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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Local
Headquarter!
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50
5
feet
feet
Published
or
Canoda's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
N.B.C.
POWER
CO.
LTD.
JK
03
Phone
210
P.O.
Box
333
VOL.
XLIII,
No.
76
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
31,
1954
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
W.V':
t
i
Jurnm
r
-
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1
'lull
AilfV
m&4
Ufa
llm
Ydciii?
!;
J
lip,1-'
t
Funds
in
Estimates
Says
Lands
Minister
A
two-storey
building
to
house
all
operations
of
'
the
provincial
forestry
department
in
this
area
U
expected
to
be
built
here
this
summer.
A.
Bruce
Brown,
Liberal
MLA
;
'
for
Prince
Rupert,
said
today
he
j
was
advised
in
the
Legislature
French
Hurl
Back
New
Attacks
HANOI,
IndoChina
(AP)
The
defenders
of
Dien
Bien
Phu
today
hurled
back
attack
after
attack
from
screaming
Vietininh
shock
troops,
intersper
sing
savage
counter-attacks
of
their
own.
The
French
high
command
f
X
by
R.
E.
Sommers,
minister
of
5
.
.
B.C
Labor
To
Protest
New
Code
MIM.ER.
41.
Hallway
Express
driver
at
Philadelphia,
took
Mrs.
Miller
and
,n.
ranging
in
age
from
3
to
21,
down
to
his
employer's
new
Philadelphia
terminal
forests,
that
a
forestry
building
is
assured
for
this
city
this
year.
Funds
have
been
.provided
in
this
year's
estimates
and
tenders
will
be
called
soon.
The
structure
of
reinforced
concrete
which
will
cost
some
$250,000,
will
be
120
feet
long
and
40
feet
wide.
It
will
be
built
ie
the
company
S'
nam
anniversary,
i
he
Miller
family
of
ficlally
placed
the
first
tcr
on
one
of
the
agency's
16,
000
vehicles.
in
the
form
of
an
arc
Just
off
i
VICTORIA
if
What
is
ex-the
roadway
at
the
northern
I
Pected
to
be
the
biggest
mass
end
of
the
present.
Court
House
I
labor
Protest
meeting
in
the
elephone
Company
Takes
Over
"AW-"-.,
'
.
I
"
-'
.
j
-
t
'1
h
.
-
-
i
'
i
flr
i:
-"-
f-nriiiimil'Tiin
mini
ni."
i
.
'Jtu100ff
J
history
of
British
Columbia
starts
building
I
announced
at
noon
that
the
j
garrison
was
holding
all
Its
positions.
r
j
Overhead,
every
fighter
and
bomber
the
French
could
mus-i
trr
laid
down
blazing
barrages
j
of
napalm
and
strafed
Vietminh
pent
Phone
System
Tomorrow
4
Dmiy
completed
for
sometime.
'
throe
main
phases:
i
B.C
Telephone
B.C.
Telephone
Co.
will
oper-!
"Providing:
additional
lontr-
.4
!
,!i
nr2iinii-
air
the
1renl.nr
nnrtinn
rif
th.
'
tiil
atirp
riipuitw
here
Wednesday.
About
400
representatives
of
trade
unions
from
throughout
the
province
will
gather
here
for
a
two-day
meeting
to
discuss
the
government's
new
Labor
Relations
Act.
The
act,
which
takes
the
place
of
the
Industrial
Conciliation
and
Arbitration
Act,
makes
The
forestry
department
here
at
the
present
time
is
spread
throughout
the
Court
Houie
building
and
the
Forest
Ranger
has
his
office
in
the
downtown
Besncr
Block.
WIDE
AREA
There
are
some
45
employees
in
the
department,
headed
by
fTtvplwne
Co,
territoiy
involved,
including
ex-1
"Giving
telephone
service
to
i
coneentrations
In
tlws
greatest
over
i
he
lele-
changes
in
Central
B.C.
and
the
1
manv
of
the
Deonle
who
rP
,
aerial
assault
ol
the
seven-year
campaign.
sweeping
IB
ciiiBe
changes
in
in
labor
laoor
laws
laws
Percy
Young,
the
district
tores-
I
and
has
condemned
Hi?
by
ter.
territory
stretches
from
i
the
Canadian
Cariboo,
thase
on
the
Sechelt
j
waiting;
lephnne
and
Peninsula
and
on
the
west
coast
j
"Gradually
improving
exist-w
;t
of
tin
of
Vancouver
Island,
and
those
mg
planus.
Already
we
have
i
n
Apt
II
1.
ion
certain
Islands
between
the
j
increased
the
long
distance
last'
Telephone
:
mainlund
and
.Vanrouvcr
Is-
cilities
between
Vancouver
and
The
Vietminh
made
six
successive
attacks
on
the
fortress
defences
but
were
thrown
back
each
time,
and
each
time
the
French
Union
troops
moved
out
In
counter-attacks.
the
Yukon
border
to
Rivers
In-
n.
labor
leaders
as
being
die-let,
atonal
and
for
:
concentrating
including
the
Queen
Char-
too
much
power
in
the
hands
of
lotte
Islands,
and
eastward
SOt'R
PUSS
"Sure,
I'm
sour
.
.
.
and
you'd
feel
the
same
way
if
you
had
a
name
like
'Mourade-Gallant-Homme.'.
The
other
cats
don't
dig
me
at
all
because
of
my
fancy
moniker."
This
unhappy-looking
bleu
Persian,
three
years
old,
is
appearing
at
a
Paris
cat
show.
'I'i
eenei
.1
'na.
:
Central
B.C.
and
more
circuits
the
minister
of
labor.
Endako.
:
a
111''
worlc
JI
.
"A
reurlv
nnr
tirri
huve
onm-,
are
to
hp
arirleri
Ktwin
Olhpr
im.
Delegates
will
also
discuss
the
UrnvVman1.
f"'
........
n
.....
I
....
.
In
the
basement
of
the
new
ji
vtrninent
sys-
into
the
field
to
begin
thu
i
provemenls
in
long
distance!
Rested
and
regrouped
after
oonvate
tele-
eathcrinir
of
data
on
which
to
service
are
Dlanned
for
the
near:
1,11
puuuuiiib
hkj
voun
in
ineir
Initial
assaults
on
the
fortress
ii
complicated
base
a
program
of
expansion
future."
in
mid-March,
the
CommunLst-
'hu
It
Is;
and
Improvement,"
Mr.
Pipes
Mr
ppcs
said
that
tnc
tele-
led
rebels
opened
ttvir
second
Five
Per
..Cent'-Sales
-
Tax
Effective
Tomorrow
wm
not
o
said.
.
"Tills
program
win
iiovim
ph
phone-
companies
wHi
employ:
offcnslvi;
Tut.sdsy
ight.
1-11
government
personnel
who
j
.
of
the.
Resumption
all-out
pre
at
present
In
the
telephone
operation
department,
ranger.
adTg
Z
unUl
af
ter
inspector
of
scalers,
radio
room
i
,!??
"g
,
iT
J
and
lunchroom
will
be
on
the
iahr
"'f.hursday
iirsi,
firut
noor.
fir
f
The
Liberal
and
CCF
members
have
jajd
they
wU1
aWcnd
tne
The
district
forester,
his
an-
iatjor
sessions
as
will
at
least
sistant,
the
general
office
and
some
Social
Creditors.
field,
and
will
pay
these
employees
not
less
Hum
they
are
now
receiving.
In
general
llv
fPED
STRIP-TEASER
US
BITE
ON
ACTOR
:
LKo
,-A
$25,000
suit
for
damages
has
been
drive
,
to
overwhelm
France's
'
northwest
Indo-China
holding
I
came
after
Iwo
weeks
of
rebel
!
legrouping
in
the
Jungled
hills
following
an
initial
assault
in
which
the
Vietminh
lost
an
timutcd
12,000
casualties.
I
French
Army
headquarters
other
departments
will
be
on
wage
scales
of
'the
telephone
companies
are
higher
than
those
of
the
government
system..
The
exchanges
In
the
govei
n-
the
second
floor.
Tenders
for
the
building
were
called
last
fall
but
were
reject
I
wvie
in
tor
Sonny
Tufts
by
a
strip-tease
dancer,
Atkins,
who
accused
him
of
biting
her
on
the
said
the
new
assault
followed
a
ed
as
being
too
high.
No
Prince
V
.Z
.
im
T""cu
I
violent
artillery
barrage
Rupert
firms
submitted
ten
lis,
27,
stated
In
her
complaint
that
she
had
kins
ilmiier
March
13
for
Tufts
and
two
other
der.
i-
f
h"ii
Tufts
suddenly
lunged
at
her
and
bit
her
Opposition
members
of
the
B.C.,
Legislature
yesterday
lost
a
last-ditch
attempt
to
stop
or
alter
the
government's
act
to
increase
the
sales
tax
from
three
to
five
per
cent.
At
2:45
p.m.
today
Lieutenant-Governor
Clarence
Wallace
gave
Royal
assent
to
two
acts
that
will
increase
the
sales
tax
and
abolish
hospital
Insurance
premiums,
completely
revising
B.C.'s
hospital
Insurance
financing.
The
acts
come
Into
effect
tomorrow.
The
Liberals
and
the
CCF
voted
solidly
against
the
act.
It
says:
Every
purchaser
who,
on
or
The
French
Union
defenders
inside
I
heir
barbed-wire-ringed
bunkers
were
confident
they
could
drive
off
the
assault.
real
property
in
order
to
carry
cut.
a
fixed
price
or
lump
sum
contrate
entered
Into
before
March
9
for
the
construction
or
repair
or
improvement
of
real
property,
the
contractor
may
apply
to
the
government
for
a
refund
of
two
per
cent.
Where
.delivery
is
taken;
of
properly
in
execution
of
a
firtn
contract
made
with
the
vendor
by
the
purchaser
before
March
9.
a
refund
also
may
be
applied
for.
I
S.
L.
Wilkins.
Prince
Georgo,
social
servlre
tax
representative
for
the
B.C.
department
of
finance,
suggested
that
in
the
matter
of
children's
clothing,
all
dealers
should
record
on
their
I'
uiivivi
hit:
uiiiii
rai.i:.T
nnu
n
511-
lations
prevailing
throughout
the
territories
of
the
two
telephone
companies.
Boundaries
are
being
set
for
each
exchange
and
each
will
be
placed
In
a
rate
group
according
to
the
mmilw
r
of
telephones
in
Hie
exchange,
under
the
companies'
officially
filed
tariffs.
Several
areas
classified
as
px-
J.
Young
Transferred
001
To
Resume
Summer
Flights
t
in
New
Westminster
Labor
Minister
Lyle
Wicks
refused
to
say
if
he
would
attend.
George
Home,
secretary
of
the
B.C.
Federation
of
Labor,
said
two
Social
Creditors
have
said
they
"didn't
feel
happy"
about
the
act.
Just
how
unhappy
they
are
isn't
known.
It
would
only
take
three
Social
Credit
members
voting
against
the
government
to
defeat
the
bill.
Mr.
Wicks
said
he
hoped
the
delegates
would
have
a
good
meeting
and
that
the
delegates
would
be
successful
in
"getting
down
and
looking
at
the
act."
"I
think
it
is
a
very
good
act,"
he
said.
The
meeting
will
start
at
9:30
a.m.
The
Thursday
afternoon
session
will
be
closed
to
the
public.
A
long-drawn
out
battle
in
the
legislature
over
the
new
act
te
promised.
CCF
members
are
prepared
to
submit
a
long
series
of
amendments.
The
meeting
is
reminiscent
of
the
mass
meeting
and
lobby
conducted
by
labor
when
the
ICA
Act
was
introduced
in
1947.
The
government
then
only
accepted
one
of
53
amendment
submitted
by
the
seven-man
CCF
group.
f
Mi-rbi
Yuuna.
volume
and
(mi
1:1
ick.son.
30-:
changes
have
no
switchboard,
VANCOUVER
!'
Queen
Char
after
the
first
day
of
April,
1954
lotte
Airlines
has
announced
It
takes
delivery
of
any
tungible
p'Y
:
'
!i.
V'
1
A
;
5
V
Disabled
Tug
Reaches
Safety
VANCOUVER
0
The
tug
Burnaby
M
reached
Skldegate
In
the
Queen
Charlottes
Monday
night
after
drifting
helplessly
off
Lawn
Point
when
its
engines
failed.
A
rescue
tug
was
ready
to
leave
Sandspit
when
the
Burnaby
M
got
under
way.
Police
Checking
Highway
Death
SURREY,
B.C.
N-The
body
of
a
man
was
found
late
Tuesday
on
the
Trans-Canada
highway
near
Surrey
and
RCMP
said
they
were
"looking
into
the
circumstances"
of
his
death.
Police
are
withholding
the
man's
name
pending
notification
of
relatives.
will
resume
spring
and
summer
personal
property
purchased
flights
to
Kitimat,
Kemano
and
pror
to
that
date
shall
pay
a
Kildala
Thursday.
tax
at
the
time
of
taking
deliv-
Effcctivc
May
1,
the
air
line
ery
at
the
rule
of
five
per
cent
will
fly
a
IC-3
as
far
as
Port
of
the
purchase
price.
Hardy,
where
passengers
to
KIU-
Where
dellveiy
is
taken
of
mat
will
transfer
to
a
Canso.
I
property
to
be
incorporated
into
'f'
Canadian!
year-old
salesman
here
since!
of
their
own
and
will
continue
f
'I
lv
re
or
the
wa
p
salesman
In
North
j
to
he
served
from
nearby
switeh-
'
leaving
lo
,
America.
Both
will
receive
vnl-
j
boards.
t
Wistiiiin.sler
to
liable
prizes
'
A
monthly
rental
charge
will
""nt
telephones
in
areas
''l'l,lv
that:
j
The
prize
Is
the
second
major
;,ml
i''i-,,ed
as
exchanges
while
J""
v'-"'laward
won
by
Mr.
Young
while
i
out,s
!rie
iui
exchange
f
..
''Tiled
.
,,
by
,
j,
f
,an
,
.
employee
.'
'
.
of
,,
the
.
company
1
-.ana
will
be
e
assed
as
toll
loll'?
I
1,1
y
Vt
-iles
super-',
distance,
stations.
4-r
und
veteran
r"",8'
,h,,nWn
T
'
i
t
Monthly
rentals
on
toll
st.1-
,r,P
r
for
1
"
fir.,.,
who1",:
?
B,;rtn"lda
ti.ms
will
be
abolished,
but
there
invoice
the
size
of
the
exempt
garment.
Children's
clothing
and
shoes
which
will
be
exempt
from
the
five
per
cent
sales
tax
arc
as
follows;
"Cluldren's
clothing"
as
"children's
dresses,
suits,
coats,
shirts,
underwear,
sweaters,
pyjamas"
up
to
and
Including
girls'
size
14x
and
boys'
size
15
(33-Inch).
Children's
hose
up
to
and
including
girls'
size
9
and
boys'
size
10.
Children's
gloves
up
to
and
,
l.;
.
,KII
11IIU
lll
Will:
I'M
I
I'I
in
tllMK
i
r
11
11
'
Ills
wi
will
be
a
charge
for
all
calls
e
on
il,
i,i
i,
,
i
..
,
,.,
the
highest
sa
cs
vul
J
ne
in-1
.
,
.,
,
,.
i
7
j
placed
from
them,
even
to
other
,
crease
In
Canada.
,r,i,Bh,.nM
h
m
im,
A
4iiiny
also
li',1!'
!
Mr.
Young
was
born
In
Dau-j
mlnlmum
ionthly
guarantee
will
be
required.
Ynuiic
ni,,,,ii
phln,
Manitoba,
wTiero
he
received
his
education
Hnd
moved
The
eoinnanies
follow
the
'
'
1953
ill
sales
T
to
Kamloops
In
1037
where
he
practice
of
having
including
girls'
and
boys'
size
7.
for
business
than
j
-
standard
sianuuru
pra
I
spent
a
year
with
the
Swltt
higher
rates
1
I
Canadian
company
before
going
:f()r
rrsjt,.nce
e
service.
Wh
e
,
Trail
Plebiscite
Approves
Three
Outlets
For
Liquor
Children's
hats
up
to
and
including
girls'
size
22
and
boys'
size
7.
Children's
footwear
up
to
and
Including
girls'
and
boys'
size
6.
io
Vancouver.
business
rates
will
go
up,
the
He
did
various
jobs
in
tlu
b.lsi(.
r,.nls
for
muiti-party
southern
city
before
rejoining
;
resldrnrP
SPrvirp
w,
dniPi
s0
tiwllts
in
Kamloops
In
1912
and;)hN.
.
r;ltl,s
...
Ihp
mil,r,v
tint
The
new
tax
schedule
means
P'l'ked
Canadian
I
,
.
'
"
r"
"
"':rv
"'
;':
of
the
subscribers
will
be
.re-
'V
tricks
111
,
5'l'ar
Hc
started
as
a
TRAIL
P
Three
types
of
liquor
outlets,
In
addition
to
the
present
beer
parlors,
were
ap-
dueed.
The
sureharire
on
mono-
f
!
i
.-'.','.'.
-
t
i
r
f
j
.st
s.
,
v,,y.
,
-
purchasers
will
pay
one
cent
on
an
article
costing
from
15
to
29
cents.
One
half
cent
will
be
"Blit
miles
w
1
i
'lou-srman
an(l
remained
at
that
I
l'u;;,scm!e,
(Salesman
in
1946.
In
1950,
he
I'leurs.
'took
'over
as
manager
from
'
.
j
Martin
Stuart,
who
moved
to
t
Vancouver.
I
ii
d
u
IiolmLASSPOUctt!
Mr'
Yo,lnK
was
an
nrUve
lr,.,rhM"1Ulesi
"'ember
of
the
Kinsmen
Club
luldc
I
5Ite'
here
until
he
became
a
Rotarlan
II
h
ndRt'd
0,1
n
1950.
I
Dlastcd-
to
j
Carl
Erlckson
joined
Swifts
i
......
after
his
discharge
from
the
proved
when
counting
of
provin-cially
-conducted
plebiscite
ended
here
today.
Between
30
and
50
per
cent
of
those
eligible
cast
ballots
Tuesday
night
and
the
vote
was
1,929
to
995
in
favor
of
dining
rooms
selling
beer
and
wine;
1,990
to
673
In
favor
of
dining
rooms
selling
all
types
of
liquor
and
2.308
to
770
in
favor
of
cocktail
bars.
It
was
the
first
liquor
plebiscite
held
under
British
Columbia's
new
liquor
legislation
and
to
pass,
bylaws
needed
a
55
per
cent
affirmative
vote.
phones
will
be
abolished.
Some
short-haul
long
distance
rates
will
be
higher,
but
those
on
calls
between-
the
old
government
territory
and
that
of
the
telephone
companies
will
be
generally
lower.
The
North
West
Telephone
Company
will
operate
exchanges
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
The
agent
at
Queen
Charlotte
city
will
be
Miss
Edna
Beaven,
while
Mrs.
Doris
Ieary
will
act
as
agent
at
Port
Clements.
The
agent
appointed
at
Massett
is
Mrs.
Norah
Stewart-Burton..
All
are
former
government
employees.
At
Terrace,
the
B.C.
Telephone
Company
has
appointed
Miss
Eva
Grace
Molltor
as
chief
operator
and
local
representative.
Hazelton
will
be
Included
In
v..
i
i.li
ii
it
(iui
n
rmv
MP
niir.iii
u
'
r,'k
slide
in
shipper
and
was
appointed
salesman
for
Prince
Rupert
and
Terrace.
In
August,
1951.
Monday
aftpr.
UBCM
Asking
$6,000,000
For
Schools
VICTORIA
W
The
Union
or
British
Columbia
Municipalities
today
asked
the
government
for
approximately
$6,000,000
in
interim
school
cost
relief
for
B.C.
municipalities.
A
UBCM
delegation
asked
the
cabinet
for
about
$3,000,000
which
municipalities
figure
they
lost
by
the
defeat
of
the
Rolston
formula
last
year
and
another
$3,000,000
to
cover
increased
school
costs
this
year.
In
a
brief,
the
delegation
said
the
municipalities'
one
-fifth
share
of
the
five
per
cent
sales
tax
will
not
cover
increased
school
costs.
However,
it
did
not
'i'S
Krlli'rinl,,
considered
as
one
cent.
Here
is
how
It
works:
Sale
Prlce($)
Tax(c)
.15
to
.29
;
01
.30
to
.49
02
.50
to
.89
03
.70
to
.89
.04
.90
to
1.09
i
05
1.10
to
1.29
.06
1.30
to
1.49
07
1.50
to
1.69
08
1.70
to
1.89
.09
1.90
to
2.09
:
.10
2.10
to
2.29
11
2.30
to
2.49
:
12
2.50
to
2.69
13
2.70
to
2.89
1
.14
2.90
to
3.09
'
15
3.10
to
3.29
16
3.30
to
3.49
17
3.50
to
3.69
18
3.70
to
3.89
19
3
90
to
4
f
20
4.10
to
4.29
21
4.30
to
4.49
.22
4.50
to
4.69
23
4
70
to
4
89
24
.
,
4.90
to
5.09
25
"Wre
Was
..
School
Blast
Kills
Children
House
and
Boat
Lost
in
Fire
Ludwig
Lindner
of
Oona
River,
Porcher
Island,
lost
his
home
,
and
boat
house
in
a
fire
early
yesterday
morning.
FxploKinn
of
on
oil
tank
In
the
fire
roused
residents
of
the
area
at
about
s
a.m.
yesterday.
Police
are
investigating
the
blaze
which
almost
completely
destroyed
the
two
buildings.
CHEEKTOWAOA,
N.Y.
Iff-At
least
11
persons,
most
of
them
school
children,
were
killed
today
in
an
exnlnslon
nnr
fire
that
F'st
fea-
Sunny
t
"d
wast
today
recloudy"
Bva(WtonlBht
fc:r?rtHardy
B
C.
Telephone
Company
terrl
A
FORMATION
of
Squadron
845
anti-submarine
helicopters
flies
over
ships
in
the
Solent
River
at
Oosport,
England,
after
being
Inaugurated
Into
operational
service.
The
British
Royal
Navy
planes
are
American-built
Sikorsky
S-55s.
Part
of
their
anti-sub
equipment
Is
known
as
the
"dipping
asdic,"
a
device
for
detection
of
underwater
craft.
The
squadron
is
expected
to
be
based
at
Malta
in
the
early
summer,
ripped
through
the
frame
annex
tory.
and
uie
company
nas
ap-of
an
elementary
school
In
this
!
pointed
Miss
Marion
J.
Roy,
Buffalo
suburban
community.
!
former
government
operator,
as
At
least
19
others
were
burnedi
chief
operator
and
local
repre-
and
48:
1
ask
for
an
Increase
from
one-
fifth
but
only
direct
grants.
'Or
Injured.
'
!
stntative.
'